College of Engineering

State Engineering Hall of Fame Inducts 2017 Class

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted five individuals and honored a corporation during a recent ceremony at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa. The following five individuals join the 173 inducted into the Hall of Fame over the past 29 years: Brian D. Barr of Birmingham; Bill L. Harbert, formerly of Birmingham;

Women in STEM

Women are making strides in STEM fields, but there’s still work to be done.

A Crimson Connection

A Crimson Connection

When a University of Alabama football player with an injured arm instinctively stiff-armed a defender in the 2015 Southeastern Conference Championship Game, he was able to do so thanks to doctors, athletic trainers, engineering students, professors and a 3-D printer.

UA to Host Regional Science Olympiad

More than 600 students are expected to participate in the 2017 Regional Science Olympiad competition at The University of Alabama Saturday, Feb. 18.

UA Holds Symposium for Women in STEM

UA Holds Symposium for Women in STEM

The University of Alabama’s Women in STEM initiaitve hosts its fifth annual WiSE symposium March 3-4.

UA to Host Meeting for 3-D Printing Experts

A global group of experts that devise standards for additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, will meet at The University of Alabama.

UA Students Learn Language Through Engineering

UA Offers Engineering Course Taught in German

UA Offers Engineering Course Taught in German

This spring 13 engineering students at The University of Alabama are learning automotive engineering through a class taught entirely in German, most likely the first German-taught engineering course for American students in the Southeast.

Fatal Crashes in Alabama Increase in 2016, UA Study Finds

Fatal Crashes in Alabama Increase in 2016, UA Study Finds

Deaths from the state’s traffic crashes in 2016 increased by nearly a quarter from 2015, while total crashes increased by only 2 percent, according to a recent study of data by researchers at The University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety.

UA Announces Winners of Three Minute Thesis Competition

The University of Alabama recently held the final round of its annual Three Minute Thesis competition, and a graduate student in the department of educational studies in psychology, research, methodology and counseling took home first place honors.