University of Alabama College of Engineering

Coordinates: 33°12′49.91″N 87°32′32.02″W / 33.2138639°N 87.5422278°W

University of Alabama College of Engineering

Type	Public professional school
Established	1909 (instruction began in 1837)[1]
Dean	Charles L. Karr
Location	Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Website	http://eng.ua.edu/

The College of Engineering is one of the thirteen colleges at the University of Alabama. Located in Tuscaloosa, in the U.S. state of Alabama, the university began offering engineering classes in 1837. The university is the fourth-oldest engineering institution in the United States, after the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University, and the University of Virginia.^[2][3][4][5]

Departments and Programs

The College of Engineering comprises the following departments:^[6]

• Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
• Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Research Units

Interdepartmental

• Center for Advanced Public Safety
• University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies
• Environmental Institute of Alabama
• Aging Infrastructure Systems Center for Excellence
• Center for Materials for Information Technologies
• Alabama Industrial Assessment Center

References

1. "College of Engineering - HISTORY AND OBJECTIVES". UA College of Engineering. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
2. http://coeweb.eng.ua.edu/about/index.htm Archived February 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
3. U.Va. Engineering Welcome
4. About Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY
5. Nation’s 5th oldest engineering school celebrates EWeek - The Citadel 2012 - Charleston, SC
6. http://coeweb.eng.ua.edu/academic/index.htm Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.