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Summer camp and marshmallows don’t mix like you think they might at the University of Alabama. Tyler Picchi explained how engineering campers brought the two together this week. “Well it’s…
Source: WBRC Fox 6 / Published: July 24, 2014 / Posted in: In The News, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Yuping Bao, Greg Singleton, Sandra A. Wood
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: Dr. Gary P. Moynihan
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Mike Alvarez may be president and CEO of a high-tech aerospace company, but he’s also a father. And a grandfather. Last year Alvarez became disturbed by an…
Source: AL.com / Published: July 18, 2014 / Posted in: In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students
Tuscaloosa, Alabama – Jackson A. Morris, a junior from Naperville, Illinois, studying aerospace engineering and mechanics was selected to receive the Ellis F. Hitt Digital Avionics Scholarship from the American Institute…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: July 18, 2014 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Students
In the first competition of its kind on the Big Island, seven college teams will put their robots to the test in an inaugural space mining simulation on the slope…
Source: Hawaii Tribune-Herald / Published: July 18, 2014 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
More than 180 University of Alabama students during the summer 2014 semester are receiving a hands-on educational experience at more than 60 companies and organizations through UA’s Cooperative Education Program. In the Cooperative Education Program, students alternate periods of full-time study with periods of full-time employment. This program offers work related to the academic major or career interests of each student. The experience enhances the students’ employment prospects after graduation.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: July 18, 2014 / Posted in: Students, UA News
Tuscaloosa, Alabama – A team of University of Alabama students who won the top prize at a NASA contest this year are traveling to Hawaii for another contest. Made up…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: July 17, 2014 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
NEWPORT — Top mechanical and aerospace engineering students from 11 universities and six states gathered in a field here Friday to test out remote-controlled aircraft they designed last week as part…
Source: Carteret County News-Times / Published: June 30, 2014 / Posted in: In The News, Students
When the desktop computer first hit the market, it was a novel technology, but nobody really knew what to make of it. Only after college students put the computer to…
Source: Crimson White / Published: June 25, 2014 / Posted in: In The News, Students
A team of University of Alabama engineering students won the 2014 Student Casting Competition for the Southeast organized by the American Foundry Society.This is the third time in four years UA students have won the AFS competition.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: June 11, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students, UA News
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.
