John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

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

Pre-service Workshop at UND

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

University of North Dakota elementary education students participated in a workshop during the spring semester 2015, completing an activity titled, “Strange New Planet.”  Resources for the workshop can be downloaded below. Educator Resources Handout Strange New Planet Handout NASA Websites and Kepler Presentation Strange New Planet LPI Instructions (Short – Informal Setting) Strange New World […]

Professors Dong, Kennedy and Gilmore Receive NOAA Grant

Categories: Atmospheric Sciences

Professors Xiquan Dong, Aaron Kennedy and Matt Gilmore recently received a grant award from NOAA entitled “Improvement of Convective/Severe Weather Prediction through an Integrative Analysis of WRF Simulations and NEXRAD/GOES Observations over the CONUS”. This work will be funded under the NOAA Research to Operation (R2O) program. This is a 2-year grant funded for $491,707, […]

Thesis Proposal by Jerra Turner on March 13th

Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies

Space Studies master’s student, Jerra Turner, will give her thesis proposal presentation as follows.  All Space Studies students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. When:  Friday, March 13th at 8:30 a.m. Where:  Ryan Hall, Room 111 Title: How SpaceX is Fundamentally Changing American Spacelift Policy About the topic: Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is revolutionizing the space launch […]

Space Studies Welomes New Office Assistant

Categories: Space Studies

A big welcome goes to Pam Nielsen, our new part-time office assistant. Pam started on January 5th and is already well trained in the daily office duties. She may have already greeted you if you’ve called the department recently. Pam comes to us with 15 years of office experience specializing in word processing, data entry […]

Ted McHardy and Jared Marquis selected for Office of Naval Research Internship

Categories: Atmospheric Sciences

Ted McHardy and Jared Marquis, graduate students in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, have been selected as interns for the 2015 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP). NREIP provides an opportunity for students to participate in research at a Department of Navy (DoN) laboratory during the summer. The goals of NREIP […]

Colloquium Series Begins on March 9th Featuring Dr. Nicolle Zellner

Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies

The Spring 2015 Space Studies Colloquium Series will focus on the NASA Discovery Program–the development of a planetary science mission– and will feature several leading experts in the field. The first presentation in this series will feature Dr. Nicolle Zellner, Associate Professor, from Albion College in Albion, Michigan. Topic:  “Impacts in the Earth-Moon System – […]

Thesis Defense by Arturo Ortiz on March 11th

Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies

Space Studies Master’s student, Art Ortiz, will defend his thesis as follows.  Please mark your calendar and show your support by attending. When: Wednesday, March 11th at 3:00 p.m. (Central time) Where: Ryan Hall, Room 111 Title:  Radiation Shielding Approaches for Planetary Surface Exploration:  A Mars Case Study for UND Concepts About the Topic:  Surface stays on […]