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UAH hosts inaugural Engineering Expo connecting students with Alabama’s leading employers

Feb 25, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, hosted its inaugural Engineering Expo on Feb. 20 on the UAH campus, bringing together leading engineering employers, industry partners and UAH students for a...

Several UAH students in blue shirts stand near a robotics display at an event, engaging with exhibits and each other.

UAH to host fifth annual Engineering Showcase during Engineers Week

Feb 19, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, is hosting its fifth annual Engineering Showcase as the signature event of Engineers Week 2026, Feb. 22 – 28. ...

Dr. Shankar Mahalingam, Dean of the UAH College of Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

After 15 years of transformative leadership, Dr. Shankar Mahalingam, dean of the UAH College of Engineering, is set to retire

Dec 18, 2025

Following 15 years of distinguished service as dean of the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Dr. Shankar Mahalingam is retiring, concluding a tenure marked by significant growth, innovation and national impact...

The four winners in The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition are, left to right, Vignesh Vasudevan Geetha, first place; Derek Koehl, second place; Boshra Rezvanian, third place, and Eirian Waldron, People’s Choice.

Vignesh Geetha’s ‘What’s in the Smoke?’ wins UAH’s 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition

Dec 17, 2025

Vignesh Vasudevan Geetha’s explanation of “What’s in the Smoke?” took the top prize in the 2025 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition presented by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Graduate School on Oct. 23. UAH is a part of Th...

UAH researcher wins $1.2M NSF grant to address the environmental challenge of “forever chemicals”

UAH researcher wins $1.2M NSF grant to address the environmental challenge of “forever chemicals”

Dec 12, 2025

Dr. Yu Lei, a professor in the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of The University of Alabama System, has won a $1.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) ...

Members of the UAH SMART team are, left to right, Dr. Ana Wooley, assistant professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (ISEEM); Dr. Nicholas Loyd, clinical associate professor, ISEEM; Dr. Vineetha Menon, associate professor, Department of Computer Science; Dr. Howard Chen, assistant professor, ISEEM; team leader Dr. Judith Schneider, professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; adjunct, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, and director, Materials Science Program, and Dr. Cheng Chen, assistant professor, ISEEM.

UAH, UA receive NSF planning grant for SMART center to help manufacturers incorporate advanced tech

Oct 06, 2025

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and The University of Alabama (UA) have partnered in a new initiative: Smart Manufacturing using AI-based Revolutionary Technologies (SMART). ...

UAH student group set to launch new instrument payload on NASA rocket to study harnessing reentry heat and converting it to electrical energy

UAH student group set to launch new instrument payload on NASA rocket to study harnessing reentry heat and converting it to electrical energy

Jul 29, 2025

The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is set to send a new payload into space, a follow-up to the successful launch and retrieval of a previous Terminus payload in Aug. 2024. ...

Promotion and tenure emeritus awards 2025

UAH announces promotion, tenure awards for 2025-26, past year’s grants of emeritus status

Jun 11, 2025

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced awards of tenure and/or promotion for 22 faculty members and recognized eight who were granted emeritus status over the past year at the University Awards for Excellence. ...

12 desk plaques to 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments at UAH in recognition of patents issued in the past year.

UAH recognizes 11 inventors who received 9 patent awards during 2024-2025 year

May 22, 2025

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) honored the significant achievements of 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments who have been awarded patents during the past year. ...

A circuit board displays UAH using colorful beads, with wires connected to a nearby component on a dark surface

UAH researchers use adhesive tape to generate electricity for low-cost, self-powered wearable biosensors and energy harvesting

May 16, 2025

A research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has published a new paper in American Chemical Society Omega that demonstrates inexpensive store-bought tape can be used to craft a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) capable of harve...