UAH recognizes inventors who received 11 patents during 2025-26 year at April 23 ceremony

MAY 15, 2026 | Ann Marie Martin

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) presented desk plaques to inventors from two colleges and four departments at UAH in recognition of patents issued in the past year. The annual patent award recognition was held on April 23, 2026, during the 2026 University Awards for Excellence ceremony.

Michael Mercier | UAH

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) honored researchers from two colleges and four departments who have been awarded 11 patents during the past year. The annual patent award recognition was held on April 23 during the 2026 University Awards for Excellence event in the Student Services Building ballroom. UAH is a part of The University of Alabama System.

“This is about bright ideas, bold breakthroughs and celebrating people who make them happen at UAH,” said Kannan Grant, president of the UAH Research Foundation and director of the Office of Technology Commercialization. “They put the U in UAH. We’re here to celebrate innovations at UAH and the innovators who take innovations from lab to life.”

He noted that UAH is listed among the top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents by the National Academy of Inventors: “This continued recognition speaks to the strength of our community, collaboration, persistence and curiosity.”

Grant and Dr. Robert Lindquist, vice president for Research and Economic Development, presented recognition plaques to the awardees in attendance.

UAH researchers from the College of Engineering and the College of Science were awarded the following patents, listed by inventor(s), college, department, U.S. Patent number and title:

Dr. Gabe Xu and Ryan Gott (Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) – 12,167,527, “Continuous Large Area Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Sheet Source”

Dr. Tommy Morris and Dr. Aaron Werth (Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – 12,238,120, “Embedded Intrusion Prevention System for Industrial Controllers”

Dr. Aleksandar Milenkovic and Dr. Biswajit Ray (Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – 12,237,032, “Systems and Methods for Improving Radiation Tolerance of Memory”

Dr. Emil Jovanov (Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – 12,274,541, “Systems and Methods for Monitoring Hydration”

Dr. Aleksandar Milenkovic, Dr. Biswajit Ray, MD Raquibuzzaman and Matchima Buddhanoy (Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – 12,307,097, “Systems and Methods for Sanitization of Multi-Level Cell Memory”

Dr. Tingting Wu, Dr. Yu Lei and Dr. Wenwen Yang (Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering) – 12,344,539, “Plasmon-Enhanced Catalytic Ozonation for Recalcitrant Water Pollutant Removal”

Dr. Emil Jovanov (Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – 12,343,164, “Systems and Methods for Monitoring Physiological Parameters with Capacitive Sensing”

Dr. Tathagata Mukherjee (Science, Computer Science) – 12,402,006, “Systems and Methods for Identifying Transmitters”

Dr. Tommy Morris and Dr. Rishabh Das (Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – 12,432,223, “Embedded Intrusion Detection System for Industrial Controllers”

Dr. Gang Wang (Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) and Dr. Yu Lei and Dr. Moonhyung Jang and Jacob Lee (Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering) – 12,500,530, “Triboelectric Generator Systems and Methods for Energy Harvesting and Sensing Applications”

Dr. Emil Jovanov (Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – 12,514,547, “Multi-Modal Heart Diagnostic System and Method”

Congratulations to these inventors for their achievements!