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Printing a Military Advantage    /  UA News

University of Alabama researchers are examining how a new 3-D printing technology could be used by the military.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: September 6, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, UA News    /    Features:   , ,   

UA Building Innovative Radars to Help Flood, Drought Management    /  UA News

Researchers at The University of Alabama will lead a project to develop and deploy radars that obtain information about snow and soil moisture to help manage the nation’s water resources.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: August 28, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

New SEC Program to Match Entrepreneurs, University Startups    /  UA News

The University of Alabama, along with the rest of the Southeastern Conference, is launching the Southeast Executives-on-Roster to broaden access to experienced entrepreneurial talent and to match that talent to university-affiliated startups in need of executive management.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: August 8, 2018    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News    /    Features:   ,   

Two UA Students Receive U.S. Department of Defense Scholarship    /  UA News

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded two University of Alabama mechanical engineering students a scholarship that covers their full tuition and secures them a job after graduation.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: August 2, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

UA to Hold Summer Commencement Aug. 4    /  UA News

The University of Alabama will hold its summer commencement exercise Saturday, Aug. 4, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: July 30, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Events, Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News   

UA Student Team Selected for Magnetic Antenna Contest    /  UA News

For the second consecutive year, a team of engineering students at The University of Alabama is one of six selected as finalists in an international contest to design an antenna system to sound wireless channels and locate radio signals.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: July 2, 2018    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

Thompson Named University Research Professor    /  UA News

UA’s Board of Trustees named Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, professor in the department of metallurgical and materials engineering, a University Research Professor earlier this month.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 14, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News    /    Features:     

Predicting View    /  UA News

Of all the internet has brought, 360-degree videos that let users see around a fixed point are among the coolest, but it is difficult at the rate data travels for all of a high-quality, 360-video to arrive at the end user perfectly from the start. A University of Alabama researcher is developing a method to smooth the associated lag.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 7, 2018    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News   

UA Students Win Regional Robotics Competition    /  UA News

The University of Alabama Robotics team became the first UA robotics team in school history to win the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SoutheastCon Hardware Competition.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 7, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Honors Five Distinguished Engineering Fellows    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored five alumni by inducting them into its 2018 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 1, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News   

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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.