South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University assistant professor à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Witzel has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how daily stressors and emotional reactions contribute to long-term inflammation and other related health issues.
Akram Jawdhari, assistant professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has earned a prestigious award from the American Concrete Institute to study the use of fiber reinforced cementitious matrix.
Retired NorthWestern Energy general manager Mike Sydow has been awarded the 2024 Wayne E. Knabach Excellence in Power à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã.
The award is given by the Center for Power Systems Studies, a group of utilities and electrical firms that work with the electrical engineering department at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University to promote the industry through and to students and faculty. The Knabach à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã is a lifetime achievement award named for a longtime electrical engineering professor.
Sydow, a 1978 electrical engineering graduate from SDSU who spent his entire career with NorthWestern Energy, received the award at the center’s annual banquet Sept. 30.
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University recently paid tribute to the university’s newest endowment holders. The third annual University Leadership Honors investiture ceremony — honoring six holders of endowed positions across three different colleges and SDSU Athletics — was held Sept. 19 in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.
A new project from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering is developing a bioadhesive that has the potential to significantly improve meniscus tear repair outcomes while also speeding up the healing process.
Faculty and recent graduates from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions published six manuscripts over the summer months.
A collaborative project from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Mines and Oglala Lakota College will develop novel algorithms needed for soil moisture mapping — an essential tool for helping farmers with their agricultural management decisions.
Saikat Basu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has received a supplemental National Science Foundation grant to establish a new collaboration Simon Jochems, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
A study conducted by Vention, a global software development firm, ranked South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University’s computer science program at No. 9 in the nation in high-paying employment in artificial intelligence following graduation.
