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Is AI helping small-scale farming operations?

Artificial intelligence tools can be found in nearly every sector of society and are quickly becoming this century's great technological advancement. In the agriculture sector, large-scale farming operations are utilizing AI to increase profitability, reduce environmental impacts and promote sustainable practices.

Butzin earns NSF CAREER award

Nicholas Butzin, assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Biology and Microbiology, has been awarded a five-year, $1.3 million grant through the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program. ...

Restoring the river otter

In the late 1990s, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe reintroduced approximately 35 river otters into the Big Sioux River. Otters, which at one time could be found throughout the Upper Midwest, had become nearly extinct in South Dakota due to habitat loss, pollution and unregulated harvest. Following a successful reintroduction, the otters began to repopulate the rivers of eastern South Dakota.

Searching for solutions to America's infrastructure problem

Infrastructure—like roads, bridges, dams and airports—form the backbone of society and are essential to economic development. In 2021, the United States earned a "C-" grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers for its infrastructure. One of America's most critical sectors—roadways—earned a "D." It was a troubling sign that the country's key lifeline is crumbling.

SDSU researchers investigating conservation solutions for pinyon jays

A bird that once flourished throughout the Western United States is falling victim to population decline. Two South Dakota State University researchers are currently working on a project to identify what conservation efforts are needed to preserve this iconic blue bird of the West. ...

South Dakota State recognizes student work at URSCAD

South Dakota State University held its annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Day April 20 in the University Student Union’s Volstorff Ballroom. In addition to selecting top student performances, the university announced the recipients of the Schultz-Werth Awards and the Joseph F. Nelson Undergraduate Research Mentorships. URSCAD is organized by SDSU’s Van D.

Solving a music mystery

History remembers Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as two of the greatest classical composers of all time—and rightfully so. However, another composer from their time period was equally regarded, and many scholars believe his name—Johann Nepomuk Hummel—should hold the same historical weight as Beethoven and Mozart. ...

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. ...

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.

Willand-Charnley to investigate ways to reverse role of sialic acid to improve cancer treatment

Rachel Willand-Charnley, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has received a $100,000 grant to treat colon cancer cells with a glycan therapeutic they developed, targeted at reversing cancer’s ability to thwart immune mediated cytotoxicity via simple sugar residues.