News and information from the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.
Uploaded 11/4/22: Zoom meeting recording Attention NDSGC Students (and staff and faculty), The ND Space Grant Consortium will be hosting an informational Zoom session on November 2, 2022 at 5:00 pm CST for students interested in learning how they can get involved in Spring and Summer 2023 NASA-funded programming. This session will be recorded and made available to students […]
Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer was interviewed by Science News about growing crops in space. The article is titled “Astronauts might be able to use asteroid soil to grow crops” and may be read at this link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asteroid-soil-crops-food-space
Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer was recently interviewed for The Independent regarding the DART mission and its implications for the future of mitigating impacts. Two separate articles were born from the interview: What size asteroid would cause an extinction event – and how Nasa has a plan to protect us: https://www.independent.co.uk/space/size-asteroid-extinction-event-nasa-dart-b2175626.html How Nasa’s Dart mission could save […]
Categories: Space Studies
Prof. Michael Dodge, J.D., LL.M. was interviewed for his thoughts on the FCC’s recent efforts to expand and tighten orbital debris regulations, including whether or not there are more regulations to come, and if other nations around the world will be following the FCC’s lead. The article, “Sped-Up Deorbiting Order Seen as Getting 4-0 Approval; […]
Congratulations to the two pre-proposals selected to move forward for full consideration by NASA: Benjamin Laabs, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences, NDSU, “Using InSAR and GPS to track landslides in North Dakota” Shuvashis Dey, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NDSU, “Towards a Low-cost, Pervasive Wireless Soil Salinity and Nutrient (N-P-K) Sensing System […]
The NDSGC met with Minot State University students and led a pre-service teacher workshop on October 7th, 2022. We conducted three hands-on activities and introduced the various NASA- and ND-based educator opportunities. Activities from the session Pocket Solar System Thermal Mapping on Mars Strange New Planet Here are some helpful links: The Google Slides presentation […]
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The NASA Offices at UND are hiring! The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) and ND NASA EPSCoR Offices at UND are hiring a part-time office manager to assist with administrative tasks (e.g. mailing, invoicing, processing stipends/reimbursements, etc.). Details: Part-time, 19 hours/week Skills: Organization, Communication, Technology Pay: $18/hr Applications due: Oct. 5th Link to Flyer […]
Congratulations to the following pre-proposal on selection to move forward for full consideration to NASA: Keith Crisman, Department of Space Studies, UND, “Human Factor Analysis of Space Crop Cultivation Methods and Interactions” Overview: In response to the NASA Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) EPSCoR Research Announcement Number: NNH23ZHA001C, the North Dakota NASA EPSCoR (Established […]
The following awards have been selected for funding for the 2022 – 2023 RID call. Congratulations! Dr. Hallie Chelmo, Mechanical Engineering, UND; Research Title: ND NASA EPSCoR: Laboratory Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosols with Single Particle Resolution Dr. Omid Beik, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NDSU; Research Title: Study of Multiphase Magnetics and Controls for MW-Scale Generator […]