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  • SDSU 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 SDSU 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.

  • ‘Bridge camp’ 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’t 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’s offer on Aug. 14 and was at his new position Aug. 22 with classes beginning Aug. 26. “Indeed, it has been a whirlwind start, but I am thrilled to be a member of the Jackrabbit family,” 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’s 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

    “If you need something done, find a busy person and they’ll get it done.”
    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.

  • Students get behind the wheel at engineering camp

    Sixteen participants in Youth Engineering and Technology Career Exploration camp at South Dakota State University got a chance to test drive a Baja Buggy and Formula car built by State students as well as build robot cars and do other hands-on engineering activities and even play cricket with Sanjeev Kumar, dean of the Lohr College of Engineering.
    The annual program is designed to build understanding, interest and enthusiasm for engineering and technology as a career.
    Most of the high school students hailed from South Dakota and Minnesota, however, the camp also drew New York City resident Owen Roddy, whose grandparents live in the Flandreau area.
    Other activities during the July 7-12 program included watching the college’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge excavator operate at a local quarry, tour scoreboard giant Daktronics and compete in robot competitions.