UAH space science professor elected fellow of the American Physical Society
Oct 16, 2017
Dr. Nikolai Pogorelov, a professor in the Department of CSPAR at UAH, has been elected a 2017 fellow of the APS by the APS Council of Representatives upon the recommendation of the Topical Group on Plasma Astrophysics. ...
UAH student’s cybersecurity internship combines philosophy and computer science
Sep 29, 2017
If you think a unique double major like computer science and philosophy would make it challenging for a student to get real-world experience in the field before graduation, Mark Reuter is here to prove otherwise. The University of Alabama in Huntsv...
Summer research program gives Honors students valuable hands-on experience
Aug 31, 2017
Regardless of how many classes a student may take in their field of study, there’s no substitute for experience in a world where things rarely go by the book. Enter the Honors College Capstone Research Summer Program at The University of Alabama ...
UAH atmospheric science professor receives $705,332 award to fund lightning research
Aug 31, 2017
Dr. Phillip Bitzer, an associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at UAH, received a five-year, $705,332 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to fund his research into the devel...
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? ...
UAH Earth system science major helps map, preserve wetlands in Rwanda
Aug 10, 2017
For tiny, overcrowded Rwanda, preserving its ecologically important wetlands is a big challenge, made more challenging by the lack of reliable maps. How can you protect what you have in the future if you don’t know what you have in the present? ...
UAH graduate student maps water in African desert
Aug 07, 2017
For thousands of generations, Africans concerned about their water supply looked to passing clouds for relief. Now, thanks in part to NASA's SERVIR program and several students and researchers at UAH, many of Africa's leaders will increasingly be l...
UAH designated Center of Academic Excellence in geospatial sciences
Aug 01, 2017
The Department of Atmospheric Science at UAH has been named a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in geospatial sciences by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
UAH Earth system science student does the “research sprint”
Jul 20, 2017
When you have only three months to complete a research project, it can feel like a 12-week sprint – especially if the project includes building hardware. "You have to work quickly, and half the time I was building equipment," says Julian Longoria...
UAH part of team researching tropical trees hit by lightning
Jul 13, 2017
Trees and lightning generally don't play well together. However, while many trees struck by lightning explode or ignite or are otherwise instantly killed, other trees (especially in the tropics) seem less effected by lightning strikes and live for ...
