PECAN storm research team does UAH outreach on the Plains
Jun 25, 2015
Wherever three or more mobile Doppler radars are gathered together, the locals in the Plains states will wonder if they should be concerned about the weather. ...
Visiting scholar wants to engage teachers
May 11, 2015
A Raman fellow from India who spent the spring semester at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) hopes to engage student teachers at her university in a program that teaches students how to use smart phones to collect scientific data. Dr. ...
UAH seeks new insights to study lightning
Apr 03, 2015
Can old data provide new insights about lightning and the physics of severe weather? A scientist at UAH thinks it can. Supported by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, UAH's Dr. Philip Bitzer will spend the next two ye...
Ultra-thin silicon films create vibrant optical colors
Mar 23, 2015
A new technology, which creates a rainbow of optical colors with ultra-thin layers of silicon, has been recently demonstrated by a research group at UAH. ...
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...
Doctoral student wins best presentation award
Jan 29, 2015
Retha Mecikalski, a doctoral student in atmospheric science at UAH, won the best student presentation award at the seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data during the recent 2015 American Meteorological Societ...
Sudden jump in a storm's lightning might warn a supercell is forming
Jan 07, 2015
A sudden jump in the number of lightning strikes inside a garden-variety thunderstorm might soon give forecasters a new tool for predicting severe weather and issuing timely warnings, according to research at UAH. The sudden increase in lightning ...
The dust devil and the details: Spinning up a storm on Mars
Dec 18, 2014
Spinning up a dust devil in the thin air of Mars requires a stronger updraft than is needed to create a similar vortex on Earth, according to research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Early results from this research in UAH's ...
UAH Balloon EUSO team has first-flight success
Aug 26, 2014
UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) graduate student Matthew Rodencal, Douglass Huie of the Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC) and Dr. James Adams of CSPAR were part of a team in Canada that succes...
GM University Humane Studies Fellowship
Jan 03, 2014
George Mason University Humane Studies Fellowship Applications New Year’s Bonus: If Students Complete HSF Applications By January 5, 2014, We’ll Waive The Fee! Most students are probably enjoying a well-deserved break rig...