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Distinguished Seminar - Role of Turbulence in the Atmospheric Processing of Clouds
Role of Turbulence in the Atmospheric Processing of Clouds Prof. Lance R. Collins, Cornell UniversityA Joint College of Engineering and UAH Distinguished Seminar Friday, September 27 2:00pm S-105, Technology Hall ABSTRACT: in a particular size range, a uniform distribution of particles or droplets in turbulent air will spontaneously cluster. The clustering is caused by the inertial mismatch between the heavy particles and the lighter surrounding fluid; vortices in the flow "centrifuge" the particles into the interstitial straining regions. The resulting non-uniform particle concentration field enhances the rate of coalescence. This may explain the rapid development of cumulus clouds under conditions that are not well described by current meteorological models. In this talk, I will review our attempts to quantify inertial clustering in our direct numerical simulations, as well as discuss recent measurements made in the laboratory and in the atmosphere by my collaborators. Lance R. Collins is the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering at Cornell University. Prior to that he served as the S. C. Thomas Sze Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from 2005-2010, and he was Director of Graduate Studies for Aerospace Engineering 2003-2005. He joined Cornell in 2002, after serving for 11 years as Assistant... Read more
09-19-2013 Hits:102
COE Professors Slegers, Joiner, and Lindquist receive NSF Grants
1) Nathan Slegers in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is PI on a collaborative research project funded by the National Science Foundation on "The beneficial aerodynamic effect of butterfly scale." Results from his study will yield potentially transformative discovery of new and unique passive surface drag control methodology derived from butterfly scales functioning at the microscale level. Experiments aimed at measuring the aerodynamic efficiency of butterfly wings with scales will be carried out at the state-of-the art autonomous tracking facility (ATOM laboratory) located in the MAE department. The award received by UAH is $118,254 over a three year period beginning in September 2013. Nathan will be conducting this research in partnership with his collaborator Amy Lang at the University of Alabama. For details on UAH's Automatic Tracking Optical Measurements (ATOM) Laboratory, please visit: http://www.eng.uah.edu/~slegers/ATOM.html 2) Laurie Joyner (PI) and Bob Lindquist (co-PI) in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering received $199,200 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation over a two year period beginning September 1, 2013 in support of their project "Enhancing undergraduate education in signals and signal processing using UltraWideband (UBW) technology." Their work will help bridge the gap between theoretical signal processing concepts and wireless operations via... Read more
09-10-2013 Hits:125
2013 College of Engineering is pleased to welcome its newest Faculty Members
Dr. Chang-kwon Kang The College of Engineering at UAH is very pleased to welcome Dr. Chang-kwon Kang, appointed as Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in August 2013. His research interests are in flapping-wing unsteady aerodynamics, locomotion of biological and robotic flyers/swimmers, energy harvesting systems, fluid-structure interaction in wind turbines and blood flow, and high-performance computing. He is a co-author of an upcoming Cambridge University Press book An Introduction to Flapping Wing Aerodynamics. Dr. Kang earned his BS and MS degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2011. Dr. Yu Lei The College of Engineering at UAH is very pleased to welcome Dr. Yu Lei as Assistant Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering, effective August 2013. His doctoral research was partly carried out at the Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society in Germany. The work involved experimental studies of model catalysis with the aim to build precise structure-reactivity relationship. Most recently, Yu worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Energy Systems Division at the Argonne National Laboratory. His research focus was in applying atomic layer deposition (ALD) to prepare nanostruatured materials... Read more
08-19-2013 Hits:305
New COE Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research Announced
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Houssam Toutanji as Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research in the College of Engineering, effective August 14, 2013. Dr. Toutanji is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and serves as Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He received his Ph.D. degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and BS and MSE degrees from Northeastern University. His research areas include FRP composites, cementitious composite materials, smart materials and smart structures, bridge engineering and lunar construction materials and design. He is the author/co-author of over 70 Journal articles and 100 conference proceedings. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on research projects funded by NSF, DOD, NOAA, NASA, Army Corps of Engineers, ALDOT, and UTCA. Professor Toutanji received the UAH Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching and UAH Foundation Award for Research and Creative Achievement for 2004 and 2005, respectively. In 2003 he was appointed a visiting professor at the University of Gent, Department of Structural Engineering (Gent-Belgium). He is also a Research Visiting Scholar at Cergy-Pontoise University's Civil Engineering Department. Dr. Toutanji is a recipient of the National Science Foundation's CAREER award. He also received the NSF-EPSCoR Scholarly Productivity Award, for two years... Read more
08-08-2013 Hits:260
MDA is hiring Engineers - Qualified Graduates, Respond before July 29th (July 2013)
