From fish to pharmaceuticals, UAH biology major reaps rewards after pursuing research opportunities
May 25, 2018
Zeina Sleiman couldn’t have predicted she’d end up waist-deep in the icy waters of Estill Fork when she took a job in the chemistry stockroom at UAH as a freshman. But that’s exactly where the junior biology major found herself last spring, c...
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....
UAH students awarded $10,000 to compete in national cybersecurity challenge
May 22, 2018
A team of four students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) were among 10 finalists selected to participate in the third annual National Cyber Analyst Challenge and Conference (NCAC) this past spring: Justin Cole, Iain Deason, and Ky...
UAH researchers receive NASA Space Flight Awareness Team Award
May 17, 2018
On the morning of August 17, 2017, Rachel Hamburg, a master’s student in the Department of Space Science at UAH, received a text message from a fellow graduate student at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). "He told me...
Mia Milne UAH Sociology senior recipient of Georgia State University Fellowship
May 01, 2018
Mia Milne has always been keenly interested in other people’s lives, and how they live. It wasn’t until her senior year of high school that she discovered the academic name for her avid curiosity — Social Sciences. ...
UAH researchers get on consumers’ wavelength with InSb technology
Apr 27, 2018
A paper by UAH physics professor Dr. Don Gregory and UAH Ph.D. student Seyed Sadreddin Mirshafieyan was recently published in Nature, Scientific Reports. ...
UAH cave ecologist sheds light on subterranean species
Apr 26, 2018
As a cave ecologist, Dr. Matthew Niemiller is a frequent visitor to the dark, damp caves of the Southeastern U.S., where he chases millipedes, beetles, and other diminutive creatures through tight spaces. Hours spent breathing cool, heavy air and w...
UAH student part of discovery that may improve treatment of type 1 diabetes
Apr 24, 2018
Shristi Shrestha is both literally and figuratively a long way from her days as an undergraduate student conducting research on medicinal plants. ...
Large hailstone is now official state record, and 1st entry in Alabama’s new hail dataset
Apr 13, 2018
A large hailstone that fell in Cullman County on March 19 is now officially the largest recorded hailstone to fall in Alabama. ...
Four advance to international level from state science fair
Apr 11, 2018
Four student finalists were selected from the Alabama Science and Engineering Fair (ASEF) held April 5-6 at Spragins Hall at UAH to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) on May 13-18 in Pittsburgh, Pa. ...
