University of Minnesota Duluth is an affiliate of NASA’s Minnesota Space Grant Consortium, via the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Programming is available University-wide, but most activities involve students and faculty in the Swenson College of Science and Engineering (SCSE).
Space Grant Activity Areas
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Scholarships, Fellowships, Internships
- Provide scholarship support to UMD students majoring in areas of interest to NASA (e.g. all SCSE majors)
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Higher Education
- Support Bulldog Rocketry club
- Support first-year undergrad engineering design projects
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Research
- CubeSat hardware design
- Observational stellar and exoplanetary astronomy
- Cosmic Ray and Neutrino Physics with the MINOS, NOvA, Minerva, and DUNE experiments
- Stichable Sensors for better Spacesuit Design
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Pre-College / Teacher Development
- None at the present time
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Informal Education / Outreach
- UMD Planetarium and Geodome programming
- Particle physics talks to schools and community groups, and tours of the NOvA lab at Ash River Falls
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Administration
- Administer UMD’s MnSGC activities and provide data for NASA reporting
