Srinivas Janaswamy, associate professor of food chemistry, has demonstrated how banana peels can be utilized to create biodegradable films — plastic-like material that will decompose in the environment and may one day replace petroleum-based plastic as the dominant food packaging material.
In a project led by lecturer of landscape architecture Jeremiah Bergstrom, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's School of Design has developed a first of its kind guide for creating flood-resilient landscapes. The guide, which was developed in partnership with faculty at Rutgers University, is aimed at helping community officials and leaders turn vacant, flood-prone properties into usable community assets.
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help preserve and maintain South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã's infrastructure.
Construction may be among humanity's oldest industries, but there are still ways to deliver better, more efficient outcomes. That’s according to Phuong Nguyen, an assistant professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.
Last fall, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Journal of Undergraduate Research returned to publication for the first time since 2019. The 18th volume features original scholarly research from four different SDSU students or student groups from physics, food science and mechanical engineering.
Political scientists in the School of American and Global Studies at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University have gathered opinions from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã electorate on abortion access and recreational marijuana.
In South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã, expansive and sulfate-rich soils can cause serious problems for civil infrastructure, like roads and bridges, and agriculture production. In certain climatic conditions, these expansive — or "problematic" — soils will crack and swell. A new National Science Foundation-backed project from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University will explore if biofilms made from dental plaque can help improve the stability of problematic soils.
Saikat Basu, assistant professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, traveled to the 76th annual American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting in Washington, D.C., this past November. A group of graduate assistants who conduct research in his lab — the Basu Lab — accompanied him on the trip.
In 2022, fertilizer prices reached an all-time high. In a new study, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University researchers explored how farmers in the Upper Midwest are dealing with the increased costs.
