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The University of Alabama and Airbus have signed an agreement designed to boost the school’s engineering education and research efforts. Airbus will assist UA in purchasing equipment in the areas of additive…
Source: Birmingham Business Journal / Published: May 31, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students
For the third consecutive year, a student team at The University of Alabama placed first at a NASA robotics contest.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: May 30, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
For the third year in a row, the University of Alabama Astrobotics team won the NASA Robotic Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The team beat out…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: May 29, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
Students from dozens of universities across the United States gathered at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for NASA’s 2017 Robotic Mining Competition (NRMC). Students showcased and competed with their…
Source: Spaceflight Insider / Published: May 26, 2017 / Posted in: Events, In The News, Research, Students
The University of Alabama and Airbus will partner in an effort to enhance engineering education and research, according to an agreement signed between representatives from the two organizations.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: May 26, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News
An international team of researchers is studying the North-East Greenland Ice Stream to find out how much glaciers and ice sheets will influence rising seas. According to a report on…
Source: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia) / Published: May 23, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Siva Prasad Gogineni, Dr. Stephen J. Yan
Engineering researchers at The University of Alabama will develop a radar that should provide an accurate image of what occurs at the base of the North East Greenland Ice Stream to help better predict rising sea levels.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: May 22, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Siva Prasad Gogineni, Dr. Stephen J. Yan
What began as simply tinkering with a 3-D printer the summer before Valerie Levine’s junior year at The University of Alabama ended with children receiving prosthetic hands before the year’s end.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 22, 2017 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Jason E. Bara
Thirty-one student teams from across the country will test their designs in simulated microgravity this year as part of NASA’s Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) activity. Test…
Source: Forward Geek / Published: May 19, 2017 / Posted in: In The News, Research, Students
After winning the top prize at a NASA robotics contest the past two years, a team of students at The University of Alabama returns to defend its title
Author: Adam Jones / Published: May 16, 2017 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
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.
