UAH researcher Dr. Gary Zank wins 2025 John Adam Fleming Medal, top prize in space physics
Sep 30, 2025
– Dr. Gary Zank, director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and principal investigator for Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP), has been selec...
As fall 2024 semester begins, UAH welcomes 25 new faculty members to Charger community
Aug 23, 2024
As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) welcomes 25 new faculty members who joined the Charger community in 2024. ...
"The Exciting World of Plasma" Event Enlightens Birmingham Middle-School Students
Aug 25, 2023
On July 18th, The University of Alabama at Birmingham hosted an outreach event titled "The Exciting World of Plasma." The event was only possible thanks to Dr. Aaron Catledge, Associate Professor at UAB and CPU2AL investigator. Dr. Catledge, a past r...
Empowering the Next Generation of Physicists – CUWiP: a Conference sponsored by CPU2AL at Auburn University
Feb 06, 2023
The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) at Auburn University was a resounding success. Thanks in part to the sponsorship of NSF EPSCoR CPU2AL and the participation of both CPU2AL members and CSPAR staff who served on the Local Org...
New plasma stratification computer model has manufacturing, space science uses
Dec 12, 2022
Manufacturers using plasma processes in semiconductor production and materials processing will have a new tool to avoid undesirable plasma stratifications using a computer striations model developed by UAH and CFD Research Corp. ...
AAMU Lead Recognized for Role as Judge in UAE
Nov 08, 2022
Dr. Rao Mentreddy, Alabama A&M CPU2AL/FTPP lead, was awarded for serving as a reviewer for the Sheikh Zayed TCAM Center and for being a judge on the scientific committee for screening nominees for the research award. The Sheikh ...
Derrick Appiah Osei wins Best Presentation Award at the NOBCChE Conference
Oct 21, 2022
Derrick Appiah Osei, CPU2AL Alabama Research Experiences for Undergraduates (ALREU) 2022 intern, has won the Best Presentation Award at the Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Annual Conf...
CPU2AL is supporting the APS CUWiP (Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics) at Auburn University
Sep 22, 2022
Auburn University will be hosting the APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics January 20 - 22, 2023. The goal of APS CUWiP is to help undergraduate women continue in physics by providing them with the opportunity to experience a professi...
ESA Solar Orbiter confirms solar switchback origin theory by UAH’s Dr. Gary Zank
Sep 12, 2022
For the first time a solar switchback has been directly observed that confirms 2020 models by astrophysicist Dr. Gary Zank at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) that theorized how these surprising structures in the solar wind originate.h...
Grant establishes UAH as hub for statewide university high-performance computing
Aug 30, 2022
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will become the Alabama hub for statewide high-performance computing (HPC) under a nearly $1 million two-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. ...