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
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...
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 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
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. ...
Innovative cybersecurity research lands UAH doctoral student best poster award
Mar 31, 2016
UAH computer engineering doctoral student Vahid Heydari's poster on "Preventing Remote Cyber Attacks against Aircraft Avionics Systems" was recently named the best poster at the 11th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security in Bo...
Dr. Maria Z. A. Pour joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department as Assistant Professor
Mar 22, 2016
Dr. Maria Z. A. Pour joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department as Assistant Professor. Dr. Pour received her Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees from The University of Manitoba in 2012 and 2006, respectively, and her B.Sc. degree fro...
UAH College of Engineering celebrates eWeek 2016
Mar 16, 2016
UAH's College of Engineering observed National Engineers Week February 12-26. The 2016 eWeek theme was "Celebrating how engineers make a difference in our world!" ...
New washer can accurately measure a bolt’s clamping force
Nov 10, 2015
A piezoelectric load-sensing washer being developed by a professor and a recent graduate at UAH provides a more accurate way to measure the clamping force exerted by the bolt it is on. ...
Dr. Ravi Gorur joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UAH as Professor and Department Chair
Jul 30, 2015
Dr. Ravi Gorur joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UAH as Professor and Department Chair. Dr. Ravi Gorur graduated with the Ph.D Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada in 1986. He joined the El...