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Congested roads, highways and interstates are a frustrating result of traffic incidents that can cause longer-than-expected travel times for motorists.

What goes up must come down. That is the interesting dilemma for a group of ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ engineering students whose project has been selected as one of six finalists in a NASA competition.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s remote sensing program has been ranked as one of the top academic programs in the world by the Shanghai Ranking’s 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s program, housed in the Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence, Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences, came in at 22nd in the world and the fifth-best program in the United States. It trails only the University of Maryland, College Park; California Institute of Technology, Boston University and Mississippi State University.

Each year, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is responsible for inspecting roughly 1,000 bridges throughout the state.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions’ 3D Center now has a new namesake—the Haarberg Center for Drug, Disease and Delivery Research, thanks to a transformational $1.1 million gift from Kevin and Lorie Haarberg.

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.