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UAH engineers create more efficient operation at McDuffie

12/16/2004 - Continuous improvement efforts at McDuffie Coal Terminal are expected to have millions of dollars of impact for Alabama.

Recap: UAH Christmas Concert

12/10/2004 - The UAH Music Department choirs and ensembles presented "A Musical Gift to the Community Christmas Concert" on Dec. 10 in Roberts Recital Hall.

UAH students design guided bullet that may defend future U.S. troops 

11/30/2004 - Students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have designed a guided bullet that could be used to defend future American troops from incoming mortars or artillery shells.

Students test knowledge of Constitution, Bill of Rights during competition

11/24/2004 - Did you know George Washington "the father of our nation" was not a member of any political party?

"Father of UAH" Patrick Richardson dies at 79 

11/18/2004 - Patrick W. Richardson, who led the delegation that established UAH, died Sunday, Nov. 14 at the age of 79.

Alabama Homeland Security guru brings science, technology expertise to the position 

11/15/2004 - Dr. Glenn Priddy, science and technology adviser to the Alabama Department of Homeland Security, has seen innovative ideas and concepts from Alabama companies and research universities.

Ex-Redstone deputy commander joins the University of Alabama in Huntsville 

11/4/2004 - Jim Flinn III, former deputy to the commanding general of the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, has joined The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s business college and two campus research centers as executive in residence.

Connor’s WW II "notes" chronicle early meteorology 

11/1/2004 - How advanced was the science of meteorology when the U.S. Navy sent Edison Connor to forecasting school at UCLA in 1942?

Modeling, simulation industry emerging in Alabama’s economy

10/20/2004 - The modeling and simulation industry in Alabama has shown rapid growth during the past decade with 30 new companies and 60 percent growth during the past decade, according to a new industry survey.

Wu advises China on upcoming solar mission, returns to UAH for Sun-Earth system meeting

10/20/2004 - China's space agency should combine the best features of two proposed solar observatory missions planned for launch in the next decade into a single three-satellite "suite" of instruments.

Alabama's businesses must innovate or die, says UAH business research center director  

10/12/2004 - Alabama businesses that do not innovate to compete in a global economy will struggle, lose profits and die, says Dr. William Killingsworth, the new director of the Center for Management and Economic Research (CMER) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

Gates Millennium Scholar chooses UAH  

10/11/2004 - As a third grader, Reggious Bell of Demopolis, said he knew that one day the world would revolve around computers, and he's now getting a major boost toward his goal of playing a major role in that world.

Huntsville Hospital, UAH team to strengthen region’s health care

9/29/2004 - Huntsville Hospital has committed $125,000 to The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s nursing program to address critical nursing shortages in the region.

NSSTC building dedicated to honor Rep. Bud Cramer

9/27/2004 - The building serving as headquarters for the National Space Science and Technology Center was formally dedicated today in honor of U.S. Rep. Robert E. "Bud" Cramer of Huntsville.

SAIC’s support will enhance UAH’s aviation and missile systems capabilities

9/23/2004 - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) today announced that Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) is providing financial support to enhance the Army-related manned and unmanned aviation and missile systems capabilities at the university.

UAH team is battered and bruised by Ivan, but gets 'great measurements' of hurricane

9/17/2004 - Three vehicles scoured by flying sand and pebbles might need a new paint job, but a team of UAH scientists collected potentially valuable measurements of hurricane Ivan as it passed over Baldwin County late Thursday night and early today.

UAH will compile Alabama’s high-tech firms into Internet accessible directory

9/13/2004 - The method to finding Alabama high-technology companies is about to go high tech thanks to a $49,000 grant awarded by Gov. Bob Riley.

Moriarity named graduate dean at UAH

9/7/2004 - Dr. Debra Moriarity has been named dean of the School of Graduate Studies at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

UAH College of Nursing gains valuable teaching assistance from Crestwood Medical Center

9/1/2004 - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Nursing is getting some valuable assistance from Crestwood Medical Center for clinical instruction of nursing students.

New book helps healthcare companies create knowledge-based organizations

9/1/2004 - In an industry inundated by a constant torrent of new research, new medicines and new information (on top of patient information), how should healthcare providers capture, sort, organize, store and distribute useful knowledge?

Students find research more than 'washing test tubes'

9/1/2004 - Stefanie Lee thought she knew what to expect from UAH's Research Opportunities for Undergraduates (REU) program: "I envisioned something like cleaning test tubes and listening to somebody talk all summer." Instead, working in Dr. Bernhard Vogler's lab in UAH's Materials Science Building, she and a student from Oakwood College discovered an organic compound that seems to be active in killing prostate cancer cells.

