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  • 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.

  • SDSU’s Basu receives NSF CAREER award for breakthrough research in respiratory fluid dynamics

    Saikat Basu earns NSF's prestigious CAREER award for his work in fluid mechanics.

  • SDSU faculty recognized for excellence

    The annual South Dakota State University Celebration of Faculty Excellence recognized 30 faculty members, researchers and scientists Tuesday. The event honors faculty members in the university's colleges for outstanding research, teaching and service.

  • 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 to its second straight Football Championship Subdivision national title Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas.

  • Second class of Future Innovators announced

    Selections for the second class of Future Innovators of America Fellowships have been announced by the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering. Recipients are awarded $5,000 with $4,500 as a stipend and $500 to cover the cost of lab supplies or travel to disseminate the results of their project.