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is hiring 65 plus positions! These positions are salaried, entry level, professional, and have full benefits! They are part of the Missile Defense Career Development Program (MDCDP), which is a well established, robust, career development program. Selectees will have the opportunity to engage in an intense learning and experiential three year program within MDA. Hundreds of our current professionals are MDCDP graduates! Announcements opened on USAJobs.gov on July 15 for entry level engineers (all disciplines) as well as for Applied Mathematicians to apply to our Operations Research Analyst positions. General Engineer - Series 0801: https://my.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/347422000Operations Research Analyst - Series 1515: https://my.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/341658800 Around July 29, we will announce entry level Budget Analysts, Contract Specialists, Acquisitions Managers, and Logistics Management Specialistson USAJobs.gov. Search for these positions on USAJobs.gov using keywords: "Defense, Missile Defense Agency" and "Career Development Program." Each announcement will close 14 days after opening. To apply: Use www.USAJobs.gov to complete your application. Submit all requested documents and information or your application will be consideredincomplete. Degrees must be conferred by the closing date of the respective announcement. The majority of these MDCDP positions will be located at our operational headquarters on Redstone Arsenal, located in Huntsville, AL: www.asmartplace.com. Learn more about MDA and MDCDP positions... Read more
07-23-2013 Hits:384
Dean Mahalingam visits China to promote UAH College of Engineering partnership with several universities (July 2013)
Dean Shankar Mahalingam visited Shanghai Institute of Technology (SIT) in Shanghai, Nantong University in Nantong, and Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU) in Chengdu, China during the week of July 1-5. At SIT he met with Vice President Yinzhong Ye to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes a cooperative agreement to enable exchange of students and faculty to help promote collaborations in teaching and research between UAH and SIT. He met with Deans of several engineering schools to discuss ways by which highly qualified undergraduate engineering students may enter UAH after two or three years at SIT. SIT, with an enrollment in excess of 18,000 students, was established by merging Shanghai Light Industry College, Shanghai College of Metallurgy, and Shanghai Institute of Chemical Technology in 2000. Dr. Mahalingam also had an opportunity to visit the Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry (SRICI). Scientists at SRICI are engaged in research in the fields of stable isotope separation, organic polymers, catalyst technology, biochemical technology, environmental protection, etc. At Nantong University, he met with Vice President Jianzhong Zhou to sign a similar agreement of cooperation. Nantong University is a comprehensive university with a rich history and today’s version, established in 2004, includes Nantong Medical College, Nantong... Read more
07-16-2013 Hits:250
Two UAH teams launch mock satellites at CanSat Competition
OK, you shoot a mock satellite up on a rocket, keep in touch with it as it takes telemetry information and then track it as it comes down. Easy, right? Well, it's not nearly as easy as it sounds, and it takes two semesters to design it and get it ready. Read more
06-18-2013 Hits:316
Alabama Space Grant Consortium funds UAH students
NASA funds totaling $42,000 have been provided by the Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) to students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for the 2013-2014 academic year to fund one graduate fellowship, four undergraduate scholars and one teacher educator scholar. "These awards are the heart of the Alabama Space Grant Consortium. Alabama has one of the largest Space Grant Scholars and Fellowship program in the country," said Dr. Gerald R. Karr, UAH ASGC director and a principal research scientist at the Earth System Science Center. "The awards are based on a competitive review process and these students are ranked highest among those that have competed. We are proud to present the 2013-2014 ASGC awards." The Undergraduate Scholars and their projected graduation dates are John Benton Alcorn, Aerospace Engineering, May 2014; Markus Ray Murdy, Aerospace Engineering, May 2015; Lindsay Megan Shine, Industrial & Systems Engineering, May 2014; and Kacey Marie Tyra, Mechanical Engineering, May 2015. The Teacher Education Scholar is Charity Haggenmaker, Chemistry & Science Education, May 2014. The Graduate Fellow is Matthew Arnold Hitt for his research thesis "Liquid Rocket Printed Injector Study." Hitt is a doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering graduating in May 2015. His advisor is Dr. Robert Frederick. UAH... Read more
05-31-2013 Hits:396
ECE alumnus Lori Mann Bruce (BSE, 1991, Ph.D. 1996) appointed Dean of the Graduate School at MSU - May 2013
The College of Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is delighted to learn that Dr. Lori Mann Bruce has been named Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mississippi State University. Dr. Bruce is the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at MSU, and will be the first woman to lead MSU's Graduate School. Dr. Bruce's research expertise is in the area of digital signal and image processing with emphases in hyperspectral remote sensing and diagnostic medical imaging. Read more
05-28-2013 Hits:484
Professor George Nelson (MAE) wins Prestigious Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award – May 2013
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce that George Nelson, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has earned a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a consortium of 109 major Ph.D.-granting universities. The Powe Award supports the research and professional growth of young faculty at ORAU member institutions. Dr. Nelson’s award is one of 30 awards given nationwide this year. It will support research on the stability of thermoelectric materials at high temperatures. Thermoelectric materials can convert heat directly to electric power, and may be used to produce power from concentrated solar energy or automobile exhaust. Thermoelectric materials have also been used in electrical generators that power space probes and satellites. Dr. Nelson’s research can lead to improvements in thermoelectric material production methods and performance. Dr. Nelson joined the faculty at UAH in August 2012 following an appointment as an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Nelson’s research interests include transport phenomena, energy storage and conversion devices, sustainable energy systems, and multi-scale... Read more
05-20-2013 Hits:422
UAH Students Teach Robot to Dance Gangnam Style!
