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ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ researcher Srinivas Janaswamy has demonstrated how switchgrass can be utilized to create bioplastics.

Can artificial intelligence tools help predict stock price movement and volatility? Two ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ researchers believe so.

After nearly two years of construction, the POET Bioproducts Center has officially opened its doors to the region's leading bioprocessing scientists. The new laboratory, located in the Research Park at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ, will bring researchers from ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ and South Dakota Mines together with industry partners to scale up innovative biotechnologies and varying South Dakota's economy.

Farmers across the United States will be able to monitor their crops in real time, thanks to a novel algorithm from researchers in ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ's Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ's world-renowned Image Processing Lab was recognized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the 2022 Robert H. Goddard Awards, held earlier this year.

Through a nearly $100,000 grant, the National Science Foundation has positioned ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ to help improve the nation's research enterprise. One of the NSF’s primary goals is to increase the United States' ability to conduct high-quality, impactful research.

Over the past two decades, the United States has been importing more and more avocados each year, underlining a growing obsession with the nutrient-dense fruit. Simultaneously, the U.S. and the rest of the world have been dealing with a growing environmental crisis spurred on by an overreliance on plastic. Could avocados — specifically avocado peels — provide a potential solution?

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ 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 ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ team was one of 15 teams selected as a finalist in NASA’S Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition.

Deirdre Cross is a Human Biology major at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ, also pursuing minors in Chemistry and Health Education. She is on a Pre-Physician’s Assistant track, with plans to become a PA after graduation. In addition to pursuing her major, two minors, and being an Honors student, Cross has also earned a Phlebotomy Certificate.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ's Haarberg Center for Drug, Disease and Delivery, housed in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, has announced its second round of funding for research projects through the Haarberg 3D Center's Pilot Grant Program.