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Newswise: UAH researcher wins 2024 Worthington Medal for innovations in pumping sciences
Released: 21-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
UAH researcher wins 2024 Worthington Medal for innovations in pumping sciences
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. Phillip Ligrani, Eminent Scholar in Propulsion at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has won the 2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Henry R. Worthington Medal for developing innovative micro, millimeter and macro-scale pumping devices. Ligrani’s innovations are beneficial to a variety of applications, such as transporting biological samples without significant alteration or destruction of cells, and supplying coolant to maintain the temperatures of components subject to thermal loading, like lasers.

Newswise: UAH re-designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in cyber research
Released: 6-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
UAH re-designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in cyber research
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been re-designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R) by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C). The designation was earned after a comprehensive review of cybersecurity-related research activities and outcomes from the students, faculty and research staff involved in computer science and computer engineering doctoral programs and in the UAH Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE).

Newswise: Dr. Gabe Xu wins $75K McMahon-Pleiad Prize from University of Alabama System in recognition of research contributions
Released: 31-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Dr. Gabe Xu wins $75K McMahon-Pleiad Prize from University of Alabama System in recognition of research contributions
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. Gabe Xu, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been selected to receive the 2023 University of Alabama (UA) System McMahon-Pleiad Prize.

Newswise: UAH researcher’s digital recreation of Sequoia wildfire wins grand prize in American Geophysical Union competition
Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
UAH researcher’s digital recreation of Sequoia wildfire wins grand prize in American Geophysical Union competition
University of Alabama Huntsville

Connor Bleisch, a graduate research assistant in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has won the 2023 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Michael H. Freilich Data Visualization Competition grand prize. The honoree is being recognized for a data visualization project that places the user in the middle of a first-hand recreation of a raging wildfire in the Sequoia National Park in 2021.

Newswise: UAH researchers design revolutionary low-cost wearable biosensor to enhance athletic performance and physical health
Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
UAH researchers design revolutionary low-cost wearable biosensor to enhance athletic performance and physical health
University of Alabama Huntsville

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have designed a wearable biosensor that offers a new way to measure human muscle activation to potentially prevent injuries and enhance athletic performance.

Newswise: UAH researchers design limestone putty nanogenerator to harvest energy from everyday motion to power small devices
Released: 4-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
UAH researchers design limestone putty nanogenerator to harvest energy from everyday motion to power small devices
University of Alabama Huntsville

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have created a new kind of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that produces electricity through the use of limestone putty, promising a considerable cost savings over conventional manufacturing methods. Invented in 2012, TENGs are small devices that convert mechanical or thermal energy into electricity for use in small, wireless autonomous devices like those in wearable electronics, condition monitoring and wireless sensor networks. TENGs harvest power for these devices by transferring an electric charge between two objects when they contact or slide against one another, through motions such as walking, vibration, rotating tires, moving wind or flowing water, all with very little impact to the environment. Compared to existing TENGs, which use expensive nanotechnology-based fabrication methods, the UAH breakthrough is a new type of TENG that employs “tacky” materials like double-sided adhesive tape or limestone putty to gener

Newswise: UAH researchers win $402K from NASA to study how lightning detected in space relates to thunderstorm strengthening
Released: 29-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
UAH researchers win $402K from NASA to study how lightning detected in space relates to thunderstorm strengthening
University of Alabama Huntsville

Two researchers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Earth System Science Center were recently awarded $402K from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2022 Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science to discover what aspects of lightning flashes are captured by NASA’s Lightning Imaging Sensor on the International Space Station and how these characteristics can provide information about how thunderstorms strengthen in intensity.

Newswise: Researcher wins $366K grant to study environmental influences on southeastern clouds and storms
Released: 28-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
Researcher wins $366K grant to study environmental influences on southeastern clouds and storms
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. Sean Freeman, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $366,000 Department of Energy (DOE) grant to examine how atmospheric conditions such as winds, humidity, temperature and aerosols impact the growth of thunderstorms and the severe weather they produce within the Southeast. Dr.

