/eng/departments/cme/news 2025-11-08T16:39:06-06:00 UAH webmaster@uah.edu Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2025-10-06T08:08:21-05:00 2025-10-06T08:08:21-05:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/19775-uah-ua-receive-nsf-planning-grant-for-smart-center-to-help-manufacturers-incorporate-advanced-tech Ann Marie Martin

<p><img src="//images/Schneider-Research-team-1-720.jpg" alt="Members of the UAH SMART team are, left to right, Dr. Ana Wooley, assistant professor, Department of Industrial &amp; Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (ISEEM); Dr. Nicholas Loyd, clinical associate professor, ISEEM; Dr. Vineetha Menon, associate professor, Department of Computer Science; Dr. Howard Chen, assistant professor, ISEEM; team leader Dr. Judith Schneider, professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; adjunct, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, and director, Materials Science Program, and Dr. Cheng Chen, assistant professor, ISEEM." width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) and The University of Alabama (UA) have partnered in a new initiative: Smart Manufacturing using AI-based Revolutionary Technologies (SMART).</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="//images/Schneider-Research-team-1-720.jpg" alt="Members of the UAH SMART team are, left to right, Dr. Ana Wooley, assistant professor, Department of Industrial &amp; Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (ISEEM); Dr. Nicholas Loyd, clinical associate professor, ISEEM; Dr. Vineetha Menon, associate professor, Department of Computer Science; Dr. Howard Chen, assistant professor, ISEEM; team leader Dr. Judith Schneider, professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; adjunct, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, and director, Materials Science Program, and Dr. Cheng Chen, assistant professor, ISEEM." width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) and The University of Alabama (UA) have partnered in a new initiative: Smart Manufacturing using AI-based Revolutionary Technologies (SMART).</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-07-29T08:08:21-05:00 2025-07-29T08:08:21-05:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/19608-uah-student-group-set-to-launch-new-instrument-payload-on-nasa-rocket-to-study-harnessing-reentry-heat-and-converting-it-to-electrical-energy Russ Nelson

<p><img src="//images/AMALTHEA-team-1-720.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) is set to send a new payload into space, a follow-up to the successful launch and retrieval of a previous Terminus payload in Aug. 2024.</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="//images/AMALTHEA-team-1-720.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) is set to send a new payload into space, a follow-up to the successful launch and retrieval of a previous Terminus payload in Aug. 2024.</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-06-11T09:08:21-05:00 2025-06-11T09:08:21-05:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/19531-uah-announces-promotion-tenure-awards-for-2025-26-past-year-s-grants-of-emeritus-status Ann Marie Martin

<p><img src="/" alt="Promotion and tenure emeritus awards 2025"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) announced awards of tenure and/or promotion for 22 faculty members and recognized eight who were granted emeritus status over the past year at the University Awards for Excellence.</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="Promotion and tenure emeritus awards 2025"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) announced awards of tenure and/or promotion for 22 faculty members and recognized eight who were granted emeritus status over the past year at the University Awards for Excellence.</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-05-22T08:08:21-05:00 2025-05-22T08:08:21-05:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/19503-uah-recognizes-11-inventors-who-received-9-patent-awards-during-2024-2025-year Ann Marie Martin

<p><img src="/" alt="12 desk plaques to 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments at UAH in recognition of patents issued in the past year."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) honored the significant achievements of 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments who have been awarded patents during the past year.</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="12 desk plaques to 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments at UAH in recognition of patents issued in the past year."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) honored the significant achievements of 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments who have been awarded patents during the past year.</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-05-12T08:08:21-05:00 2025-05-12T08:08:21-05:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/19475-uah-researchers-use-adhesive-tape-generate-electricity-low-cost-self-powered-wearable-biosensors-and-energy-harvesting Russ Nelson

<p><img src="/" alt="A circuit board displays UAH using colorful beads, with wires connected to a nearby component on a dark surface"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>A research team at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) has published a new paper in American Chemical Society Omega that demonstrates inexpensive store-bought tape can be used to craft a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) capable of harvesting electrical energy from various sources.</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="A circuit board displays UAH using colorful beads, with wires connected to a nearby component on a dark surface"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>A research team at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) has published a new paper in American Chemical Society Omega that demonstrates inexpensive store-bought tape can be used to craft a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) capable of harvesting electrical energy from various sources.</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-03-04T08:17:28-06:00 2025-03-04T08:17:28-06:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/19328-uah-researcher-awarded-early-career-fellowship-to-study-changes-in-water-quality-in-mobile-watershed Russ Nelson

