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The National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program has awarded a four-year, $4 million-grant to UND and seven partner institutions and organizations to advance tribal energy sovereignty. The project, referred to as the “Sustainable Engineering Infrastructures and Solutions for Tribal Energy Sovereignty” program, will be led by two faculty from the Chemical Engineering department: Wayne Seames, Chester […]

The Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota was awarded $38 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for a carbon capture and storage project.

Along with five other regional universities, UND has been awarded nearly $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program. UND leads one of the 44 teams nationwide in receiving one of the first-ever NSF Engines Development Awards, which aims to help partners collaborate to create economic, societal and technological opportunities […]

Christian Nairy wasn’t sure he had the time to tackle another research project at UND. He had plenty to do in completing a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences. He changed his mind when he was offered the chance to fly directly into snowstorms to gather atmospheric data for NASA. Nairy was asked to join the project […]

In a Feb. 27 ceremony, UND celebrated the formal dedication of a partnership with the North Dakota Department of Transportation that will provide research for the agency, while offering valuable educational opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students. UND and NDDOT leaders gathered for the ceremony in Upson I, which now officially houses the Transportation […]

The National Science Foundation has awarded Aaron Kennedy, UND associate professor of atmospheric sciences, a $400,000 grant to further his research on the blowing snow that leads to ground blizzards, a common wintertime hazard in the Northern Great Plains. As recent severe winter weather in the Red River Valley has demonstrated, the effects of blizzards and ground blizzards […]

What are the implications of the interaction between hypersonic vehicles travelling through the atmosphere and the ice crystals that naturally form there? A pair of UND researchers have received a federal grant to study that interaction, and their results could impact the design and improve the safety of hypersonic vehicles. Hallie Chelmo, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, […]

Johannes Van der Watt, research assistant professor at UND’s Institute of Energy Studies, has been awarded more than $1.25 million in funding to study the feasibility of using industrial residues to capture carbon dioxide in a solid form—and then using that solid in a beneficial way. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy for a […]

A UND Mechanical Engineering professor has received federal funding to research new manufacturing methods for components used in nuclear reactors. Sougata Roy, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received nearly $250,000 to study how additive manufacturing (AM) processes can be used to make the nuclear reactor components. Additive manufacturing is a process not dissimilar to how a 3D printer […]

UND has received a $650,000 grant to develop high-bandwidth communications networks to be used in space. The grant was awarded by NASA through its Space Technology Research Grants Program, and was announced by Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Funds from the award will be given out over the period of three years. Along with UND, nine […]

Isaac Karikari, assistant professor of social work, recently delivered a keynote at the Fargo-Moorhead Coalition to End Homelessness’ 7th Annual Conference, in Moorhead, Minn. In his keynote, Karikari discussed what he calls a “vicious triad” of homelessness, substance use and mental health issues. These issues are independently complex, he said, so their intersection results in […]

It was chilly in mid-October when three UND graduate students entered the UND Space Studies’ Inflatable Lunar-Mars Analog Habitat (ILMAH), but it was positively blustery when they came out on Sunday, Nov. 6. The graduate students were on a 21-day-mission simulating an extended stay on Mars, and on Sunday, as snow flurries blew across the […]

  A UND geologist participated in lengthy periods of field work in Norway to study the effects of Arctic vegetation on global warming. That work has contributed to a large research project that aims to improve climate modeling in the Arctic, and the impact of warming temperatures elsewhere on the globe. Over a period of […]

Sattar Dorafshan, assistant professor of civil engineering at UND, has been awarded multiple research grants in recent months from the North Dakota Department of Transportation, as well as an award from the Federal Railroad Administration. The three grants total more than $580,000 for a variety of investigations and experiments related to North Dakota transportation infrastructure. […]

Invited by the President of the American Chemical Society, Feng “Frank” Xiao, associate professor of civil engineering, organized a presidential symposium at the 264th ACS National Meeting in Chicago, Aug. 21-25, with three of his colleagues. Xiao also gave a talk on challenges and potential solutions for effective removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during […]