Newswise: UAH researcher teams with international partners in NATO Science for Peace and Security project to help drones work together for disaster relief
Released: 20-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
UAH researcher teams with international partners in NATO Science for Peace and Security project to help drones work together for disaster relief
University of Alabama Huntsville

 Dr. Bryan L Mesmer, an associate professor and researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s College of Engineering, will be teaming up with academics, other researchers and postgraduate science and technology students from four countries on a $1.26 million project supported by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme to develop pioneering solutions for disaster relief using multi-agent drone systems.

Newswise: UAH atmospheric researcher wins $530K to improve next generation of weather forecasting models
Released: 17-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
UAH atmospheric researcher wins $530K to improve next generation of weather forecasting models
University of Alabama Huntsville

An assistant professor of atmospheric and Earth science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been awarded $530,139 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Program Office to improve the accuracy of forecasting high wind events such as squall lines and hurricanes within the NOAA next generation of weather forecasting models, the United Forecast System.

Newswise: UAH researchers win $457K to study astrophysical phenomena that could lead to propulsion breakthroughs
Released: 1-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EDT
UAH researchers win $457K to study astrophysical phenomena that could lead to propulsion breakthroughs
University of Alabama Huntsville

Two researchers in the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have won a grant totaling $457,963 to study 3D magnetic reconnection.

Newswise: UAH researcher wins three grants totaling $650K to tap learning-based controls
Released: 19-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
UAH researcher wins three grants totaling $650K to tap learning-based controls
University of Alabama Huntsville

A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded three separate federal grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Naval Surface Warfare Center and the Department of Energy totaling nearly $650,000 to support diverse research projects that each involve his particular areas of expertise, learning-based control and its application in machinery lifecycle management.

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Released: 17-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
UAH researchers closing in on helping to solve 60-year-old solar mystery
University of Alabama Huntsville

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, have supported a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve a 60-year-old cosmic mystery that involves the question of why the Sun’s corona, the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere, is so much hotter than the surface of the Sun itself.

Newswise: UAH Nursing researcher to study cardiometabolic disease among Black women in the Deep South
Released: 3-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
UAH Nursing researcher to study cardiometabolic disease among Black women in the Deep South
University of Alabama Huntsville

A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded a $179,000 subcontract to explore community-based strategies for reducing high-burden chronic disease like obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer as part of an overall award totaling $4.2 million.

Newswise: New UAH climate model provides data-driven answer to major goal of climate research
Released: 29-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
New UAH climate model provides data-driven answer to major goal of climate research
University of Alabama Huntsville

A new research study from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System, addresses a central question of climate change research: how much warming can be expected from adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere through fossil fuel burning and other activities as standards of living increase around the world?UAH Earth System Science Center Research Scientist Dr.

Newswise: UAH researcher wins NASA FINESST award to study solar weather to better protect against threats to humans, satellites and near-Earth technologies
Released: 20-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
UAH researcher wins NASA FINESST award to study solar weather to better protect against threats to humans, satellites and near-Earth technologies
University of Alabama Huntsville

A doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville has been awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship to study space weather to improve predictive methods for coronal mass ejections (CME) from the Sun.

Newswise: UAH senior design students develop new water supply system for Nicaraguan village through Engineers Without Borders
Released: 5-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
UAH senior design students develop new water supply system for Nicaraguan village through Engineers Without Borders
University of Alabama Huntsville

Electrical engineering senior design students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recently designed an automated chlorine dispenser to upgrade the water supply for a village in Sabana Larga, Nicaragua.

Newswise: UAH receives Stage 1 approval for $24.4M Bevill Center renovation to expand cybersecurity education, training and research
Released: 1-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
UAH receives Stage 1 approval for $24.4M Bevill Center renovation to expand cybersecurity education, training and research
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) received Stage 1 approval from the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees for a $24.4 million Center for Cybersecurity Research, Education and Advanced Training. The 45,000-square-foot renovation project will establish UAH’s Bevill Center as the new home of the existing UAH Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE), and it will modify the building to add modern classroom and training spaces, research laboratories and office space, as well as complete upgrades to the main building lobby.

