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.” ...
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 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. ...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
UAH’s aerospace engineering research activities rank fifth in the United States
Jan 06, 2020
Five programs among the top 12 nationally. ...
