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Thompson Earns International Recognition for Materials Characterization Research    /    In the News

Dr. Gregory Thompson, Distinguished University Research Professor and executive director of the Alabama Materials Institute, has been named a fellow of the International Field Emission Society.

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UA Safe State Partners with OSHA for Heat Awareness Week Outreach

UA Safe State participated in the H2OSHA outreach campaign hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Birmingham Regional Office for Heat Awareness Week from June 24-26. The outreach campaign sought to teach employers how to protect their workers from heat-related illnesses.

Innovators from 9 U.S. States, 4 Countries Win Phase 1 of NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge

LunaRecycle, a NASA Centennial Challenge, launched in September 2024 to crowdsource solutions for recycling non-metabolic materials on space exploration missions. The competition focuses on the design, development and demonstration of solutions that can reduce trash accumulation on longer-term missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently honored six alumni and one former department head by inducting them into its 2024 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows….

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Thompson Earns International Recognition for Materials Characterization Research

Dr. Gregory Thompson, Distinguished University Research Professor and executive director of the Alabama Materials Institute, has been named a fellow of the International Field Emission Society.

Innovators from 9 U.S. States, 4 Countries Win Phase 1 of NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge

LunaRecycle, a NASA Centennial Challenge, launched in September 2024 to crowdsource solutions for recycling non-metabolic materials on space exploration missions. The competition focuses on the design, development and demonstration of…

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