Newswise: UAH rotorcraft researchers take lead in developing international standard for drones operating over people
Released: 14-Aug-2023 12:30 PM EDT
UAH rotorcraft researchers take lead in developing international standard for drones operating over people
University of Alabama Huntsville

Researchers within The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s (UAH) Autonomous Aerospace Research (A2R) center, are leading the development of a standard for ASTM International—formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials—that will assist both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and applicants in certifying small uncrewed aircraft for flight over people.

Newswise: UAH researcher awarded $650K to develop propulsion system to boost surveillance of space between Earth and Moon
Released: 8-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
UAH researcher awarded $650K to develop propulsion system to boost surveillance of space between Earth and Moon
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. John Bennewitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $650,000, 45-month Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant to develop an advanced propulsion system that will facilitate surveillance of space between the Earth and the Moon by the United States Space Force.

Newswise: New lightning prediction tool developed at UAH provides critical weather forecasting support at Rock the South
Released: 8-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
New lightning prediction tool developed at UAH provides critical weather forecasting support at Rock the South
University of Alabama Huntsville

On July 21, 2023, over 35,000 people were denied entry to Rock the South’s outdoor country music festival in Cullman, Ala., at 3 p.m. due to the threat of lightning in the area. New lightning prediction technology developed by researchers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s (UAH) Earth System Science Center was used for the first time to successfully forecast the threat at the event.

Newswise: UAH College of Engineering receives $3.1M gift for Andrew and Betty Ventre Memorial Fellowship Fund
Released: 3-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
UAH College of Engineering receives $3.1M gift for Andrew and Betty Ventre Memorial Fellowship Fund
University of Alabama Huntsville

A $3.1 million gift from an alumnus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Engineering will enable the college to attract even more of the best engineering students from around the world and across town through the endowed Andrew and Betty Ventre Memorial Fellowship Fund.This fund will provide a full graduate scholarship to its recipients as well as a graduate stipend assistance, health insurance and other related costs and benefits.

Newswise: UAH to feature AI, cybersecurity, directed energy, aerial systems and more at 2023 Space & Missile Defense Symposium
Released: 3-Aug-2023 12:05 PM EDT
UAH to feature AI, cybersecurity, directed energy, aerial systems and more at 2023 Space & Missile Defense Symposium
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, will highlight its extensive capabilities in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, directed energy, information systems, rotorcraft systems, supply chain management and hypersonics during the Space & Missile Defense (SMD) Symposium at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Newswise: UAH researchers team with mental health nonprofit to pioneer use of artificial intelligence to improve access to care in North Alabama
Released: 2-Aug-2023 5:55 PM EDT
UAH researchers team with mental health nonprofit to pioneer use of artificial intelligence to improve access to care in North Alabama
University of Alabama Huntsville

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are teaming up with a local organization to pioneer the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the lives of autistic and neurodiverse individuals in North Alabama. The project is being funded by Little Orange Fish (LOF), a Huntsville, Ala., non-profit, to improve access to mental healthcare for families and healthcare providers.

   
Newswise: UAH researcher to study life expectancy inequities in Alabama through $25K Johns Hopkins Bloomberg American Health Initiatives grant
Released: 1-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
UAH researcher to study life expectancy inequities in Alabama through $25K Johns Hopkins Bloomberg American Health Initiatives grant
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. Azita Amiri, an associate professor with the College of Nursing at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been awarded a $25,000 Network of Practice Grant by the Bloomberg American Health Initiatives, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, to examine life expectancy inequities in Alabama.

Newswise: UAH gains $617K funding for two Department of Energy atmospheric research grants aimed to improve climate models
Released: 25-Jul-2023 3:55 PM EDT
UAH gains $617K funding for two Department of Energy atmospheric research grants aimed to improve climate models
University of Alabama Huntsville

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have been awarded two projects designed to investigate the characteristics and evolution of convective clouds through advanced modeling. The projects are aimed at improving the capabilities of Earth system models to predict weather and climate changes.

