Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH
Oct 03, 2018
The nation’s bioscience industry is rapidly becoming an economic driver according to a recent report from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, generating $2 trillion in annual economic impact and employing more than 1.74 million people. ...
The Office of Technology Commercialization promotes and translates innovations at UAH
May 15, 2018
Kannan Grant’s door in the UAH Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) is always open. "We proactively promote and support a culture of learning and innovation at UAH by creating and capitalizing on commercial opportunities that benefit our ...
Rapid-infection diagnosis now a reality thanks to startup cofounded by UAH professor
May 01, 2018
Biotechnology startup GeneCapture Inc. has successfully demonstrated a completely new process for rapidly determining the genetic signature of a pathogen. The disposable test cartridge is about the size of a smartphone and can analyze a human or an...
Tech Company Event Brings Together Business Professionals and Tech Developers
Mar 13, 2018
Kannan Grant, director of the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), recently participated in an "Own Your Own Tech Company" event hosted by the Decatur-Morgan County Entrepreneurial Center...
Two UAH graduate students take first place in prestigious embedded security challenge
Jan 29, 2018
When Thiago Alves and Rishabh Das, two cybersecurity Ph.D. students at UAH, placed first in the North American Embedded Security Challenge this past November, they were both in a state of shock. Not only was the competition tough, says Das, but a f...
UAH uses satellites to improve crop yield estimates
Dec 12, 2017
A team that includes a graduate student who received his Ph.D. on Sunday from UAH has taken a major step toward developing a satellite-based tool to improve crop yield estimates in the U.S. and around the world. ...
UAH engineering student uses 3-D printing to successfully build and test Hall-effect thruster
Nov 30, 2017
Ethan Hopping has always been passionate about space. "I remember visiting the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in elementary school, and being inspired by the story of the Apollo program and Huntsville’s role in it." ...
Inventors receive patent plaques at UAH ceremony
Sep 23, 2015
Rows of glass desk plaques, each signifying a UAH-originated patent, await their recipients. Michael Mercier | UAH Twenty-five inventors from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) received awards for 30 patents at a ceremony...
UAH student’s startup places in Netherlands accelerator event
Apr 20, 2015
A company started by a student at UAH and his collaborators has secured a place in the top 10 out of 17 teams at the Startup Bootcamp Smart Materials Accelerator at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen, Netherlands. ...
Now in use, UAH-invented smart pill bottle gets second patent
Jun 30, 2014
AdhereTech and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have been awarded a second U.S. patent for the smart pill bottle that was invented at the university and is being commercialized by the company. Already in use by patients, AdhereTech's...