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Bismarck State College (BSC) and the University of North Dakota (UND) have created a collaborative engineering program that will result in a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from UND, earned on the BSC campus. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, leaders from the two institutions signed an agreement that will create a pathway for students to […]

UND nabs $5M contract to develop augmented reality tech for U.S. Army UND and its research partners have been awarded a $5 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop augmented reality technology for U.S. Army vehicles. The university, along with AM General and ARA, will be developing technology that will allow soldiers […]

In this photo, which was taken early in UND’s spring semester, mechanical engineering seniors Zachary Reinholdt and Riley Monson present their prototype to Hess Corp. employee and UND alumnus Reuben Gates and UND faculty. The goal is to design a system to launch and retrieve Pipers® into oil field pipelines. Photo by Dima Williams, UND […]

In their quest to improve ceramics, metals and other materials, materials science students imagine the possibilities, says UND’s Surojit Gupta in his Faculty Lecture Don’t misunderstand. Materials science is a highly technical field, so almost any discussion among practitioners is going to involve words such as MAX Phases, nano-lignin, polyhydroxyalkanoates and thermoplastic aliphatic polymers. But […]

Surojit Gupta, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of North Dakota, has been selected to receive the 2019 Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award from the American Ceramic Society. Gupta is an active researcher in sustainable materials, high temperature ceramics and alloys, nanotechnology, additive, and green manufacturing. He teaches fundamental and applied courses related […]

Michael Hirsch, a senior UND Mechanical Engineering student, is a Crew and Thermal Systems, Design and Analysis Engineering intern at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. He is working on multiple projects to help develop the necessary technology used for human spaceflight. One project is a water capture device for the International Space Station that […]

UND alum John Disher helped NASA’s Apollo moon mission meet JFK’s deadline If not for a critical assessment of NASA’s timeline for landing on the moon—co-authored by a University of North Dakota engineering graduate—the United States probably wouldn’t have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the event in July. On May 25, 1961, speaking to a […]