Newswise: Psychology graduate explores human preferences when considering autonomous robots as companions, teammates
Released: 24-Jul-2023 4:50 PM EDT
Psychology graduate explores human preferences when considering autonomous robots as companions, teammates
University of Alabama Huntsville

With the fierce debate broiling over the promise versus perceived dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and autonomous robots, Nicole Moore of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has had a study published in the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) that is especially timely.Titled, Stakeholder Preferences for an Autonomous Robot Teammate, Moore’s research focuses on user-held preferences: specifically, which factors in autonomous robot design are the most preferable to their human counterparts, and whether these criteria vary according to the ways the technology is applied.

   
Newswise: UAH College of Nursing receives $26K gift for Ladner Endowed Scholarship
Released: 20-Jul-2023 2:05 PM EDT
UAH College of Nursing receives $26K gift for Ladner Endowed Scholarship
University of Alabama Huntsville

A $26,000 gift to the College of Nursing at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) honors the work of two nursing alumni and paves the way for future students to pursue their nursing dreams.The Megan and Andy Ladner Endowed Scholarship in Nursing was established through a gift from Janene Chase, a family friend of the Ladners.

Newswise: 2023 grad Ella James to continue physics studies at UAH with National Defense and Science and Engineering Fellowship
Released: 19-Jul-2023 11:55 AM EDT
2023 grad Ella James to continue physics studies at UAH with National Defense and Science and Engineering Fellowship
University of Alabama Huntsville

Ella James, who received a Bachelor of Science in physics from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in spring 2023, has been awarded a National Defense and Science and Engineering (NDSEG) Fellowship, which she will use for graduate studies at UAH, a part of the University of Alabama System. “It’s three years of tuition for graduate school,” James says.

Newswise: Three UAH researchers operating Gamma-ray Burst Monitor discover brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected
Released: 18-Jul-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Three UAH researchers operating Gamma-ray Burst Monitor discover brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has announced that three researchers associated with the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) have discovered a gamma-ray burst (GRB) approximately 2.4 billion light-years away in the constellation Sagitta that ranks as the brightest ever observed. Believed to have been triggered by collapse of a massive star, it is accompanied by a supernova explosion, giving birth to a black hole.

Newswise: UAH aerospace engineering doctoral candidate Swarnalatha Kumar receives Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Released: 17-Jul-2023 12:00 PM EDT
UAH aerospace engineering doctoral candidate Swarnalatha Kumar receives Amelia Earhart Fellowship
University of Alabama Huntsville

Swarnalatha Kathalagiri Vasantha Kumar, who is pursuing her doctorate in aerospace engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has received an Amelia Earhart Fellowship from Zonta International, a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.The $10,000 fellowship is awarded annually to up to 30 women worldwide who are pursuing doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences.

Newswise: Two UAH engineering students among nine Women In Defense Scholars nationwide
Released: 10-Jul-2023 10:50 AM EDT
Two UAH engineering students among nine Women In Defense Scholars nationwide
University of Alabama Huntsville

Two engineering students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Paige Berg and Michaela Hemming, are among nine nationwide who received scholarships in academic year 2023-2024 from Women In Defense (WID), a National Defense Industrial Association affiliate founded to engage, cultivate and advance women in all aspects of national security.

Newswise: UAH Chemical engineering students win awards in 2023 AIChE Southern Student Regional Conference
Released: 10-Jul-2023 10:20 AM EDT
UAH Chemical engineering students win awards in 2023 AIChE Southern Student Regional Conference
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, announced that UAH chemical engineering students recently won a number of awards at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Southern Student Regional Conference.The ChemE Car Team won fifth place in the competition and advanced to the national round that will be held in fall 2023.

Newswise: UAH wins top prize at two NASA Artemis Student Challenges in same year, marking historic first
Released: 20-Jun-2023 1:10 PM EDT
UAH wins top prize at two NASA Artemis Student Challenges in same year, marking historic first
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has claimed the top prize for two NASA Artemis Student Challenges. The 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge and the 2023 Student Launch Challenge, led by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, marks a historic achievement, as no other university has ever won two NASA Marshall-led Artemis Challenges in the same year.

