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...
Graduate student lands $400,000 laser technology grant for team
Jan 27, 2015
UAH student landed a $400,000 competitive grant from the Dept. of Defense High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office (JTO) for a team effort to develop and test diode-pumped xenon laser technology for the U.S. military. UAH's Amanda Black Clark is ...
Deadline for undergraduate research program approaches
Jan 16, 2015
Undergraduate students at UAH have until Jan. 31 to apply for the 12th annual Expanding Horizons through Research Program, A Research or Creative Experience for Undergraduates (RCEU) summer program. ...
UAH partners in integrated photonics institute effort
Jan 13, 2015
UAH has partnered with four other research universities and a consortium of photonics industry leaders in an effort to win a $110 million federal contract for an integrated photonics institute that would be housed in the $70 million Florida Advance...
Sudden jump in a storm's lightning might warn a supercell is forming
Jan 07, 2015
A sudden jump in the number of lightning strikes inside a garden-variety thunderstorm might soon give forecasters a new tool for predicting severe weather and issuing timely warnings, according to research at UAH. The sudden increase in lightning ...
The dust devil and the details: Spinning up a storm on Mars
Dec 18, 2014
Spinning up a dust devil in the thin air of Mars requires a stronger updraft than is needed to create a similar vortex on Earth, according to research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Early results from this research in UAH's ...
Gamma-ray flashes from lightning are both more complex, common
Dec 16, 2014
Early evidence shows there is nothing at all special about thunderstorms whose cloud-to-cloud lightning bolts produce flashes of gamma rays, according to research led by scientists at UAH. "These TGFs (terrestrial gamma-ray flashes) can come from ...
Von Braun Memorial Symposium sees record number of student poster entries
Oct 30, 2014
A record number of students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) entered the student poster competition at the seventh Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium held on the campus Oct. 27-29. A total of 43 students representing every coll...
Co-op position a "continuous learning experience" for UAH student
Jul 07, 2014
UAH student Lindsey Harris is spending her summer in a co-op position at ADTRAN. Employers these days want to hire someone with hands-on experience, and that's exactly what Lindsey Harris is going to be able to give them. The rising junior and c...