Building a seed-planting drone on a tight budget
Johnny Appleseed became an American legion in the first half of the 19th century for his apple tree-planting endeavors. In the first half of the 21st century, a group of nine SDSU engineering students are hoping to make tree planting a viable high-tech operation anywhere in the world.
They form a senior design team that is creating a seed pod drone and dispenser that is sponsored by Jerry Natzel of Owatonna, Minnesota.Pi Day 2024
Please provide a story summary.“Beauty is in the Pi of the Beholder" reads the T-shirt of Elizabeth Elsen, a sophomore math and data science major from Yankton. Elsen submitted the winning entry for this year's shirt design. She poses by a quilt made of former Pi Day shirts. Because SDSU was on spring break for actual Pi Day on March 14, the event was observed by the Math Club on March 19.
Robotics club builds autonomous sprayer
Connoisseurs say a good wine can’t be rushed. Perhaps the same could be said about a good autonomous vineyard sprayer.
Since spring 2022, the SDSU Robotics Club has been working on a project for alum Jerry Natzel of Owatonna, Minnesota, to build an autonomous sprayer for his vineyard. The project’s history predates that. But by late April, the club hopes to have all the bugs worked out of this bug-spraying machine.SDSU engineers dominate all-league swim team selections
Please provide a story summary.Five members of the South Dakota State swim team were honored as 2023-24 Summit League Academic All-League members—all are from the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.
South African swimmer calls SDSU experience ‘awesome’
Five years ago, Sianne Downes didn’t even know SDSU existed. Now she is about to get her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and plans to come back for another year of classes and swimming.
“I don’t think I could have expected at all what I have experienced and achieved,” said Downes, who hails from Edenvale, South Africa, and is headed to the graduation stage with a 3.85 GPA, school and pool records in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke, and plans for a trip to the national Formula car competition at Michigan International Speedway.Jazz festival to feature Accent concert
The South Dakota State University/Brookings Optimist Jazz Festival will host internationally acclaimed a cappella singing group Accent in a concert set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.
In-state tuition for Minnesota residents makes SDSU best value among peer institutions
When the South Dakota Board of Regents extended the South Dakota Advantage tuition rate to Minnesota residents in December 2023, it made SDSU the best value for Minnesota residents among its peer institutions in Minnesota. South Dakota Advantage will offer in-state tuition to Minnesota residents enrolling as new students at SDSU starting summer 2024.