MOBILE, Alabama, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: Julia Nelson, a University of South Alabama mechanical engineering graduate, has been selected as a 2024 Phi Kappa Phi recipient. She is one of 54 students nationwide receiving an $8,500 fellowship for graduate study. Nelson will begin pursuing her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech this fall. Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest and most selective hono  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Russ Nelson Dr. Agnieszka Truszkowska, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won the 2024 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award. The national honor is a one-year $5,000 commitment aimed at enriching the research skills and professional growth of youn  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Aug. 17 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: The University of South Alabama has received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to create and develop a semiconductor course package that includes a new semiconductor engineering concentration and a certificate program within the College of Engineering. Dr. Jinhui Wang is the project's principal investigator. His team includes Dr. Hulya Kirkici, Dr. Clive Woods and Dr. Na Gong, professors  more