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. ...
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. ...
‘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. ...
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. ...
Northrop Grumman Names UAH ‘Focus University’
Feb 18, 2022
Northrop Grumman, a global aerospace and defense technology company with more than 90,000 employees, has designated UAH as a “Focus University” – one of only eight institutions in the country to receive that distinction. ...
UAH achieves top level R1 rank in Carnegie research classifications
Feb 07, 2022
UAH has achieved the highest research activity rating in the current, 2021 update of the Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education. ...
Alumnus Dr. Albert Patterson named Mavis Future Faculty Fellow
Jul 16, 2021
Dr. Albert Patterson, an alumnus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), was named a 2020-2021 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Grainger College of Engineering Mavis Future Faculty Fellow. ...
Alumnus and NASA inventor Jonathan Lee is driven to battle COVID-19 after losing his father
May 26, 2021
For NASA inventor Jonathan Lee, an alumnus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, the global pandemic could not be more personal: it took away his father last year, spurring Lee to join the battl...
UAH creates endowed scholarship to honor NASA pioneer Ann McNair
May 19, 2021
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has created an endowed scholarship to honor Ann McNair. ...
Alumna Dr. Kimberly Robinson named U.S. Space & Rocket Center CEO
May 12, 2021
Dr. Kimberly Robinson, an alumna of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, has been named Executive Director and CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC). The hiring was announced by the Al...