UAH student wins NASA FINESST award to study solar weather to better protect against threats to humans, satellites and near-Earth technologies
Sep 20, 2023
A doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship to study space weather to improve predictive methods for coronal mass ej...
CIPTA 10-week internship positively influences students’ career paths
Aug 22, 2023
Participation in the 10-week Corporate Internship Plasma Training in Alabama (CIPTA) has positively influenced their future career paths, say two students who spent the summer with mentors in the program. ...
FTPP’s RIPP summer internships broaden and motivate student participants
Aug 17, 2023
They were broadened and motivated in their future career choices by the experience, say three students who recently completed a nine-week summer Regional Introduction to Plasma Physics (RIPP) summer internship for undergraduates. ...
Exposure to space physics through internships increases participation and diversity
Aug 02, 2023
Diversity and participation in the space weather and space physics fields can be increased through early science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) exposure and continuing support through summer and other programs, says a research pape...
International Space Explorers: ISWC Internship Inspires Aspiring Space Scientists
Jul 28, 2023
Students from the College of Science, home of the Department of Space Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System, had an exceptional summer experience through the International Space Weather Camp (I...
Three UAH researchers operating Gamma-ray Burst Monitor discover brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected
Jul 18, 2023
Dr. Peter Veres, an assistant professor with CSPAR, Dr. Michael S. Briggs, CSPAR principal research scientist and assistant director, and Stephen Lesage, a UAH graduate research assistant, collaborated on the discovery and analysis of the gamma-ray...
UAH welcomes international mix of space weather camp students to Huntsville
Jul 11, 2023
An international mix of students and advisors participating in the International Space Weather Camp (ISWC) internship were welcomed to the United States and Huntsville at a dinner at Rhythm on Monroe on Sunday, July 9. ...
Business Alabama podcast features Dr. Gary Zank talking about FTPP
Jun 16, 2023
UUAH’s Dr. Gary Zank talks with Alec Harvey, executive editor of Business Alabama magazine, about Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP) in a podcast that drops on Monday, June 26. ...
New summer marketing and administration intern dives into CSPAR and FTPP projects
Jun 09, 2023
She loves her job so far, says the new summer marketing and administration intern for The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and its Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FT...
How Solar Wind Flows From the Sun
Jun 08, 2023
Scientists using data from NASA's Parker Space Probe have discovered a fascinating connection between the movement of gases within the sun and the high-speed particles of the solar wind. This discovery sheds light on the mystery of why the sun's ou...