Three UAH students have "taught" a robot the moves to the "Gangnam Style" dance craze. The students -- Roslyn Brown of Huntsville, Heather Helton of Hazel Green and A.C. Williams of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands -- have helped create an Android application to control the robot's movements. They are part of a master's degree class in software engineering that have developed the app. this story is courtesy of al.com: click this link for the complete story: http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/04/gangnam_style_uah_students_cre.html Read more
04-29-2013 Hits:602
L.- S. Fan, Distinguished University Professor
The College of Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series Presents Chemical Looping Technology and CO2 CapturebyL.- S. Fan, Distinguished University ProfessorC. John Easton Professor in EngineeringProfessor of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringThe Ohio State University Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 10:30 - 11:45 am - Room S105 in Technology Hall The concept of chemical looping reactions has been widely applied in chemical industries, e.g., the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from hydrogen and oxygen using 9,10- anthraquinone as the looping intermediate. Fundamental research on chemical looping reactions has also been applied to energy systems, e.g., the splitting of water (H2O) to produce oxygen and hydrogen using ZnO as the looping intermediate. Fossil fuel chemical looping applications had been used commercially with the steam-iron process for coal from the 1900s to the1940s and had been demonstrated at a pilot scale with the carbon dioxide acceptor process in the 1960s and 1970s. There are presently no chemical looping processes using fossil fuels in commercial operation. A key factor that hampered the continued use of these earlier processes for fossil energy operation was the inadequacy of the reactivity and recyclability of the looping particles. This factor led to higher product costs for using the chemical looping processes, compared to the other... Read more
04-23-2013 Hits:457
Professor Jovanov received a QNRF grant to monitor insomnia (1/2013)
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce that Professor Jovanov from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department received a Qatar National Research Fund grant for "The Development of a Clincician's Aide to Monitor and Screen for Insomnia." UAH is a part of the international team that includes Texas A&M University, Qatar, Charite Hospial, Berlin, Germany, Victoria University, Sydney, Australia, and RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. The word 'insomnia' is commonly used to describe the problem of not being able to fall asleep (onset insomnia), not being able to stay asleep (maintenance insomnia) or having both of these problems. Insomnia is not a disease and can have many different causes, including worrying, poor personal habits, injuries, diseases and painful conditions. Night-time symptoms of insomnia are usually difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep. Daytime symptoms of insomnia include fatigue, sleepiness, lack of energy, irritability and other mood disturbances (e.g., depressed mood), poor motivation and concentration, and poor work performance. Daytime symptoms may also have negative effects on social functioning and can increase the risk of motor vehicle and work-related accidents Dr. Jovanov and his students will develop a wearable monitoring system and work with Dr. Teixeira on unobtrusive detection and modeling of arousal episodes during... Read more
04-02-2013 Hits:511
COE hosts 59th Annual NARSEF (Science Fair) and Honeywell Leadership Program Students (3/2013)
59th Annual North Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair The College of Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville was pleased to host the 59th Annual North Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NARSEF). NARSEF is a scientific competition for students in grades five through twelve. The purpose of the fair is to offer an opportunity for students to showcase their independent research to the public and compete scholastically with their peers. NARSEF is dedicated to promoting the interest in science exploration in today’s youth. Performing independent research, in the terms of a science fair project, stimulates interest in students in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The interest in these areas is important because they have been recognized as crucial knowledge attributes for the next generation. This year, 2013 NARSEF was comprised of 346 winning projects from 30 public and private schools in the nine northern counties of Alabama; 373 students were in attendance. Of these projects, 106 were selected to compete in the state Alabama Science and Engineering Fair (ASEF), and three finalists were selected to represent NARSEF at the Intel® International Science and Engineering Fair, held May 12-17, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. ASEF will be... Read more
03-12-2013 Hits:612
ECE Alumnus, Professor Emeritus Bob Skelton from UCSD to present seminar (3/2013)
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is honored to host its alumnus, Professor Emeritus Bob Skelton (MSE, 1969) on March 12th. His talk is titled "Integrating Structure and Control Design with Tensegrity Systems." Bob is the inaugural Alspach Professor of Dynamics and Control at UCSD, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of AIAA, and a Humboldt Fellow. Click here for additional details including an abstract of his seminar, time, location, etc. Read more
03-08-2013 Hits:596
SCI Technology recently funded $100,000 scholarship at UAH in honor of businessman A. Eugene Sapp (3/2013)
SCI Technology, Inc. a subsidiary of Sanmina Corporation, recently funded a $100,000 endowed scholarship at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in honor of A. Eugene Sapp’s 50 years of service with the company. Read more
03-06-2013 Hits:608
Engineering Professors and Students honored at E-week banquet (2/2013)
