Grant extends Heliophysics Research Experience for Undergraduates
May 28, 2015
Just underway, this year’s summer gathering of 10 undergraduate students from across the country to spend 10 weeks in UAH Heliophysics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program also marks a new beginning for the program itself. ...
UAH scientists join study of thunderstorms at night
May 27, 2015
The why and how of thunderstorms that pop up at night are largely mysteries. That's why a team of 18 scientists and students from UAH will spend the next six weeks in Kansas in the Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) program, a research ...
10 UAH students get NSF cybersecurity scholarships in second year of program
May 22, 2015
Ten students at UAH are getting full cybersecurity scholarships from a five-year, $4.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) funded scholarship program that's in its second year at the university. ...
Visiting scholar wants to engage teachers
May 11, 2015
A Raman fellow from India who spent the spring semester at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) hopes to engage student teachers at her university in a program that teaches students how to use smart phones to collect scientific data. Dr. ...
UAH student’s startup places in Netherlands accelerator event
Apr 20, 2015
A company started by a student at UAH and his collaborators has secured a place in the top 10 out of 17 teams at the Startup Bootcamp Smart Materials Accelerator at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen, Netherlands. ...
Improved Carbon Charger has team looking for strong rover event finish
Apr 13, 2015
Building on last year's hard-earned experience, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Rover Team has refined Carbon Charger, their carbon fiber tricycle vehicle, for the 2015 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge on Friday, April 17, and S...
UAH seeks new insights to study lightning
Apr 03, 2015
Can old data provide new insights about lightning and the physics of severe weather? A scientist at UAH thinks it can. Supported by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, UAH's Dr. Philip Bitzer will spend the next two ye...
Ultra-thin silicon films create vibrant optical colors
Mar 23, 2015
A new technology, which creates a rainbow of optical colors with ultra-thin layers of silicon, has been recently demonstrated by a research group at UAH. ...
Morning is the time for powerful lightning
Mar 17, 2015
Wherever you are, if it's 8 a.m. it's time for the kids to be in school, time perhaps for a second cup of coffee, and time for the most powerful lightning strokes of the day. ...
Doctoral student wins best presentation award
Jan 29, 2015
Retha Mecikalski, a doctoral student in atmospheric science at UAH, won the best student presentation award at the seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data during the recent 2015 American Meteorological Societ...