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2016 Randall Research Program Honors 16 UA Students    /  UA News

Sixteen University of Alabama undergraduate researchers have received recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program. The program recognizes the best research activity conducted by UA undergraduates, who are nominated by faculty and staff research directors.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 2, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News   

UA to Hold Spring Commencement Exercises    /  UA News

The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement exercises May 6-7 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 2, 2016    /    Posted in:   Events, Students, UA News   

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Baker Receives UA Engineering’s Hackney Leadership Award    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s Dr. John Baker, head of the department of aerospace engineering and mechanics, is the 2016 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 27, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior    /  UA News

Stephen Peter Rowe, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2016 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 26, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Student Receives Prestigious Hertz Fellowship    /  UA News

Sarah McFann, a University of Alabama senior from Arlington, Tennessee, has received an elite Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for 2016. McFann is the first UA student to be named a recipient of the award, which has been presented to fewer than 1,200 students in its 53 year history.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 22, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

Three Innovative Teams Win UA Business Plan Competition    /  UA News

Three University of Alabama student teams are on their way to starting their own businesses after winning the Culverhouse College of Commerce’s third annual Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 19, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

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UA Engineering Recognizes Outstanding Alumni Volunteer    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering recognizes Selina S. Lee as the 2016 Outstanding Alumni Volunteer.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 14, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, UA News   

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UA Honors Five Distinguished Engineering Fellows    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored five alumni by inducting them into its 2016 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 13, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, UA News   

Entrepreneurs to Pitch Business Plans, Demo Technologies at UA AIME Day    /  UA News

Entrepreneurial teams at The University of Alabama will compete for funds to build prototypes and advanced startups will demonstrate their technologies during AIME Day, an annual showcase of burgeoning technologies and business plan competition Friday, April 15 on the UA campus.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 12, 2016    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Research, UA News   

3 UA Students Earn Hollings Scholarships    /  UA News

Three University of Alabama sophomores will receive the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2016-2018.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 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.