UAHuntsville College of Engineering professors and students are honored at E-week banquet hosted by the Society of American Military Engineers on February 21, 20013. Dr. B. Earl Wells recieved Award as Outstanding Educator from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) John Ross received Outstanding Student at UAH Award from IEEE Dr. Nagendra Singh recieved UAHuntsville College of Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award Dr. Yuri Shtessel has been recognized as Outsanding Senior Faculty, and Dr. Babak Shotorban has been recognized as Oustanding Junior Faculty Outstanding Graduate Students Mar Piernavieja-Hermida Chemical and Materials Engineering Rajesh Vuddandam Civil and Enviromental Engineering Hai Sheng Leong Electrical and Computer Engineering Stephanie Brown Reitmeier ISE and Engineering Management John Bennewitz Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Undergraduate Student Matthew Denny Aerospace Engineering Stephen R. Kirk Chemical Engineering Marvin Viktor Standekar Civil Engineering Joshua M. Moser Computer Engineering George E. Bekken Electrical Engineering Roger Gregory Burt Idustrial and Systems Engineering Caroline Bryson Mechanical Engineering Jessie T. Hazen Optical Engineering Read more
02-26-2013 Hits:754
Alabama Governor Robert Bently Congratulates Dr. Jason Cassibry (2/2013)
Governor Bentley spoke at the dedication of the UAH Charger One Facility on Redstone Arsenal. This picture shows Dr. Bentley congratulating Dr. Jason Cassibry, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and UAH PhD Student Ross Cortez. Officials from state and national government, The Boeing Company, NASA , and UAH participated in the dedication ceremony. Dr. Cassibry and Ross Cortez are becoming recognized national leaders on the Nuclear Fusion Propulsion arena. The Propulsion Research Center is pleased to have them as part of our research team in conjunction with the UAH College of Engineering and the UAH Aerophysics Facility. Read more
02-25-2013 Hits:573
Nanophotonics Research by Professor Guo's Team Enables New Kind of Optical Spectrometer (1/2013)
By bringing nanophotonics technology to traditional optical spectroscopy, a new kind of optical spectrometer with functions of sensing and spectral measurement has been recently demonstrated by a research team led by Professor Guo in the ECE department. A detailed news article appears in the Science Daily Science Daily Article Read more
01-30-2013 Hits:688
ISEEM Graduate Dr. Joseph W. Hamaker Named Member of NRC Panel (12/2012)
The College of Engineering is proud to announce that Dr. Joseph W. Hamaker has been selected by the National Research Council's (NRC) Committee on Human Spaceflight as one of 14 members to serve on its Technical Feasibility Panel. This panel will help the committee evaluate the future of the American space program. Dr. Joseph W. Hamaker is a senior cost analyst with The Millennium Group International (TMGI). He performs cost and schedule estimating, risk/uncertainty analysis and related economic assessments, cost-estimating tool development, and related work for new and ongoing space projects. Previously, Dr. Hamaker was the director of the Cost Analysis Division of NASA headquarters. In this position, he led the development of independent cost estimates for NASA programs as well as the establishment of strategic management policy for the overall NASA cost-estimating process. Prior to assuming the lead cost position at NASA headquarters, Dr. Hamaker spent 29 years at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the last 16 as manager of the Engineering Cost Office there. He is certified by the Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis as a cost analyst and by the International Society of Parametric Analysts as a parametric practitioner. Dr. Hamaker has a B.S. in industrial engineering from Tennessee Technological University and... Read more
12-17-2012 Hits:823
COE Alumni Win $20,000 First Prize (9/2012)
UAHuntsville College of Engineering alumni Jiake Liu, Chris Heath, Stephen Doud, and Douglas Kirby have won $20,000 in a national search to find and nurture the next big ideas in advanced technology. Their invention, which started as their senior design project at UAHuntsville, won one of three first prize winners of the Best Buy College Innovator Fund, according to a news release from Best Buy. The team won for their Typing Glove - Gauntlet Keyboard, a one-hand glove device that functions as a wireless keyboard. Check out their website http://gauntletkeyboard.com for more information. Video Demonstration Read more
10-02-2012 Hits:1176
Chris E. Orr (BSE, Electrical Engineering,1984) wins prestigious GE Edison Award (9/2012)
UAHuntsville College of Engineering alumnus Chris E. Orr (’84 BSE) has been awarded a General Electric Edison Award for his contributions to the General Electric (GE) Company. The Edison award is named after Thomas Edison, one of GE’s founders and the most prolific inventor in history. Read more
09-28-2012 Hits:1097
Professor Milenkovic received an NSF grant to develop new techniques that will help programmers find software bugs faster (8/2012)
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce that Dr. Milenkovic from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department received an NSF grant to explore techniques for real-time unobtrusive program tracing and debugging in modern multicore embedded systems. The UAHuntsville is a lead institution in this collaborative three-year effort that includes a group from the Texas State University, San Marcos led by Dr. Martin Burtscher. Our society increasingly relies upon embedded computer systems that have become essential to all aspects of our lives. Faster, cheaper, smaller, more sophisticated, and more power-efficient embedded computer systems spur new applications that require very complex software stacks. The growing software and hardware complexity and tightening time-to-market deadlines make software development and debugging the most critical aspect of embedded system development. A recent study found that software developers spend between 50%-75% of their time debugging programs, yet the nation still loses approximately $20-$60 billion a year due to softwarebugs and glitches. The recent shift toward multicore architectures makes software development and debugging even more challenging. Traditional debugging is time consuming and may interfere with program execution, causing some bugs to become irreproducible and making it unusable in real-time environments. Moreover, tracing a processor's internal state during execution is only... Read more
08-27-2012 Hits:1411
College of Engineering New Faculty Appointments (8/2012 rev. 1/2013)
