Engineering Student Selected for SAE Leadership Development Program

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Christina Ibrahim, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering from Ryan, was one of 24 students selected to participate in the 2009 Society of Automotive Engineers Leadership Development Program.

The SAE Leadership Program recognizes the most promising SAE student leaders who have exhibited outstanding leadership skills through their involvement with SAE activities on campus. The program provides students with an opportunity to further develop these leadership skills as they prepare to enter into the field as professional engineers.

The Society of Automotive Engineers is a non-profit engineering and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of mobility technology to better serve humanity. The organization focuses on standards development and promotes the testing, measurement and design of automobiles and their components.

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s fully accredited College of Engineering has more than 2,300 students and more than 100 faculty. In the last seven years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater scholars, Hollings scholars and Portz scholars.