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Dan Laudal
PhD
Executive Director - CEM Research Institute
  • daniel.laudal@UND.edu
  • 701.777.5745
  • Collaborative Energy Complex Room 246A
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Junior Nasah
BS, MS
Associate Director
  • nasah.domkam@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4307
  • Collaborative Energy Complex Room 246F
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Xiaodong Hou
Research Associate Professor
  • xiaodong.hou@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6350
  • Leonard Hall Room 300
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Nolan Theaker
Senior Research Manager
  • nolan.theaker@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6298
  • Collaborative Energy Complex Room 246C
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Johannes Van der Watt
Research Asst. Professor
  • johannes.vanderwatt@UND.edu
  • 701.777.5177
  • Collaborative Energy Complex Room 246G
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Nicholas Dyrstad-Cincotta
Research Operations Manager
  • nicholas.dyrstadcinc@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3456
  • Collaborative Energy Complex Room 246E
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Shuai Xu
Research Engineer II
  • shuai.xu@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4269
  • Collaborative Energy Complex room 246D
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Jesse Caviasca
Research Engineer II
  • jesse.caviasca@UND.edu
  • 701.777.0550
  • Collaborative Energy Center Room 246D
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Nagababu Andraju
Research Engineer II
  • nagababu.andraju@UND.edu
  • 701.777.5988
  • Collaborative Energy Complex Room 246H
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Abdelmalek Bellal
Ph.D.
Research Engineer/Scientist II
  • abdelmalek.bellal@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3216
  • Collaborative Energy Center Room 246B
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Ahmed Essam
Research Engineer I
  • ahmed.essam@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3228
  • Collaborative Energy Center Room 246B
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
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Ruiqing Zhang
Material Characterization Spec
  • ruiqing.zhang@ndus.edu
  • 701.777.3223
  • Upson I Room 200C
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153
Andrew Straub
Engineering Technician
  • andrew.straub@UND.edu
  • Collaborative Energy Complex Room 266
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8153

Faculty Affiliates

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Gautham Krishnamoorthy
Ann and Norman Hoffman Professor of National Defense/Energetics
  • gautham.krishnamoorthy@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6699
  • Harrington Hall Room 307
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7101

Industry Affiliates

  • Envergex LLC
  • Microbeam Technologies, Inc.
  • Singularity Energy Technologies, LLC
  • ELF Technology, LLC
  • H-Quest Vanguard, Inc.

 

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Collaborative Energy Complex Room 246
243 Centennial Dr Stop 8153
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8153
P 701.777.5745
daniel.laudal@UND.edu

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