College of Engineering

UA Alumna Jody Singer Named Director of Marshall Space Flight Center

UA Alumna Jody Singer Named Director of Marshall Space Flight Center

University of Alabama alumna Jody Singer has been named director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, becoming the first woman to assume the role in the center’s history.

High-Achieving Freshman Class, Graduate School Growth Highlight UA Enrollment

High-Achieving Freshman Class, Graduate School Growth Highlight UA Enrollment

A talented freshman class that includes more than 180 incoming National Merit Scholars headlines The University of Alabama’s enrollment numbers for fall 2018.

Printing a Military Advantage

Printing a Military Advantage

University of Alabama researchers are examining how a new 3-D printing technology could be used by the military.

UA Building Innovative Radars to Help Flood, Drought Management

UA Building Innovative Radars to Help Flood, Drought Management

Researchers at The University of Alabama will lead a project to develop and deploy radars that obtain information about snow and soil moisture to help manage the nation’s water resources.

New SEC Program to Match Entrepreneurs, University Startups

New SEC Program to Match Entrepreneurs, University Startups

The University of Alabama, along with the rest of the Southeastern Conference, is launching the Southeast Executives-on-Roster to broaden access to experienced entrepreneurial talent and to match that talent to university-affiliated startups in need of executive management.

Two UA Students Receive U.S. Department of Defense Scholarship

Two UA Students Receive U.S. Department of Defense Scholarship

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded two University of Alabama mechanical engineering students a scholarship that covers their full tuition and secures them a job after graduation.

UA to Hold Summer Commencement Aug. 4

UA to Hold Summer Commencement Aug. 4

The University of Alabama will hold its summer commencement exercise Saturday, Aug. 4, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.

UA Student Team Selected for Magnetic Antenna Contest

UA Student Team Selected for Magnetic Antenna Contest

For the second consecutive year, a team of engineering students at The University of Alabama is one of six selected as finalists in an international contest to design an antenna system to sound wireless channels and locate radio signals.

Thompson Named University Research Professor

Thompson Named University Research Professor

UA’s Board of Trustees named Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, professor in the department of metallurgical and materials engineering, a University Research Professor earlier this month.

Predicting View

Predicting View

Of all the internet has brought, 360-degree videos that let users see around a fixed point are among the coolest, but it is difficult at the rate data travels for all of a high-quality, 360-video to arrive at the end user perfectly from the start. A University of Alabama researcher is developing a method to smooth the associated lag.