Metzger honored for contributions to power industry
Blair Metzger, president of DGR Engineering of Rock Rapids, Iowa, received the Wayne E. Knabach Excellence in Power Award at the Center for Power Systems Studies banquet Oct. 3 at McCrory Gardens Education and Visitor Center.
Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Winners Announced
The 2022 winners of the prestigious Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education were announced today by the McGraw Family Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Cheryl Logan, Barry Dunn and Roy Pea — three leaders in the field doing groundbreaking work in pre-K–12 classrooms, on university campuses and in learning science research, respectively — are being recognized for their extraordinary achievements. Each winner will receive an award of $50,000 and an iconic awards sculpture.
Intelligent.com ranks ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ No. 2 for best master's data science degrees
South Dakota State University was ranked No. 2 in Intelligent.com’s rankings for Best Master’s in Data Science Degree Programs of 2022. In addition, ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ was cited for having the best online program.
³ÉÈËÊÓƵ civil engineering students named nation’s best chapter
For the third time in its history, the American Society of Civil Engineering student chapter at South Dakota State University has been named the top chapter in the nation. There are 407 student chapter in the American Society of Civil Engineering, which is the nation’s oldest engineering society.
Prasad first ME faculty member to receive NSF Career Award
Assistant professor Anamika Prasad is the first mechanical engineering faculty member to receive the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award.
NSF project to analyze new battery material
Assistant professor Yue Zhou of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is leading a three-year, nearly $450,000 National Science Foundation project to determine how lithium metal improves battery performance.
Algae pull nutrients from swine facility manure, air
Algae pull nutrients from swine facility manure, air. Swine manure is a rich source of nutrients, but its high phosphorus content in comparison to the other nutrients the crop needs means only so much can be spread on a field.