UAH & WHNT partnership will bring advanced Doppler radar to Huntsville

8/31/2004 - A first-of-its-kind partnership between The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), WHNT-TV and the New York Times will turn a decommissioned Doppler radar unit at Huntsville International Airport into a state-of-the-art tool for research, education, broadcasting and meteorology.

UAH partners with state port authority to improve productivity at Mobile docks

8/23/2004 - The amount of coal that passes through the McDuffie Coal Terminal in Mobile, Ala. is likely to increase dramatically over the next few years, creating new challenges toward improving capacity and operational efficiencies.

New curriculum should resolve shortage of rotorcraft managers

8/13/2004 - When the Army asked for volunteers, 20 engineers stepped forward.

But they were not headed to a war zone, they were headed back to a school zone. An all-expenses-paid graduate program at The University of Alabama in Huntsville's College of Engineering to be exact.

Can irrigation revive Alabama farms & bring billions of dollars into state?

7/30/2004 - A statewide program to develop irrigation resources might revive millions of acres of Alabama farmland and bring billions of dollars in new farm revenue into the state each year, according to scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

UAH lab & curriculum could lead to secure networks, less ‘Big Brother’

7/28/2004 - George Orwell may not have been too far off base when he wrote his novel "1984." Orwell describes a totalitarian government that monitors and censors the thoughts and activities of its citizens. In Orwell’s vision, households were monitored through telescreens, and privacy didn’t exist.

UAH opens new information security, telecom lab

7/27/2004 - Beginning this fall, a new computer laboratory and lab activities for three advanced MIS courses will help prepare UAH students to pass exams leading to Microsoft certification as software engineers (MCSE).

Universities in Alabama joining forces in Summer 2004 technology showcase

7/21/2004 - Nine innovative research-based technologies to be featured in two weeks at the "University Technology Showcase of Alabama" on July 27 at The Ledges Country Club in Huntsville.

UAH’s undergraduate science students will benefit early from research program

7/19/2004 - Science students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville won’t have to wait until their junior and senior year to begin research activities. Those students will walk onto campus and immediately be able to participate in science and mathematics research.

TBE tower helps UAH open region's fifth weather station

7/7/2004 - A ten-meter tower designed to survive 140 mph wind gusts was the last piece of the puzzle that scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) needed to establish a world-class research cluster of weather instruments whose data can also be used by the National Weather Service.

Small business center leads U.S. with another record-setting year

6/26/2004 - Helping its clients win more than $1 billion in government contracts in 2003 set a record and pushed the Northeast Alabama Regional Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to the top spot in the U.S.

UAH professor explains how public opinion polls aid politicians

6/25/2004 - For the average person public opinion polls are frivolous and a waste of time. But, if you are a politician or somehow involved in a public or political campaign, negative poll results could sound the death knell, according to a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) political science professor.

Genetic algorithms may lead to 'robust' product designs

6/23/2004 - Using genetic algorithms to replace the rigid framework of Taguchi design analyses is a technique that industrial designers and engineers can use to develop good product designs using ordinary, "off the shelf" technology and parts, according to Dr. Tapan Bagchi.

UAH concrete canoe team finishes third

6/21/2004 - The University of Alabama in Huntsville's concrete canoe team finished third in the national championship competition held over the weekend in Washington, D.C.

Transportation infrastructure improvements will be needed to sustain economic growth

6/11/2004 - Alabama's automotive industry is growing rapidly, providing jobs, taxes and inevitably traffic.

New lab will help UAH become more competitive in astrophysics

6/11/2004 - A new laboratory being established in UAH's Optics Building may help the university be more successful in competing for astrophysics research dollars.

Yearlong study finds new procurement system is doing what the Defense Dept. wants it to do

6/7/2004 - A new logistics philosophy intended to improve weapons system readiness while making military procurement more efficient and cost effective is accomplishing those things, according to a one-year study at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Road looms bright for Alabama’s automotive manufacturing industry

5/26/2004 - The automotive manufacturing industry in Alabama continues to grow, impacting more than 98,000 employees and generating $3.3 billion in payroll.

Hands-on teaching methods pioneered at UAH also effective for students in state pilot project

5/25/2004 - Hands-on, activity-based methods of teaching math and science like those pioneered in programs at UAH continue to prove their effectiveness, according to data released in May by the Alabama Department of Education.

Science advisor to President Bush makes a visit to the UAH campus

5/25/2004 - John H. Marburger III is the man President Bush turns to when he needs to discuss research, science and technology. A physicist, Marburger formerly served as director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory and as president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

UAH inducts six alumni into engineering academy

5/24/2004 - A corporate executive, two college professors and a retired engineer head the list for the 2004 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

UAH professor finding new ways to teach music through the Internet

5/19/2004 - Creating ways to teach music over the Internet is the latest research project of Dr. Don Bowyer, an Assistant Professor of Music at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Two UAH students gain first-hand auto manufacturing training from Honda

5/12/2004 - Annette Wilson of Madison and Kendra Brown of Killen, students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), have taken their education to a new level through Cooperative Education (Co-op) and Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC, located in Lincoln, Ala.

