John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

Santhosh Seelan and Suezette Rene Bieri attended the Western Regional Space Grant Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska in August. In addition to attending all the sessions they saw Mount McKinley and drove north of the Arctic Circle. Suezette Rene Bieri and Santhosh Seelan attended the National Meeting of Space Grant Directors in Green Bay, Wisconsin held […]

In late September, Jim Casler presented a paper titled, “Facility Layout Optimization of Planetary Industrial Sites” at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SPACE 2011 conference in Long Beach, CA. Also in September, his paper titled “Flight Testing and High Reliability Organizations” was recognized at the awards ceremony of the Society of Experimental Test […]

Pablo de Leon spent the first week of November at Ames Research Center I California. Ames scientists are interested in determining how science can be performed on the surface of the Moon or Mars. For Earth based simulations Ames has chosen to use UND’s NDX-1 and NDX-2 as those prototype space suits realistically simulate a […]

Dr. Santhosh Seelan and Bev Fetter attended the 62nd International Astronautical Congress sponsored by the International Astronautical Federation in Cape Town, South Africa from October 3-7.  The annual congress is typically the largest space conference in the world and is attended by the agency heads and senior executives of the world’s space agencies along with […]

The frame for the Lunar Habitation Module (LHM) has arrived and is now in the garage of Clifford Hall. It is 12 feet wide and 40 feet long. The LHM will have accommodations for four crew members, a kitchen, a bathroom, a lab for biological and rock samples, an indoor green house and an air […]

Dr. Vishnu Reddy spent several days at UND following an extended stay at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Katlenburg, Germany. At MPS, Vishnu is working with the imaging team on the DAWN spacecraft mission to the asteroid (4) Vesta as part of the DAWN research program of Dr. Mike Gaffey. […]

Dr. Ron Fevig and Mr. Jeremy Smith received a grant for $20,333.56 from the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium to build an engineering prototype for a small, nanosatellite-class spacecraft. This is a statewide effort that will include faculty and students from universities and colleges around North Dakota. This prototype spacecraft will be tested using a […]

Fifteen students from UND Space Studies attended the Space Vision 2011 Conference in Boulder, Colorado on October 27-30. The conference was sponsored by Students for the Exploration and Development of Space SEDS). The students were: Brad Schanche; Tim Holland; Josh Berk; Greg Simpson; Jeremy Holter; Darren Grau; Jonathan Schiralli; Caitlin Nolby; Katrina Jackson; Marissa Saad; […]

Sherry Fieber-Beyer, a UND post-doctoral research faculty fellow in the department of space studies, has a special duty to perform on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11.  For more details, see the article here.

Josh Nelson, a Space Studies campus student, will defend his thesis for the Master’s degree on Wednesday, November 23rd at 9:00 a.m.  Please show your support by attending. Title: Thermal Control Issues in Reduced Pressure Greenhouses Date: Wednesday, November 23rd Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: Ryan Hall, Room 111   Thermal Control Issues in Reduced Pressure […]