Graduate student unites his passion for science and enthusiasm for diversity at UAH
Apr 23, 2018
Roberto Dextre first recognized his connection to science at the High School for Environmental Studies in Manhattan, where he noticed that he easily understood math and science. "I think it was the physics courses that opened my mind to how science...
Team Chargernaut takes first place in NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Apr 19, 2018
First two teams in the moon buggy senior design class each designed and fabricated two rovers from the ground up, and then the UAH Team Chargernaut snapped a six-year drought to capture first place in the weather-shortened NASA Human Exploration Ro...
Charger Rocket Works earns Vehicle Design Award at NASA competition
Apr 10, 2018
NASA awarded the UAH Charger Rocket Works team with the Launch Vehicle Design Award for creative and innovative overall vehicle design for the intended payloads while maximizing safety and efficiency at its 18th annual Student Launch. ...
UAH engineering major’s internships prepare him for a high-flying career in aerospace
Apr 06, 2018
Davis Hunter was making paper airplanes in church at seven years old when another congregant presented a possibility that he had never considered. "They told me that I should be an aerospace engineer," Hunter says. Flash forward to 2018, and he is ...
UAH professor’s early-stage proposal for “Marsbees” selected to receive NASA funding
Apr 04, 2018
A proposal on Marsbees submitted by Dr. Chang-kwon Kang, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UAH, was one of only 25 selected to receive a 2018 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) award. ...
Rover part of Charger Rocket Works NASA Student Launch entry
Apr 02, 2018
Charger Rocket Works, the student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), is at full thrust to qualify a nine-foot rocket with an autonomous rover as its payload for the launch portion of the coming NASA Student Launch competition Ap...
Five UAH researchers receive nearly $200,000 for upcoming projects
Mar 13, 2018
Five faculty members and researchers at UAH have been awarded with $199,037 from the UAH Research Infrastructure Fund Program (RIF), an initiative of the Office for the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPRED). ...
UAH's new proof-of-concept facility serves as springboard for I²C initiative
Mar 09, 2018
Construction began in late 2017 on the facility that will house the Dorothy S. Davidson Invention to Innovation Center (I²C), which will serve as a regional resource offering leadership and support to entrepreneurs looking to collaborate and build...
Alumnus finds dream career as NASA flight controller
Feb 19, 2018
When Blake Parker came to The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) as an undergraduate, he had one dream career goal in mind: working with NASA. Now he’s part of a group that communicates regularly with the International Space Station. ...
Alumnus David B. Mayo receives Herndon Black Image Award
Feb 14, 2018
Dr. David B. Mayo, a UAH alumnus, has received the 2018 Robert H. Herndon Black Image Award. ...