Student investors beat S&P 500

5/10/2004 - A new investment strategy helped UAH’s Capital Management Group (CMG) outperform its benchmark index during the 2003-2004 academic year, an accomplishment that has been recognized by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Science advisor to President Bush will speak at UAH commencement

5/3/2004 - John H. Marburger III, science adviser to President George W. Bush and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, will give the keynote address at the spring commencement ceremony for The University of Alabama in Huntsville at 2 p.m., on May 16, at the Von Braun Center.

UAH elects new SGA officers and representatives

4/30/2004 - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) student body has elected a new president, vice president and members of the House of Representative to the Student Government Association (SGA) for the 2004-2005 school year.

UAH student studying life from ‘extremes’ receives ’04 NASA Space Grant fellowship

4/20/2004 - A graduate student studying several strains of bacteria that thrive in an environment so alkaline it would dissolve most life forms has been named a NASA research fellow by the Alabama Space Grant Consortium. Divya Pradhan, a doctoral student in the biotechnology program at UAH, is one of 57 Alabama university students honored in April as NASA fellows and scholars.

UAH, Dynetics establish secure information networks laboratory

4/20/2004 - Dynetics Inc. and The University of Alabama in Huntsville have established a laboratory that will improve efforts to maintain secure information over wired and wireless networks, officials announced today.

Discussions between the Huntsville-based company and UAH have been taking place since last fall to establish The Laboratory for Education and Research in Information Assurance Engineering.

UAH concrete canoe team wins regional title

4/5/2004 - The concrete canoe team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) won the 2004 Southeastern regional championship and an opportunity to compete in June for a record-breaking sixth concrete canoe national championship.

UAH Foundation adds two new board members

3/30/2004 - The University of Alabama Huntsville Foundation has added two new members to its board of directors.

Dr. Simpson wins national teaching award

3/29/2004 - Dr. James Simpson, a UAH marketing professor who closes each class session by telling his students, "Thank you for coming," is one of the top marketing teachers in the U.S., according to the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS).

UAH is invited to form research, teaching partnerships with top Indian universities

3/29/2004 - After a three-week "tour" of international conferences in India, Dr. Jatinder "Jeet" Gupta came home with invitations for UAH to participate in joint research and academic programs with some of the top business, engineering and technology schools in the world's second most populous country.

UAH Alumni Association announces 2004 Alumni of Achievement inductees

3/22/2004 - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Alumni Association has honored six of its own with the 2004 Alumni of Achievement distinction.

Business leader giving $250,000
to help UAH engineering students


2/25/2004 - Dr. Francisco Collazo, chief executive officer of Collazo Enterprises Inc., has committed $250,000 to The University of Alabama in Huntsville to help attract and retain the best engineering minds.

Presidential Charisma: Who Has It, Who Doesn't

2/24/2004 - Without a doubt, Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy, Reagan and Clinton had it. On the other hand, Grant, Harding, Nixon, and Carter sorely lacked it. The "it" is Charisma.

UAH business school accreditation renewed

2/16/2004 - UAH’s College of Administrative Science has received reaffirmation of its accreditation by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the premier accrediting agency and service organization for business schools.

Phase II of UAH residence hall project on BOT agenda

2/16/2004 - $11.7 million
1,024 students on campus before construction

Business school offers new leadership minor

2/1/2004 -

Louisiana native awarded Dr. Wernher von Braun Scholarship at UAH

1/30/2004 - Kelsey J. Brekke, 20, of Lafayette, La., is the latest outstanding engineering student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to be named a Von Braun Scholar.

Former Army General will lead UAH rotorcraft center

1/14/2004 - Dr. Jim Snider, a retired major general with the U.S. Army, will lead the development of the Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Boeing provides $50,000 gift to UAH College of Engineering

1/12/2004 - The Boeing Company made a significant commitment today in further developing and sustaining the Huntsville area workforce with a $50,000 gift to The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

UAH to observe MLK day Jan. 15

1/7/2004 - Remember! Celebrate! Act! is sponsored by the UAH Office of Multicultural Affairs and will be begin at 4 p.m. in the University Center Exhibit Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

UAH/AAMU to sponsor annual Civil Rights Symposium Jan. 29

1/7/2004 - On Thursday, Jan. 29 the Civil Rights Symposium 2004 will sponsor a visit by Dr. Vincent G. Harding, Professor of Religion and Social Transformation at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colo.




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