Dr. Pat Reardon Dr. Pat Reardon received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1993 from UAHuntsville. After a couple of stints in industry in Huntsville, Pat came to the Center for Applied Optics in 1998, and has worked his way up to be the Interim Director. He was appointed Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, effective October 1, 2012. His area of expertise is in various kinds of optical metrology instrumentation. The levels of precision in terms of surface roughness of the kinds of optical surfaces he develops is of the order of tens of nanometers. Dr. Ying-Cheng Lin The College of Engineering at UAHuntsville is very pleased to welcome Dr. Ying-Cheng Lin, appointed as Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in August 2012. Dr. Ying-Cheng Lin's research areas include the behavior and design of steel structures, seismic performance-based design, nonlinear modeling and analysis, and the reliability analysis of structural systems. He was awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 8th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, Japan in 2011 and received the P.C. Rossin Doctoral Fellowship, College of Engineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University in2010 and 2011. Dr. Lin earned his Bachelor's in civil engineering and M.S. in... Read more
08-14-2012 Hits:1726
News Archive
Dean's Walk-in Office Hours (3/2013)
Dr. Mahalingam is now offering Walk-in office hours without an appointment. Any student interested in speaking with the Dean may drop by his office, Engineering Building 102, at these times: Wednesday - 1pm to 2pm Thursday - 1pm to 2pm Read more
03-05-2013 Hits:574
Graduate Program Open House (3/2013)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013. 5-7 PM Shelby Center, SC301 UAHuntsville College of Engineering organizes open house with presentation of graduate programs and admission-free enrollment. Please come to hear about Graduate Programs at the College of Engineering and admission process, and tell us about your needs and interests. Refreshments will be served. Admission fee will be waived for U.S. citizens/residents between March 1 and April 15. All applications will be processed within four weeks. To register, please email rsvp@uah.edu. Graduate Programs in the College of Engineering: http://www.uah.edu/eng/grad Read more
03-01-2013 Hits:494
Scholars Institute 2013 Call for Abstracts (2/2013)
TO: UAHuntsville Faculty and Staff FROM: Vistasp M. Karbhari, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs SUBJECT: 2013 Scholars Institute Following the highly successful events held in previous years, the 6th Annual UA System Scholars Institute will be hosted by the University of Alabama in Huntsville on the 21st and 22nd of May, 2013. The theme this year is "Integrating Technology to Support Student Success, Research, and Service," and the planning team has been hard at work to ensure that the Institute provides an effective opportunity to not only learn about new ways to integrate technology for the benefit of teaching, learning and the student experience, but also to enable faculty and staff from our three campuses to get together to share thoughts and experiences and build relationships. The Institute will begin with opening remarks from Chancellor Witt at 9:30 a.m. on the 21st and will end with a luncheon speaker on the 22nd around 2:00 p.m. There will be plenary and discussion sessions, some of which will be webcast to enable greater participation. An added component this year will be the presence, at selected times, of vendors displaying and discussing their products. You will be receiving further details regarding registration and the... Read more
02-26-2013 Hits:605
Seminar: The Odd Role of WW-I in the History of Flight (1/2013)
John H. Lienhard, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, and of History University of Houston 10:30 am Friday, February 1, Technology Hall S-105 A Seminar in the Distinguished Lecturer Series presented by The College of Engineering and The Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Lienhard Seminar Announcement.pdf It's a common assumption that war drives invention. Well, let's ask how the new technology of flight fared during WW-I. Let's look closely and quantitatively at how the immediate needs of war really affected aeroplane improvement. John H. Lienhard is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, and of History, at the University of Houston. He received BS and MS degrees from Oregon State College and the University of Washington, his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley, and he holds two honorary doctorates. He is known internationally for extensive research in the thermal sciences -- particularly in heat transfer and thermodynamics as they apply to issues of phase change. He is an Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Lienhard is also known for his work in history. He is the founding author and voice of The Engines of Our Ingenuity - heard nationally... Read more
01-28-2013 Hits:625
Professors Milenkovic and Jovanov received an NSF infrastructure grant (6/2012)
The grant will be used to create mHealth – computing infrastructure for mobile health and wellness monitoring. The College of Engineering is pleased to announce that Professors Milenkovic and Jovanov from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department received an NSF grant to create mHealth– computing infrastructure or mobile health and wellness monitoring. This project will support creation of a multi-tiered computing infrastructure pioneered at UAHuntsville. The mHealth consists of (a) a variety of wearable wireless sensors for monitoring users' physiological signals, body movement and activity levels, and environmental conditions; (b) personal devices that collect data from the sensors, analyze them, compile personalized health status information, and upload data over the Internet to a server; and (c) an mHealth server running databases and services for logging and analysis of health records from multiple users. The infrastructure will directly support several research efforts conducted by the investigators, their students, and their collaborators from the UAHuntsville's College of Nursing; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Health Sciences (UAB); and Lakeshore Foundation in Birmingham, AL. The mHealth infrastructure will enable the investigators to pursue the following research goals: Exploring critical design issues in the next generation of wireless wearable body area networks... Read more
06-25-2012 Hits:2018
