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Three UAH researchers operating Gamma-ray Burst Monitor discover brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected

Jul 18, 2023

Dr. Peter Veres, an assistant professor with CSPAR, Dr. Michael S. Briggs, CSPAR principal research scientist and assistant director, and Stephen Lesage, a UAH graduate research assistant, collaborated on the discovery and analysis of the gamma-ray...

ISWC dinner

UAH welcomes international mix of space weather camp students to Huntsville

Jul 11, 2023

An international mix of students and advisors participating in the International Space Weather Camp (ISWC) internship were welcomed to the United States and Huntsville at a dinner at Rhythm on Monroe on Sunday, July 9. ...

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Two UAH engineering students among nine Women In Defense Scholars nationwide

Jul 06, 2023

Two engineering students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Paige Berg and Michaela Hemming, are among nine nationwide who received scholarships in academic year 2023-2024 from Women In Defense (WID). ...

Bhagirath Ghimire conducts plasma research

Business people are key to making Huntsville and Alabama a cutting-edge Southeastern hub

May 12, 2023

The business community can help propel to fruition a statewide endeavor backed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make Huntsville the hub of an Alabama plasma physics technology powerhouse that spans the Southeast. ...

Dr. Gang Li

UAH space science faculty advances modelling of energetic neutral atoms to better understand solar flares and coronal mass ejections

May 09, 2023

Dr. Gang Li, a professor in the Department of Space Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), is the first author of a paper in The Astrophysical Journal titled, Modelling Solar Energetic Neutral Atoms from Solar Flares and CME-driv...

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UAH announces faculty promotion and tenure decisions for 2023-2024 academic year

May 05, 2023

The University of Alabama in Huntsville has recognized 25 faculty members for their outstanding performance and overall excellence by awarding them tenure and/or promotion starting with the 2023-2024 academic year. ...

Chrys Arreola Padilla and Annika Nittmo piloting the land rover

UAH team takes first in 2023 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge

Apr 25, 2023

A team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) placed first in the 2023 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) this year. ...

Dr. Aaron Naeger, Dr. Susan Alexander and Dr. Michael Newchurch, left to right

UAH researchers to gain revolutionary data on air pollutants from new NASA instrument launch

Apr 07, 2023

A team of air-quality researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, expects to receive vital data from a new NASA instrument launched into space Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket toward its host...

Ronan Lucey and Kaylee Sharp assess power outages in turkey from a computer

UAH researchers use Earth observations to identify damage, impacts from earthquakes in Turkey

Mar 28, 2023

Two researchers from the UAH Earth System Science Center (ESSC) are using Earth observations to help those on the ground in Turkey make informed decisions. ...

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UAH-led statewide effort to apply plasma technologies reaches out to broad coalition

Mar 08, 2023

A statewide UAH led effort to fund, develop and commercialize plasma research and the high-tech workforce it requires is reaching out to a broad coalition of researchers, students, businesspeople and the public with a goal of stimulating thousands ...