UAH engineering student uses 3-D printing to successfully build and test Hall-effect thruster
Nov 30, 2017
Ethan Hopping has always been passionate about space. "I remember visiting the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in elementary school, and being inspired by the story of the Apollo program and Huntsville’s role in it." ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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
May 15, 2017
Tal Wammen ('16 MS Mechanical Engineering) an alumnus of UAH was recently awarded a 2017-2018 Belgian and Luxembourg Fulbright Grant. ...
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...
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). ...
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...
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. ...