UAHuntsville is chosen by NASA for 2013 X-Hab innovation challenge (6/2012)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The University of Alabama in Huntsville is one of five universities chosen to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation. This group of universities will design habitat systems, concepts and technologies that could be used in future deep space habitats, according to NASA. UAHuntsville will design and develop a microgravity random access stowage and rack system as part of this challenge. This selection is the first milestone in a year-long process for these five teams. Throughout the 2012-2013 academic year, the teams will meet a series of milestones to design, manufacture, assemble and test their systems in cooperation with the NASA Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Program's Habitation Systems Project team. "The X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge is an exciting opportunity to engage university teams in the design process for NASA's next generation space systems," said Jason Crusan, NASA's AES program manager. "The agency benefits from the fresh and innovative perspective of these university teams, and they learn about deep space human exploration and the systems engineering approach from an experienced NASA team." The challenge is a university-level participatory exploration effort designed to encourage studies in spaceflight-related disciplines. The challenge encourages... Read more
06-11-2012 Hits:2112
New Multidisciplinary course for Summer 2012
Professor Kerstin Thurow from the University of Rostock will teach a new multidisciplinary course: EE610: Physics and Chemistry of Biosensors during Summer 2012. Course Description Read more
05-23-2012 Hits:1776
MAE Graduate Student Student Shushannah Smith Receives Pre-Doctoral Ford Fellowship Award (4/2012)
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is proud to announce that Shushannah Smith has been selected as an awardee in the highly prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship 2012 predoctoral competition. This fellowship is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies. Her selection is based on the review panelist's judgement of Shushannah's scholarly competence as well as her promise for future achievement as a scholar, researcher, and teacher in an institution of higher education. The predoctoral fellowship will provide funding for three years of study in a doctoral program. Approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships are awarded nationwide to students from the following fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, cultural studies, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnic studies, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice. Congratulations Shushannah! Read more
04-30-2012 Hits:2693
UAHuntsville Team Wins First Place at NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race (4/2012)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (April 16, 2012) — The University of Alabama in Huntsville grabbed the top spot in the 19thannual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center over the weekend. The collegiate and high school competition included 600 engineers, student drives and mechanics on 80 teams from 20 states, Canada, Germany, Russia, India, Italy and the United Arab Emirates. Finishing behind UAHuntsville was the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao and Purdue University in third place. In addition to winning the first place overall trophy for posting the fastest vehicle assembly and race times in their divisions, and the fewest on-course penalties, UAHuntsville also received the “Best Report Award” for its technical documentation of the equipment and procedures used to design, build and test the vehicle. The Great Moonbuggy Race is organized by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and challenges students to design, build and race lightweight, human-powered buggies. Traversing the grueling half-mile course, which simulates the cratered lunar surface, race teams face many of the same engineering challenges dealt with by Apollo-era lunar rover developers at the Marshall Center in the late 1960s. The race is inspired by the original lunar rover, first piloted across the moon's surface in the early 1970s... Read more
04-16-2012 Hits:2812
UAHuntsville's Jeff Evans (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering) Wins NSF CAREER Award
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce that Professor Jeffrey L. Evans, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. This is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education. Dr. Evans will investigate the influence of temperature and material synthesis methodologies on the mechanical behavior of nickel and nickel-based superalloys. With increased thermal efficiency demands on land-based power systems and aircraft engines, the demand for materials capable of operating reliably and safely under extreme environmental, and thermomechanical conditions is constantly on the rise. The operating conditions tend to be in regimes where several time-dependent damage mechanisms, such as creep deformation, oxygen diffusion, and crack tip oxidation, can operate during cyclic loading and during the dwell period. His research will help elucidate fundamental mechanisms governing time-dependent damage and degradation. His research is integrated with educational activities in... Read more
03-15-2012 Hits:2619
COE Faculty Host USSRC Honeywell Leadership Students From Across the Globe (February 29 & March 7 2012)
The College of Engineering is hosting a day visit by groups of students selected by the US Space and Rocket Center to participate in its Honeywell Leadership Program. In all, about 256 junior and senior high school students from across the world were introduced to a variety of engineering topics - bridge building, rockets are a drag, & lean manufacturing. Students were also engaged in other hands on activities in the Sensor Laboratory and the Center for Applied Optics. Students met with several of our faculty members who designed these activities. The group includes Professors Leonard, Gholston, Lindquist, Frederick, and Drs. Reardon, Lineberry, and Corsetti. This event is part of the College of Engineering's outreach initiative to convey the excitement of engineering through hands-on learning of basic principles. Professor Jennifer English, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs in the College of Engineering coordinated this event, and may be contacted for overall program details. Read more
03-07-2012 Hits:2822
