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UAH student rocket team takes third overall, first in safety at NASA Student Launch

Jul 27, 2020

A student rocket team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) earned first place in project safety and third place overall in competition at a COVID-shortened national NASA Student Launch. ...

Dennis Nikitaev

Nuclear thermal propulsion research wins graduate student AAS Molly Macauley Award

Jun 10, 2020

Research on seeded hydrogen in nuclear thermal rocket engines has won a graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) one of two 2020 American Astronautical Society (AAS) Molly Macauley Awards for Science and Engineer...

Dr. Shery Welsh, UAH PhD in Materials Sciences.

Dr. Shery Welsh accepts position as Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Jun 09, 2020

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) alumna, Dr. Shery Welsh, who earned her PhD in Materials Sciences, has been tapped as Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) in Arlington, Virginia. ...

PRC Graduate Recognition 12/04/2019

Mentoring Lunch - Feb. 28, 2020

May 07, 2020

Dr. Dale Thomas, Deputy Director of the Propulsion Research Center, Director of the Alabama Space Grant Consortium, and Professor/Eminent Scholar, Industrial & Systems Engineering and Engineering Management served as the guest speaker at February's m...

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PRC Graduate Recognition

Apr 27, 2020

Congratulations to all PRC graduates, we are extremely proud of you. All the best to you in the future. ...

Rocket Team

Student team’s NASA Student Launch rocket and rover effort is successful

Mar 18, 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 virus. ...

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Redstone Arsenal and Missle Defense Agency Engineers toured PRC Laboratories

Mar 09, 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, while J...

AIAA awardees

Distinguished Guest State Senator Steve Livingston

Feb 07, 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 showe...

PRC Graduate Recognition 12/04/2019

Mentoring Lunch - Jan. 31, 2020

Jan 31, 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 representativ...

AIAA awardees

Undulating flight saves Monarchs energy, says award-winning study with drone implications

Feb 07, 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 path. ...