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Rare earth elements: North Dakota’s diamonds in the rough

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Two UND researchers in a laboratory

Refining REEs can boost national security while transforming North Dakota’s economy, UND researchers say It’s truly amazing that something can come from nothing. Or almost nothing — meaning a substance that scientists measure in grams can be so important to global manufacturing and the national defense of the United States. In early April, two UND […]

Student Opportunity

Student Opportunity: MARC/U-RISE Program

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Student Opportunity

Students: do you have at least two years of undergraduate studies remaining until you receive your Bachelor’s degree? Are you interested in being part of a Research Team? Then the UND MARC/U-RISE Program may be for you!

Ensuring astronauts’ health in the weightlessness of space

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Dr. Tavakolian, director of the biomedical engineering program at the University of North Dakota College of Engineering & Mines, has been co-leading groundbreaking research on space travel’s effects on astronauts’ cardiorespiratory systems. He and his team have been working on the CARDIOBREATH project, tracking changes in how astronauts’ cardiovascular and respiratory systems control their blood pressure.

Geological engineering graduate student awarded NSF-GRFP Fellowship

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Michaela L. Neal, a graduate student in the UND Geological Engineering program, was awarded a 2023 National Science Foundation-Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP). She applied under Geosciences-Hydrology as her GRFP field of study. Previously, Michaela earned her B.S. in Environmental Studies, with a minor in math, from UND. The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship […]

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UND SOaRS symposium’s flight plan: Make most of stratosphere

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Man speaks at podium

Robert Kraus, dean of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, speaks at the inaugural SOaRS symposium. Photo by Adam Kurtz/UND Today Inaugural symposium brings scholars, government officials and industry representatives together On March 21 and 22, UND brought together academics, government officials and aerospace industry manufacturers all facing the same desire: developing the […]

UND doctoral student awarded ‘outstanding student presentation’ at AGU 2022 meeting

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Alexis Archambault, a geological engineering doctoral student, received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022 Fall meeting. This honor is awarded for only the most exceptional presentations during AGU 2022 Fall Meeting. This is the first time a UND GGE student has received such an AGU-level award in recent years. […]