UAH | Undergraduate Research News | 糖心原创出品 /undergraduate-research/news Wed, 16 Jul 2025 05:38:13 -0500 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb webmaster@uah.edu (UAH) UAH student group Electric Propulsion Club wins first place at 2025 AIAA conference for new satellite propulsion system /undergraduate-research/news/19573-uah-student-group-electric-propulsion-club-wins-first-place-at-2025-aiaa-conference-for-new-satellite-propulsion-system /undergraduate-research/news/19573-uah-student-group-electric-propulsion-club-wins-first-place-at-2025-aiaa-conference-for-new-satellite-propulsion-system Patrick Porter, Vice President, Flight Test & Flight Operations at Honda Aircraft Company; Clay Mowry, AIAA CEO and President of the International Astronautical Federation; Claude Blue, UAH aerospace engineering student, Research Lead of STARGATE project and President of Electric Propulsion Club, NASA Space Grant Scholar Jeffrey King, current STARGATE Chief Electrical Engineer and former Navy nuclear electrician; and Kurt Polzin, Chief Engineer - NASA鈥檚 Space Nuclear Propulsion Project.

The Electric Propulsion Club at 糖心原创出品 (UAH) won first place at the 2025 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Conference Region II Student Conference in Raleigh, N.C.

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Undergraduate Research News Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:08:21 -0500
UAH student team places third in 25th NASA Student Launch Challenge /undergraduate-research/news/19551-uah-student-team-places-third-in-25th-nasa-student-launch-challenge /undergraduate-research/news/19551-uah-student-team-places-third-in-25th-nasa-student-launch-challenge Successful launch of UAH Pegasus rocket near Marshall Space Flight Center.

A student team from 糖心原创出品 (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, placed third in the 2025 NASA Student Launch Challenge 鈥 University Student Launch Initiative (USLI).

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Undergraduate Research News Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:08:21 -0500
UAH physics undergrad co-authors breakthrough study in the journal Nature probing motion of gas in a galaxy cluster /undergraduate-research/news/19284-uah-physics-undergrad-co-authors-breakthrough-study-journal-nature-probing-motion-of-gas-in-a-galaxy-cluster /undergraduate-research/news/19284-uah-physics-undergrad-co-authors-breakthrough-study-journal-nature-probing-motion-of-gas-in-a-galaxy-cluster NGC 4696, a galaxy within the Centaurus galaxy cluster, 170 million miles from Earth.

Kokoro Hosogi, a physics student at 糖心原创出品 (UAH), has achieved a rare honor for an undergraduate: her contributions are being recognized in a study published in the journal Nature.

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Undergraduate Research News Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:17:28 -0600
UAH Electric Propulsion Club seeks patent for experimental ion thruster developed by EPC students; presents at International Astronautical Congress in Italy /undergraduate-research/news/19203-uah-electric-propulsion-club-seeks-patent-for-experimental-ion-thruster-developed-by-epc-students-presents-at-international-astronautical-congress-in-italy /undergraduate-research/news/19203-uah-electric-propulsion-club-seeks-patent-for-experimental-ion-thruster-developed-by-epc-students-presents-at-international-astronautical-congress-in-italy Claude Blue, research lead and EPC president; Noa Milivojevic, EPC chief mechanical engineer Ella Hazle, aerospace engineering sophomore; Dmitri Tsahelnik, aerospace engineering and physics sophomore.鈥

The Electric Propulsion Club (EPC) at 糖心原创出品 (UAH), recently traveled to Milan, Italy, to present STARGATE, an experimental gridded ion thruster developed by the group, at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC).

