2019 PRC Poster Winners
Sep 18, 2019
Shelby Westrich, Nathan Schilling, and Dennis Nikitaev win in the 2019 Von Braun Symposium poster contest. Engineering - First Place - Undergraduate Shelby Westrich, University of Alabama in Huntsville “Pulsed Power Diagnostics for Fusion Propul...
Ligrani recognized for ASME committee leadership
Jun 27, 2019
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Gas Turbine Institute has recognized Dr. Phillip Ligrani for outstanding contributions, commitment and service to its Heat Transfer Committee with an Outstanding service Award. ...
Wind tunnel will be used to study gas turbine hot section components
Aug 22, 2018
The wind tunnel at UAH Johnson Research Center (JRC) will be used to provide data to research gas turbine hot section components at engine conditions. ...
Graduate student unites his passion for science and enthusiasm for diversity at UAH
Apr 23, 2018
Roberto Dextre first recognized his connection to science at the High School for Environmental Studies in Manhattan, where he noticed that he easily understood math and science. "I think it was the physics courses that opened my mind to how science...
UAH’s PRC successfully upgrades cryogenic flow capability of its Rocket Test Facility
Apr 05, 2018
The Propulsion Research Center (PRC) at UAH successfully demonstrated an upgrade to the cryogenic flow capability of its Rocket Test Facility late last month. The demonstration test ran over 20 seconds using a 1,500 pounds per square inch pressuriz...
UAH PRC's celebration of Explorer 1 introduces young minds to aerospace veterans
Feb 23, 2018
High school junior Anna Frederick’s research project on the historic Explorer 1 satellite culminated in her meeting Bill Snoddy, Harry Reid, and Dr. Robert Naumann, three of the pioneering minds behind the project. ...
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." ...
UAH students integral to successful hot-fire test of new NASA igniter
Nov 06, 2017
Engineers at NASA’s MSFC turned to Dr. Judy Schneider for help with testing the strength and reliability of their newest, additively manufactured rocket engine igniter. ...
UAH’s New Faculty Research Program awards over $100,000 to 11 faculty members
Nov 02, 2017
Eleven new tenure-track faculty members at UAH will share $107,059 in 2017/2018 New Faculty Research awards. ...
Rocket Test Group Holds Meeting at UAH
Nov 07, 2017
The PRC hosted the Rocket Test Group (RTG) for their 49th biannual meeting this past month on the UAH campus. RTG is a national volunteer organization of rocket test facility operators. The meeting, beginning Tuesday, October 17 and ending Wednesday...