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Butterfly-like micro-aerial vehicle places graduating senior second at AIAA regional

Apr 28, 2022

A graduating senior at UAH who is working to develop a micro-aerial vehicle that can fly like a monarch butterfly has won second place for his paper in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Regional Student Conferences Regio...


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UAH presents 2022 University Awards for Excellence to faculty, staff

Apr 26, 2022

On April 21 UAH hosted the annual University Awards for Excellence ceremony to recognize the achievements of the university’s faculty, staff members and researchers. ...


Michael Sorrell

Honors College and Prevost Scholarship create opportunities for Michael Sorrell

Apr 21, 2022

Michael Sorrell, a mechanical engineering major slated to graduate in 2023, says his experience at UAH, and specifically with the Honors College, has been formative. ...


Robert Stewart, retired Brigadier General and NASA Astronaut, speaking at UAH College of Engineering

COE Distinguished Speaker Gen. Robert Stewart captivates on topic of helicopter flight

Apr 11, 2022

UAH featured a lively discussion to kick off its 2022 College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series by hosting USA Brigadier General Robert L. Stewart. ...


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UAH receives initial approval from UA System Board of Trustees for major engineering building project

Apr 08, 2022

The first phase of a new engineering building project at UAH has received conceptual approval from the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. ...


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UAH Space Hardware Club team will connect area students with International Space Station

Apr 04, 2022

Eight area sixth and eighth graders will be placing a long-distance call to lower Earth orbit when they dial up the International Space Station (ISS) via ham radio on April 7. ...


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Space Hardware Club team’s robotic rover on its way to summertime competition in Utah

Mar 24, 2022

After two years of work, a four-function robotic rover developed for use on Mars by a 21-person Space Hardware Club (SHC) team at UAH, will be in summer competition at the University Rover Challenge (URC) finals in the desert of southern Utah. ...


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UAH programs in top 25 nationally for federal funding as university ranks in research elite

Mar 10, 2022

Six programs at UAH rank among the top 25 federally-funded programs in the United States, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. ...


Dr. Biswajit Ray and students working in a lab

Number of NSF CAREER awards won over three years puts UAH in elite group nationally

Mar 09, 2022

The number of coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards won by UAH faculty in the past three years puts UAH among an elite group of very high research universities nationally. ...


Ben Campbell at work in the UAH Johnson Research Center

‘Bubble-through’ nuclear engine might be a future NASA workhorse

Mar 08, 2022

A cutting-edge nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rocket engine using what’s called centrifugal liquid fuel bubble-through could one day be a ticket for NASA to go directly into deep space. ...


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