March 7-9, 2012 North Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair
The College of Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is pleased to host the 2012 North Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NARSEF). NARSEF is a scientific competition for students in grades five through twelve. The purpose of the fair is to offer an opportunity for students to showcase their independent research to the public and compete scholastically with their peers. NARSEF is dedicated to promoting the interest in science exploration in today’s youth. Performing independent research, in the terms of a science fair project, stimulates interest in students in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The interest in these areas is important because they have been recognized as crucial knowledge attributes for the next generation. This year, the 58th Annual NARSEF will be comprised of 351 winning projects from 24 public and private schools in the nine northern counties of Alabama. These projects will compete for spots in the state Alabama Science and Engineering Fair, and three finalists will be selected to represent NARSEF at the Intel® International Science and Engineering Fair, held May 13-18, 2012 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. NARSEF will be held March 7-9, 2012 in the University Fitness Center on the UAHuntsville... Read more
03-06-2012 Hits:2693
COE Introduces New High Performance Technical Computing Cluster
The UAHuntsville College of Engineering would like to introduce our new High Performance Technical Computing cluster. This computer cluster is controlled by a single PowerEdge R710 master node with 12 Dell PowerEdge M600 series blade servers. Each blade features Intel 2 X 6core processors with 48GB of memory for a total of 144 CPU cores, and 576GB ofmemory available for computations. The system uses a high speed Mellanox QDR InfiniBand 40 Gb/s network for MPI traffic between nodes and has 18TB (17TB usable) disk space storage in the attached storage unit. All together, the HPTC cluster compute nodes provide an actual output of 1.35 Tflops (1012)trillion floating point operations per second. For comparison, the average modern desktop computer will average between 10 and 60 GFlops (109) or billion floating point operations per second. Some of the software that will be offered on the new cluster will be Gaussian 9, Geant, Mrbayes, Paup, Lammps sparks, Code_Saturne, POM, CFD-ACE+, KIVA-3V and custom code using Intel compilers and math kernel libraries. Read more
02-29-2012 Hits:2694
Professor Fahimi speaker at IEEE Joint Robotics & Automation Chapter Seminar
Professor Farbod Fahimi will be the speaker at the IEEE Joint Robotics & Automation - Controls Systems (JRACS) Chapter Seminar. Seminar scheduled for March 15, 2012 at 6:00 pm at Technology Hall, Room S105. See attached flyer for details. Click HERE for more details. Read more
02-23-2012 Hits:2679
Three Engineering professors honored at E-week banquet!
Three UAHuntsville College of Engineering professors are honored at E-week banquet hosted by the ASME. Professor Robert Frederick is being recognized as the UAHuntsville College of Engineering Senior Faculty Member. Professor Jeff Evans is being recognized as the UAHuntsville College of Engineering Junior Faculty Member. Professor Hugh Coleman is being recognized with the UAHuntsville College of Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award. Click Here for more information. Read more
02-23-2012 Hits:2170
Space Hardware Club Wins UAHuntsville CubeSat Proposal Funded by NASA (February 10, 2012)
"The UAHuntsville CubeSat," a proposal submitted by UAHuntsville's Space Hardware Club has been recommended for participation in NASA"s CubeSat Launch Initiative. This pilot project is intended to demonstrate viable launch opportunities for CubeSat payloads during 2013 a 2014 as auxiliary payloads on planned NASA missions. NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate received 43 proposals and is recommending 33, including UAHuntsville's proposal, for participation in the opportunity. The proposal was led by Eric Becnel, CubeSat Team Leader and Chief Engineer. The Space Hardware Club is an all volunteer, all student aerospace system design group and student organization of UAHuntsville. Its members include students from various majors including Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, and Computer Science. The CubeSat program is divided into four main groups - hardware development, mission control, analysis/modeling, and environmental testing. Hardware development includes all hardware and software development for the satellite. This includes the electrical power sub‐system, structures sub‐system, communications sub‐system, attitude determination and control sub‐system and the command and data handling sub‐system. Mission control includes the CubeSat ground station which is being operated out of the Communications Lab, located in the Engineering Building. Analysis and modeling includes the orbital power, stabilization, thermal and... Read more
02-16-2012 Hits:2190
Announcing COE DIstinguished Seminar by Professor Nicholas Abbott
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the second COE Distinguished Seminar of AY 2011-2012. The seminar that will be presented by Professor Nicholas Abbott of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on January 20, 2012. This seminar is hosted jointly by the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Chemical and Materials Engineering (CME). COE Graduate students are encouraged to attend. If anyone is interested in meeting with Professor Abbott, please contact Professor Robert Lindquist, Chair of ECE. Click here for details Read more
01-23-2012 Hits:884
2011-2012 COE Open Faculty Positions
University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Engineering 2011-2012 Brief Descriptions of Open Faculty Positions For complete position descriptions, please refer to departmental websites POSITION 1: The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville invites applications for a faculty position in the area of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Applicants for positions at the rank of tenure‐track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor will be considered. Along with experience in UAS applications, the candidate should have teaching and research interests and experience in at least one of the following disciplines: aerodynamics, flight mechanics and controls, vehicle system design and analysis, flight operations including aviation safety and security. CONTACT: maesearch@eng.uah.edu POSITION 2: The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville invites applications for a faculty position in the area of Propulsion Energy Systems. Applicants for positions at the rank of tenure‐track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor will be considered. The candidate should have teaching and research interests and experience in at least one of the following disciplines: liquid, solid, or air‐breathing propulsion systems and/or advanced propulsion concepts (electric/plasma). Related areas of interest include plasma engineering... Read more
