Dennis Nikitaev

Nuclear thermal propulsion research wins graduate student AAS Molly Macauley Award

Jun 10, 2020

Research on seeded hydrogen in nuclear thermal rocket engines has won a graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) one of two 2020 American Astronautical Society (AAS) Molly Macauley Awards for Science and Engineer...

Five people standing on an offroad vehicle maneuvering a surveillance balloon on Skinwalker Ranch

UAH scientists brave curses, spooky anomalies to unravel secrets at Skinwalker Ranch

May 26, 2020

Two intrepid explorers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) visited an extraordinary place last summer to perform experiments for a research team participating in a docu-series called “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.” ...

James Miller

UAH Alumnus Elected as Chairman of NAC Executive Committee

May 15, 2020

James Miller, an alumnus of UAH master’s program in Operations Research, has been elected as chairman of the National Armaments Consortium (NAC) Executive Committee. ...

ASGC

ASGC cube satellite would explore using lunar soil as human radiation shield

May 07, 2020

Science aboard an Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) student-led cube satellite mission called AEGIS could be valuable to developing future human outposts on the moon and in space travel to Mars if NASA gives the go-ahead for a 2022 flight. ...

Chris Sallis and Nick Balch hold their rigid closed cell foam fixed-wing aircraft

High school intern on RSESC team that develops foam drone manufacturing machine

Mar 27, 2020

A computer numerical control (CNC) hot-wire foam cutting machine to rapidly manufacture a prototype rigid closed cell foam fixed-wing aircraft was developed by a team at the UAH Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC) that incl...

Kavan Hazeli

Professor gets CAREER grant for additive manufacturing materials research

Mar 19, 2020

Research to develop lightweight multifunctional metallic materials that can mimic structural properties in nature has won an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a $540,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant. ...

Rocket Team

Student team’s NASA Student Launch rocket and rover effort is successful

Mar 18, 2020

A student team at UAH successfully launched a rocket with a rover as its payload in a national NASA Student Launch that was shortened by the COVID-19 virus. ...

AIAA awardees

Undulating flight saves Monarchs energy, says award-winning study with drone implications

Feb 07, 2020

In a finding that could benefit drone design, award-winning research by a doctoral student at UAH shows that the undulating flight paths of Monarch butterflies are actually more energy efficient than a straight-line path. ...

Student with blue laser

UAH’s aerospace engineering research activities rank fifth in the United States

Jan 06, 2020

Five programs among the top 12 nationally. ...

The Combustion Institute - 2020 Spring Tech Mtg & Call for Papers and Competitions

The Combustion Institute - 2020 Spring Tech Mtg & Call for Papers and Competitions

Dec 19, 2019

2020 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section — Calls for Papers and Competitions  Central States Section of The Combustion Institute ...