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U.S. Air Force ROTC cadets from The University of Alabama in Huntsville From left, they are Dorian Cole, Jacob Padgett, David Hays, Quan Davis, Gabriel Rice, Madison Bipes and William Harper.

UAH Air Force ROTC program holds enlistment ceremony for its first group of seven cadets

Mar 28, 2025

The Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) program at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) held an enlistment ceremony on March 26 for its first group of seven cadets to have been contracted into the United States Air Force ...


A person holds an open equipment case, displaying various electronic components and wiring, set in a laboratory environment.

UAH celebrates Research Week with 11th Research Horizons Poster Session highlighting undergraduate student innovation

Mar 03, 2025

To celebrate Research Week, Undergraduate Research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is highlighting the 11th UAH Research Horizons Poster Session, March 4. ...


John Honeycutt stands in front of a blue backdrop, holding an award with text congratulating him on his induction into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame.

UAH alum John Honeycutt, NASA SLS program manager, tapped for Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame

Feb 27, 2025

– From John Honeycutt’s student days at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to his current management of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program at Marshall Space Flight Center, he’s relied on strong teamwork. ...


The fourth annual UAH Engineering Showcase will feature students from senior design, student organizations/competition teams and undergraduate research presenting their work, projects and competitions.

UAH hosts 4th Annual Engineering Showcase to celebrate Engineers Week 2025

Feb 17, 2025

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, is hosting the fourth annual UAH Engineering Showcase during Engineers Week 2025, Feb. 16 – 22. ...


Claude Blue, research lead and EPC president; Noa Milivojevic, EPC chief mechanical engineer Ella Hazle, aerospace engineering sophomore; Dmitri Tsahelnik, aerospace engineering and physics sophomore. 

UAH Electric Propulsion Club seeks patent for experimental ion thruster developed by EPC students; presents at International Astronautical Congress in Italy

Jan 07, 2025

The Electric Propulsion Club (EPC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), recently traveled to Milan, Italy, to present STARGATE, an experimental gridded ion thruster developed by the group, at the 75th International Astronautical Congre...


Business of Space Conference 2025

UAH to host second annual Business of Space Conference February 23-25; Registration is now open

Dec 17, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business (COB) will host the second annual Business of Space Conference to focus on creating solutions through partnerships while addressing both opportunities and barriers. ...


Joe Baldwin, Manager, Dassault Systèmes North America – Academics, and Col. John W. Jones, Director of the Aviation Test Laboratory at UAH, seated signed an agreement Standing behind them are Bill DeVries, Vice President Industry Transformation and Customer Success at Dassault Systèmes; Dr. David A. Puleo, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at UAH, and Dr. Robert Lindquist, Vice President for Research and Economic Development at UAH

UAH signs MOU with Dassault Systèmes to bolster workforce development for high-demand technology and manufacturing sectors

Dec 12, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will provide its students and faculty with world-class applications for product design, simulation and collaboration through an MOU with Dassault Systèmes ...


Ledia Shehu, UAH civil engineering doctoral candidate, in the laboratory

UAH doctoral candidate awarded $150,000 NASA FINESST grant to research 3D-printed lunar concrete

Nov 06, 2024

Ledia Shehu, a doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been selected to receive a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST). ...


Ian Wagner, a doctoral candidate of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

UAH graduate student wins DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research award to study magneto-inertial fusion at Los Alamos

Oct 24, 2024

– Ian Wagner, a doctoral candidate of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been selected to receive the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SC...


“Operation STEM - Guam 2024,” bringing hands-on science and technology demonstrations to over 2,500 K-12 students.

UAH team makes STEM outreach visit to Guam as part of Missile Defense Agency Operation STEM 2024

Oct 22, 2024

A team of research engineers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Research Institute travelled to Guam earlier this year with several colleagues to support a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) STEM outreach initiative called “Operation ST...


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