January 2025 Research Report:

• Discovery and development: SDSU researchers battle back against turkey virus
• Watch: Tissue Engineering: Solaiman Tarafder, assistant professor in South Dakota 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. 
• Why is federated learning important for 5G networks?: Jun Huang, assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to alleviate network efficiency and data privacy concerns related to wireless communications networks. 
• SDSU landscape architecture program partners with Brookings School District: Three members of the South Dakota State University School of Design have completed a collaborative project with the Brookings School District.

December 2024 Research Report

• Engineering the flow: SDSU models liquid argon inside DUNE: For nearly ten years, SDSU researchers Greg Michna and Stephen Gent have studied liquid argon flow in tanks to detect neutrinos, supporting the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) project under South Dakota’s Black Hills.
• Ge recieves NIH funding for bioinformatics tool: SDSU professor Xijin Ge received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance ShinyGO, a widely used bioinformatics website for analyzing genomics data.
• Watch: Quality Child Care in South Dakota: South Dakota State University, in conjunction with the Child and Family Resource Network, received a Child Care Quality Improvement grant from the South Dakota Department of Social Services to work on a Quality Recognition and Information System (QRIS).
• SDSU student visits SURF as part of Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program: South Dakota State University freshman Mackenzie Hollenbeck got a unique opportunity to visit the Sanford Underground Research Facility, home to laboratories a mile underground, as part of the Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program this summer. 
• New equipment sets SDSU medical lab program apart from peers: South Dakota State University's medical laboratory science program received 28 microscopes and an innovative slide scanner as part of a $750,000 award from the South Dakota Department of Health.
• StrengthenHER program to reduce risk of muscle loss: Lee Weidauer, associate professor in South Dakota State University's School of Health and Human Sciences, has received a $1,091,218 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an exercise and nutrition program to reduce the risk of sarcopenia.

August Research Report

• Two SDSU faculty members receive prestigious NSF grants
• Watch: Byproducts to bioplastics 
• SDSU tapped to lead NSF-backed, $7 million project to pioneer a new nitrogen bioeconomy era in South Dakota
• Soil, salt and ceramics 
• SDSU researchers to improve heat tolerance in wheat crops 
• SDSU researcher examines food insecurity