With an eye toward better preparing graduates to meet the needs of the city's aerospace and defense employers, UAH and Bastion Technologies Inc. have signed an agreement to establish the Bastion Technical Fellows (BTF) program. Beginning this fall, UAH graduate students selected for the program will serve as Bastion Technical Fellows, maintaining a residency at Bastion Technologies' facilities in Huntsville to gain industry domain specific knowledge while completing their coursework requirements and thesis research. Fellows will be expected to complete a thesis on a topic that is compatible with Bastion Technologies' work as the prime contractor for safety and mission assurance at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.