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...
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 ...