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Performance Review of a Pressurized Inflatable Lunar Habitat Integrated with an Electric Rover and Pressurized Analog Planetary Suits during an Initial Ten Day Simulation Tiffany M. Swarmer, Lindsay Anderson, Pablo de León Paper can be accessed here.

Oh, she got by with a little help from her…mom! And that included a big push out of her comfortable home in Hawaii to school in North Dakota. For University of North Dakota aviation and air traffic control major Jerris Tagavilla, a native Hawaiian, that was a big–and unexpected–move. Full article

3D printing truly is a thing of the future, where the possibilities are endless. The University of North Dakota is turning these possibilities into realities; especially now that 3D printers are becoming affordable enough for the average Joe. When the 3D printers first came out in the 1980s, their cost measured in the millions of […]

The 5th Annual Academic High Altitude Conference took place at UND on June 23-27.  The focus of this national conference is on the technical aspects, research possibilities, and educational benefits of high altitude ballooning.  The first two days included both a technical and educator’s workshop, followed by conference presentations and discussion sessions the remainder of the […]

Space Studies PhD student Kavya Manyapu of Boeing, earned a Stellar Award in the Early Career category for her exceptional commercial crew spacecraft test planning and flight test article design fidelity.  35 awards were given for 2014, out of a total of 164 nominations.  Congratulations to Manyapu on this incredible achievement. About the Stellar Award […]

NASA Robotics

UND is finding ways to engage area students through various summer camps. One of the camps that has proven popular with students is the cScibot Lego Robotic Camp. This camp gives students the opportunity to learn about robotics, develop computer problem solving skills, and of course, have a little fun along the way. Full article

Please join me (Dr. Beth Bjerke)  in congratulating them on this prestigious award! Last night Jim Higgins and Kent Lovelace were awarded the Aviation Accreditation Board International Chairman Award in recognition for their outstanding leadership and research in regards to the pilot supply/shortage issue.  This research has been incredibly valuable to the aviation industry and […]

David Delene Atmospheric Sciences – “Proof of Concept Cloud Condensation Nucleus Counter for Unmanned Aircraft Systems” – $99,739 Gretchen Mullendore and Michael Poellot Atmospheric Sciences – “Tropical Oceanic Thunderstorm Hazards” – $75,000 Mike Gaffey Space Studies – “Near Infrared Spectral Observations of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap and Gefion Family Asteroids” – $113,488

The International Astronomical Union has bestowed upon Sherry Fieber-Beyer an asteroid named in her honor. The Minor Planet Center released the following citation: “(14825) Fieber-Beyer = 1985 RQ Discovered 1985 Sept. 14 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. Sherry K. Fieber-Beyer (b. 1975) is a post-doctoral researcher and Director […]