Preserving South Dakota's bridges and roads
South Dakota State University recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help preserve and maintain South Dakota's infrastructure.
Jackrabbit in the Spotlight 鈥 Maggie Hoff
Student researcher Magdalene 鈥淢aggie鈥 Hoff is more comfortable working in the Food Processing and Extrusion Wet lab in Raven Precision Agriculture Center than in the center of the Capitol Rotunda, but that is where she will be Feb. 29, with other students giving research poster presentations in Pierre.
Engineering students lead 成人视频 to football title
Led by two academic All-Americans, 13 成人视频 student-athletes majoring in engineering had a role in leading South Dakota State University to its second straight Football Championship Subdivision national title Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas.
Faculty Research Spotlight: Phuong Nguyen
Construction may be among humanity's oldest industries, but there are still ways to deliver better, more efficient outcomes. That鈥檚 according to Phuong Nguyen, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.
NSF grant supporting this year鈥檚 Data Science Symposium
The sixth annual Data Science Symposium at South Dakota State University kicks off Feb. 5 with a new sponsor 鈥 the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Division of Mathematical Sciences. The independent agency of the federal government that is best known for funding faculty research also funds STEM education efforts.
Can dental plaque be used to strengthen soils?
In South Dakota, expansive and sulfate-rich soils can cause serious problems for civil infrastructure, like roads and bridges, and agriculture production. In certain climatic conditions, these expansive 鈥 or "problematic" 鈥 soils will crack and swell. A new National Science Foundation-backed project from South Dakota State University will explore if biofilms made from dental plaque can help improve the stability of problematic soils.
Second class of Future Innovators announced
Selections for the second class of Future Innovators of America Fellowships have been announced by the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering. Recipients are awarded $5,000 with $4,500 as a stipend and $500 to cover the cost of lab supplies or travel to disseminate the results of their project.