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Senator Richard Shelby and UAH President Charles Karr

UAH establishes Senator Richard Shelby Endowed Chair in Engineering

Nov 21, 2022

The University of Alabama in Huntsville along with Huntsville and North Alabama community and business leaders, today announced the establishment of the Senator Richard Shelby Endowed Chair in Engineering in the UAH College of Engineering. ...

RSESC researcher part of Florida hurricane response drone team that spies boater

Nov 02, 2022

While performing recent drone search and rescue work in the wake of Hurricane Ian in Florida, a team that included a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researcher spotted a stranded boater who was subsequently rescued. ...

Saroj Kumar is one of 20 SSPI outstanding young space and satellite professionals age 35 and under.

Nuclear thermal propulsion research by UAH’s Saroj Kumar earns international award

Oct 06, 2022

The awards just keep coming for the nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) research being done at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) by Saroj Kumar. ...

Dr. Ray with students posing in the Ray Research Group Lab

FAA grant supports UAH work to better coordinate drones during disaster responses

Sep 06, 2022

Efforts to better coordinate drone responses to natural and human-made disasters have landed The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a three-year, $828,070 grant, the second-largest in a group recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Transp...

23 UAH innovators recognized with patent plaques

Apr 26, 2022

During University Awards for Excellence ceremonies on April 21, plaques commemorating 20 patents were awarded to 23 innovators from two colleges and four research centers at UAH. ...

Two UAH research centers have roles in new $360 million national water alliance

Apr 06, 2022

Two research centers at UAH will provide expertise to a newly formed, $360 million university alliance led by the University of Alabama to better predict water-related hazards and manage the nation’s water resources. ...

UAH researches whether future rural healthcare can be delivered by drones

Feb 22, 2022

Getting vital healthcare services and supplies can be a challenge for rural patients because of the long distances involved and because smaller communities lack doctors, nurses and clinics. ...

Dr. Virginia “Suzy” Young and Jerry Hendrix holding a drone

Dr. Suzy Young and Jerry Hendrix in new AUVSI leadership positions

Aug 12, 2021

Two employees of The University of Alabama in Huntsville are in new leadership positions in the 7,000-member Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). ...

UAH inventors receive award plaques for 21 patents at virtual ceremony

Apr 29, 2021

Thirty-three inventors from two colleges, six departments and three research centers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, received award plaques for 21 patents at a virtual ceremony on Friday...

FAA taps UAH partner Huntsville International Airport as UAS research program test site

Mar 02, 2021

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) partner Huntsville International Airport has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as one of four airports nationally to host an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Detection and Mitigation...