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Chrys Arreola Padilla and Annika Nittmo piloting the land rover

UAH team takes first in 2023 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge

Apr 25, 2023

A team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) placed first in the 2023 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) this year. ...


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UAH research programs achieve record high $169.5M in R&D funding for FY22

Apr 26, 2023

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) notched a record $169.5 million in federal research expenditures for fiscal year (FY) 2022, a 13% increase over FY21. ...


Todd McKinney launches an aerial balloon in snowy Antartica

UAH graduate student transforms hobby into successful Antarctic experiment

Mar 27, 2023

First-year Atmospheric and Earth Sciences (AES) graduate student Todd McKinney has transformed his hobby into a low-cost, meteorological tool to study how air parcels travel within the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere in Antarctica. ...


Ronan Lucey and Kaylee Sharp assess power outages in turkey from a computer

UAH researchers use Earth observations to identify damage, impacts from earthquakes in Turkey

Mar 28, 2023

Two researchers from the UAH Earth System Science Center (ESSC) are using Earth observations to help those on the ground in Turkey make informed decisions. ...


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Undergraduate Research celebrates 9th annual UAH Research Horizons Poster Session

Mar 10, 2023

On March 7, undergraduates at The University of Alabama in Huntsville participated in the ninth annual UAH Research Horizons Poster Session at the Charger Union. A total of 34 projects were presented by the students who conducted the work, with sel...


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UAH hosts 2nd Annual Engineering Showcase to celebrate Engineers Week 2023

Feb 24, 2023

  The University of Alabama in Huntsville hosted the second annual UAH Engineering Showcase during Engineers Week 2023, Feb. 19 – 25. ...


Dr. Moonhyung Jang and Dr. Gang Wnag

Lab discovery leads UAH researchers to a simple, cost-effective electricity generator

Nov 21, 2022

A bit of laboratory serendipity led University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researchers to a simple mechanical way to generate electricity to operate electronic devices, says a paper they have published. ...


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UAH hosts international student poster competition at Von Braun Symposium

Nov 03, 2022

University students from across the United States and the world competed in the recent 15th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium (VBS) student poster competition hosted by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on Oct. 26-28. ...


Undergraduate students show and explain their summer research projects in the atrium of the Shelby Center for Science and Technology.

Fifteen UAH students earn awards for Summer Community of Scholars research

Sep 20, 2022

Fifteen student research posters were selected for top Deans and Space Grant Award honors at the end-of-program Summer Community of Scholars (SCS) poster session held on Sept. 14 in the Shelby Center for Science and Technology at The University of ...


Kelly Campo is junior majoring in industrial and systems engineering and Thomas Teper is a junior majoring in aerospace engineering.

Two UAH students presented their systems engineering research at Posters on the Hill

Sep 15, 2022

Two undergraduate researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) presented their research on the value of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) virtually to members of the United States Congress in Washington, D.C. during the annual ...


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