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�ձ�av��Ƶ's Wokini Initiative has announced the projects and awardees for the 2026 Challenge Grant.

Shabbir Ahmed, assistant professor in �ձ�av��Ƶ’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, is conducting unique research to better understand a technological invention that has defined the 21st century: lithium-ion batteries.

A group of South Dakota high school students were provided unique learning opportunities in transportation and engineering on �ձ�av��Ƶ's campus earlier this summer.

A young group of mechanical engineering students delivered a “wow” factor to judges at a NASA contest and came home with the best prototype award. �ձ�av��Ƶ’s NOVA team was one of two �ձ�av��Ƶ entries selected to compete in Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL), an annual contest sponsored by NASA and administered by the National Institute of Aerospace for undergraduate and graduate students.

�ձ�av��Ƶ graduate student Michael Worfa is researching solutions to reduce nitrogen mustard toxicity.

Researchers in �ձ�av��Ƶ's Department of Dairy and Food Science are developing an innovative solution to defeat listeria and other foodborne pathogens.

Four mechanical engineering students from �ձ�av��Ƶ found a way to make drones more useful for farmers and won a prestigious NASA contest in the process.  The first-place �ձ�av��Ƶ team was one of eight finalists in NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies contest, which this year had a theme of AgAir: Aviation Solutions for Agriculture.

Brittany Brennan, assistant professor in �ձ�av��Ƶ's College of Nursing, will use her research grant to investigate how prebriefing for computer-based simulation impacts mental workload and student outcomes in nursing education.

�ձ�av��Ƶ faculty members are fighting back against the state's most challenging invasive species.

How �ձ�av��Ƶ's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory plays a critical role in keeping South Dakota's food supply safe.