Murdy

Alumnus soars to career in the aviation field he loves

Nov 28, 2017

Before he was a student or an alumnus at UAH, Markus Murdy’s family would take vacations from Janesville, Wis., to the Gulf of Mexico’s beaches and stop by the 360-foot tall Saturn V rocket vertical model in Huntsville on the way back north. ...

Schneider

UAH students integral to successful hot-fire test of new NASA igniter

Nov 06, 2017

Engineers at NASA’s MSFC turned to Dr. Judy Schneider for help with testing the strength and reliability of their newest, additively manufactured rocket engine igniter. ...

Peterson

Internships with Disney and SpaceX help prepare UAH student for engineering career

Sep 01, 2017

Thanks to a series of experiential learning opportunities that he has been able to pursue as a mechanical engineering major at UAH, much of Nick Peterson’s academic career has taken place outside the classroom and in the real world. ...

Solar Eclipse Team

Alabama Space Grant teams to live-stream eclipse footage

Aug 17, 2017

A team of students and faculty from UAH and the University of Alabama (UA), with support from the Alabama Space Grant Consortium, will launch high-altitude balloons on Aug. 21 as part of a nationwide, NASA-sponsored project to live-stream aerial vi...

UAH alumnus Tal Wammen recipient of prestigious Fulbright Grant

UAH alumnus Tal Wammen recipient of prestigious Fulbright Grant

May 15, 2017

Tal Wammen ('16 MS Mechanical Engineering) an alumnus of UAH was recently awarded a 2017-2018 Belgian and Luxembourg Fulbright Grant. ...

RAD Team

UAH students learn the big impact that lending a little help can make

May 05, 2017

Just over a year after moving onto the campus of UAH in 2013, the RISE School became an official service and outreach unit of the UAH’s College of Education. Now, however, those professional ties have become more personal, thanks to a team of seven...

Bradley Henderson

UAH senior Henderson selected for NIST paid summer internship

Apr 03, 2017

Dave Cook was listening when Dr. Willie May, then-acting director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), gave a December public talk after delivering the commencement address at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). ...

Rocket

UAH students will be keeping their eyes on the skies – and the prize – at upcoming NASA Student Launch competition

Apr 03, 2017

Fans of the HBO show "Game of Thrones" will know Viserion as Daenerys’ fearsome white and gold dragon. But a different Viserion will be taking to the skies at the 2017 NASA Student Launch competition on April 9 at Bragg Farms in Toney, Ala., this...

Alex Velicki, Jared Fuchs, William Hankins, Matthew Haskell and Benjamin Thompson

Seven UAH students in Space Hardware Club place at AIAA regional

Mar 29, 2017

Research presentations involving seven students at UAH placed at the recent AIAA Region II Student Conference in Starkville, Miss., and all UAH students who placed are members of the Space Hardware Club. ...

Saroj Kumar with UAH flag

UAH student's experience as “Marsnaut” further fuels interest in fusion propulsion research

Mar 27, 2017

Saroj Kumar spends a lot of time thinking about Mars. As a master’s candidate in aerospace engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), his research centers on the use of nuclear fusion propulsion to send rockets – and astronau...