John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

News and information from the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.

UND Aerospace Announces UAS Fly Days

Categories: Aviation, Home Page News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Bob Concannon/Phone: 701-777-3611 July 24, 2008 Media Advisory UND Aerospace Announces Unmanned Aircraft System Fly Days (Grand Forks, North Dakota): The University of North Dakota (UND) John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences will be flying its own Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) at Camp […]

Fieber-Beyer Awarded $90,000 to Characterize Asteroid Surfaces

Categories: Earth System Science & Policy, Home Page News, Space Studies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Mike Gaffey/Phone: 701-777-3167 July 15, 2008 Fieber-Beyer Awarded $90,000 to Characterize Asteroid Surfaces (Grand Forks, North Dakota): Sherry Fieber-Beyer, a doctoral student within the Earth System Science and Policy department at the University of North Dakota’s (UND’s) John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, […]

Construction update

Categories: Space Studies

During this past week, the Small Radio Telescope was repaired with the help of Dr. Michael Cobb, from CassiCorp, Inc. Several components were replaced that had failed. The SRT will be tested in a few days, followed by observing by UND Space Studies students taking SpSt 570: Introduction to radio astronomy during the Summer 2008 […]

UND Aerobatic Team Competes in Seward, NE Contest

Categories: Aviation, Home Page News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761 July 10, 2008 UND Aerobatic Team Competes in Seward, NE Contest (Grand Forks, North Dakota): The University of North Dakota (UND) Aerospace aerobatic team participated in its first competition of 2008 on June 28-29, 2008 in Seward, NE. Five of the […]

UND Aerospace Hosts Camp from July 13-20

Categories: Aviation, Home Page News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Karen Ryba/701-777-4761 July 10, 2008 UND Aerospace Offers Campers an Introduction to Aviation And a Taste of College (Grand Forks, North Dakota) – The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, located at the University of North Dakota, is sponsoring the 25th International Aerospace […]

UND Aerospace Acquires 25 Cessna 172 Skyhawks

Categories: Aviation, Home Page News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761 July 9, 2008 UND Aerospace Acquires 25 Cessna 172 Skyhawks for Flight Training Program (Grand Forks, North Dakota): The University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences has entered into a multi-year contract with Cessna Aircraft Company, A […]

SRT repairs and construction

Categories: Space Studies

Personnel from CassiCorp, makers of the Small Radio Telescope, will visit the UND Observatory on the week of July 7 to assess and repair the Small Radio Telescope. Recent testing has shown that the SRT is experiencing several technical issues, including a possibly bad controller. Also, construction of Internet Observatory #3 continues. The pier was […]

UND Aerospace to Train More Than 200 Pilots From India

Categories: Aviation, Home Page News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Chuck Pineo/Phone: 701-777-4757 June 25, 2008 UND Aerospace to Train More Than 200 Pilots From India (Grand Forks, North Dakota): UND Aerospace at the University of North Dakota (UND), announces a three-year agreement with Bharati Vidyapeeth University (BVU) in Pune, India to provide a […]

Atmospheric Sciences Thesis Defense: Jin

Categories: Atmospheric Sciences

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761 June 23, 2008 Atmospheric Sciences Thesis Defense *** “Arctic Mixed-Phase Cloud Microphysical Properties Deduced from ARM Surface and Aircraft Measurements during M-Pace” (Grand Forks, North Dakota): The oral examination for Hongchun Jin, a candidate for the Master of Science Degree in […]