UA Start-Up Company Ready to Serve Construction Industry
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.
UA Engineering Students Build Robot for Space-Mining Contest
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.
UA Rocket Team Ready for Launch
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.
UA Engineering Professor Awarded NSF CAREER Award for Robotic Prosthesis
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.
Small Changes Could Save Structures, Lives During Tornadoes, Reports UA-Involved Study
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.
UA Selected for National Vehicle Contest
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.
Boeing Vice President To Speak at UA
Dr. Dianne Chong, vice president of materials, manufacturing, structures and support in the Boeing Engineering, Operations and Technology organization, will speak to students and faculty at The University of Alabama about the company’s 787 Dreamliner airplane.
UA Engineering Students to Compete in Aircraft Contest
A team of University of Alabama students have built an airplane to compete in the AIAA Student Design/Build Fly competition that asks collegiate teams to make small, electric-powered aircraft that can perform the tasks.
UA Engineering Professor Recognized for Diversity Efforts
Dr. Viola L. Acoff, professor and head of the metallurgical and materials engineering department at The University of Alabama, is the inaugural recipient of the Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award given by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.
UA to Host Robotics Competition
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — More than 350 students from across Alabama, from third graders to seniors in high school, will be at The University of Alabama April 5 programming robots and hoping their instructions are good enough to win the Alabama Robotics Competition. The competition, which is in its fourth year, is hosted by the UA