Dr. Jessica Gaskin wins 2020 Alumni of Achievement award for College of Science
Oct 08, 2020
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, announced that Dr. Jessica A. Gaskin has won the 2020 Alumni of Achievement Award for the College of Science. ...
UAH awarded $3.7 million Department of Defense grant
Sep 24, 2020
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has been awarded a $3.7 million Department of Defense (DoD) grant under the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP) by the Office of Economic...
Rotating Detonation Engine test-fired for first time at UAH’s Johnson Research Center
Sep 16, 2020
A new kind of rocket engine has been test-fired for the first time at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System. ...
LSI grant funds further UAH fusion propulsion research
Sep 08, 2020
Fusion propulsion research to enable rapid deep space travel has landed a professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, a $143,000 inaugural Interstellar Initiative Grants award from the Lim...
DOE-funded UAH directed plasma research may advance pulsed fusion propulsion systems
Aug 20, 2020
A professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded a one-year, $98,930 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for plasma research that could advance pulsed fusion propulsion for spacecraft. ...
UAH student rocket team takes third overall, first in safety at NASA Student Launch
Jul 27, 2020
A student rocket team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) earned first place in project safety and third place overall in competition at a COVID-shortened national NASA Student Launch. ...
David E. Howard inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame
Jun 24, 2020
University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) alumnus David E. Howard has been inducted into the NASA Technology Transfer Program’s Inventors Hall of Fame (IHOF). Howard worked as a civil servant for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) for 34...
UAH seniors designing new STEM tools for economically challenged K-12 students
Jun 16, 2020
Two teams of senior students in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Product Realization (MAE 490) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are designing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) tool products to engage and inspire e...
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...
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.” ...
