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Devising a Strategy for K-12 Education    /  UA News

Empowering future workforces hinges on improving education outcomes and solving the challenges that accompany the complex puzzle of funding, standards and curriculum.


Author: David Miller    /    Published: August 10, 2017    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Students Win International Antenna Contest    /  UA News

A team of engineering students at The University of Alabama placed first in an international contest to design better antennas for small satellites, called CubeSats.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: August 7, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA to Hold Commencement Exercise Aug. 5    /  UA News

The University of Alabama will hold its summer commencement exercise Aug. 5 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.


Author: David Miller    /    Published: July 31, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Events, Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News   

Bradt Named Life Member of Ceramic Society    /  UA News

Dr. Richard C. Bradt, metallurgical and materials engineering professor emeritus at UA, has been named a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 26, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News   

Roy Selected by U.S. Air Force for Scientific Role    /  UA News

Dr. Samit Roy in aerospace engineering and mechanics was competitively selected to serve a two-year rotation as a program officer in the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Virginia.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

UA College of Engineering to host SECME Summer Institute    /  UA News

For the third summer in four years, The University of Alabama will host educators, students and industry leaders on campus to help promote diversity inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 16, 2017    /    Posted in:   Events, Outreach, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA Engineering Students Awarded Scholarships, Fellowships by NASA    /  UA News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Fellowships were given to Nicholas Jose […]


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 7, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Spin-off Technology Selected for National Start-Up Contest    /  UA News

Technology developed at The University of Alabama aimed at producing inexpensive, flexible thin-film solar cells for military applications has been selected for a national business start-up contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 5, 2017    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

A Three-peat for UA Robotics Team at NASA Contest    /  UA News

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:     

UA, Airbus Partner to Enhance Engineering Education, Research    /  UA News

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   

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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.