ANTS crew anxious to compete
ANTS, short for Artemis Navigating Transporter System, is one of 15 finalists in the 2023 RASC-AL competition, which is short for Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage. Five mechanical engineering majors and their adviser, associate professor Todd Letcher, built a lunar surface transporter vehicle. There were four different RASC-AL challenges this year, and SDSU was one of four finalists selected in the lunar vehicle contest.
Basu Lab awarded grant to continue work on fluid mechanics of cancer
The Basu Lab, housed in South Dakota State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering and headed by assistant professor Saikat Basu, has been named the recipient of a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study the fluid mechanics of transport in dense cancerous tumors.
SDSU celebrates patent, program that encourages innovation
South Dakota State University’s Rich Normality Design Collaborative (RNDC), a multiprogram collaboration at the university, celebrated a patent-signing event on campus April 19. The patent was issued in April 2022 for a connector device that promotes children’s building skills, and the event was used to highlight RNDC’s evolution at State and how the initiative helps build a pipeline of creative and innovative thinkers.
Freshman chosen for Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program
Connor Matthies, a freshman mechanical engineering/computer science double major from Hartford, is one of eight students selected statewide to be a Davis-Bahcall Scholar at the Sanford Underground Research Lab in Lead this summer.
Basu named recipient of the Lohr College of Engineering's Early Career Investigator of the Year award
In late March, Saikat Basu, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, received notice that he has been named the recipient of the Lohr College of Engineering's Early Career Investigator of the Year award.
Basu Lab applies fluid mechanics modeling to cancer research
While fluid mechanics is considered an engineering discipline, its applications stretch far and wide into a variety of research areas. Taking that cue, Saikat Basu, an assistant professor in the South Dakota State University Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his research team have applied fluid mechanics modeling to cancer research with their latest project.
Haarberg 3D Center announces pilot grant awards
South Dakota State University's Haarberg Center for Drug, Disease and Delivery, housed in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, has announced its second round of funding for research projects through the Haarberg 3D Center's Pilot Grant Program.