Newswise: UAH College of Nursing collaboration with Clarus Viewer Corp. aims to advance healthcare education
Released: 15-Jun-2023 12:10 PM EDT
UAH College of Nursing collaboration with Clarus Viewer Corp. aims to advance healthcare education
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Nursing and Huntsville-based Clarus Viewer Corp. are collaborating on the company’s new Clarus Viewer: TrainerTM product, a virtual reality training aid for healthcare students and instructors focused on bridging the gap between traditional book learning and patient care.

Newswise: UAH doctoral candidate designs rotating detonation engine aimed to boost lunar and Mars missions
Released: 6-Jun-2023 12:25 PM EDT
UAH doctoral candidate designs rotating detonation engine aimed to boost lunar and Mars missions
University of Alabama Huntsville

Michaela Hemming, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), is using a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) fellowship to make advances in propulsion under the guidance of NASA engineers.Hemming has designed a small-scale rotating detonation engine (RDE) manufactured by NASA as part of a joint research effort.

Newswise: UAH professor helping to revolutionize Big Data astronomy, using statistics in a new way to decipher the universe
Released: 5-Jun-2023 11:30 AM EDT
UAH professor helping to revolutionize Big Data astronomy, using statistics in a new way to decipher the universe
University of Alabama Huntsville

The digital age has been a tremendous boon to the fields of both statistics and astronomy. However, according to Dr. Max Bonamente, a professor of physics and astronomy at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), most astronomers are not sufficiently trained to realize the substantial benefits to be gained by putting these disciplines together.

Newswise: UAH space science faculty advances modelling of energetic neutral atoms to better understand solar flares and coronal mass ejections
Released: 9-May-2023 4:15 PM EDT
UAH space science faculty advances modelling of energetic neutral atoms to better understand solar flares and coronal mass ejections
University of Alabama Huntsville

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CME) are two of the most energetic processes in the solar system, showering the Earth’s magnetic field with billions of tons of highly energetic plasma gas, potentially disrupting power grids, satellites and communications networks.

Newswise: UAH team Charger Rocket Works competes in 2023 NASA Student Launch
Released: 27-Apr-2023 1:20 PM EDT
UAH team Charger Rocket Works competes in 2023 NASA Student Launch
University of Alabama Huntsville

A team consisting of mechanical and aerospace engineering majors at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) competed in the 2023 NASA Student Launch, hosted by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Supported by the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and U.S. aerospace industry, the event is a NASA-conducted engineering design challenge that involves the design, documentation, fabrication and testing of a rocket and payload in support of a particular NASA mission.

Newswise: UAH research programs achieve record high $169.5M in R&D funding for FY22
Released: 26-Apr-2023 1:00 PM EDT
UAH research programs achieve record high $169.5M in R&D funding for FY22
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) notched a record $169.5 million in research and development expenditures for fiscal year (FY) 2022, a 13% increase over FY21. This announcement accompanies the National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey findings which cover FY21 and mark the 10th year in a row UAH has had five or more research programs ranked in the top 25 nationally for federal research funding.

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Released: 25-Apr-2023 4:55 PM EDT
UAH team takes first in 2023 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
University of Alabama Huntsville

A team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) placed first in the 2023 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) this year. The competition, held April 20-22 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center (USSRC) Aviation Challenge area, tasks college and high school teams from around the nation and the world to design, develop, build and test human-powered rovers capable of negotiating difficult terrain, as well as a task tool for completion of various mission tasks.

Newswise: Jerry Hendrix named Director of UAH Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center
Released: 25-Apr-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Jerry Hendrix named Director of UAH Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) tapped Jerry Hendrix as the new UAH Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC) Director to replace departing David Arterburn, who recently retired after serving the center as director since 2013. Hendrix brings a wealth of expertise to his new role, along with a wide-ranging familiarity of the needs and mission of the center, thanks to his previous position as director of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) programs for the same group over the past four years.

