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. ...
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 ...
Standing room only crowd engages in student’s warp drive theory speech
Sep 16, 2019
If space is the final frontier, we’re going to have to boost our propulsion speeds to slip the bounds of our solar system. Andromeda, our nearest major galaxy, is 2.573 million light years away. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, so a ...
Three degrees in five years—UAH alumnus Shigeyuki Ueno graduates in record time
Aug 19, 2019
In a record-breaking time of five years, Shigeyuki Ueno earned bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees (’07, BSE, ’09 MSE, ’12, Ph.D.) in engineering from UAH. ...
Two programs give underrepresented students hands-on experience in the STEM fields
Aug 13, 2019
Each summer, UAH welcomes to its campus a group of hard-working high achievers from rural, frontier, or other targeted outreach schools to take part in two programs designed to give historically underrepresented students hands-on experience in the ...
Space Hardware Club on the hunt for terrestrial gamma rays in thunderstorms
Jul 01, 2019
Student members of the Space Hardware Club at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are preparing to launch weather balloons into thunderstorms to try to directly observe the terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) storms generate. ...
UAH to host 50th anniversary lunar landing events: Fireworks show will highlight week’s activities
Jul 01, 2019
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will host a variety of events and activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 landing on the moon. UAH has played a key role in America’s space program since Marshall Space ...
