Latest news from University of Alabama Huntsville on News en-us Copyright 2024 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/uah-atmospheric-researchers-find-disadvantaged-urban-populations-are-subject-to-greater-heat-stress-poor-air-quality/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-atmospheric-researchers-find-disadvantaged-urban-populations-are-subject-to-greater-heat-stress-poor-air-quality/?sc=rsin Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:40:08 EST Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have employed a NASA open-source program to reveal that disadvantaged populations may be subject to greater heat stress and poor air quality. For this study, the researchers focused on Houston, Tex. Combining changes in heat and land cover with Houston's socioeconomic data demonstrated that economically disadvantaged populations are subject to greater heat stress. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-plasma-researcher-follows-up-first-of-its-kind-study-of-alfv-n-waves-with-groundbreaking-new-findings-possibly-key-to-mystery-of-solar-corona-heating/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-plasma-researcher-follows-up-first-of-its-kind-study-of-alfv-n-waves-with-groundbreaking-new-findings-possibly-key-to-mystery-of-solar-corona-heating/?sc=rsin Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:30:21 EST Syed Ayaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has published a paper in Scientific Reports that builds on an earlier first-of-its-kind study that examined kinetic Alfven waves (KAW) as a possible explanation for why the solar corona, the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, is approximately 200 times hotter than the surface of the sun itself. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-doctoral-candidate-awarded-150-000-nasa-finesst-grant-to-research-3d-printed-lunar-concrete/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-doctoral-candidate-awarded-150-000-nasa-finesst-grant-to-research-3d-printed-lunar-concrete/?sc=rsin Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:00:14 EST Ledia Shehu, a doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been selected to receive a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) grant for her proposal, "Physics-Based Multiscale Constitutive Model for ISRU-Based 3D-Printed Lunar Concrete." The project seeks to develop a multiscale model for 3D-printed concrete using lunar materials by simulating lunar conditions. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/national-space-club-taps-uah-eminent-scholar-dr-gary-zank-to-receive-2024-distinguished-science-award/?sc=rsin /articles/national-space-club-taps-uah-eminent-scholar-dr-gary-zank-to-receive-2024-distinguished-science-award/?sc=rsin Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:05:23 EST The National Space Club (NSC), Huntsville Chapter, has selected Dr. Gary Zank at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to receive the 2024 Distinguished Science Award. Zank is the Aerojet/Rocketdyne Chair in Space Science, as well as director of the Center for Space Physics and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR). The award was presented at the 36th Annual Dr. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-researcher-wins-300k-nsf-award-to-characterize-vulnerability-of-intelligent-controllers-for-cyber-physical-systems-to-safeguard-smart-grids-robotic-swarms-autonomous-vehicles/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-researcher-wins-300k-nsf-award-to-characterize-vulnerability-of-intelligent-controllers-for-cyber-physical-systems-to-safeguard-smart-grids-robotic-swarms-autonomous-vehicles/?sc=rsin Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:25:40 EST Dr. Avimanyu Sahoo, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) award totaling $299,969 to characterize the vulnerability of the learning-based intelligent cyber-physical systems (CPS) and defend them. The CPS represents a symbiotic integration of physical systems, sensors, actuators and learning-based intelligent controllers through communication networks such as smart grids, robotic swarms and autonomous vehicles. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-graduate-student-wins-doe-office-of-science-graduate-student-research-award-to-study-magneto-inertial-fusion-at-los-alamos/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-graduate-student-wins-doe-office-of-science-graduate-student-research-award-to-study-magneto-inertial-fusion-at-los-alamos/?sc=rsin Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:20:26 EST Ian Wagner, a doctoral candidate of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been selected to receive the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award. The honor resulted from Wagner's proposed research project to study plasma-jet driven magneto-inertial fusion, to be conducted at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-undergraduates-chosen-to-showcase-their-research-at-university-consortium-for-applied-hypersonics-forum/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-undergraduates-chosen-to-showcase-their-research-at-university-consortium-for-applied-hypersonics-forum/?sc=rsin Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:05:22 EST Ruby Sharrard and Olivia Allen, two aerospace engineering seniors from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, were selected to present their propulsion research at the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH) fall forum in Alexandria, Va. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-researcher-wins-608k-shine-grant-to-study-joule-heating-in-the-sun-s-atmosphere-for-clues-to-the-biggest-mystery-in-heliophysics/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-researcher-wins-608k-shine-grant-to-study-joule-heating-in-the-sun-s-atmosphere-for-clues-to-the-biggest-mystery-in-heliophysics/?sc=rsin Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:05:44 EST Dr. Mehmet Sarp Yalim, a research scientist in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won a $608,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Solar, Heliospheric and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE) grant to study a process known as Joule, or Cowling, heating. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-researcher-gains-1m-air-force-grant-to-develop-artificial-neural-networks-to-combat-dangerous-radio-frequency-spoofing/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-researcher-gains-1m-air-force-grant-to-develop-artificial-neural-networks-to-combat-dangerous-radio-frequency-spoofing/?sc=rsin Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:05:48 EST With the ever-increasing use of wireless communication technologies and cellular networks, radio frequency (RF) based attacks such as "spoofing" have become a significant concern due to the privacy and security risks in both military and civilian communication networks. Dr. Chaity Banerjee Mukherjee, an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won a $1 million Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) grant to develop frameworks for artificial neural networks that will help combat these attacks. