Earth system science major finds flood of undergraduate research opportunities at UAH
May 24, 2018
It wasn’t hard for Angela Burke to narrow down her choices when she set out to earn her bachelor’s degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field. "Nothing in STEM held my interest except meteorology!" she says with a laugh....
Carey honored for mentoring graduate students
May 11, 2018
Dr. David Berkowitz, dean of UAH’s Graduate School, presents the 2018 graduate mentoring award to Dr. Larry Carey, chair of the Atmospheric Science Department, during the university’s annual awards day ceremony. (UAH Photo/Michael Mercier) &nb...
Shah wins Woods Hole fellowship
May 11, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — From the choked air of Mumbai, India, to the mostly untracked rain forests of Ecuador and the Amazon River basin, UAH’s Ankur Shah is trying to find a sustainable balance between living a modern, high technology lifestyle and...
UAH low-cost weather stations to join irrigation/weather study
Apr 20, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (April 19, 2018) — A grid of low-cost weather stations built at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will spend part of this summer in Nebraska helping scientists learn more about how large-scale irrigation might be changi...
UAH professor’s early-stage proposal for “Marsbees” selected to receive NASA funding
Apr 04, 2018
A proposal on Marsbees submitted by Dr. Chang-kwon Kang, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UAH, was one of only 25 selected to receive a 2018 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) award. ...
Earth system science students at UAH serve as team members on NASA’s EarthKAM project
Mar 15, 2018
What does a hurricane look like from 400 kilometers above the Earth’s surface? What do images taken of the ice caps over the past few years tell us about how they’ve changed? These are the types of questions that middle school students in dozen...
Lightning mapping sensor will provide UAH scientists with unique stereo view
Feb 27, 2018
With the scheduled March 1 launch of a new weather satellite, scientists at UAH are looking forward to getting a unique stereo view of lightning in storms over the United States. ...
Two UAH researchers undertake cross-college lead poisoning study of rural Alabama town
Dec 13, 2017
Dr. Azita Amiri and Dr. Shuang Zhao are helping raise awareness about lead poisoning among children in Uniontown, Ala. ...
UAH lightning expert to speak at AGU on Dec. 14
Dec 07, 2017
Dr. Hugh J. Christian will present the Benjamin Franklin invited lecture at the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting Thursday, Dec. 14. ...
UAH undergrad co-leads project using satellite images of Thailand
Aug 18, 2017
Can an astronaut in space look down at a spot on the Earth and tell if the people living there are wealthy or poor? ...
