Healing the knee: a new frontier in meniscus tear repairs
A new project from South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering is developing a bioadhesive that has the potential to significantly improve meniscus tear repair outcomes while also speeding up the healing process.
成人视频 shatters enrollment records, climbs to more than 12,000 students
A record first-year class and record retention moved enrollment at South Dakota State University to 12,065 students for the fall 2024 semester, the highest enrollment at 成人视频 since 2018. Enrollment figures were released earlier today by the South Dakota Board of Regents.
Engineers stacking NSF awards
Five faculty members in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering have received awards from the National Science Foundation in recent weeks.
鈥楤ridge camp鈥 prepares next engineering leaders
A chance to move in early, meet faculty, explore Brookings and develop leadership skills. The benefits of the South Dakota State University Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Leadership Summer Bridge program spans beyond academics.
Growing from eight students at the inaugural camp to 53 participants this August, the Summer Bridge program serves as a metaphorical bridge from high school to college. The programming aims to develop community among the students and set them up as future leaders, both in the College of Engineering and in their careers.
New construction, concrete head arrives
New department head Julian Kang didn鈥檛 have much time to decide which clothes to pack for his new job as head of the Department of Construction and Concrete Industry Management within the Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University.
He accepted the college鈥檚 offer on Aug. 14 and was at his new position Aug. 22 with classes beginning Aug. 26. 鈥淚ndeed, it has been a whirlwind start, but I am thrilled to be a member of the Jackrabbit family,鈥 Kang said.Doctoral student receives best paper award
For the second year in a row, South Dakota State University doctoral student Shuchen Huang had her research writings chosen as one of the best papers submitted to the general meeting of the Power and Energy Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
As a result, she was able to give a nine-minute presentation to some 200 scientists and advanced scholars at the group鈥檚 annual meeting in Seattle July 23. More than 1,500 papers are submitted each year, with 60 to 80 papers in a variety of categories earning best paper designation, Huang said.Jackrabbit in the spotlight: Stern at the wheel of JEC again in 2024-25
鈥淚f you need something done, find a busy person and they鈥檒l get it done.鈥
The adage certainly applies to senior mechanical engineering student Cherish Stern of Brookings. She is in her second year as president of the Joint Engineering Council within the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University, an intern at Daktronics and a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society.