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Alabama Graphite Appoints Leading Carbon Expert Dr. Nitin Chopra To Technical Advisory Council    /  Yahoo! Finance

Alabama Graphite Corp. is pleased to announce that Dr. Nitin Chopra, Associate Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Biological…


Source: Yahoo! Finance    /    Published: August 19, 2014    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Research   

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MTE Grad Student Awarded for Research Presentation

Tuscaloosa, Alabama – A University of Alabama graduate student in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering placed second in the oral presentation competition at the 2014 National Black Graduate…


Author: Judah Martin    /    Published: August 14, 2014    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:   ,   

Back Named Director for Center for Sustainable Infrastructure

Tuscaloosa, Alabama – Dr. Edward Back has been named the director of the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Dr. Charles L. Karr, dean of the College of Engineering, recently announced. Created…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: August 13, 2014    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research    /    Features:     

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Knowing the ‘No-Zones’: The truth about cars and 18-wheelers    /  AL.com

Here’s something that may be a bit surprising. The folks over at the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety, or CAPS, looked at collisions involving trucks between 2009 and 2013….


Source: AL.com    /    Published: August 11, 2014    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research   

Social scientist on impact of “Into the Storm” on public, weather community    /  WHNT 19

Hoover, Ala. (WHNT)– Many of us living in the Tennessee Valley do not need a movie to show us how extreme mother nature can be. Damage following a strong tornado…


Source: WHNT 19    /    Published: August 8, 2014    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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Civil engineering Ph.D. student honored for research

Henry Lester was one of two students who received the Young Scientist Award at the ASCE’s Second International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management, or ICVRAM 2014, and…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: July 23, 2014    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:     

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Snowjam: Researchers to study Jan. 28 winter weather    /  WXIA NBC 11

Where were you January 28th, 2014? Were you stuck in your car for 20 hours on I-285? Were you desperately trying to get your kids home from school? What did…


Source: WXIA NBC 11    /    Published: June 25, 2014    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

‘Carbon Capture’ One Key to Combating Global Warming    /  Alabama Public Radio

The question of how to reduce the pollution that causes global warming is now a hot topic since new carbon limits were announced by the EPA earlier this month.  Those…


Source: Alabama Public Radio    /    Published: June 12, 2014    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

UA Engineering Professor Receives Oak Ridge Powe Grant    /  UA News

Dr. Lin Li, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama, was one of 35 researchers selected to receive a nationally-competitive grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities through the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 10, 2014    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

UA’s Randall Research Program Recognizes 15 Budding Investigators    /  UA News

Fifteen University of Alabama undergraduate researchers received recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 9, 2014    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

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