Rachel Short and Gazala Ameen, two assistant professors in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, have each received one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious grants for early career faculty to pursue biology research projects.
A team of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University researchers — led by professor Wanlong Li — have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to modify the genetic code of wheat plants to make them more tolerant to heat stress.
Sen Subramanian, associate dean for research in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's College of Natural Sciences, is serving as interim dean of the college.
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering hosted industry professionals, higher education leaders, researchers and policymakers at the 2024 IEEE-USA IWRC à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs to bridge the gap between research and commercially viable products in light of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University has been tapped by the National Science Foundation to lead a statewide project that will build research capacity focused on biological nitrogen fixation and its applications in sustainable agriculture and industry.
Competing against the best and the brightest, a South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University engineering team finished third overall in a NASA contest and again was awarded for building the best prototype. The SDSU students were one of 14 teams selected from 75 higher education entries to compete in the finals of the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition June 10-12 in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
The medical laboratory science program at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University has received a $750,000 award from the Association of Public Health Laboratories to promote the medical laboratory profession in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã.
New research from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics — led by Adam Hoppe — aims to better understand one of the immune system's key tools in eliminating cancerous cells, macrophages.
A four-man team of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University mechanical engineering students has designed a wearable sleeve that will allow aspiring nurses to practice intravenous (IV) injections.
Leaders from industry, academia and government are being invited to a one-day conference June 11 in Sioux Falls focusing on expanding the computer chip manufacturing workforce in the United States and enhancing existing South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã’s innovation systems.
