FORTIFIED Assessment
A team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students collected data in four Florida cities including Marco Island, the location where Irma made landfall.
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Shelter from the Storm
Could homeowners have protection from high winds at a more affordable price than traditional storm shelters provide? Answering that question is the goal of research inside an innovative University of Alabama lab designed to help the construction and insurance industries.
UA, ALDOT Lay Groundwork for Future Self-Driving Vehicles
Advanced technology used to make traveling safer and easier is the focus of a new project led by The University of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Transportation.
UA Researcher on Team Exploring Potential Lunar Habitats for Humans
An engineering researcher at The University of Alabama is part of a project garnering international attention to potential sites for future habitats on the moon.
UA Technology Selected for Start-Up Program
A research group from The University of Alabama is part of a national program aimed at taking technology from the lab to the market.
Students Part of NASA Project to Capture Eclipse from Near Space
A group of students at The University of Alabama plan to launch a balloon to take video of the solar eclipse later this month as part of a nation-wide science project led by NASA.
UA Students Win International Antenna Contest
A team of engineering students at The University of Alabama placed first in an international contest to design better antennas for small satellites, called CubeSats.
Bradt Named Life Member of Ceramic Society
Dr. Richard C. Bradt, metallurgical and materials engineering professor emeritus at UA, has been named a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society.
UA College of Engineering to host SECME Summer Institute
For the third summer in four years, The University of Alabama will host educators, students and industry leaders on campus to help promote diversity inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education.
UA Spin-off Technology Selected for National Start-Up Contest
Technology developed at The University of Alabama aimed at producing inexpensive, flexible thin-film solar cells for military applications has been selected for a national business start-up contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.