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UA team preparing for NASA robotics competition    /  The Tuscaloosa News

At about 1 a.m. Monday, Rebecca Dietz noticed something wrong with “MARTE.” Dietz, a senior studying mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama, and several other members of the Alabama…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: May 16, 2017    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:     

UA Crimson Racing Team to head to national competition    /  WVUA

We don’t see a lot of race cars at Bryant-Denny Stadium, but we did today. The number 15 race car is the work of Mechanical Engineering students, right here at…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: May 9, 2017    /    Posted in:   Events, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students   

Move over, Excalibur    /  UA News

Four engineering students completed a year-long project in which they replicated an 18th century British Hanger rapier.


Author: Kim Eaton    /    Published: May 9, 2017    /    Posted in:   Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Engineering Student Wins Bioethics Essay Contest

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Kaylee O’Connor, a junior chemical and biological engineering student from Fort Worth, Texas, won first place in the Institute of Biological Engineering bioethics essay competition. O’Connor’s submission…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: May 5, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

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UA Graduates Take a Look Back    /  UA News

    Robert Brackbill Carlisle, Pennsylvania/Gardendale, Alabama  Bachelor’s, Operations Management UA senior Robert Brackbill’s list of combat deployments in Afghanistan spans more than a decade, from the beginning of Operation […]


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 5, 2017    /    Posted in:   Students, UA News   

UA Students Selected for National Research Experience    /  UA News

Two juniors at The University of Alabama were selected to work this summer at one of the of the nation’s premiere research institutions for the physical and engineering sciences.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: May 4, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

UA Computer Science Students Start CrimsonHacks Hacking Competition

  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Five University of Alabama computer science seniors and members of the Association for Computing Machinery UA student chapter started a hacking competition this semester that they…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: May 4, 2017    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Events, Outreach, Students   

NSF Selects UA Student for Competitive Fellowship    /  UA News

Megan Hathcock, a graduating senior in engineering at The University of Alabama, accepted admittance to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program to research structural dynamics .


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 3, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Ph.D. Student Wins Competitive Award

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Xuyang “Rhett” Zhou, a Ph.D. student in materials science from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, was selected to receive a Microscopy & Microanalysis Student Scholar Award given by…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: May 1, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

UA Students Develop Lightweight Hood Fused With Graphene    /  Graphene Entrepreneur

Tasked with reducing the weight of a Chevrolet Camaro transforming into a hybrid electric vehicle, engineering students at The University of Alabama successfully fabricated a lighter hood, proving a cutting-edge…


Source: Graphene Entrepreneur    /    Published: April 30, 2017    /    Posted in:   In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:     

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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.