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UA student technology advances outside of research    /  Crimson White

Four students on campus have come together to create an accessible combination of technology and sports to improve players’ softball and baseball game, originally thanks to the UA Emerging Scholars…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: February 19, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students    /    Features:     

UA, Naval Observatory partnership to improve precise timing education    /  Alabama News Center

The University of Alabama has partnered with the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) to train UA students in precise timing and time interval technology, which is used in highly precise…


Source: Alabama News Center    /    Published: February 13, 2018    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students    /    Features:     

UA, Naval Observatory Partnership to Improve Precise Timing Education    /  UA News

The University of Alabama has partnered with the United States Naval Observatory to train UA students in precise timing and time interval technology, which is used in highly precise atomic clocks on which the U.S. military, financial sector, GPS satellites and power grids rely.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: February 7, 2018    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

Acoff leads UA team at ANSEP Dissemination Conference

Dr. Viola Acoff led a 10-member team from The University of Alabama at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) 2018 Dissemination Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 17-20.  


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: January 29, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students    /    Features:     

University of Alabama researchers seek spot-on way to weld super-strong steel    /  Alabama News Center

As cars have gotten sleeker and lighter over the decades, nostalgia about cars of yesteryear often romanticize their sturdiness – huge boxes of steel ready to take on any impact….


Source: Alabama News Center    /    Published: January 26, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:   ,   

Spot On    /  UA News

As cars have gotten sleeker and lighter over the decades, nostalgia about cars of yesteryear often romanticize their sturdiness – huge boxes of steel ready to take on any impact. It is a memory often not rooted in the reality of the safety of today’s vehicles.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: January 19, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:   ,   

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EAP University Grant Competition Winners For 2017    /  Public

We had some fantastic submissions to the 2017 EAP University Grant Program! Applicants used STK to demonstrate their problem solving and creating thinking. Selecting the top scenario was a challenging decision,…


Source: Public    /    Published: January 11, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students   

The Impact Cannon    /  Daily Planet - Discovery

In 2011, Alabama was hit by a giant tornado- the largest tornado recorded in the U.S. terms of the amount of damage it caused. Thousands were displaced from their homes-…


Source: Daily Planet - Discovery    /    Published: January 10, 2018    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students    /    Features:     

After record games, Silvertips fall to Giants    /  Everett Herald (Washington)

Former Silvertips forward Brian King was at the game Friday. King played two seasons for the Silvertips and is now a freshman at the University of Alabama where he’s studying…


Source: Everett Herald (Washington)    /    Published: December 28, 2017    /    Posted in:   In The News, Students   

2014 Bremen HS Grad Credits Bremen Staff for His Success    /  Oak Forest Patch

Jake Zarobsky, a 2014 graduate of Bremen High School, is currently a graduate student at the University of Alabama studying computer science. He developed a software program that is being…


Source: Oak Forest Patch    /    Published: December 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, In The News, Research, Students   

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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.