UAH - College of Engineering - Chemical and Materials - News - ÂÜÀòµºapp/eng/departments/cme/news2025-06-10T01:50:42-05:00UAHwebmaster@uah.eduJoomla! - Open Source Content ManagementUAH recognizes 11 inventors who received 9 patent awards during 2024-2025 year2025-05-22T08:08:21-05:002025-05-22T08:08:21-05:00/eng/departments/cme/news/19503-uah-recognizes-11-inventors-who-received-9-patent-awards-during-2024-2025-yearAnn 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>ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH) honored the significant achievements of 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments who have been awarded patents during the past year.</p>
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<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>ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH) honored the significant achievements of 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments who have been awarded patents during the past year.</p>
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UAH researchers use adhesive tape to generate electricity for low-cost, self-powered wearable biosensors and energy harvesting2025-05-12T08:08:21-05:002025-05-12T08:08:21-05:00/eng/departments/cme/news/19475-uah-researchers-use-adhesive-tape-generate-electricity-low-cost-self-powered-wearable-biosensors-and-energy-harvestingRuss 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 ÂÜÀòµºapp (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>
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<p>A research team at ÂÜÀòµºapp (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 -->UAH researcher awarded Early-Career Fellowship to study changes in water quality in Mobile watershed2025-03-04T08:17:28-06:002025-03-04T08:17:28-06:00/eng/departments/cme/news/19328-uah-researcher-awarded-early-career-fellowship-to-study-changes-in-water-quality-in-mobile-watershedRuss 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>
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<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 -->UAH hosts 4th Annual Engineering Showcase to celebrate Engineers Week 2025 2025-02-17T08:17:28-06:002025-02-17T08:17:28-06:00/eng/departments/cme/news/19292-uah-hosts-4th-annual-engineering-showcase-to-celebrate-engineers-week-2025Russ 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>ÂÜÀòµºapp (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>
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<p>ÂÜÀòµºapp (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 -->Society of Women Engineers honors UAH alumna, student with Distinguished New Engineer Awards2024-11-07T09:17:28-06:002024-11-07T09:17:28-06:00/eng/departments/cme/news/19077-society-of-women-engineers-honors-uah-alumna-student-with-distinguished-new-engineer-awardsAnn Marie Martin<p><img src="/" alt="Shela Joyce, left, an alumna of ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), and Rachel Carter Snoddy, a ÂÜÀòµºapp student"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text -->
<p>The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) honored an alumna and a student of ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH) with Distinguished New Engineer Awards. Alumna Shela Joyce and student Rachel Carter Snoddy.</p>
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<p><img src="/" alt="Shela Joyce, left, an alumna of ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), and Rachel Carter Snoddy, a ÂÜÀòµºapp student"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text -->
<p>The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) honored an alumna and a student of ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH) with Distinguished New Engineer Awards. Alumna Shela Joyce and student Rachel Carter Snoddy.</p>
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UAH Alumni Association celebrates 7 outstanding graduates at annual awards dinner2024-09-20T10:53:07-05:002024-09-20T10:53:07-05:00/eng/departments/cme/news/18940-uah-alumni-association-celebrates-7-outstanding-graduates-at-annual-awards-dinnerAnn Marie Martin<p><img src="/" alt="ÂÜÀòµºapp Alumni Association at the ÂÜÀòµºapp 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>ÂÜÀòµºapp (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 ÂÜÀòµºapp campus.</p>
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<p><img src="/" alt="ÂÜÀòµºapp Alumni Association at the ÂÜÀòµºapp 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>ÂÜÀòµºapp (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 ÂÜÀòµºapp campus.</p>
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As fall 2024 semester begins, UAH welcomes 25 new faculty members to Charger community2024-08-23T07:53:07-05:002024-08-23T07:53:07-05:00/eng/departments/cme/news/18882-as-fall-2024-semester-begins-uah-welcomes-25-new-faculty-members-to-charger-communityAnn Marie Martin<p><img src="/" alt="New faculty members who joined ÂÜÀòµºapp 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, ÂÜÀòµºapp (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 ÂÜÀòµºapp 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, ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH) welcomes 25 new faculty members who joined the Charger community in 2024.</p>
<!-- // END Intro Text -->UAH researcher wins 2024 ORAU Powe Junior Faculty Award to explore novel method of synthesizing ammonia with potentially global implications2024-08-16T07:53:07-05:002024-08-16T07:53:07-05:00/eng/departments/cme/news/18856-uah-researcher-wins-2024-orau-powe-junior-faculty-award-to-explore-novel-method-of-synthesizing-ammonia-with-potentially-global-implicationsRuss Nelson<p><img src="/" alt="Dr. Agnieszka Truszkowska, an assistant professor in the UAH Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text -->
<p>Dr. Agnieszka Truszkowska, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won the 2024 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award.</p>
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<p><img src="/" alt="Dr. Agnieszka Truszkowska, an assistant professor in the UAH Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text -->
<p>Dr. Agnieszka Truszkowska, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won the 2024 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award.</p>
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Alabama Space Grant Consortium receives 20k donation2024-07-19T08:53:07-05:002024-07-19T08:53:07-05:00/eng/departments/cme/news/18766-alabama-space-grant-consortium-receives-20k-donation-from-huntsville-chapter-of-the-national-space-club-to-support-k-12-stem-outreachRuss Nelson<p><img src="//images/news/National-Space-Club-donation-720.jpg" alt="Terry Abel, Lockheed Martin, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville; Dr. Dale Thomas, UAH Propulsion Center deputy director and ASGC director; Steve Cash, Axient Corp., President, NSFC-Huntsville; and Andrew Johnston, Jacobs, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text -->
<p>The Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has received a $20,000 donation from the National Space Club (NSC) - Huntsville Chapter to support a 2024-2025 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) K-12 STEM education outreach program</p>
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<p><img src="//images/news/National-Space-Club-donation-720.jpg" alt="Terry Abel, Lockheed Martin, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville; Dr. Dale Thomas, UAH Propulsion Center deputy director and ASGC director; Steve Cash, Axient Corp., President, NSFC-Huntsville; and Andrew Johnston, Jacobs, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text -->
<p>The Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has received a $20,000 donation from the National Space Club (NSC) - Huntsville Chapter to support a 2024-2025 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) K-12 STEM education outreach program</p>
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UAH HEL Optics Metrology Workshop aims to advance High-Energy Laser (HEL) Technologies2024-06-27T07:53:07-05:002024-06-27T07:53:07-05:00/eng/departments/cme/news/18731-uah-hel-optics-metrology-workshop-aims-to-advance-high-energy-laser-hel-technologiesAmber Capello<p><img src="//images/news/opce-helmetrology-2-720.jpg" alt="HEL Optics metrology worshop 2024"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text -->
<p>ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH) will host the HEL Optics Metrology Workshop to improve metrology processes and technologies in High-energy laser (HEL) weapon systems. Registration is now open. The workshop will connect stakeholders from across the region on September 11-12 on the campus of UAH, a part of the University of Alabama System.</p>
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<p><img src="//images/news/opce-helmetrology-2-720.jpg" alt="HEL Optics metrology worshop 2024"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text -->
<p>ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH) will host the HEL Optics Metrology Workshop to improve metrology processes and technologies in High-energy laser (HEL) weapon systems. Registration is now open. The workshop will connect stakeholders from across the region on September 11-12 on the campus of UAH, a part of the University of Alabama System.</p>
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