<p><img src="/" alt="Dog River Watershed in Mobile, Ala. The region encompasses a 95-square-mile area that drains into Mobile Bay and the Gulf coast."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Dr. Paresh Samantaray, an assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH), has won a National Academies Early-Career Research Fellowship to study changes over time in the water quality of the Dog River Watershed in Mobile, Ala.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="Dog River Watershed in Mobile, Ala. The region encompasses a 95-square-mile area that drains into Mobile Bay and the Gulf coast."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Dr. Paresh Samantaray, an assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH), has won a National Academies Early-Career Research Fellowship to study changes over time in the water quality of the Dog River Watershed in Mobile, Ala.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text --> 2025-02-17T08:17:28-06:00 2025-02-17T08:17:28-06:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/19292-uah-hosts-4th-annual-engineering-showcase-to-celebrate-engineers-week-2025 Russ Nelson

<p><img src="/" alt="The fourth annual UAH Engineering Showcase will feature students from senior design, student organizations/competition teams and undergraduate research presenting their work, projects and competitions."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, is hosting the fourth annual UAH Engineering Showcase during Engineers Week 2025, Feb. 16 – 22.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="The fourth annual UAH Engineering Showcase will feature students from senior design, student organizations/competition teams and undergraduate research presenting their work, projects and competitions."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, is hosting the fourth annual UAH Engineering Showcase during Engineers Week 2025, Feb. 16 – 22.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text --> 2024-11-07T09:17:28-06:00 2024-11-07T09:17:28-06:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/19077-society-of-women-engineers-honors-uah-alumna-student-with-distinguished-new-engineer-awards Ann Marie Martin

<p><img src="/" alt="Shela Joyce, left, an alumna of ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), and Rachel Carter Snoddy, a UAH student"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) honored an alumna and a student of ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) with Distinguished New Engineer Awards. Alumna Shela Joyce and student Rachel Carter Snoddy.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="Shela Joyce, left, an alumna of ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), and Rachel Carter Snoddy, a UAH student"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) honored an alumna and a student of ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) with Distinguished New Engineer Awards. Alumna Shela Joyce and student Rachel Carter Snoddy.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text --> 2024-09-20T10:53:07-05:00 2024-09-20T10:53:07-05:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/18940-uah-alumni-association-celebrates-7-outstanding-graduates-at-annual-awards-dinner Ann Marie Martin

<p><img src="/" alt="ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· Alumni Association at the UAH campus: left to right, Walter Woltosz, Amanda Clark, Dixiana Berrios, Alice Lessmann, Steven Norwood, De’Onah Norfleet and Angelear Warren."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) Alumni Association celebrated the personal and professional successes of seven UAH graduates at the 2024 Alumni of Achievement Awards Dinner, held Sept. 19 on the UAH campus.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· Alumni Association at the UAH campus: left to right, Walter Woltosz, Amanda Clark, Dixiana Berrios, Alice Lessmann, Steven Norwood, De’Onah Norfleet and Angelear Warren."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) Alumni Association celebrated the personal and professional successes of seven UAH graduates at the 2024 Alumni of Achievement Awards Dinner, held Sept. 19 on the UAH campus.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text --> 2024-08-23T07:53:07-05:00 2024-08-23T07:53:07-05:00 /eng/departments/cme/news/18882-as-fall-2024-semester-begins-uah-welcomes-25-new-faculty-members-to-charger-community Ann Marie Martin

<p><img src="/" alt="New faculty members who joined ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· community in 2024, front row, left to right, Deanna Womble, Jackson Lawrence, Will Waldron, Hannah Nolte, Melissa Miasek, Preston Miller and Summer Atkins and, back row, left to right, Charles O’Brien, Daniel Walsh, Natalie Click, Henrick Haule, Jeffery Williams, Evan Miller and Cheng Chen."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) welcomes 25 new faculty members who joined the Charger community in 2024.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="New faculty members who joined ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· community in 2024, front row, left to right, Deanna Womble, Jackson Lawrence, Will Waldron, Hannah Nolte, Melissa Miasek, Preston Miller and Summer Atkins and, back row, left to right, Charles O’Brien, Daniel Walsh, Natalie Click, Henrick Haule, Jeffery Williams, Evan Miller and Cheng Chen."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) welcomes 25 new faculty members who joined the Charger community in 2024.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->