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Electronic devices could be made cheaper, smaller and more efficient by reducing the complexity of their internal method of converting and regulating energy, according to a patent by a University of Alabama engineering professor.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: June 2, 2014 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Jaber Abu-Qahouq
Less than a year after patenting a process that could improve stripping greenhouse gasses from industrial emissions, a University of Alabama engineering professor was recently granted another patent that uses a different solvent to accomplish the same goal.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 29, 2014 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Jason E. Bara
Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, will lead a free, online course this summer to train high-school teachers in a new computer-science course and future College Board AP exam.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 23, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
A company supported by The University of Alabama will open for business June 6, the culmination of years of hard work by a recent engineering graduate.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 19, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News
Students in the Alabama Astrobotics team from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will participate in the NASA Robotics Mining Competition May 19-23 at Kennedy Space Center.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 13, 2014 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News
A team of University of Alabama students known as the Yellowhammers will compete in the NASA Student Launch challenge May 15-17 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County, Utah.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 12, 2014 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. James Paul Hubner
The National Science Foundation selected a University of Alabama mechanical engineering professor for a CAREER Award for his research into a robotic prosthesis that could help amputees walk better.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 5, 2014 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Xiangrong Shen
Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can lead to the removal of the roof and collapsed walls, according to a study of damage left behind by a powerful tornado in Moore, Okla., in 2013 by researchers at The University of Alabama and other institutions.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 30, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Laura Myers, Dr. Thang N. Dao
Students from several disciplines across The University of Alabama will compete nationally over the next four years to design an advanced, energy-efficient vehicle. The contest, called EcoCAR 3, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 28, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News
The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement ceremonies May 2-3 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 28, 2014 / Posted in: Events, 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.
