Court takes brake off Chrysler-Fiat deal
Marketplace (National Public Radio) – June 9
…(Jim Cashman) “I hate to say it, but I just don’t see Fiat as being able to offer anything that might be of value to Chrysler.” Jim Cashman, an auto industry expert at the University of Alabama, is a Fiat critic. “Number one, it probably has the lowest-quality vehicles in Europe. Number two, it has no money.” Given time, Cashman believes other buyers would have emerged and made offers for Chrysler’s strongest brands, like Jeep…
Rusty giant in repose on Woods Quad
Tuscaloosa News (Tommy Stevenson Blog) – June 9
There is a lot of sculpture scattered around the University of Alabama campus (including likenesses of several football coaches), but right now one the most fascinating is on Woods Quad, where “Goldie 1971” lies in repose on the grass. All 2,000 pounds-plus of her. The creation of 37-year-old MFA grad student Joe McCreary, the giant figure, which looks something like the Tin Man out of the Wizard of Oz at first glance, derives its name from a welded signature McCreary found at Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, where he has worked for the last 10 years…
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Research project to tackle combustion engine efficiency
Blog: The Green Car Website (England) – June 10
Could a breakthrough be made in extending the efficiency of combustion engines close to their theoretical potential?…Oak Ridge is working with partners from Texas A&M University, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Alabama, and the University of Michigan, Dearborn, as well as Delphi on the catalyst side and an unnamed vehicle manufacturer…
Opinion: Quicker and better reports
Mobile Press-Register – June 10
Alabama state troopers have come up with a new electronic system for accident reports that will standardize the reports and get them out faster…Called eCrash, the system was adapted for use in Alabama by the engineering school at the University of Alabama, which received a grant and then gave the adapted program to the Department of Public Safety. Other agencies have been trained by the troopers to use the system
CBS42 (Birmingham) – June 9
Students Prepare for Concrete Canoe Competition
WLIO (Lima, Ohio) – June 9
…the 22nd annual concrete canoe competition at the University of Alabama…