… 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 Foundation celebrates seventh annual One Day for STATE giving challenge Thursday Jackrabbit spirit for South Dakota State University shattered records and transformed lives after last year’s historically successful giving day, and it will … thousands of donors raised more than $2.4 million in donations during One Day for STATE, stemming from 6,825 gifts overall. This year, the foundation is rallying the yellow and blue community to once again unite 5,000 donors in just 24 hours. Donors may choose which area of campus their gift can impact, ranging from scholarships, student travel, faculty support, colleges of choice and a variety of academic and co-curricular …
… Faculty Research Spotlight: Phuong Nguyen Construction may be among humanity's oldest industries, but there are still ways to deliver better, more efficient outcomes. That’s according to Phuong Nguyen , an assistant professor in South …
… Sunlight, titanium dioxide remove harmful compounds from wastewater Wastewater treatment plants use disinfectants, such as chlorine, to kill harmful microorganisms before releasing their effluent water into rivers and streams. However, these disinfectants can also react with organic matter in the water, forming byproducts that can cause cancer and other … is needed to apply this technology for wastewater treatment. Abusallout envisions a continuous flow system using clear tubing, with the length determined based on removal time, but an open storage area might also work. He is also testing another process that uses sunlight along with hydrogen peroxide. Once he determines which process is most effective at removing …
… Artificial intelligence utilized for SDSU prof’s social media research The use of artificial intelligence in everyday life is on the rise. Between voice assistants, search engines, spell check and even financial fraud detection, AI is becoming something that humans rely upon every single day. Kaiqun Fu, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has been using AI … Fu and Bai wanted to gather data and learn what people were talking about in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We want to know what people are talking about because people may post about COVID on Twitter," Fu said. "In one minute, there might be thousands of posts, which is a good chunk of data but far too large of a size. We cannot just highlight the …
… SDSU researcher receives NSF grant to study disinfection byproducts in drinking water In the early 20th century, water treatment facilities throughout the U.S. began using chlorine to disinfect their water supplies. This treatment process greatly reduced … to be an effective treatment method, an unintended consequence has been the formation of disinfection byproducts, which occur when chlorine reacts with naturally occurring organic compounds that are found in water resources. A new collaborative project from SDSU and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will study these byproducts while also developing a … of developing cancer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that "humans exposed to unusually large amounts of some (disinfection byproducts) could experience liver damage and decreased nervous system activity." To combat these risks, the EPA introduced containment measures and rules to lower the amount of trihalomethane allowed in drinking water. …
… 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 …
… Software Engineering Minor George Hamer Minor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Brookings Main Campus Computer Science Minor Informatics Minor … Learn to design, manage, and test large-scale software for realistic applications. This minor provides both depth and breadth in software engineering. The minor is open to any major but may be of particularly high interest for students majoring in computer science, electrical engineering or mechanical engineering. The minor includes foundational …