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Each fall—prior to the start of preseason training camp—members of the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ football team make the trek to Wagner Hall to gather key information about the current makeup of their bodies. Led by Seth Daughters, an instructor in the exercise science program, student-athletes will get parameters on their body fat percentage, lean muscle and fat free mass. This information will help guide the student-athletes in their individualized strength and conditioning plans throughout the season. 

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ accounts for 45% of the overall economic impact of public higher education in South Dakota, according to a study recently released by the South Dakota Board of Regents using FY19 data. The six degree-granting regental institutions and the BOR office produce an annual economic impact of $2.1 billion, while sustaining more than 12,000 jobs.

Research helps ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ senior refine career path. When Sioux Falls native Zachary Lehmann came to ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ, he set his sights on becoming a medical physicist.

A new laboratory will bring researchers from ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ and South Dakota Mines together with industry partners to transition bench-scale bioprocessing and bioproducts research to the marketplace.

Assistant professor Anamika Prasad is the first mechanical engineering faculty member to receive the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award.

Assistant professor Yue Zhou of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is leading a three-year, nearly $450,000 National Science Foundation project to determine how lithium metal improves battery performance.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering will soon offer a bachelor’s degree in concrete industry management. The degree announcement comes after the CIM National Steering Committee and the North Central Region patrons selected ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ after an approximate six-month selection process.

Tonkoski, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, began teaching at State in 2012 after earning his doctorate in electrical engineering from Concordia University in Montreal late 2011. His bachelor’s and master’s degrees were earned in his native Brazil.

When COVID-19 had Nicole Carlson quarantined at her Sioux Falls home, the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ nursing instructor didn’t have to miss watching her students perform basic skills in the college’s simulation lab in Brookings. Thanks to a telepresence robot purchased through funding from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, Carlson was right there with the students.

Professor Padu Krishnan of ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s Department of Dairy and Food Science received the 2020 Edith A. Christensen Award for Outstanding Contributions in Analytical Methodology from the Cereals & Grains Association. He is the first ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ faculty member to get the award, which recognizes the central role analytical methods play in cereal and grain research.