… Wehbe named interim head of Construction and Operations Management Nadim Wehbe Nadim Wehbe, who has served as head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since May 2014, will have an additional title for the start of the coming school year. With the departure of Sayed Ahmed for Mississippi State, Wehbe will serve as interim head of the Department of Construction and Operations Management, which is home …
… and director of the School of Design, and Elizabeth Tofte, assistant professor of landscape architecture—and nine students traveled to Joplin, Missouri, to take on a significant community visioning project that could bring a dilapidated train station back to life. A brownfield site Built in the early 20th century, the Joplin Union Train Depot operated for … an assistant professor in the School of Design, and Huili Wang, an instructor of interior design, were also involved with this project. The research team was asked to generate images and design plans for what a revitalized Joplin Union Train Depot would look like. The first step was working with community members to understand the needs of Joplin and the … plans. A key need from the community was to ensure the building retains its historical fabric. That can be seen in the redesign plans of the stairs, where the students chose to open up the walls while refurbishing the historical stair rail and including remnants of the historic terrazzo flooring. Upstairs, an open floor plan allows patrons to view the …
… and is named after the professor who taught hundreds of power systems graduates in his 38 years (1957-95) on campus. Steve Hietpas, a professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and coordinator of the Center for Power Systems Studies, said, “The CPSS and its members continue to make significant impacts in our region and abroad in … Robert Schulte earned his electrical engineering degree, he spent four years in the Air Force as a communications/electronics officer and 16 years with Northern States Power before opening his own consulting business, Schulte Associates, in 1995. During his 28 years as a consultant, Robert Schulte has written integrated resource plans, worked on project … to his leadership in the power industry, Schulte also has recently served on the SDSU Foundation Council of Trustees. His daughter, Nikki Brower, is lead designer for The Brookings Register , and his daughter, Melissa Schulte, is an advertising strategist for the HenkinSchultz ad firm in Sioux Falls. The Schulte family was SDSU Family of the Year for 2023. The …
… invasive carp (formerly known as Asian carp) have made their way into the James River, the Big Sioux River and the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam. Physical barriers are keeping "America's most unwanted fish" from swimming farther up the Missouri River — and South Dakota officials and researchers are eager to keep it that way. While flooding poses a … to circumvent these physical barriers , human-mediated introductions — such as the release of juvenile carp via live bait — are a similar pathway of concern. "Juvenile invasive fish may be inadvertently released by anglers, resulting in potential negative ecological, economic and social impacts," said Hannah Mulligan , a graduate research assistant in South Dakota … trade in the Missouri River basin. Through environmental DNA monitoring, Mulligan found that bigheaded carp — a catch-all term for silver and bighead carp — DNA had been present in commercial bait shops throughout the region. "The live bait trade represents a potential human-mediated, weak-link pathway for invasions," Mulligan said. Mulligan and her colleagues …
… SDSU Connect brings higher education and the Sioux Falls community together Started as the Sioux Falls Academy in July 2021, SDSU Connect creates meaningful connections to individuals, organizations … developed a number of different events, including sponsoring five concerts hosted at the Levitt at the Falls summer series, several films shown at the State Theatre, events at Jack's Imagination Lab on First Fridays at the Washington Pavilion and a day of science fun at the Brandon Boys & Girls Club. All eight SDSU colleges were involved in hosting Sioux Falls …
… Society in Las Vegas. It is an international gathering with more than 10,000 participants. Their research on Heusler alloys was undertaken at the direction of associate professor Parashu Kharel, who has National Science Foundation funding for the work. The purpose of the work is to find an alloy that will require less battery power for electronic devices such as computers and phones. The students synthesized and tested different alloys in the Kharel’s physics materials and nanoscience lab in Crothers Engineering Hall. Testing didn’t produce … at a nuclear power plant, a hospital or in the space program. Baker is also planning to graduate in May 2024. This summer he plans to continue his research on spintronic and permanent magnet materials under Kharel. His 10-weeks summer research will be partially supported by funds from the National Science Foundation and by NASA EPSCoR. He said was influenced to …
… Reynolds, friends to present chamber music faculty recital David Reynolds The South Dakota State University School of Performing Arts presents David Reynolds and Friends in a chamber music faculty recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall. The … and the Wolf,” a time-honored masterpiece that Prokofiev himself described as “a symphonic fairy tale for children.” “I chose a Sunday afternoon for this performance thinking there may be families with children who might want to attend but could not if we performed on a weeknight,” said Reynolds, director of the School of Performing Arts and professor of high …
… SDSU Theatre and Dance to open season of discovery with Disney’s ‘Newsies’ Stop the presses! South Dakota State University Theatre and Dance will kick off its 2023-24 season with the musical “Newsies.” This … Dead Woman” by Chelsea Sutton – Thursday, Nov. 16 – Fishback Studio Theatre. A dead woman is lying in the garbage outside a convenience store as time expands and the past and future become intertwined in the dead woman’s blood. “Snowblind” by Laura King – Friday, Nov. 17 – Fishback Studio Theatre. As a snowstorm builds outside, a group of recovering addicts at a … through the development of original choreography, work with the dance ensemble director to develop work that communicates with intention and purpose. Choreographers are free to imagine how the theme “vantage points” inspires dance composition and provides opportunity for creativity and intellectual discourse. Artists will explore how perspective alters …
… Eden Hodgins, a music studies and Spanish education major at South Dakota State University, will present her junior recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the SDSU campus. The Sioux Falls native plays the horn, and her primary instructor is Daniel Kitchens. Hodgins will perform works by composers Alan Abbott, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Basler, Johann Sebastian Bach and Dante Yenque. She will be accompanied by Xuan Kuang on piano and fellow members of the SDSU Brass Quintet, including Caroline Reyner and Mason LeMaster on trumpet, Jackson Bellis on trombone and Austin Teas on bass trombone. The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the SDSU School of Performing Arts at 605-688-5187. School of Performing Arts Performing Arts Center College of Arts, …
… Hagen joins SDSU’s Office of Disability Services Dan Hagen Dan Hagen has joined South Dakota State University’s Office of Disability Services as an accommodations specialist. “Dan’s unique combination of teaching, technology, collaboration skills and vast experience within higher education and K-12 will be a tremendous asset to serving students who access the Office of Disability Services,” Director of Multicultural Affairs and Accessibility Shelly Bayer said. Hagen began his new role May 31. His office is within the Multicultural Center in the upper level of the University Student Union, room 271. Most recently, Hagen was an accommodation coordinator at Normandale …