OpenFieldUND · Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
The University of North Dakota (UND) is North Dakota's oldest public research university and flagship institution, founded in 1883 in Grand Forks. World-renowned for operating the premier John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences—the largest and most comprehensive collegiate aviation and space studies program in the world—UND is also celebrated for energy and petroleum engineering at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and medicine.
UND comprises seven colleges: the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, College of Engineering and Mines, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines, Nistler College of Business & Public Administration, and School of Law. UND leads the Northern Plains UAS Test Site.
Undergraduate admissions evaluate high school GPA (minimum 2.75) and core course prerequisites. Graduate admissions require an accredited bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, statement of purpose, three letters of recommendation, and English language proficiency (TOEFL 79+ or IELTS 6.5+).
The world's leading aerospace doctorate, researching beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) autonomous drone integration, pilot cognitive workload modeling, space flight human performance, and air traffic automation.
Elite energy research program based at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), investigating geologic carbon dioxide sequestration, Bakken shale petroleum thermodynamics, hydrogen generation, and geothermal energy systems.
Renowned interdisciplinary space program featuring the Inflatable Lunar/Mars Habitat analog station, space suit design laboratories, orbital mechanics, planetary surface geology, and international space treaty law.
Doctoral research examining microglial neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, epigenetic mechanisms of cancer development, viral pathogenesis, and rural toxicological health.
Conducting flight research using UND's Citation II atmospheric research aircraft and polarimetric Doppler radar to study aircraft ice accretion, blizzard snowflake microphysics, and climate variability.
The gold standard of collegiate flight education operating a modern fleet of over 100 aircraft, flight training devices, CRJ-700 jet simulators, and direct flow partnerships with major global airlines.
Professor & Chair of Space Studies
Department of Space Studies & Odegard School
Dr. de León directs the Human Spaceflight Laboratory, designing advanced planetary exploration spacesuits (NDX-1), lunar/Martian habitat analog stations, and sp...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering & EERC
Dr. Klemetsrud investigates renewable biofuels from agricultural waste, pyrolysis catalytic upgrading, carbonaceous adsorbent materials for wastewater treatment...
View researcher profile ↗Research Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Dr. Delene specializes in airborne atmospheric instrumentation, airborne aerosol-cloud measurements, cloud droplet size distribution kinetics, and airborne weat...
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