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UAH alumna Adyre Mason

UAH alumna Adyre Mason engineers a recipe for success

Feb 17, 2022

Chef Adyre Mason, an alumna of UAH, is the owner of the Huntsville cafe The Veggie. ...


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UAH achieves top level R1 rank in Carnegie research classifications

Feb 07, 2022

UAH has achieved the highest research activity rating in the current, 2021 update of the Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education. ...


Dr. Elias Ali

Functionally graded material resistant to blasts and fire in buildings, UAH research says

Jan 31, 2022

When a bomb goes off or fire breaks out, a building constructed or retrofitted with an engineered composite currently confined to special applications could buy the surviving occupants extra time to get out, according to new research at UAH. ...


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UAH wind tunnel researchers investigate shock waves under new NSF research grant

Jan 27, 2022

The wind tunnel at UAH will be used to study the effects of shock waves at transonic, supersonic and hypersonic speeds under a three-year, $249,000 basic research grant from the Thermal Transport Program of the National Science Foundation. ...


Biswajit Ray

Research to improve solid state drives earns UAH’s Dr. Ray a $650,000 NSF CAREER award

Jan 24, 2022

New research to make future computer solid state drives (SSDs) more resilient, durable and energy-efficient has attracted a five-year, $650,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award for Dr. Biswajit Ray...


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Gary Donald Endowed Scholarship established with $250,000 Gift from Avion Solutions

Jan 20, 2022

Gary Donald, founder and former President of Avion Solutions, Inc., is no stranger to hard work, and he knows how a quality education can open doors. ...


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Destin Sandlin wins 2021 Alumni of Achievement award for Outstanding Young Alumni

Dec 14, 2021

Destin Sandlin (M.S. Aerospace Engineering '11) has been selected as the 2021 Alumni of Achievement Outstanding Young Alumni award winner for UAH. ...


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UAH announces 25K gift to fund Gerry and Virgil Schaffer Endowed Scholarship

Nov 23, 2021

UAH has announced that alumna Gerry Schaffer (B.A. Art History ’81) and her husband Virgil Schaffer have made a gift of $25,000 to fund the Gerry and Virgil Schaffer Endowed Scholarship. ...


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Student cyber competition team is fifth of 120 competing in DOE contest

Nov 22, 2021

A UAH student team has placed fifth out of 120 teams in nationwide virtual competition at the recent three-week-long U.S. Department of Energy CyberForce Competition. ...


Photo of Delores Baker, Sashank Vanga, and Bing Zeng... 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

Students win awards in UAH Graduate School’s 3 Minute Thesis Competition

Nov 18, 2021

Six students from three colleges at UAH recently participated in the UAH Graduate School’s 3 Minute Thesis Competition. ...


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