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Solar Orbiter

UAH and Zank prep for massive data stream following coming launch of ESA Solar Orbiter

Feb 04, 2020

UAH will have a major role in exploring an expected massive data stream that will follow launch of the European Space Agency (ESA) Solar Orbiter, a mission that will fly over the sun’s poles and on which UAH’s Dr. Gary Zank is a co-primary inve...


childhood immunity

Professors to study whether socioeconomics and environment affect child immunity

Feb 03, 2020

Two professors at UAH have teamed up with a genetic sequencing firm at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to try to understand whether the socioeconomic status of parents and environmental exposures have an impact on the developing immune ...


Eight new tenure-track faculty receive research awards

Eight new tenure-track faculty receive research awards

Jan 23, 2020

Eight new tenure-track faculty at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) have been awarded a total of $79,622 in 2019-20 New Faculty Research (NFR) awards from UAH's Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPR). ...


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UAH’s aerospace engineering research activities rank fifth in the United States

Jan 06, 2020

Five programs among the top 12 nationally. ...


Dr. Jessica A. Gaskin

UAH alumna Jessica A. Gaskin leads NASA Lynx X-ray Observatory Mission

Dec 18, 2019

Parental influence ignited Jessica Gaskin’s (’04 PhD Physics) appreciation of the wonders of space at an early age. ...


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UAH holding graduation ceremonies on Monday

Dec 13, 2019

UAH will hold its fall commencement ceremonies on Monday, Dec. 16, at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville. ...


Dr. Udaysankar Nair and Emily Foshee

Wetlands, crops can mitigate storm damage to coastal cities, study led by UAH finds

Dec 12, 2019

Coastal cities can be spared some wind destruction from intensifying hurricanes or tropical storm systems if they have functional wetland ecosystems and agricultural croplands in the area, according to new computer modeling research led by UAH. ...


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First Parker Solar Probe scientific papers are published in Nature

Dec 04, 2019

The first published science from the Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instruments aboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) poses "a major challenge to our understanding of the dynamics of the near-sun solar wind," according to a lead...


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UAH will be the first Alabama university to offer H4D cybersecurity course

Nov 19, 2019

UAH will be the first in the state to offer the Hacking for Defense (H4D) cybersecurity class beginning in spring semester 2020. ...


CIPPTA interns

CPU2AL consortium internship connects top students with Alabama industry

Nov 12, 2019

A Low Temperature Plasma (LTP) internship program led by UAH that connects undergraduate and graduate students in STEM fields from nine Alabama partner universities with Alabama-based industries is preparing for its third round of internships in Ja...


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