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
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
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
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
Aviation, Aerospace, Planes, Aircraft, Airplanes, Engineering, Astronautics, Aeronautics, Rocketry, Professional Organization
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Chemical Engineering pre-professional organization
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
asme, american society of mechanical engineers, mechanical engineering, mechanical, engineering, professional society
ASCE – Concrete Canoe Team
Student team working to design, construct, and race a concrete canoe. Affiliated with ASCE.
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 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
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, Race, Racecar, Engineering, Automotive
Magazine of Academic and Technical Crimson Horizons Science & Engineering
MATCH Science & Engineering is a group of students dedicated to making the magazine for UA’s College of Engineering and College of Arts & Sciences.
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
Student organization encompassing Materials Advantage members, American Foundry Society members, and students in the Metallurgical Engineering Department at Alabama.
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
engineering, mechanical engineering, car, automotive, society, professional, formula, baja, green technology.
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
engineering, educational outreach, professional development, women in engineering
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 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
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 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 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
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.
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, civil engineering, honor societies, engineering
Eta Kappa Nu
Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society
Omega Chi Epsilon, Tau Chapter
Omega Chi Epsilon is the National Honor Society for Chemical Engineering.
Sigma Gamma Tau
Aerospace Engineering Honor Society
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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