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New UAH wind tunnel ready for action

New UAH wind tunnel ready for action

Jul 08, 2016

A new $2 million wind tunnel system at UAH is ready to undertake supersonic flow research with Mach numbers up to 3. ...


UAH Staff Excellence Award 2016 recipient Anthony J. Edmondson

UAH Staff Excellence Award 2016 recipient Anthony J. Edmondson

May 09, 2016

Anthony J. Edmondson is a recipient of the 2016 Staff Excellence Award. He began working at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in fall 2008, as a Research Program Coordinator I in the Propulsion Research Center (PRC). ...


Micro-thruster test stand paper boosts UAH graduate student to AIAA award

Micro-thruster test stand paper boosts UAH graduate student to AIAA award

Apr 21, 2016

A research paper describing a magnetically levitated micro-thruster test stand that cuts spacecraft development time using 3-D printed parts and high speed motion detection has won a best student paper award for a UAH graduate student. ...


UAH Propulsion Research Center Student Association connects researchers with their community

UAH Propulsion Research Center Student Association connects researchers with their community

Mar 04, 2016

The Propulsion Research Center (PRC) at UAH is known for its cutting-edge research on fusion propulsion and students who do hands-on research. But for the center's members, the people conducting that research are just as crucial to its mission...


UAH ISEEM Department hosting  systems engineering conference

UAH ISEEM Department hosting systems engineering conference

Feb 04, 2016

The 14th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2016) will be hosted by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Industrial & Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (ISEEM) Department March 22-24 at the Von Braun C...


UAH Propulsion Research Center part of $50 million NASA contract

UAH Propulsion Research Center part of $50 million NASA contract

Dec 10, 2015

UAH is part of a team that has been awarded a five-year NASA research contract valued at up to $50 million to develop, demonstrate and verify an advanced propulsion system. ...


UAH students compete in the eighth Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium Student Poster Competition

UAH students compete in the eighth Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium Student Poster Competition

Nov 02, 2015

The eighth Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium, "Space Exploration and Discovery: Expanding Human Knowledge," was recently held on the campus of UAH. The annual symposium is sponsored by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and coordinated wit...


Dr. William Emrich Day proclaimed by Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle

Dr. William Emrich Day proclaimed by Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle

Jul 22, 2015

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle has declared Dr. William Emrich Day to honor Dr. Emrich's upcoming receipt of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2015 Engineer of the Year award. ...


Dr. James Blackmon in his office

Unlocking innovation with Blackmon’s Rules

May 27, 2015

Leroy Jethro Gibbs would be proud. Ask around among mechanical and aerospace engineering students on the campus of UAH and you'll find plenty who can quote from at least part of something known as Blackmon's Rules. ...


Nine faculty receive $365,324 in UAH internal research funds

Nine faculty receive $365,324 in UAH internal research funds

May 19, 2015

Research by nine faculty members at UAH has been awarded a total of $365,324 in UAH Individual Investigator Distinguished Research (IIDR) program funds by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. ...


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