News and Announcements

• UA Lunabotics Team to Defend Title

  May 9, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  After winning first place in last year’s NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition, a team of students called Alabama Lunabotics from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will return to the competition May 20 at Kennedy Space Center.

• UA Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships

  April 12, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Two University of Alabama students were awarded scholarships by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, and two more students were recognized for an honorable mention.

• Gupta Named UA Distinguished Research Professor

  March 13, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The University of Alabama’s Board of Trustees has named Dr. Arunava Gupta, a professor of chemistry and chemical and biological engineering at UA, a Distinguished University Research Professor.

• UA Engineering Theater Group Presents ‘All the Great Books Abridged’

  March 12, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theater, or COE Does ART, will parody classic literature in its production of “Engineers Present: All the Great Books Abridged.”

• UA Entrepreneurs Compete in Business Competition

  February 28, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Three entrepreneurially-minded teams with University of Alabama members are among the 12 participating in a statewide business competition.

• UA Honors Outstanding Graduate Students in 2013

  February 28, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student awards, to be presented during UA Honors Week, April 1–5.

• Van Zee Tapped to Lead UA Chemical and Biological Engineering Department

  December 19, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Dr. John Van Zee, an innovator of fuel-cell research, was named as head of the department of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama College of Engineering.

• UA Engineering Student Recognized for Research Work

  December 5, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Michelle Hindman, a senior in chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama, was recognized for research presented through a poster at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, or AIChE, 2012 annual meeting in Pittsburgh.

• After Winning National Award, UA Women Engineers to Host Conference

  November 20, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The University of Alabama chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, or SWE, was awarded the gold level Outstanding Collegiate Society Award at the SWE National Conference in Houston, Texas, and it won the bid to host its regional conference in 2014 on campus.

• Renowned Engineer, Author to Speak at UA

  October 23, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Dr. Henry Petroski, professor, author and a leading expert on engineering failures throughout history, will visit The University of Alabama campus Nov. 7, capping his visit with a public lecture in the Ferguson Center.

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