Faculty Research Spotlight: Larry Leigh
Since 2019, Larry Leigh has been the director of South Dakota State University's Image Processing Lab, continuing a tradition of excellence that started with Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering Dennis Helder. But if things had gone according to plan, Leigh's life might be completely different.
Lohr College of Engineering announces 3 endowed positions
Three new endowed faculty positions have been announced by the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University. That brings to six the number of endowed positions in the college.
SDSU to improve electrical grids in rural communities
Through a four-year, $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, South Dakota State University will partner with universities from the far-corners of the United States to improve electrical grids with an emphasis on underserved, rural communities.
Retired SDSU employees provide funding for 50th, 51st endowed leadership positions
Two couples with more than a century of combined service to South Dakota State University have made financial commitments to push the university’s Bold & Blue comprehensive campaign past an important milestone. University and campaign officials established a goal to have commitments for 50 endowed positions by the end of Bold & Blue. At the campaign’s start in 2017, there were 13. That number has now grown to 51.
Break the Ice testing underway
SDSU was one of 15 groups nationwide selected as a finalist to grind and deliver 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of concrete daily for 15 consecutive days. A variety of cameras are continuously recording the operation so NASA can verify the work, which must be done autonomously.
Exploring science around the world
While the gold has been gone from the former Homestake Mine in Lead for many years, it still holds a treasure for current and would-be scientists. One of them is Connor Matthies, an incoming sophomore mechanical engineering and computer science double major at SDSU.
Garry honored by national engineering society
Byron Garry, an associate professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Construction and Operations Management, was honored by the American Society for Engineering Education as the "North Midwest Section Outstanding Campus Representative, 2023."