2020-01-31 14:29:28 Mentoring Lunch - Jan. 31, 2020 Details Published: 31 January 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 … Read more » 2019-12-09 15:28:22 Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth visited the UAH campus for an aerospace research tour Details Published: 09 December 2019 Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth visited the UAH campus for an aerospace research tour on Monday, December 9, 2019. Dr. Frederick, Dr. Ligrani, and several graduate and undergraduate students offered the delegation a tour of the Propulsion Research Center … Read more » 2019-12-04 20:29:28 PRC Graduate Recognition Details Published: 04 December 2019 Dr. Shery Welsh, a UAH Alumna, now serving as the Deputy Director, S&T, Advanced Technology Directorate, at the Missile Defense Agency, presented her title "Leaning Forward in Life to Success (Be a Weirdo)" to the graduating PRC … Read more » 2019-11-13 16:27:59 UAH modeling the spacecraft for NASA’s nuclear thermal propulsion idea Details Published: 13 November 2019 Successful human spaceflight to Mars and back is bound by basic rules of physics that any home garage hot rodder knows: mass, power and fuel consumption. To complete the mission, there must be enough thrust to propel a spacecraft’s weight to … Read more » 2019-11-08 14:00:00 Mentoring Lunches: Effectively Navigating Bureaucracy in the World of Research Details Published: 08 November 2019 Anthony Edmondson gave a presentation entitled, "Effectively Navigating Bureaucracy in the World of Research," to a capacity audience of 80 … Read more » 2019-10-04 13:00:00 Mentoring Lunches: Fluid Dynamics in Propulsion Systems Details Published: 04 October 2019 The October 2019 guest speaker at the PRC Student Mentoring Luncheon was Kristopher McDougal. He gave a brief overview of the Fluid Dynamics Branch in the Propulsion Department at the NASA Mashall Space Flight … Read more » 2019-09-18 19:53:28 2019 PRC Poster Winners Details Published: 18 September 2019 Shelby Westrich, Nathan Schilling, and Dennis Nikitaev win in the 2019 Von Braun Symposium poster … 2019-09-17 21:34:00 Mentoring Lunches: 2019 PRC Strategic Plan Details Published: 17 September 2019 The September 2019 PRC Student Mentoring Lunch was located at the Johnson Research Center. Our guest speaker for the lunch was Dr. Dale Thomas. Dr. Thomas spoke about the 2019 PRC Strategic … Read more » 2019-09-16 13:37:06 Standing room only crowd engages in student’s warp drive theory speech Details Published: 16 September 2019 If space is the final frontier, we’re going to have to boost our propulsion speeds to slip the bounds of our solar … Read more » 2019-06-27 18:51:42 Ligrani recognized for ASME committee leadership Details Published: 27 June 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 … Read more » 23...56789...11