GRTs standing in lab by balloon

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. ...

Wernher von Braun pauses in front of the Saturn V

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 ...

Ligrani recognized for ASME committee leadership

Ligrani recognized for ASME committee leadership

Jun 27, 2019

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Gas Turbine Institute has recognized Dr. Phillip Ligrani for outstanding contributions, commitment and service to its Heat Transfer Committee with an Outstanding service Award. ...

Shooting for the Moon: UAH M. Louis Salmon Library awarded Recordings at Risk grant

Shooting for the Moon: UAH M. Louis Salmon Library awarded Recordings at Risk grant

May 20, 2019

The UAH M. Louis Salmon Library Archives and Special Collections has been awarded a Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings as Risk Grant. UAH was the only Alabama institution selected to receive the award in the fifth grant ...

Doctoral candidate Ryan Gott earns DOE research opportunity at Sandia

Doctoral candidate Ryan Gott earns DOE research opportunity at Sandia

Apr 12, 2019

Ryan Gott, a doctoral candidate in Dr. Gabe Xu’s Plasma and Electrodynamics Research Lab at UAH, has been awarded a United States Dept. of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program research opportunity at Sandia Nat...

UAH engineering alumnus Emory Eledui creating magic everyday

UAH engineering alumnus Emory Eledui creating magic everyday

Feb 04, 2019

If Emory Eledui (’11, BSE, ME) had listened to all the naysayers, he would have blown "the best career decision ever." ...

Sodium ion battery research could power up renewable energy storage

Sodium ion battery research could power up renewable energy storage

Jan 24, 2019

Longer life and increased capacity for a new technology battery that could be the workhorse of a renewable energy grid are the goals of a study of the effect of charging cycles on the structure of anodes in sodium ion batteries. ...

Plasma-based technology may bring clarity to challenges posed by contaminated water

Plasma-based technology may bring clarity to challenges posed by contaminated water

Dec 17, 2018

The availability of clean, potable water is a concern for everyone, from residents here on Earth to astronauts in space. To address the issue, researchers have recently begun studying plasma-based technologies as a cost-effective method to purify w...

Research

Seven get New Faculty Research awards

Dec 04, 2018

Seven new tenure-track faculty members at UAH will share $62,518 in 2018-19 New Faculty Research (NFR) awards from UAH's Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. ...

Dr. Jan Davis

Astronaut, alumna Jan Davis (’83, ‘85) to deliver UAH fall commencement address

Nov 28, 2018

N. Jan Davis, former NASA astronaut and alumna of UAH will deliver the commencement address on Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Von Braun Center (VBC) in the Propst Arena. ...