2020-03-18 14:40:30 Student team’s NASA Student Launch rocket and rover effort is successful Details Published: 18 March 2020 A student team at UAH successfully launched a rocket with a rover as its payload in a national NASA Student Launch that was shortened by the COVID-19 … Read more » 2020-03-09 21:26:43 Redstone Arsenal and Missle Defense Agency Engineers toured PRC Laboratories Details Published: 09 March 2020 On February 26, a group of Redstone Arsenal and Missile Defense Agency engineers took part in a VIP tour offered by Dr. Frederick. PRC graduate student Amit Patel, and test engineer Tony Hall presented the live test-firing of a rocket engine … Read more » 2020-02-07 16:35:50 Undulating flight saves Monarchs energy, says award-winning study with drone implications Details Published: 07 February 2020 In a finding that could benefit drone design, award-winning research by a doctoral student at UAH shows that the undulating flight paths of Monarch butterflies are actually more energy efficient than a straight-line … Read more » 2020-02-07 16:35:50 Distinguished Guest State Senator Steve Livingston Details Published: 07 February 2020 UAH welcomed distinguished guest State Senator Steve Livingston on campus > as he toured the Propulsion Research Center and other labs during his > aerospace briefing visit. He engaged in lively conversations with PRC > faculty and students and … Read more » 2020-01-31 14:29:28 Mentoring Lunch - Jan. 31, 2019 Details Published: 31 January 2020 Eminent Scholar and Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dr. Phillip Ligrani gave his presentation entitled, "Physical Phenomena Associated with Hypersonic Weapon Vehicles" to a "packed house". Among the numerous guests were … Read more » 2019-12-09 15:28:22 Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth visited the UAH campus for an aerospace research tour Details Published: 09 December 2019 Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth visited the UAH campus for an aerospace research tour on Monday, December 9, 2019. Dr. Frederick, Dr. Ligrani, and several graduate and undergraduate students offered the delegation a tour of the Propulsion Research Center … Read more » 2019-12-04 20:29:28 PRC Graduate Recognition Details Published: 04 December 2019 Dr. Shery Welsh, a UAH Alumna, now serving as the Deputy Director, S&T, Advanced Technology Directorate, at the Missile Defense Agency, presented her title "Leaning Forward in Life to Success (Be a Weirdo)" to the graduating PRC … Read more » 2019-11-13 16:27:59 UAH modeling the spacecraft for NASA’s nuclear thermal propulsion idea Details Published: 13 November 2019 Successful human spaceflight to Mars and back is bound by basic rules of physics that any home garage hot rodder knows: mass, power and fuel consumption. To complete the mission, there must be enough thrust to propel a spacecraft’s weight to … Read more » 2019-11-08 14:00:00 Mentoring Lunches: Effectively Navigating Bureaucracy in the World of Research Details Published: 08 November 2019 Anthony Edmondson gave a presentation entitled, "Effectively Navigating Bureaucracy in the World of Research," to a capacity audience of 80 … Read more » 2019-10-04 13:00:00 Mentoring Lunches: Fluid Dynamics in Propulsion Systems Details Published: 04 October 2019 The October 2019 guest speaker at the PRC Student Mentoring Luncheon was Kristopher McDougal. He gave a brief overview of the Fluid Dynamics Branch in the Propulsion Department at the NASA Mashall Space Flight … Read more » 1234...678910