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When the pandemic shook up his life, Atir searched for something new. Atir Kaunain’s quest for continuing his education started at the beginning of the pandemic. Working for a construction company in Southern California, there was no “work from home” option available for him. Aware that he was on the verge of being furloughed, Atir […]

Students get hands-on research experience in Materials Science Lab Surojit Gupta, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, shows some of the raw materials and products used and produced in the Materials Science Lab in UND’s College of Engineering & Mines. Photo by Patrick C. Miller/UND Today.   Surojit Gupta, a UND mechanical engineering […]

Members of the North Dakota Industrial Commission last week toured UND’s Drilling and Completions Lab and a pilot-scale plant to extract rare earth elements from coal. From left to right are Vamegh Rasouli, petroleum engineering chair; Harry Feilen, DRACOLA director; Brian Tande, CEM dean; Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring; Gov. Doug Burgum; and Attorney General Wayne […]

You may have seen Richard Branson traveling to outer space recently. It does not look far away that humans will be on Mars, and there is quite a bit of research, by different space programs, to see how the human body can adapt to almost one year of travel there in a microgravity environment. The […]

  For the second time in a row, UND engineering and geology students place first in U.S. Department of Energy geothermal competition A proposal by UND engineering students to use abandoned oil and gas wells to heat homes won first place in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Spring 2021 Geothermal Collegiate Competition. UND geology and […]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) has announced the winners of the Geothermal Collegiate Competition, a national contest that engages students to develop innovative geothermic energy applications to heat and cool buildings, campuses, districts, and communities. Administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the competition helps students gain real-world renewable energy […]

UND’s College of Engineering & Mines to offer bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, three new cybersecurity certificates To meet strong employer demand, the College of Engineering and Mines (CEM) at the University of North Dakota will now offer a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering as well as three new certificates for master’s students. The four […]

Frank Xiao (center) poses for a photo in front of a poster detailing his latest research with two of his PhD students, Pavan Challa Sasi (right) and Ali Alinezhad. Photo courtesy of Frank Xiao. UND’s Frank Xiao earns prestigious $500,000 NSF award for quest to mitigate effects of harmful manmade chemicals One of UND’s most […]

For their senior engineering project, five UND students built a prosthetic partial hand, shown here. The device is strapped to the hand of the subject, a local man whose left hand lacks a ring and pinky finger. Also shown is the EMG or electromyography sensor that detects signals from the muscles in the man’s wrist, […]

               Engineers Without Borders receives recognition for leadership Engineers Without Borders won the Student Organization Of The Year Award at the 2021 Leadership Awards Ceremony on April 16, 2021. The student organization advisor, Dr. Howe Lim, also won the Outstanding Advisor Award and president Jonathan Wirkkala won the Lillian Elsinga Outstanding Student Leader Award. Congratulations […]