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Fox 6 meteorologist Wes Wyatt speaks to Dr. Laura Myers with the Center for Advanced Public Safety about the snowstorm as part of the station’s Winter Prediction Special.
Source: WBRC Fox 6 / Published: November 21, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
If you’re hitting the road for Thanksgiving, you need to buckle up. A new study from The University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS) estimates more than 2,500…
Source: WBRC Fox 6 / Published: November 20, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. David Brown
Automobile crashes caused by deer, alcohol and bad weather are more common during the week of Thanksgiving than the rest of the year, according to a recent study of traffic data by The University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: November 14, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Outreach, Research, UA News
University of Alabama Engineering graduate student Will Guin works with “pop-tubes,” which use microwaves, to create a more effective airframe skin for the Boeing 787 aircraft. His research and presentation…
Source: The Center for Public Television / Published: November 13, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Jialai Wang
When humans begin to explore other planets, such as Mars, or return to the moon, their trusty robots will have to be more than remote-controlled hunks of metal. Much like…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: November 13, 2014 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
Natalie Anderson comes from a family of entrepreneurs. Her parents own and manage their own company, but she came to The University of Alabama to study chemical engineering, not business….
Author: Adam Jones / Published: November 13, 2014 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Research, Students
Alabama Graphite Corp. is pleased to announce that it has been collaborating under a Sponsored Research Agreement with The University of Alabama. The Company has teamed up with the lab…
Source: MarketWatch / Published: November 12, 2014 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research
The American Chemical Society selected eight students nationwide, including a University of Alabama senior, as representatives to attend the upcoming United Nations climate-change conference in Lima, Peru.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: November 11, 2014 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News
A team of University of Alabama students received $30,000 from General Motors to build a car of the future. Here are members of EcoCar Team 3 holding the check during…
Source: WBRC Fox 6 / Published: November 10, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students
A University of Alabama engineering doctoral student was named a fellow by the International Road Federation.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: November 6, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Steven Jones
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.
