John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

UND Aerospace was recently featured in an article on Dronelife talking about the WindAware system developed by the Department of Atmospheric Sciences: Innovative Wind Prediction System “WindAware” Could Enhance UAS Safety and Efficiency in Urban Airspace

Prof. Michael Dodge was a panelist at UND Law’s recent Lunch & Learnevent: “South Africa v. Israel: the International Court of Justice & the Convention on the Prevention of Genocide.”  This event took place on March 28th, at 12:00 p.m.  He was joined by Drs. Urlacher and Sum, both from the Department of Political Science […]

Save the Date! The IDEAS (Innovative Differentiated Exploration Activities in Space Science) Team announces the Summer 2024 Educator Professional Development Workshop. What: Professional Development Workshop for Educators focused on Accessibility of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) and NASA Activities & Resources Who: Pre-K, K-12, and Informal In-service and Pre-service Educators When: July 15 – 18, […]

Dr. Aaron Kennedy, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in Atmospheric Sciences, has been named a recipient of the Fulbright Iceland-National Science Foundation Arctic Research Grant through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for the 2024-2025 competition. As a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kennedy will bring his instrumentation and novel methods of observing falling and blowing snow […]

Principal Investigator Marwa Majdi, research assistant professor of Atmospheric Sciences, and Co-Principal Investigator Jared Marquis, assistant professor of Atmospheric Sciences with their senior mentor Dr. David Delene, a research professor at the atmospheric sciences department, presented their research project outcomes at the Early Career Award Program event occurred on December 6th, 2023. The multidisciplinary team […]

Save the Date!   What: 2024 Annual North Dakota Space Grant Consortium Affiliates Meeting and Symposium   Where: University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND and Zoom (Hybrid meeting)   When: Friday May 3 – Saturday May 4, 2024   Who: Affiliate representatives from all NDSGC public and Tribal colleges, and informal education institutions […]

Jianglong Zhang and Jared Marquis are Co-Is for a recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines project titled “Food systems Adapted for Resiliency and Maximized Security (FARMS)”. The competitive award funds programs that help solve food insecurity and expand economic opportunities. The NSF Engines program was authorized by the bipartisan CHIPS and Science […]

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Mounir Chrit and Dr. Marwa Majdi have joined the department as Research Assistant Professors. Mounir Chrit’s research focuses on addressing weather needs for Unmanned Aircraft Systems using trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, risk assessment, Research to Operations processes and Data Assimilation. He previously worked as a […]

Congratulations to the following proposals selected for funding: Research: Mounir Chrit, UND, Mesoscale-to-Microscale Coupling to Support Uncrewed Aircraft System Flight Planning and Operations Thomas Petros, UND, Can Rate of Skill Degradation After Periods of Nonuse be Predicted by Psychometric Measures of Cognitive Ability, Personality and EEG measures Taken During Original Learning? Travel: Anjali Sandip, UND, Deep […]

  Professor Michael S. Dodge is a co-author of the recently published “Mastering Space War: the Advanced Strategies, Technologies, and Theories Needed for Victory” (ISBN-13: ‎978-1934840122). Space Studies graduate Bryant A.M. Baker  (MS.’ 21) and current Aerospace Science Ph.D. student Johnathon Martin each co-authored a chapter in the book. These chapters are The Warfighter’s Guide […]