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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Minority engineering students from across the southeast will convene in Tuscaloosa this weekend for a collegiate conference aimed to help them learn and grow. The University of…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: July 27, 2017 / Posted in: Events, Mechanical Engineering, Students
On July 10, U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL-14) hosted a dual Women in STEM panel discussion and STEM Scholars graduation ceremony featuring keynote Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti and women STEM…
Source: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois) / Published: July 14, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Students
O’Fallon Township High School graduate Valerie Levine, a current student at the University of Alabama, started the Alabama Prosthetic Project in the summer of 2016, which uses 3-D printers to…
Source: Belleville News-Democrat (Illinois) / Published: July 12, 2017 / Posted in: In The News, Research, Students
Two Tuscaloosa students were named among thousands of students as National Merit Scholars. Jordan Walker of Northridge High School and Roeder McNair of Holy Spririt Catholic High School were named…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: June 19, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students
Great ideas begin with questions, and for a University of Alabama student, his questions led him to an invention. Now, Matt Bowen and some classmates are turning that idea…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 18, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Computer Science, Students / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
When Cassidy McCool was 4, her grandfather asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Like most preschool children, McCool had no clue. “He said, ‘why don’t…
Author: Adam Jones and Judah Martin / Published: June 17, 2017 / Posted in: Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students
As relations between the United States and Cuba began to thaw, The University of Alabama found itself in a unique position to reach out to universities on the island…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 15, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Derek G. Williamson, Dr. Steven Jones
William MacGavin has been woodworking since he was 11 years old. Over the years he’s salvaged wood from Christmas trees left on the curb, trees downed in storms or trees…
Source: Crimson White / Published: June 14, 2017 / Posted in: In The News, Students
The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Megan Wood of Destin, a senior in mechanical engineering,…
Source: The Destin Log (Florida) / Published: June 13, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students
A start-up technology company run by University of Alabama students and an associate professor is developing a thin, flexible solar cell with the goal of helping the military meet goals…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: June 12, 2017 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Dawen Li
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.
