Building wind tunnel is hands-on experience for three undergrads
Nov 16, 2016
Three engineering undergraduates are leaving behind a legacy for future students with their work on the design, construction and testing of a $2 million wind tunnel at UAH. ...
Honors student’s cubesat software earns him first place at Utah conference
Aug 22, 2016
Open-source software for simultaneous satellite orbital and attitude propagation developed by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) student Kareem Omar has won him $10,000 and first place in a student paper competition. ...
New UAH wind tunnel ready for action
Jul 08, 2016
A new $2 million wind tunnel system at UAH is ready to undertake supersonic flow research with Mach numbers up to 3. ...
Space Hardware Club developing shield for NASA’s balloon X-ray telescopes
Jul 06, 2016
Protecting NASA’s balloon-born X-ray telescopes from stray X-rays that can spoil their view is the focus of a new project by the Space Hardware Club (SHC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) that’s being fully funded by $50,000 fro...
Better long-range sensors a goal of fundamental optics experiments
Jul 07, 2016
A pair of University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researchers aim to explore fundamental properties of infrasonic optical sensors that could make them more sensitive and accurate over long distances. ...
UAH surfs the swell of a powerful additive manufacturing wave
May 12, 2016
The many advantages of additive manufacturing, including cost control and precision, are pushing the adoption of the technique in plastics and metals in the automotive and manufacturing industry, as well as at NASA and in the U.S. military. ...
Micro-thruster test stand paper boosts UAH graduate student to AIAA award
Apr 21, 2016
A research paper describing a magnetically levitated micro-thruster test stand that cuts spacecraft development time using 3-D printed parts and high speed motion detection has won a best student paper award for a UAH graduate student. ...
UAH in pilot AUVSI program to establish student clubs
Mar 09, 2015
UAH is among six universities involved in a pilot program to establish student clubs for the Association of Unmanned/Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI). ...
Borrowing from whales to engineer a new fluid sensor
Mar 02, 2015
How can a humpback whale and a device that works on the same principle as the clicker that starts your gas grill help an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fly longer and with more stability? Well, it all starts with biological structures called tuberc...
MAE students present research at international conference
Jan 15, 2015
After winning first place in regional student competition, three UAH Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) students advanced to present their team's technical paper at the AIAA International Student Conference at SciTech Jan. 5-9 in K...