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

The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s Dr. Jay K. Lindly, professor of civil engineering and director of the University Transportation Center for Alabama, is the 2015 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 15, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, 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 2015 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 14, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, UA News   

Four UA Students Named Goldwater Scholars    /  UA News

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has selected four University of Alabama students as Goldwater Scholars for 2015-2016.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 9, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

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UA Offers Engineering Day at Francis Marion High School    /  UA News

University of Alabama students will travel to Marion for Engineering Day from noon to 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, at Francis Marion High School. The event is designed to encourage high school students’ interest in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 8, 2015    /    Posted in:   Events, Outreach, Students, UA News   

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UA to Host Robotics Competition    /  UA News

Students from across Alabama, from third graders to seniors in high school, will be at The University of Alabama April 11 programming robots and hoping their instructions are good enough to win the Alabama Robotics Competition.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 6, 2015    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Events, Outreach, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA Researchers Study Sounds from Colliding Football Helmets as Alternative to Understanding Forces    /  UA News

University of Alabama student Brandon McChristian hopes his research of sound waves generated from colliding football helmets leads to a a better understanding of the forces involved in those collisions and, perhaps one day, enables inexpensive sensing methods for a safer game.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 2, 2015    /    Posted in:   Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Hovercraft Team Preparing for Race Against Rival, Others    /  UA News

A team of University of Alabama engineering students are set to race in the Third Annual University Hoverbowl Challenge near Tuscaloosa March 28.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: March 24, 2015    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Events, Students, UA News   

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UA Engineering Students Host Rocket Contest at Nearby Middle School    /  UA News

A water-rocket contest among middle-school students March 24 is the culmination of an outreach effort by students from The University of Alabama.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: March 23, 2015    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students, UA News   

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UA Computer Science Students Recognized for Research in National Contest    /  UA News

Two University of Alabama students studying computer science recently finished in the top five at a national computer-science contest.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: March 23, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA’s First Faculty Research Day Set for April 8    /  UA News

Thirteen faculty members representing a cross section of campus will be presented with the President’s Faculty Research Award Wednesday, April 8, as part of UA’s first Faculty Research Day.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: March 23, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, 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.