John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

The fall semester Brown Bag Seminar Series features graduate students providing presentations on their current research and recent internships.  This series begins on Wednesday, August 31st, featuring grad student Brittany Zimmerman’s research, presented by Dr. Vadim Rygalov, titled “Plant Module Development for Inflatable Lunar-Mars Habitat (ILMH)”. This series of presentations will be held in the […]

North Dakota’s role in NASA research aimed at the safe integration of small and large unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace will be discussed during the 10th Annual UAS Summit & Expo at the Alerus Center. On Tuesday, attendees will hear from John Cavolowsky, director of NASA’s Airspace Operations and Safety Program, and a […]

The 2016 Near-Space Balloon Competition is now accepting proposals!   Click here to download this year’s NSBC Handbook (includes proposal submission form, deadlines, and important dates) Click here for just the proposal submission form   For more in-depth information and more updates, visit the NSBC website: https://blogs.und.edu/nsbc/   The Sun How does the Sun benefit humans […]

Education faculty at NDSGC affiliate colleges are encouraged throughout the year to contact Caitlin Nolby and Marissa Saad to request visits for pre-service teacher workshops.  Lesson choices and brief descriptions of each activity can be downloaded from the pdf document found here. Caitlin Nolby, Deputy Director cnolby@space.edu   Marissa Saad, Coordinator msaad@space.edu  

UND lauds new federal law on Air Traffic Control hiring For the past two years, Paul Drechsel, assistant chair for the University of North Dakota Air Traffic Control Program, has been on a mission to make the road to becoming an air traffic controller (ATC) a little less bumpy. That’s why Drechsel, an associate professor […]

In preparation for the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) team recently traveled to Montana State University in Bozeman, MT to a workshop led by Montana Space Grant. Caitlin Nolby (Deputy Director), Marissa Saad (Coordinator), Michael Cook (Space Studies graduate student), and Madison Olson (Mechanical Engineering undergraduate) […]

Dear North Dakota STEM faculty,   The NASA EPSCoR Technical Interchange Meeting will be held in Huntsville, AL on Friday September 9th.  This meeting is open to faculty seeking NASA collaborations in their research.  Dr. Jim Casler (new ND Space Grant Consortium and ND NASA EPSCoR Director) will be in attendance.  Limited funding is available […]

Betty Robin cuts the ribbon with her husband Si Robin at the the Grand Opening of Robin Hall. Sen. John Hoven (far let) and President Mark R. Kennedy are next to Betty. A buzz of excitement filled one of the University of North Dakota’s newest buildings on Tuesday, July 26, as University officials, dignitaries and […]

Two students from the Space Studies Department have been awarded grants to cover expenses to attend an international conference. The Future Space Leaders Foundation recently awarded nine students across the United States grants to cover expenses associated with participating in the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico. Of those, Kavya Manyapu, a Ph.D. […]

The following students have completed their Space Studies M.S. degree in May: Lindsay Anderson, David Evans, Poonam Josan, Keith Lindemann, Ibrahim Sarraj, Jennifer Sides, Zabrina Smith and Jennifer Tobler. Congratulations to all!