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Drivers could soon see more state troopers on patrol across the state. This follows a law enforcement reorganization. Alabama law enforcement agency officials say 21 new state troopers graduated from…
Source: WVTM NBC 13 / Published: February 21, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Research
Maryland’s top transportation official on Thursday ordered immediate inspections of 27 aging, state-owned bridges after a chunk of concrete fell on a Prince George’s County woman’s car from the bottom…
Source: The Baltimore Sun / Published: February 13, 2015 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger
School buses already meet high crash standards. The government’s school bus rules date back to the 70’s. They’re designed around the idea of putting kids in a padded compartment. If…
Source: KWQC TV 6 / Published: February 4, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Research
An international organization for magnetics research and technology selected a University of Alabama researcher for its 2015 Achievement Award.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: February 4, 2015 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Takao Suzuki
Alabamians typically have always gone a little crazy when the word “snow” is in the forecast. Ice, too. Some will even get a little antsy around sleet. Social scientist Dr….
Source: AL.com / Published: January 28, 2015 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
Two University of Alabama professors will soon add research leadership responsibilities to their campus roles.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: January 26, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News
Could platinum soon become obsolete? A University of Alabama (UA) technology may be the answer to replace this precious metal. Zhichao Shan and Archana Panikar, UA chemistry graduate students; Dr….
Source: Tech Alabama / Published: January 14, 2015 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Arunava Gupta
Inventors have been exploring biomimicry as early as the Renaissance era when Leonardo Da Vinci sketched out a bat-shaped wing contraption for human flight, called an ornithopter. Engineers take what…
Source: Science Line / Published: January 12, 2015 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Amy W. Lang
A University of Alabama business start-up team, composed of students focusing on a less costly replacement for the precious metal platinum, will compete against other entrepreneurs in the first round of the 2015 Alabama Launchpad Competition Jan. 23.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: January 12, 2015 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Computer Science, Events, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Arunava Gupta
The University of Alabama is home to more than a dozen startup companies that span across multiple fields of study. Some of these include 2b Electronic, whose main focus is…
Source: Crimson White / Published: January 8, 2015 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Research
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,800 students and more than 150 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.
