Engineering major shares passion for paintball with fellow UAH students
Feb 19, 2016
Most hobbies are fairly commonplace; things like reading, writing, or crafting take up the spare time of most college students. Aaron Shepperd's hobby, however, takes a messier, more competitive form: paintball. "I played paintball at a 12th b...
UAH engineering students bring heart to project on brain
Jan 19, 2016
After watching her brother struggle with dyslexia throughout his academic career, Kacey Tyra knows the challenges faced by those who are affected by a learning disability. So when the senior mechanical engineering major was asked to select a projec...
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Blast From the Past – Opening a Rocketry Time Capsule
Mar 19, 2015
UAH's Propulsion Research Center is preparing for its 25th anniversary next year, and the experimental roots of its faculty run even deeper. In 1956, 16-year-old Jimmy Blackmon did a very unusual thing for that time. He built a rocket from scratch ...
UAH in pilot AUVSI program to establish student clubs
Mar 09, 2015
UAH is among six universities involved in a pilot program to establish student clubs for the Association of Unmanned/Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI). ...
Borrowing from whales to engineer a new fluid sensor
Mar 02, 2015
How can a humpback whale and a device that works on the same principle as the clicker that starts your gas grill help an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fly longer and with more stability? Well, it all starts with biological structures called tuberc...
UAH lecturer who works for NASA is Engineer of the Year
Feb 18, 2015
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected a part-time lecturer at UAH who is a NASA engineer as its 2015 Engineer of the Year for his work in Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) propulsion. ...
Professor’s illustrious career leads to research innovations and broadened horizons for students
Feb 17, 2015
It might be surprising to learn that Dr. Phil Ligrani, Eminent Scholar in Propulsion and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UAH, is an avid antique collector. His most exciting find to date? An original hand-colored copperplate li...
UAH scientists ship instrument that will expand view of global lightning
Feb 11, 2015
An expanded view of lightning around the globe is coming closer for scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), thanks to a repurposed measuring instrument. UAH researchers have passed NASA qualifying inspections and shipped out a...
National Society of Black Engineers a “support network” for underrepresented students
Feb 09, 2015
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has a student chapter at UAH, but don't let the name fool you. "We represent all minority students in the engineering fields," says junior mechanical engineering major and chapter president David McNai...
NSF CAREER award enables UAH battery research
Feb 04, 2015
Smaller, lighter electric car batteries that don't have to sacrifice longevity to be petite could be one benefit of basic research into lithium-ion battery nanomaterials at UAH. ...
