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." ...
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...
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. ...
Von Braun Memorial Symposium enables UAH students to showcase their research
Oct 31, 2017
For the eighth consecutive year, graduate and undergraduate students presented their research to compete for prizes at a student poster competition during the 10th Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium. ...
UAH Students work with Vector to develop spark ignitor for Vector-R launch vehicle
Aug 08, 2017
UAH along with Vector, a space access company lowering the barriers to getting assets and ideas into space, today announced the successful test of the company’s second-stage engine, which includes a next-generation prototype of the spark-torch ig...
PRC Research Program Administrator & Budget Analyst Receives Competitive Scholarship Award
Jul 31, 2017
Anthony Edmondson (‘15, MBA), Research Program Administrator & Budget Analyst for UAH's Propulsion Research Center (PRC), was recently awarded the highly competitive Society of Research Administrators International's (SRAI) 2017 Annual Meeting ...
