Recent News
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ORAU’s Kristy Kistner appointed to ISO 9004 international group
Kristy Kistner, ORAU director of performance excellence, is one of three quality management and quality assurance experts appointed to an…
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ORAU welcomes new board members, new consortium institutions
ORAU recently announced the election of three new board members and welcomed three new institutions to its 127-member university consortium.
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Handshake recognizes ORAU Workforce Solutions for Early Talent recruiting
ORAU Workforce Solutions is among the recipients of the first-ever Early Talent Awards from Handshake, the online early career community…
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ORAU named to Government Services Administration OASIS contract vehicle
ORAU is proud to announce it has been selected by the General Services Administration (GSA) as a One Acquisition Solution for Integrated…
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ORAU managing virtual platform for Alfred Street Baptist Church Foundation HBCU Festival in February
ORAU will provide technical, training and coordination support to help take the annual Alfred Street Baptist Church Foundation HBCU…
ORAU in the News
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Solar physicist proposes new mechanism for how electrons work in solar flares
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Dr. Haihong Che, a 2020 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award winner, is using NASA supercomputers in her proposal of a new mechanism to explain how electrons work in solar flares. Dr. Che is an assistant professor in the Department of Space Science at UAH, a part of the University of Alabama System, and at UAH’s Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research.
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East Tennessee scientists use a drone called the "Coyote" to study hurricanes
WBIR-TV
Drones could hold the key to learning more about storms like Hurricane Laura.
"It is kind of exciting because there's an area in a hurricane that if you go there, you don't live to tell about it. It's underneath the eyewall, low altitude over the ocean. These aircraft are designed to go there," said Ron Dobosy, a retiree of ORAU and an atmospheric scientist.
Dobosy and SUAS Pilot Ed Dumas were part of a team that calibrated and improved instruments for a drone called the "Coyote."
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