12-06-2011 Hits:3771
Engineering News - SE Workshop
COE, ISEEM and CSS conducting Systems Engineering Workshop December 1, 2011 UAHuntsville’s Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Department, College of Engineering and the Center for Systems Studies is pleased to announce a systems engineering workshop scheduled to be held on December 1, 2011. The workshop will feature leading systems engineering researchers from major universities in the United States. The theme of this workshop is Understanding the Role of Elegance in Engineered Complex Systems: Engineering for System Effectiveness, Efficiency, Robustness and Behavior. The workshop will establish the groundwork for a consortium that will examine the fundamental question of what is elegant in engineered complex systems, how do we better understand and measure it, and how do we utilize it to improve the performance and affordability of modern systems. For workshop details, please contact Professor Paul Componation at Paul.Componation@UAH.Edu or Dr. Paul Callopy at Paul.Callopy@UAH.Edu. Financial support provided by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is gratefully acknowledged. Read more
12-01-2011 Hits:1070
Engineering News - Hollingsworth
COE Welcomes Dr. Keith Hollingsworth as Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering The College of Engineering is delighted to welcome Professor Keith Hollingsworth, appointed as Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Hollingsworth received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1989. His B.S. and M.S. degrees are from North Carolina State University. Dr. Hollingsworth’s research interests span several areas of thermal science including boiling and two-phase flows, turbulent convection, liquid crystal thermography, and biomedical heat transfer. Prior to joining UAHuntsville, Dr. Hollingsworth was on the faculty of the University of Houston where he graduated a total of 35 research students at the PhD, Masters, and Honors Thesis levels. His years of teaching, largely in an undergraduate laboratory setting, have been recognized with three College teaching awards, the University teaching award, and the University research mentoring award. Dr. Hollingsworth is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Read more
12-01-2011 Hits:1066
Engineering News - Engr Workshop
College of Engineering & Center for System Studies Host Systems Engineering Workshop on December 2nd, 2011 UAHuntsville’s Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Department, College of Engineering and the Center for Systems Studies is pleased to announce a systems engineering workshop scheduled to be held on December 1, 2011. The workshop will feature leading systems engineering researchers from major universities in the United States. The theme of this workshop is Understanding the Role of Elegance in Engineered Complex Systems: Engineering for System Effectiveness, Efficiency, Robustness and Behavior. The workshop will establish the groundwork for a consortium that will examine the fundamental question of what is elegant in engineered complex systems, how do we better understand and measure it, and how do we utilize it to improve the performance and affordability of modern systems. For workshop details, please contact Professor Paul Componation at Paul.Componation@UAH.Edu or Dr. Paul Callopy at Paul.Callopy@UAH.Edu. Financial support provided by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is gratefully acknowledged. Read more
12-01-2011 Hits:989
Engineering News - Boykin APS
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROFESSOR TIM BOYKIN ELECTED FELLOW OF AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (NOVEMBER 2011) The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Engineering is very proud to announce that Professor Timothy Boykin has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). The Council of the American Physical Society made this determination at its November 2011 meeting upon the recommendation of the Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics. Election to APS Fellowship is recognition by peers of Professor Boykin’s outstanding contributions to physics, and is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the society’s membership. Professor Boykin’s citation read’s: “For contributions to the theory and full-bandstructure modeling of semiconductor nanostructures“ Congratulations to Professor Boykin for this well-deserved recognition! Read more
12-01-2011 Hits:1156
MAE Lecturer Recipient of the 2011 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
We here at the UAHuntsville College of Engineering are proud to announce that in April 2011, Dr. Christina L. Carmen, Lecturer in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department (MAE), was selected as a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient. In Oct. 2011, she will travel to Toulouse, France, as a guest of the 2011 SAE AeroTech Congress and Exhibition, to receive her award and meet with aerospace industry representatives to further provide UAH engineering students innovative and relevant research and design opportunities. Dr. Carmen obtained a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering degree as well as a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. While at Ga. Tech she worked with Dr. Warren Strahle, Ph.D., determining the fractal dimension of the Ammonium Perchlorate solid rocket propellant. Additionally, she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a focus upon turbulent combustion modeling. Dr. Carmen has been a Lecturer in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department at UAH since 2006. She primarily teaches MAE senior capstone design classes with a focus upon product realization – a class she has taught... Read more
11-15-2011 Hits:921
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