Honors student’s cubesat software earns him first place at Utah conference

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. ...

UAH student’s multipurpose tool 3-D printed on International Space Station

UAH student’s multipurpose tool 3-D printed on International Space Station

Jul 21, 2016

At first glance, the web ad that popped up on Robert Hillan's browser looked like a scam. "It said something like, 'Get your design in space!', which made me think it was fraudulent," says the sophomore aerospace engineering major at UAH. "But I cl...

New UAH wind tunnel ready for action

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

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...

Dr. Qiuhai Ken Zuo and Dr. Lingze Duan

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 engineering students take first place in aluminum extrusion design competition

UAH engineering students take first place in aluminum extrusion design competition

Jun 17, 2016

A team of students from UAH won first place in the 2016 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition - Student Class for their Design Certification Review project entitled "Dynamic Arm Support Apparatus (DASA)." Team members Aubree DeLozier, Christop...

UAH–NASA collaboration reveals modest houseplant’s superpower

UAH–NASA collaboration reveals modest houseplant’s superpower

May 27, 2016

The golden pothos is not a showy plant. It's neither beautiful nor fragrant. Yet this fast-growing vine with its smooth heart-shaped leaves is actually a dark horse when it comes to filtering pollutants out of indoor air. At least that was the theo...

UAH surfs the swell of a powerful additive manufacturing wave

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

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 Propulsion Research Center Student Association connects researchers with their community

UAH Propulsion Research Center Student Association connects researchers with their community

Mar 04, 2016

The Propulsion Research Center (PRC) at UAH is known for its cutting-edge research on fusion propulsion and students who do hands-on research. But for the center's members, the people conducting that research are just as crucial to its mission...