Faculty members attend I-Corps conference
Two faculty members in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering attended the National Science Foundation's National Innovation Network Conference in mid-August. The conference, which served as a collaborating and networking opportunity for representatives of NSF's Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, was held in Washington D.C.
Doom participates in Air Force summer fellowship
For the third time in as many years, mechanical engineering faculty member Jeffrey Doom was selected for the Summer Faculty Fellowship Program through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Basu invited to White House
The White House welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi among those in attendance was none other than South Dakota State University's Saikat Basu, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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.
SDSU engineering students win national NASA contest
South Dakota State University engineering students used down-to-earth knowledge to design an out-of-this-world lunar transport vehicle which won them a NASA-sponsored contest. The SDSU team was one of 15 teams selected as a finalist in NASA’S Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition.
Project Jack Drop: Turning a great idea into a workable product
Project Jack Drop is tethering its hopes in a NASA contest to a helium-filled balloon in a remote South Dakota field. The project is one of three entries submitted by SDSU teams that have advanced to the finals of three different NASA contests.