TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Daniel Gerber, a junior in mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, was named the second UA student to win the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation International Student Conference paper award.
Gerber’s paper on luminescent photoelastic coating detailed his research experiments with Dr. Paul Hubner, assistant professor of aerospace engineering and mechanics.
Gerber, originally from Lincolnshire, Ill., won the regional qualifier in Huntsville, allowing him to compete as one of eight undergraduate finalists at the international competition in Orlando. The 2010 Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit provided the opportunity to attend seminars and meetings with other students and professionals from some of the large corporations in the aerospace industry.
AIAA is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. With more than 35,000 individual members worldwide and 90 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space and defense.
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 2,700 students and more than 100 faculty. In the last eight years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater scholars, Hollings scholars and Portz scholars.
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Mary Wymer, engineering public relations, 205/348-6444 or mwymer@eng.ua.edu