GeneCapture scientists preview new technology for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing

GeneCapture scientists preview new technology for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Jan 22, 2019

Scientists at GeneCapture, Inc., a company founded by Dr. Krishnan K. Chittur, a professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at UAH, have developed a method to report phenotypic antibiotic sensitivities/resistances direct from patient samples i...

Scanning the Social Media Minefield

Scanning the Social Media Minefield

Nov 09, 2018

UAH collaborates with a headhunter to create software that inspects candidates’ social media histories. The team of UAH faculty, along with two computer science graduate research assistants, worked on developing software that can automate the proce...

Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH

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. ...

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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 ...

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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

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...

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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...

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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. ...

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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

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...