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The University of Alabama engineering department is hosting the Robotic Mining Challenge in Tuscaloosa. Twenty-eight teams from colleges all across the country are on campus trying to prove they are…
Source: CBS 42 (Birmingham) / Published: May 7, 2019 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
The University of Alabama engineering department is hosting the Robotic Mining Challenge in Tuscaloosa. Twenty-eight teams from colleges all across the country are on campus trying to prove they are the…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: May 7, 2019 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
The five-time NASA Robotic Mining Competition champions from The University of Alabama will take over hosting duties this year.
Author: Alana Norris / Published: April 30, 2019 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
Colorado Springs’ Kevin Townsend is part of a University of Alabama student team that is continuing a three-year tradition of local outreach projects. The University of Alabama Astrobotics team and…
Source: Colorado Springs Gazette / Published: April 28, 2019 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
The University of Alabama Astrobotics team and a group of engineering senior design students partnered with the RISE Center, a school for infants and preschoolers with and without special needs on UA’s campus, to provide the children with a sensory cube to assist with in-class therapy.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 1, 2019 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
The Alabama Astrobotics team has recently migrated to its own space in a state-of-the-art lab.
Author: Alana Norris and Gillian Castro / Published: February 21, 2019 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks, Dr. Kenneth J. Fridley
Dr. Kenneth Ricks is an adviser for the University of Alabama’s space robotics team, which has won several championships. He says there is a need to have a team to be…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: June 19, 2018 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
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: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
The University of Alabama’s Astrobotics team won the NASA robotic mining competition, for the fourth year in a row. UA’s team won bragging rights, and a big check last weekend. Alabama Astrobotics…
Source: WVUA / Published: May 28, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, In The News, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
Students at The University of Alabama who competed in a NASA robotics contest came away with the top prize again, making it four straight years for the team from UA to win.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 24, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
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.
