UAH undergrads to launch balloons for Vortex-SE tornado research

UAH undergrads to launch balloons for Vortex-SE tornado research

Mar 21, 2017

Bad weather in March, April and early May will bring a virtual cloud of weather balloons to North Alabama, as scientists from around the U.S. gather to study the challenges of predicting which storms spin up tornadoes across the Southeastern states...

Dave Cook says he has no doubt Alabama’s legislators will be impressed with the research being done by the state’s students

First Posters at the Capitol event marks the fruition of a UAH idea

Feb 20, 2017

Alabama’s first Posters at the Capitol student research poster event had its genesis at UAH. ...

A UAH senior design class explains their strategy for drone defense to Bob McCaleb, Northrop Grumman corporate lead executive, at Olin B. King Technology Hall on campus. From left are Daniel Bernues, Tevon Walker, Alyse Adams, William Klingbeil, McCaleb, Faith Buckley and Zack Horvath.

Northrop Grumman drone challenge spawns cross-campus collaboration

Feb 13, 2017

Other than shooting it down, how can you stop an enemy drone from entering a protected zone? ...

Ashley Sharfenburg wins AIAA National Student Paper Competition

UAH students win at recent AIAA SciTech Conference

Feb 09, 2017

A paper coauthored by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) students Ashley Sharfenburg, an aerospace engineering senior, and Beth Dutour, a junior in aerospace engineering, won in the community outreach section of the AIAA National Student Pap...

Daniel wins AGU competition in visualization, story telling

Daniel wins AGU competition in visualization, story telling

Nov 22, 2016

Mid-December is going to be a busy time for University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Earth system science major Allison Daniel. ...

Building wind tunnel is hands-on experience for three undergrads

Building wind tunnel is hands-on experience for three undergrads

Nov 16, 2016

Three engineering undergraduates are leaving behind a legacy for future students with their work on the design, construction and testing of a $2 million wind tunnel at UAH. ...

UAH collaboration with NASA has ‘changed the textbooks’

UAH collaboration with NASA has ‘changed the textbooks’

Oct 20, 2016

If it weren’t for the unique and decades-long collaboration between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and UAH, Dr. Michael Brigg’s research might not ever have gotten off the ground. ...

Smart electrical systems pay off, Charger Energy Lab research shows

Smart electrical systems pay off, Charger Energy Lab research shows

Oct 17, 2016

The economic viability of an energy system that saves money for utilities and consumers by reducing demand peaks on the electrical supply grid has been demonstrated by a prototype energy lab at UAH, its creator says. ...

10 UAH students receive NSF CyberCorps scholarships

10 UAH students receive NSF CyberCorps scholarships

Sep 13, 2016

Full cybersecurity scholarships have been awarded to 10 students at UAH from its five-year, $4.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps Scholarships for Service program. ...

Initiative broadens UAH engineering students’ exposure to cybersecurity

Initiative broadens UAH engineering students’ exposure to cybersecurity

Sep 06, 2016

Engineers who graduate from UAH will have broad exposure to industrial control systems cybersecurity within their fields of study under a new initiative. ...