UAH alumnus Michael Wicks inducted into Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
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...
10-Mar-2023 5:15 PM EST
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UAH-led statewide effort to apply plasma technologies reaches out to broad coalition
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...
8-Mar-2023 12:00 PM EST
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UAH researcher seeks to explain why lithium-ion batteries abruptly fail; earns $598K NSF CAREER Award
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...
7-Mar-2023 12:05 PM EST
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Aerospace engineering student Amber Porteous named Brooke Owens Fellow
Amber Porteous, an aerospace engineering senior from Mobile, Ala., slated to graduate in May, has been selected to receive the Brooke Owens Fellowship. The student is the second Brooke Owens Fellow from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH),...
24-Feb-2023 5:50 PM EST
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Retired Lieutenant General L. Neil Thurgood named Special Advisor to the President for Military Affairs and Technology at UAH
University of Alabama in Huntsville President Charles L. Karr today announced that retired Lieutenant General L. Neil Thurgood has been named Special Advisor to the President for Military Affairs and Technology.
21-Feb-2023 8:05 PM EST
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Kristina Hendrix selected for new position of Vice President for Strategic Communications at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has selected Kristina Hendrix to fill the newly created position of Vice President for Strategic Communications. UAH’s newest VP officially began her new...
3-Feb-2023 3:45 PM EST
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New plasma stratification computer model has manufacturing, space science uses
Manufacturers using plasma processes in semiconductor production and materials processing will have a new tool to avoid undesirable plasma stratifications using a computer striations model developed by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)...
12-Dec-2022 11:05 AM EST
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NIH-funded UAH research moving toward day when ultrasonic therapy makes stronger knees
Low-intensity ultrasound therapies may one day rebuild stronger knees following injury or surgery, thanks to research by Dr. Anu Subramanian at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) that’s being supported by the National institutes of...
7-Dec-2022 12:20 PM EST
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Ironing out supply chain kinks key to faster COVID vaccine rollout, expert says
Kinks in new production and distribution supply chains are why COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States have been sluggish finding their way into people’s arms, says an expert in logistics and supply chains at The University of...
1-Feb-2021 11:20 AM EST
Are we alone in the universe? UAH’s Dr. Gary Zank doesn’t think so
Are we alone in the universe? Research by Dr. Gary Zank at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, and collaborators from UAH and other institutions has helped to inform the search for planets that...
11-Dec-2020 11:40 AM EST
How Soon Can the Economy Recover From the COVID-19 Recession?
There’s no doubt the COVID-19 pandemic has put the United States into a recession, says an economist who is the associate dean of the College of Business at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), so now the question on everyone’s mind is...
7-Apr-2020 5:40 PM EDT
UAH Professor Part of San Antonio Zoo’s Successful Effort to Breed Enigmatic Salamander
The imperiled Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei) was successfully bred for the first time in the labs of the Center for Conservation & Research at San Antonio Zoo.
23-Jul-2019 4:45 PM EDT
UAH professor says multigenerational teams could be an asset to companies
Dr. Pavica Sheldon, professor and chair of the Department of Communication Arts at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), offers insight into the four generations that comprise today's workforce.
30-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH
Thanks to research universities like UAH, Alabama is enjoying an unprecedented ramp up in its bioscience industry.
3-Oct-2018 1:05 PM EDT
UAH English Professor’s Work Shows That Poe and Schreber Are Birds of a Feather
Dr. Joe Conway’s latest research project flies in the face of his past work by migrating toward bird mimicry in literature. His essay, “Words Are for the Birds: ‘Non-Reasoning Creatures Capable of Speech’ in the Writings of Schreber and...
22-Mar-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Lowly Control Systems Vulnerable to Hacks, According to UAH Expert
Industrial systems that control heating and cooling, water treatment plants, etc. are a low priority. That’s why they are so vulnerable to hackers, says Dr. Ray Vaughn, vice president for research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
28-May-2014 4:00 PM EDT