UAH engineering students top NASA HERC Rover Challenge for second consecutive year
Apr 24, 2024
For the second year in a row, engineering students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System, have captured first place in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) competition. ...
UAH astrophysics research advances understanding of how the light of gamma-ray bursts is produced
Apr 22, 2024
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense bursts of gamma radiation, typically generating more energy in a few seconds than the Sun will produce over its ten-billion-year lifetime. ...
UAH-managed program offers STEM students paid summer internships in plasma physics
Feb 01, 2024
University students studying in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields can apply immediately for paid summer internships in plasma physics funded by Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP), a University of Ala...
Research and Empowerment: A Pakistani (Waziristani) Ph.D Student's Inspirational Journey
Nov 13, 2023
Syed Ayaz, a dedicated Ph.D. student in the Department of Space Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is on a quest to bridge theoretical knowledge with practical applications. Ayaz acti...
UAH researchers closing in on helping to solve 60-year-old solar mystery
Oct 17, 2023
Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have supported a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve a 60-year-old cosmic mystery that involves the question of why the Sun’s corona, the outermost part of the Sun’s atmospher...
OLLI at UAH free bonus program showcases history of James Webb Space Telescope
Sep 26, 2023
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) showcases the exacting work behind the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its dazzling images of the cosmos during a bonus program on Oct. 20 from 11 a...
UAH student wins NASA FINESST award to study solar weather to better protect against threats to humans, satellites and near-Earth technologies
Sep 20, 2023
A doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship to study space weather to improve predictive methods for coronal mass ej...
UAH researcher awarded $650K to develop propulsion system to boost surveillance of space between Earth and Moon
Aug 08, 2023
Dr. John Bennewitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $650,000, 45-month Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant to de...
UAH to feature AI, cybersecurity, directed energy, aerial systems and more at 2023 Space & Missile Defense Symposium
Aug 03, 2023
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will highlight its extensive capabilities in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, directed energy, information systems, rotorcraft systems, supply chain management and hypersonics during the Space &a...
UAH welcomes 40 new faculty members to campus with the start of fall semester 2023
Jul 31, 2023
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) welcomes 40 new faculty members to campus as the fall 2023 semester begins. The first day of classes is Aug. 14. ...
