Department of physics

UAB assistant professor in the Department of Physics has been awarded over $250,000 in funding for research on quantum simulation.

Through the Magic City Data Collective, UAB students work on data-driven projects that have impacted an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 Birmingham residents.

The GAANN program will support five physics Ph.D. students with an annual competitive stipend up to $37,000, along with an additional yearly educational allowance to cover graduate tuition and other costs.

Yager’s journey as a Blazer is filled with institutional, national and international recognition; her most recent milestone is her unique patented catalytic reactor for NASA missions that has multiple applications in various other industries.

Blazer Bridge Fund provides financial support to innovative ideas and inventions by the UAB community, encouraging advanced discovery.

Vohra is leading the Center for Additively Manufactured Complex Systems under Extremes at UAB in advancing understanding of 3D-printed materials when subjected to extremes of pressures, temperatures and high-velocity impacts.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is addressing light pollution with new Campus SHINE at UAB program.

Nine University of Alabama at Birmingham students have been awarded NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium scholarships and fellowships.

UAB’s strategic planning continues to blaze its path to improve more lives by leveraging construction projects that include new and enhanced facilities across the institution, blooming green spaces and art installations.

Two UAB Department of Physics graduates have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

A UAB physics expert breaks down the details and history of why we recognize the Gregorian calendar leap year.

A team of UAB students recently won $10,000 and first place in the statewide entrepreneurship competition, Innovate Alabama: Entrepreneurship Hackathon.

The unveiling of the new Science and Engineering Complex is helping “Forge the Future” of research at UAB.

Six University of Alabama at Birmingham students have been awarded NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium scholarships.

Dating since October of 2021, UAB juniors Burnett and Criswell placed first in their respective research categories at the 100th annual Alabama Academy of Science Conference.

The list was made by a group that aspires to bolster and increase diversity across all scientific fields, promote retention through the “leaky academic pipeline,” and broaden academic and industrial awareness of diversity and inclusion.