News from the Mansbach Lab


Establishing the requirements for safe rocket launches with respect to weather

Loai Aldaghma, David Muresan, Samuel Renaud
13 July 2023

Lab alumnus Sam Renaud supervised and co-authored this Space Concordia paper. The project investigated “the safety and feasibility of a launch of the StarSailor rocket from a prospective launch site in Churchill Manitoba, Canada. …Space Concordia aims to use the methods established in this manuscript as a general handbook and reference for future sounding rocket launches out of Canada.” Congratulations, Sam!

Full article : “Establishing the requirements for safe rocket launches with respect to weather”


Concordia researchers receive $500K from Government of Canada to boost ‘high-risk, high-reward’ studies


26 April 2023

The research project led by Ré Mansbach and Claudine Gauthier from the Department of Physics of Concordia University, has been granted $250,000 to explore the neurological alterations linked to long COVID.

Full article : “Concordia researchers receive $500K from Government of Canada to boost ‘high-risk, high-reward’ studies”