Thanks to grants from the National Science Foundation, the NASA Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and the Lindbergh Foundation, Dr. Amy Lang continues researching what designers of aircraft and underwater vehicles could learn by imitating nature’s design of shark skins.
A chemistry professor, whose discovery of a way to dissolve cellulose forms the basis of new research efforts to turn trees into valuable chemicals and fuels, is the winner of The University of Alabama’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor award.
A recent University of Alabama study shows that the days preceding and following holidays, rather than the holidays themselves, are at a high risk for serious crashes involving injuries or fatalities.
Some 25 University of Alabama physics students will display poster presentations of their research during an open house Friday, Nov. 20 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the first floor hallway of Gallalee Hall.
The Alabama Housing Report shows the state’s home sales for September 2009 down .3 percent from August, and down 7 percent from September 2008. The report, produced by a University of Alabama center, is available online.
A University of Alabama researcher examines boardroom disputes and their impact on the stock market.
UA researchers are studying the impact “service learning” can have on academics, and, in a separate effort, UA engineers are incorporating engineering applications into existing middle school science and math courses. Combined, the two efforts have drawn more than $3.65 million in external funding to benefit middle and high school students.
Amy Frees, a senior majoring in chemical and biological engineering from Huntsville, was recently selected as the national winner of the Society of Women Engineers’ undergraduate poster competition.
A chemical produced by common soil bacteria may kill neurons that produce dopamine, according to an article authored by University of Alabama researchers publishing Oct. 6.
The August housing report and the August report on new housing construction are available on the Alabama Center for Real Estate Web site.