AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Supports UA Study
Transportation researchers at The University of Alabama are leading an effort to understand safety for those who respond to traffic incidents.
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Alabama Transportation Institute Names New Director
Dr. Allen Parrish is returning to The University of Alabama as executive director of the Alabama Transportation Institute.
UA Continues Success in National Business Start-Up Program
Two inventive projects are participating in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps, or I-Corps, Teams program. It provides university researchers entrepreneurial education, mentoring and funding to accelerate innovation to attract third-party funding and bring technology to the market.
UA Engineers Help Find Site to Drill for Antarctica’s Ancient Ice
A unique radar developed by engineering researchers at The University of Alabama helped find the location to recover some of the oldest ice buried in Antarctica as part of an international effort to better understand the Earth’s climate history.
Want to Shed a Few Pounds? Researchers Test New Technology to Help
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a consortium of university researchers, led by The University of Alabama, a $2.5 million grant to further evaluate a wearable device designed to change eating behaviors.
UA Researcher Awarded Time on Supercomputer
Dr. David A. Dixon will access some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to understand more about the properties of elements that power nuclear energy.
NASA, UA Strengthen Relationship for Work on In-Space Manufacturing
An agreement between The University of Alabama and NASA will enhance inventive research assisting space exploration and strengthening education of tomorrow’s aerospace workforce.
Researchers Develop Tool to Diagnose Dying Forests
Predicting if droughts and heat waves will kill a forest is difficult, but new work involving an engineering researcher at The University of Alabama could help spot problems early to mitigate risks and possibly help restore a forest.
UA Research Looks to Asteroid Belt for Clues on Early Solar System
By examining meteorites, research led by The University of Alabama is tackling some of the biggest questions of our solar system, chiefly how the make-up of the inner planets formed.