Newswise: The University of Alabama in Huntsville breaks ground on new 80,000-square-foot Raymond B. Jones Engineering Building
Released: 14-Apr-2023 6:15 PM EDT
The University of Alabama in Huntsville breaks ground on new 80,000-square-foot Raymond B. Jones Engineering Building
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new 80,000-square-foot engineering facility that will be named in memory of Raymond B. Jones, long-time business and community leader and past chairman of the UAH Foundation. The facility, which received initial approval by The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees in April 2022, will provide cutting-edge resources to support the largest college at UAH, comprising more than 2,850 students, as well as 90 faculty and staff.

Newswise: UAH researchers win awards totaling $750K to advance steps toward “holy grail” fusion clean energy project
Released: 10-Apr-2023 12:15 PM EDT
UAH researchers win awards totaling $750K to advance steps toward “holy grail” fusion clean energy project
University of Alabama Huntsville

Mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have won a pair of research awards totaling $750,000 to collaborate with the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) on research to advance knowledge toward one of the most sought-after goals of plasma physics, plasma fusion energy. This project marks the first experimental collaboration between the university and the LANL, helping to bring fusion and high energy density (HED) plasma research to UAH, a part of The University of Alabama System.

Newswise: UAH researchers to gain revolutionary data on air pollutants from new NASA instrument launch
Released: 7-Apr-2023 7:05 PM EDT
UAH researchers to gain revolutionary data on air pollutants from new NASA instrument launch
University of Alabama Huntsville

A team of air-quality researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) expects to receive vital data from a new NASA instrument launched into space on Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket toward its host geostationary satellite, Intelsat 40e, on Friday, April 7.The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) is the first spectrometer instrument that will collect hourly daytime observations of major air pollutants over greater North America, revolutionizing scientific capabilities to monitor air quality.

Newswise: UAH Chemical and Materials Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Yu Lei named Fulbright U.S. Scholar
Released: 5-Apr-2023 10:30 AM EDT
UAH Chemical and Materials Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Yu Lei named Fulbright U.S. Scholar
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. Yu Lei, associate professor and interim chair, Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. He will continue his research into developing new catalysts at the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Czech Academy of Science in Prague, Czech Republic.

Newswise: UAH researchers use Earth observations to identify damage, impacts from earthquakes in Turkey
Released: 29-Mar-2023 9:50 AM EDT
UAH researchers use Earth observations to identify damage, impacts from earthquakes in Turkey
University of Alabama Huntsville

The country of Turkey is still reeling from a 7.8 and a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and thousands of aftershocks that occurred in February, causing widespread destruction to infrastructure and human life. To aid response and recovery efforts, two researchers from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Earth System Science Center (ESSC) are using Earth observations to help those on the ground in Turkey make informed decisions.

Newswise: UAH alumnus Michael Wicks inducted into Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
Released: 10-Mar-2023 5:15 PM EST
UAH alumnus Michael Wicks inducted into Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
University of Alabama Huntsville

Michael Wicks (MSE, Mechanical Engineering, ’94), is one of six honorees inducted in this year’s Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame on Feb. 25 at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa. Wicks’ career has been devoted to providing innovative engineering and technical services to the nation’s defense, both as a United States Army civilian and as a private contractor for the Department of Defense.

Newswise: UAH-led statewide effort to apply plasma technologies reaches out to broad coalition
Released: 8-Mar-2023 12:00 PM EST
UAH-led statewide effort to apply plasma technologies reaches out to broad coalition
University of Alabama Huntsville

A statewide University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)-led effort to fund, develop and commercialize plasma research and the high-tech workforce it requires is reaching out to a broad coalition of researchers, students, businesspeople and the public with a goal of stimulating thousands of high-paying jobs in Alabama and the Southeast.

Newswise: UAH researcher seeks to explain why lithium-ion batteries abruptly fail; earns $598K NSF CAREER Award
Released: 7-Mar-2023 12:05 PM EST
UAH researcher seeks to explain why lithium-ion batteries abruptly fail; earns $598K NSF CAREER Award
University of Alabama Huntsville

Research focused on why and how lithium-ion batteries may suddenly fail energetically, causing smoke, fire or even an explosion, a phenomenon called thermal runaway, has earned a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award totaling $598,181.



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