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/one-of-the-first-of-its-kind-uah-study-characterizes-urinary-microbes-in-children/?sc=rsin /articles/one-of-the-first-of-its-kind-uah-study-characterizes-urinary-microbes-in-children/?sc=rsin Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:05:44 EST Until recently, it was believed that human urine is sterile, but advanced culturing techniques and DNA sequencing have revealed that bacteria and other microbes - such as viruses and fungi - inhabit the human bladder and urinary tract, known collectively as the "urobiome." Now in study that is one of the first of its kind, Dr. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-researcher-wins-nasa-finesst-scholarship-to-study-connection-between-solar-wind-turbulence-and-energetic-particles/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-researcher-wins-nasa-finesst-scholarship-to-study-connection-between-solar-wind-turbulence-and-energetic-particles/?sc=rsin Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:05:08 EST Ashok Silwal, a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been chosen to receive a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) scholarship to study stream interaction regions (SIRs) in the heliosphere. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-terminus-student-team-successfully-launches-nasa-rocksat-x-payload-into-space/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-terminus-student-team-successfully-launches-nasa-rocksat-x-payload-into-space/?sc=rsin Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:05:42 EST Team TERMINUS from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (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). University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-herc-rover-team-makes-stem-outreach-trip-to-dominican-republic-hosted-by-intec-university/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-herc-rover-team-makes-stem-outreach-trip-to-dominican-republic-hosted-by-intec-university/?sc=rsin Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:05:59 EST Winning the 2024 Human Rover Explorer Challenge (HERC) provided an engineering student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, the opportunity to perform STEM outreach in the Dominican Republic (DR) this summer. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-researcher-wins-2024-orau-powe-junior-faculty-award-to-explore-novel-method-of-synthesizing-ammonia-with-potentially-global-implications/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-researcher-wins-2024-orau-powe-junior-faculty-award-to-explore-novel-method-of-synthesizing-ammonia-with-potentially-global-implications/?sc=rsin Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:05:58 EST Dr. Agnieszka Truszkowska, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won the 2024 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award. The national honor is a one-year $5,000 commitment aimed at enriching the research skills and professional growth of young faculty members at ORAU member institutions. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-student-wins-national-2024-department-of-energy-cyberforce-competition/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-student-wins-national-2024-department-of-energy-cyberforce-competition/?sc=rsin Wed, 14 Aug 2024 16:05:53 EST A student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has won the 2024 Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce competition(r), a national contest designed to hone cybersecurity skills and visibility by challenging students to face off in simulated cyber-focused scenarios centered on securing operational energy technology from adversarial forces. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-researcher-wins-750k-epscor-grant-to-support-strobe-x-explorations-of-gravitational-wave-sources-black-holes-and-dark-matter/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-researcher-wins-750k-epscor-grant-to-support-strobe-x-explorations-of-gravitational-wave-sources-black-holes-and-dark-matter/?sc=rsin Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:05:43 EST Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has won a $750,000 Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) award to support STROBE-X, a planned $1 billion probe-class NASA observatory that aims to unlock the secrets of some of the most extreme conditions in the universe. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/first-time-uah-study-sheds-new-light-on-mystery-of-why-solar-corona-is-so-much-hotter-than-sun-s-surface/?sc=rsin /articles/first-time-uah-study-sheds-new-light-on-mystery-of-why-solar-corona-is-so-much-hotter-than-sun-s-surface/?sc=rsin Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:05:13 EST In a new study published in the The Astrophysical Journal, a researcher from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, explores critical aspects of a phenomenon called kinetic Alfven waves (KAWs) to provide fresh insights into an age-old heliophysics mystery. Syed Ayaz, a graduate research assistant at the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), examined the potentially pivotal role of KAWs in heating the solar corona, moving science one step closer to solving the puzzle of why the corona is many times hotter than the surface of the Sun itself. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-terminus-student-group-set-to-launch-biggest-most-advanced-spacecraft-with-nasa/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-terminus-student-group-set-to-launch-biggest-most-advanced-spacecraft-with-nasa/?sc=rsin Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:05:34 EST This August, a student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is set to launch its biggest payload yet into the upper atmosphere from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-led-coalition-building-new-statewide-plasma-industry-in-alabama-backed-by-national-science-foundation/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-led-coalition-building-new-statewide-plasma-industry-in-alabama-backed-by-national-science-foundation/?sc=rsin Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:05:08 EST A 10-year, $40 million federal investment in plasma science and engineering (PSE) efforts in Alabama managed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has produced tangible results that are very encouraging, according to Dr. Sandra Richardson, the section head for the Research Capacity and Competitiveness Section in the Office of Integrative Activities at the U. University of Alabama Huntsville /articles/uah-helps-alabama-lead-charge-to-meet-surging-battery-needs/?sc=rsin /articles/uah-helps-alabama-lead-charge-to-meet-surging-battery-needs/?sc=rsin Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:05:00 EST With the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States projected to skyrocket to 26.4 million by 2030, the need is great for not only producing, but improving, the safety and efficiency of the batteries that power them, as well as cell phones, autonomous unmanned vehicles and smart electronics. Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, are doing their part to ensure Alabama is leading the way to power this coming revolution. University of Alabama Huntsville