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Undergraduate Research News Tue, 07 Jan 2025 10:17:28 -0600
UAH signs MOU with Dassault Syst猫mes to bolster workforce development for high-demand technology and manufacturing sectors /undergraduate-research/news/19175-uah-signs-mou-with-dassault-systemes-to-bolster-workforce-development-for-high-demand-technology-and-manufacturing-sectors /undergraduate-research/news/19175-uah-signs-mou-with-dassault-systemes-to-bolster-workforce-development-for-high-demand-technology-and-manufacturing-sectors Joe Baldwin, Manager, Dassault Syst猫mes North America 鈥 Academics, and Col. John W. Jones, Director of the Aviation Test Laboratory at UAH, seated signed an agreement Standing behind them are Bill DeVries, Vice President Industry Transformation and Customer Success at Dassault Syst猫mes; Dr. David A. Puleo, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at UAH, and Dr. Robert Lindquist, Vice President for Research and Economic Development at UAH

糖心原创出品 (UAH) will provide its students and faculty with world-class applications for product design, simulation and collaboration through an MOU with鈥疍assault鈥疭yst猫mes

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Undergraduate Research News Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:17:28 -0600
UAH scientists help unveil dynamic gamma-ray emissions in tropical thunderclouds /undergraduate-research/news/19160-uah-scientists-help-unveil-dynamic-gamma-ray-emissions-in-tropical-thunderclouds /undergraduate-research/news/19160-uah-scientists-help-unveil-dynamic-gamma-ray-emissions-in-tropical-thunderclouds Artistic view of a NASA plane flying over gamma ray-glowing clouds in the Caribbean

Researchers from the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at 糖心原创出品 (UAH) have partnered with atmospheric scientists from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to make groundbreaking discoveries about gamma-ray emissions from thunderstorms.

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Undergraduate Research News Fri, 06 Dec 2024 08:17:28 -0600
UAH Distinguished Lecture Series hosts former NSA Director, General Paul Nakasone /undergraduate-research/news/18999-uah-distinguished-lecture-series-hosts-former-nsa-director-general-paul-nakasone /undergraduate-research/news/18999-uah-distinguished-lecture-series-hosts-former-nsa-director-general-paul-nakasone Steve Johnson and Paul Nakasone setting in chairs during an interview.

UAH hosted retired four-star General Paul M. Nakasone, former commander of the United States Cyber Command and former leader of the U.S. National Security Agency, as part of UAH鈥檚 2024 Distinguished Lecture Series.

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Undergraduate Research News Wed, 09 Oct 2024 09:17:28 -0500
UAH becomes the largest mobile radar facility in the U.S. with the addition of the FARM to its deployable weather research fleet /undergraduate-research/news/18977-uah-becomes-the-largest-mobile-radar-facility-in-the-u-s-with-the-addition-of-the-farm-to-its-deployable-weather-research-fleet /undergraduate-research/news/18977-uah-becomes-the-largest-mobile-radar-facility-in-the-u-s-with-the-addition-of-the-farm-to-its-deployable-weather-research-fleet The FARM team collecting data in a tornado.

With the addition of the Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) team to its deployable weather research fleet, the Severe Weather Institute 鈥 Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) at UAH will be the largest and most comprehensive mobile radar and observing facility in the U.S.

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Undergraduate Research News Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:53:07 -0500
UAH researcher gains $1M Air Force grant to develop artificial neural networks to combat dangerous radio frequency spoofing /undergraduate-research/news/18914-uah-researcher-gains-1m-air-force-grant-to-develop-artificial-neural-networks-to-combat-dangerous-radio-frequency-spoofing /undergraduate-research/news/18914-uah-researcher-gains-1m-air-force-grant-to-develop-artificial-neural-networks-to-combat-dangerous-radio-frequency-spoofing Dr. Chaity Banerjee Mukherjee with computer science students. The researcher is developing frameworks for artificial neural networks that will help combat RF 鈥渟poofing鈥 attacks.

With the ever-increasing use of wireless communication technologies and cellular networks, radio frequency (RF) based attacks such as 鈥渟poofing鈥 have become a significant concern due to the privacy and security risks in both military and civilian communication networks.

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Undergraduate Research News Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:53:07 -0500
UAH TERMINUS student team successfully launches NASA RockSat-X payload into space /undergraduate-research/news/18890-uah-terminus-student-team-successfully-launches-nasa-rocksat-x-payload-into-space /undergraduate-research/news/18890-uah-terminus-student-team-successfully-launches-nasa-rocksat-x-payload-into-space Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket carrying RockSat-X.

Team TERMINUS from 糖心原创出品 (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, successfully launched a student-developed payload aboard a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that featured two experiments designed by the UAH Space Hardware Club (SHC).

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Undergraduate Research News Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:53:07 -0500