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Research and International

Undergraduate researcher explores Arctic engineering innovation

September 19, 2025 — 
Not many undergraduate students can say they spent their summer designing helium drone airships, assessing the density of whale blubber and figuring out how to effectively spin satellites in magnetic liquid

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Research and International

The Free Press: Nation building needs research — not just infrastructure

September 15, 2025 — 
Living through the second Trump administration as a Canadian has been likened, by one commentator, to a teenager being kicked out of the house.

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Full moon Photo by: David Besh

Price Faculty of Engineering

CBC Manitoba: NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

August 12, 2025 — 
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

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Dr. Philip Ferguson

Price Faculty of Engineering

The Canadian Press: Cost of Canada joining Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown

May 23, 2025 — 
Cost of Canada joining Trump's Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown

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Dr. Philip Ferguson

Price Faculty of Engineering

CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba engineer helping to build alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink

March 26, 2025 — 
Manitoba engineer helping to build alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink

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The nanosatellite, known as Little Innovator in Space Situational Awareness (LISSA), will be integrated with the Redwing satellite and will be deployed from Redwing sometime after launch, once the two spacecraft have achieved an orbit at the designated altitude.

Price Faculty of Engineering

The Associated Press: Microsatellite Project to Monitor Objects in Space Over Canada, South Pole

October 10, 2024 — 
Microsatellite Project to Monitor Objects in Space Over Canada, South Pole

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