John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

Dr. Paul Hardersen, Matthew Voigt, and Rakesh Nath attended the 2011 AAS Solar Physics Division (SPD) meeting, Las Cruces, New Mexico, from June 11-17, 2011. Dr. Hardersen presented a poster on his ongoing intrinsic sunspot rotation research and Voigt presented a poster on his M.S. thesis work, which involves a longitudinal study of the formation […]

Dr. Ron Fevig is working on two newly-funded research projects. The first involves near-Earth object space mission design, and is being funded by a faculty seed grant through ND NASA EPSCoR. Dr. Fevig is working with two thesis-track, and several other Space Studies distance students on this effort to design a spacecraft that collects critical […]

The UND Citation research jet has returned from a successful NASA-sponsored project in Ponca City, Oklahoma. The team of Wayne Schindler (pilot), Jonathan Sepulveda (co-pilot), Aaron Ness (technician), Andrea Neumann (flight science engineer), Tony Grainger (flight scientist), and Mike Poellot (flight scientist and principal investigator) conducted a 6-week period of flight operations in the vicinity […]

Dear Aaron: CONGRATULATIONS! You are one of four winners of the 2011 CAE SimuFlite Scholarship! Please contact Phyllis Barron at CAE as soon as possible to discuss the scheduling of your scholarship-supported training. Her contact information is in the attached email message. Again, way to go! Sincerely, David A. NewMyer, Ph.D., Chair CAE SimuFlite Scholarship […]

Matt Voigt, Space Studies campus student, will defend his thesis for his Master’s degree on Monday, July 11th at 9 a.m.  Please show your support by attending. Title: X-ray Bright Point Evolution as a Global Phenomenon Date: Monday, July 11 Time: 9:00 AM Location: Ryan Hall, Room 111 Abstract: X-ray bright points (XBPs) are small, […]

While still performing on-orbit engineering checkout activities, the UND-built International Space Station Agricultural Camera (ISSAC) this weekend collected imagery of the Souris River flooding in Minot. The camera, which was designed and built and is operated by students and faculty at UND, ISSAC just began operations two weeks ago. “We are still learning the sensor’s […]

Dr. Ron Fevig is working on two newly-funded research projects. The first involves near-Earth object space mission design, and is being funded by a faculty seed grant through ND NASA EPSCoR. Dr. Fevig is working with two thesis-track, and several other Space Studies distance students on this effort to design a spacecraft that collects critical […]

Dr. Mike Gaffey and Vishnu Reddy attended a meeting of the DAWN Mission Science Team in Germany in mid-May. The DAWN spacecraft is currently approaching its first target, the main belt asteroid (4) Vesta. The DAWN spacecraft will go into orbit about Vesta on July 17, and remain in orbit for nearly a year, mapping […]

Congratulations to the UND Flying Team! The team placed second in national competition which concluded on Saturday. A record breaking 405 points placed the team just nine points behind Southern Illinois University. UND won the prestigious Judges Trophy along with many other awards.

The following students were awarded their Master’s degree this spring semester: Mark Bigley, Lee Graves, James A. Johnson, Svetlana Shkolyar, and Will Swearson. Congratulations!