2016-04-21 20:59:41 Micro-thruster test stand paper boosts UAH graduate student to AIAA award Details Published: 21 April 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 … Read more » 2016-03-04 22:17:30 UAH Propulsion Research Center Student Association connects researchers with their community Details Published: 04 March 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 … Read more » 2016-02-04 16:34:56 UAH ISEEM Department hosting systems engineering conference Details Published: 04 February 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 … Read more » 2015-12-10 19:55:01 UAH Propulsion Research Center part of $50 million NASA contract Details Published: 10 December 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 … Read more » 2015-11-02 18:07:53 UAH students compete in the eighth Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium Student Poster Competition Details Published: 02 November 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 … Read more » 2015-07-22 21:04:57 Dr. William Emrich Day proclaimed by Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle Details Published: 22 July 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 … Read more » 2015-05-27 16:52:31 Unlocking innovation with Blackmon’s Rules Details Published: 27 May 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 … Read more » 2015-05-19 15:38:28 Nine faculty receive $365,324 in UAH internal research funds Details Published: 19 May 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 … Read more » 2015-05-05 19:18:33 Research on fusion engine that could be a Mars hot rod is AIAA Best Paper Details Published: 05 May 2015 You could call a fusion engine a space travel hot rod. A 2014 paper that reports on developments in pulsed fusion propulsion that could rapidly propel U.S. manned flights to Mars has been named by the American Institute of Astronautics and … Read more » 2015-03-19 20:00:00 Blast From the Past – Opening a Rocketry Time Capsule Details Published: 19 March 2015 UAH's Propulsion Research Center is preparing for its 25th anniversary next year, and the experimental roots of its faculty run even deeper. In 1956, 16-year-old Jimmy Blackmon did a very unusual thing for that time. He built a rocket from … Read more » 678...1011121314...