Students studying in UA’s College of Engineering are involved in many professional and social support groups. These groups help students in a variety of ways, including career networking and professional advising. The numerous college and department honor societies are listed as well.

Student Orgs

Alabama Astrobotics

Alabama Astrobotics

We are Alabama Astrobotics, a robotics team that competes each year in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition at Kennedy Space Center. We also aim to increase STEM awareness in the community with various outreach events.

Alabama Chem-E Car Team

Alabama Chem-E Car Team

The members of this club must design, build, and test a miniature car that starts and stops solely on chemical reactions. The car competes in a regional competition each spring, in hopes of qualifying for the national competition each fall.

American Concrete Institute

American Concrete Institute

A non-profit technical and educational society. ACI is a forum for the discussion of all matters related to concrete and the development of solutions to problems.

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Aviation, Aerospace, Planes, Aircraft, Airplanes, Engineering, Astronautics, Aeronautics, Rocketry, Professional Organization

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Chemical Engineering pre-professional organization

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

asme, american society of mechanical engineers, mechanical engineering, mechanical, engineering, professional society

ASCE - Concrete Canoe Team

ASCE – Concrete Canoe Team

Student team working to design, construct, and race a concrete canoe. Affiliated with ASCE.

ASCE -- American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCE — American Society of Civil Engineers

A professional student organization dedicated to the promotion of the civil engineering profession

Bama Racing (SAE Baja Team)

Bama Racing (SAE Baja Team)

Bama Racing is an interdisciplinary team of Alabama students dedicated to the design, fabrication, and testing of an off-road vehicle. Members of Bama Racing will learn both technical, business and leadership skills to prepare them for future success.

College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre

College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre

Here at the College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre, we give students a creative outlet in the exciting performing art of theatre. All majors and theatre experience levels are welcome. Come join the fun!

Formula SAE

Formula SAE

Formula, SAE, Race, Racecar, Engineering, Automotive

Mentor Undergraduate Peer Partnering

Mentor Undergraduate Peer Partnering

Mentor UPP is a mentoring and networking program designed to cultivate relationships between upperclassmen and underclassmen to increase involvement, retention, and confidence in the newest members of the College of Engineering.

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Student Chapter

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Student Chapter

Student organization encompassing Materials Advantage members, American Foundry Society members, and students in the Metallurgical Engineering Department at Alabama.

National Society of Black Engineers

National Society of Black Engineers

NSBE is a professional engineering organization with a strong focus on academic excellence, professional development, and community service.

Society of Automotive Engineers - UA

Society of Automotive Engineers – UA

engineering, mechanical engineering, car, automotive, society, professional, formula, baja, green technology.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

SHPE changes lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support, and development.

Society of Women Engineers

Society of Women Engineers

engineering, educational outreach, professional development, women in engineering

Student Engineers In Action

Student Engineers In Action

We are a service based organization whose purpose is to benefit and positively impact the Tuscaloosa community by using our background in the fields of engineering.

The UA EcoCAR Team

The UA EcoCAR Team

The University of Alabama is competing in EcoCAR, a competition sponsored by The U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors to redesign a GM vehicle to meet changing consumer needs.

Tuska UAV Design Team

Tuska UAV Design Team

We are an interdisciplinary team at the University of Alabama developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) for disaster relief, photogrammetry, and other experimental applications.

UA Association for Computing Machinery logo

UA Association for Computing Machinery

A professional organization focused on developing the technical and professional skills of students with an interest in technology.

UA Steel Bridge AISC

UA Steel Bridge AISC

AISC, Civil Engineers, Civil Engineering, Civil, Engineering, Engineers, Structural Engineering, Structural, Steel, Bridge, Team, UA, University, of, Alabama, Steel Bridge

UA Women in CyberSecurity

UA Women in CyberSecurity

UA WiCyS is community that promotes women’s education, participation, and leadership in the field of cybersecurity. We strive to decrease the gender gap in cybersecurity by promoting recruitment, retention and advancement of women students in the field.

UASPACE

UASPACE

The primary goal of UASPACE is the design, fabrication, testing, launch, orbital insertion, tracking, and successful operation of CubeSats. UASPACE also aims to work as a space advocacy group to the public, especially to K-12 students.

University of Alabama Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers

This organization aims to provide a platform for students to showcase their work, improve their knowledge by inviting internal/external speakers on seminars, and most importantly get connected with the transportation industry for professional development

Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics provides an academic and social support system for women and gender minorities in aerospace engineering and works to promote the studies of aerospace engineering to peers and the community.


Honor Societies

Chi Epsilon

Chi Epsilon

chi epsilon, civil engineering, honor societies, engineering

Eta Kappa Nu

Eta Kappa Nu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society

Omega Chi Epsilon, Tau Chapter

Omega Chi Epsilon, Tau Chapter

Omega Chi Epsilon is the National Honor Society for Chemical Engineering.

Sigma Gamma Tau

Sigma Gamma Tau

Aerospace Engineering Honor Society

Tau beta pi logo

Tau Beta Pi

The Tau Beta Pi Association was founded at Lehigh University in 1885 by Edward Higginson Williams, Jr., to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges.

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