… Engineering students design IV practice sleeve for nursing students A four-man team of South Dakota State University mechanical engineering students has designed a wearable sleeve that … and allows nursing students the opportunity for repetitive practice with the ultimate goal of ensuring patient safety." Currently, the College of Nursing utilizes two different apparatuses to practice IV injections. One of the main issues with one of the apparatuses is its lack of blood flashback — when blood returns through the inserted catheter — which hurts … training, is smaller in size with readily available parts to reduce its cost and features easily replaceable "skin" and "veins." "We also wanted to make sure the design was sleek and comfortable for better realism," Lawrence said. The design was also quite affordable, especially in comparison to products currently on the market. While a direct competitor may sell …
… 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 … as well as most summers, except for a shadowing experience last summer. “I do enjoy going home.” Downes said she didn’t come to SDSU with preconceived expectations. “I came in very open minded. I was always told you have to be open minded, especially that first year because it is very hard.” Since then, she has made it a priority to help other international …
… SDSU advances in NASA contest as one of six finalists NASA has narrowed the field to six in its lunar soil excavating contest, and a team of students from South Dakota State University is among the group left in the hunt for a $1 million top prize. Conceived in 2020, the Break the Ice Lunar … were two earlier design and prototype phases in which SDSU advanced. In the latest stage, SDSU was one of 15 finalists invited to give their prototypes a 15-day test. Nine entities completed the 15-day durability testing, attempting to have their equipment excavate up to 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of soil daily for 15 consecutive days and then document their … added, “This achievement really says a lot about the tenacity of our students and the excellent opportunities available at SDSU.” He expects the head-to-head finals to be held in May 2024 in a NASA-designated facility in the South. NASA hasn’t released specifics. Reduced-gravity conditions for finals Mark Hilburger, a senior research engineer at NASA’s Langley …
… SDSU engineers dominate all-league swim team selections 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. Leading the list is senior Sianne Downes, a native of Edenvale, South Africa, who received her third honor after compiling a 3.85 grade-point average while studying mechanical engineering. Earning a repeat selection to the 17-member squad was junior Katie Pattee , who has maintained a perfect … student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale), completed at least one full academic year at the current institution and participated in 50 percent of their team's competitions. Nominations are made by athletic communications directors from the league's eight institutions that compete in swimming and diving. Jerome J. …
… SDSU team tabbed as NASA contest finalist What goes up must come down. That is the interesting dilemma for a group of South Dakota State University engineering students whose project has been selected as one of six finalists in a NASA … a 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) data recovery vault from a large balloon 120,000 feet in the stratosphere and safely steering that 3- by 4-inch box back to a designated landing spot undamaged. That’s what NASA is asking of the SDSU team and five other schools from around the nation. The National Institute of Aerospace, which manages the contest for NASA, said the … Adam Forman said. Two-stage navigation system planned Forman said Project Jack Drop is using a two-stage system. “Initially, we will use a drag chute (a smaller version of a standard parachute), and then at 60,000 feet we will switch to a parafoil, which will use autonomous guidance.” A parafoil is similar to a parachute except it behaves in flight more like an …
… a wearable intravenous sleeve designed by Dalton Anderson, Nathan Lawrence, Connor Gress, Jonah Coffel. Sponsored by the College of Nursing, the objective was to create a realistic apparatus for training student nurses to insert an IV. The product was required to provide a realistic flashback response upon successful catheter insertion, mimic human skin properties, withstand repeated use without degradation and incur minimal maintenance costs. Computer science majors (from left) Cole Masterson, Logan Gregg, Alex Hoy and Brady Van Overschelde built an app to control a robot arm and collect as much data as possible for … lab. A group of nine SDSU engineering students created a seed pod drone and dispenser for sponsor Jerry Natzel of Owatonna, Minnesota, who intends to put the final product design on open source through the internet. Nate Post, left, and Tyler Potts explain their sprayer trainer stand to a judge. The project, sponsored by lecturer Nic Ulik, is designed as a …
… Engineering students lead SDSU to football title Led by two academic All-Americans, 13 SDSU student-athletes majoring in engineering had a role in leading South Dakota State University … Directors Association Postgraduate Scholarship. Two student-athletes receive $5,000 awards. Gronowski, who has two years of athletic eligibility remaining, is slated to graduate in May with a degree in mechanical engineering. He holds a 3.71 GPA. The Naperville, Illinois, native passed for 175 yards and a touchdown and ran for 53 yards and a touchdown in leading … missing five of the undefeated squad’s 15 games. Sanjeev Kumar, dean of the Lohr College of Engineering, said, “We are truly proud of our student-athletes. What these young men have accomplished on the football field is amazing. Their dedication, determination and ability to deliver, even under tremendous pressure, is obvious when they are in the field. “However, …
… of respiratory pathogens and the fluid physics associated with inhaled transport along the human upper airway. "Some of the challenging problems will be on the vortex dynamics in such complex geometries and how it may impact pathogen transport inside our respiratory cavities," Basu explained. "We will develop sophisticated theoretical and computational fluid … transport of air and pathogens inside anatomically realistic human respiratory tracts. The flow physics findings will be linked to the biology of pathogens to model infection onset parameters, for example, the infectious dose of sample pathogens. We will verify the flow models through collaborative experiments conducted by Dr. Sunny Jung at Cornell University and … understanding of inhaled aerial transport of pathogen-bearing particulates across various spatiotemporal scales within realistic upper airway domains built from computed tomography imaging. The findings are expected to inform new multi-scale approaches for predicting the onset of respiratory diseases. "The work is anticipated to revolutionize our understanding of …
… 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. Finalists were grouped in four categories. SDSU was one of four universities chosen as finalists in the Lunar Surface Transporter Vehicle category along with Maryland, … screw and actuator. Letcher looks forward to next year “In addition, our prototype can be remotely controlled, just like the real ANTS system.” While the students have gone their separate ways, the prototype is being shipped back to campus and Letcher has plans to display it in the lobby of the Chicoine Architecture, Mathematics and Engineering Hall with the two …
… SDSU a NASA finalist … again! Engineering students develop design for crater-exploring rover Building on the tradition of past student entries in NASA contests, another group of South Dakota State University … nationwide that will be in Cocoa Beach, Florida, June 10-12. NASA selects finalists for four categories in its Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition. SDSU is competing in the large-scale lunar crater prospector category against Iowa State, Tulane, Maryland and Texas universities. SDSU’s 2023 RASC-AL team had the best … with judges and other contestants and visit Kennedy Space Center. Last year was just a terrific experience.” Ironically, because of school’s success in other NASA contests, Letcher may not be able to go. He has already committed to be in Huntsville, Alabama, for the finals of the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge on the exact same dates. SDSU is one of six finalists …