Offroad continues to improve in Baja SAE contest
The SDSU entry in Baja SAE continues to score more points in the annual contest overseen by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
This year at Baja SAE Williamsport hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology at Montgomery, the team earned 360.95 points and placed 47th overall out of 110 college teams (57th percentile) from the United States, Brazil and Canada from May 15-19.
Last year the team ranked 49th out of 86 teams (43rd percentile) with 311 points.Jackrabbit in the spotlight—Allea Klauenberg / A story of trials, triumphs and determination
Allea Klauenberg long thought her career would be in engineering. As a child growing up on an acreage near Ogden, Iowa, 30 miles west of Ames, she played with Tinkertoys and Legos, not Barbies.
“I always knew I wanted to do engineering. I just didn’t know the focus,” Klauenberg, who choose mechanical because she was told it was the broadest field of engineering. So broad, it could take her into the field of aerospace and give her an opportunity to be a leader in South Dakota State University’s Space Trajectory project.SDSU tapped to lead NSF-backed, $7 million project to pioneer a new nitrogen bioeconomy era in South Dakota
South Dakota State University has been tapped by the National Science Foundation to lead a statewide project that will build research capacity focused on biological nitrogen fixation and its applications in sustainable agriculture and industry.
SDSU to host Speech Communication Association conference
The Speech Communication Association of South Dakota will hold its annual conference on South Dakota State University’s campus July 24-25.
Kelso named a 2024 Udall Scholar
Dallas Kelso was named a Udall Scholar in tribal public policy earlier this spring.
The price is wrong: SDSU researchers explore farmers' interests in carbon markets
Carbon programs in the region will pay farmers to adopt "climate-smart" farming techniques — like no or reduced tillage, cover crops and nutrient management — but recent studies have found that only a small percentage of eligible farmers choose to enroll in these programs. A new study from SDSU's Ness School of Management and Economics — led by associate professors Tong Wang and Hailong Jin — examines the barriers to enrolling in these carbon programs.
South Dakota Art Museum to host reception for glass corn exhibit
The South Dakota Art Museum at South Dakota State University will celebrate the immersive exhibition of huge blown glass ears of corn, “Primordial Shift: The Art of Michael Meilahn,” with a free public reception and panel discussion from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 27.