Engineering and Innovative Technology Development

08/10/2026

Ready To Turn Ideas Into Impact

With the launch of BLADE — the Blazer Launchpad for Advanced Design and Engineering — the talented team at UAB's Engineering and Innovative Technology Development (EITD) is ready to hit the ground running.

BLADE brings together innovators from across UAB with EITD’s engineering expertise and hands-on development capabilities to help move promising ideas from concept toward reality. From early feasibility and requirements development to engineering design, prototyping, testing, and advanced development, our team is excited to help tackle challenging problems and build solutions that can make a real difference.

For decades EITD has built a culture around solving difficult engineering problems. BLADE creates a new opportunity to put that experience to work alongside the incredible researchers, clinicians, and innovators throughout UAB.

We’re excited about what happens when great ideas meet great engineering. And we’re ready to get to work.

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BLADE is a university-wide rapid innovation engine designed to help UAB clinicians, researchers, faculty, staff, and collaborators translate promising ideas, unmet clinical or research needs, and early-stage concepts into engineered solutions.

01/01/2026

🎉 Happy New Year 2026! 🎉
From the team here at EITD, we wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year. As we head into 2026, we’re excited to continue our work on NASA projects and keep advancing innovative, mission-critical engineering solutions. We’re proud of the progress made and look forward to another year of collaboration, problem-solving, and pushing what’s possible. 🛰🌕❄️

12/02/2025

We’re excited to announce that UAB EITD has been awarded NASA new Lunar Freezer System contract! This system will support the NASA Artemis program by preserving temperature-sensitive lunar science samples as they make their journey back to Earth. A mission we’re incredibly proud to take on.

This award is a testament to the dedication, expertise, and innovative spirit of our team. It marks another major step in our commitment to taking on complex challenges. On Earth and beyond.

We’re grateful for NASA’s continued trust in our work and energized by the opportunities ahead. The future of space exploration is unfolding and we’re honored to help shape it.

NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth