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Space Studies Department’s three-year project will focus on developing, manufacturing spacesuits using advanced 3D printing The spacesuits of the future are being designed at the University of North Dakota, in the Human Spaceflight Laboratory. Pablo de León, Professor and Chair of UND’s Department of Space Studies, recently won a NASA grant for $750,000 to develop […]

The Space Studies Spring 2020 Colloquium Series features several leading experts in various space-related fields.  Please join us for our next remotely offered presentation in this series as outlined below.  This presentation will feature Prof. Joanne Gabrynowicz, Emerita, a founding faculty member of the UND Space Studies department, leading international expert in space law and […]

New virtual forum series from UND Aerospace confronts reality of aviation industry downturn UND archival image. This isn’t the airlines’ first rodeo. While the early impacts of a global pandemic have been grim for the airline industry, and the current students of UND Aerospace already have been affected in many ways, there’s a case for […]

Dr. Ron Fevig will be presenting at the “Hopped Up On Science” monthly STEM series at Half Brothers Brewing Company on Wednesday, March 11th at 7:00 pm.  Dr. Fevig will discuss student-centered small satellite development and its utility for providing STEM experiential learning opportunities.  In particular, this talk will focus on an early CubeSat program in […]

Student-driven winter weather field campaign faced dry, calm conditions until Wednesday storm proved fruitful Aaron Kennedy, in yellow, has led a month-long field research campaign aiming to observe conditions around blizzards and blowing snow. On Wednesday, his team finally had a big break, leading them to launch weather balloons and fully deploy their range of […]

Thousands venture through halls of UND Aerospace and get first-hand experience with nation’s leading flight school Eight-year-old Andrew Cassanelli controlled a virtual airfield with the help of Hannah Park, an air traffic management major, at Saturday’s Aerospace Community Day. Photo by Connor Murphy/UND Today. With a headset equipped, Andrew Cassanelli felt like he was the […]

Dr. Pablo de León and his grad students, Stefan Tomović and Jennifer Russell, gave a presentation at the NASA Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, February 11th as part of their Lunch and Learn Series. Planetary Analogs and Plants Research in North Dakota The University of North Dakota developed a planetary analog to simulate human missions […]

  One February 16, Emeritus Professor Michael Hill will chair a symposium at the American Association for Advancement of Science annual meeting in Seattle, WA exploring the current issues surrounding human activities and biodiversity conservation in the grassy biomes (grasslands and savannas) of plant Earth.                 Background: The […]

Odegard School’s new Virtual Reality lab represents pilot training’s next frontier Students hone their flying skills in the new Virtual Reality Lab in the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today. When he was being recruited as Associate Dean of the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Joshua Wynne made fast […]

Simulators are perfect for hands-on learning and practicing emergency procedures — and UND makes full use of them The scenarios presented in UND’s 360-degree air-traffic-control tower simulator are so realistic, students at times emerge dripping in sweat. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today.   Editor’s note: It all started at the Link Piano and Organ Co. That’s where […]