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title: Jackrabbit Engineering Connection - February 2023
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Welcome to Jackrabbit Engineering Connection - February 2023.

| View in browser February 2023 LEARN • BUILD • INNOVATE SOLVING TOMORROW'S CHALLENGES TODAY   Our Vision: Premier Land-Grant College in the Nation, Recognized for Academic Excellence, Accessibility, Industrial Partnerships and Community Engagement         Welcome to the Engineering Newsletter         Engineers Pave Way for National Football Title by: Dave Graves   The roster for the 2022 Football Championship Series national champs sports nine engineering majors, including game MVP Mark Gronkowski. The sophomore mechanical engineering major went 14 of 21 for 223 yards and three TDs while rushing for 58 yards on five carries, including a 51-yard TD. Student Spotlight         Ring The Bell Light Display by: Dave Graves   Bright lights have been shining on Brookings and SDSU since the Jackrabbits won the Football Championship Series national title Jan. 8. Some of those lights are the work of a freshman engineering student. SDSU Pride         Four Programs Gain Full Accreditation by: Dave Graves Four of the college’s key programs have received full reaccreditation from the ABET. The Next General Review for agricultural and biosystems engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering is scheduled for 2027-28. Dean Sanjeev Kumar received the final statement from ABET in mid-January. The ABET visit was in September 2021. Kumar said, “This recognition is a solid testimony of the excellent quality of all of our programs.” Civil, electrical and mechanical are the greybeards of accreditation, each dating back to 1936.Agriculture and biosystems has been accredited since 1961, when it was agriculture engineering. Kumar added, “Our established programs have a long history of accreditation. Gaining and maintaining accreditations for all our programs is important because it is the assurance that the programs offered by SDSU meet the quality standards for the profession. However, we continue to do more than what is minimum required for accreditation.” Accreditation       Doctoral Student Enlightened by work at National Renewable Energy Lab by: Dave Graves Sunil Subedi, a Ph.D. candidate at South Dakota State University, poses outside the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado after completing his seven-month internship. SDSU Candidate       2023 Data Science Symposium by: Dave Graves   The 2023 SDSU Data Science symposium will be hosted at the SDSU campus on February 6-7, 2023. The symposium included pre-conference workshops, oral presentations, poster presentations, and keynote addresses.     Data Science Symposium         Statistician Focuses on Health Data by: Abby Theisen Semhar Michael, an associate professor of statistics in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering has used her knowledge of numbers to research and hopefully reduce breast cancer rates in South Dakota. Research Spotlight       Upcoming Events   Data Science Conference                          February 6th & 7th Engineering Spring Career Fair                February 9th & 10th    Junior Day                                                   February 11th      Free Family Fun Day                                   February 11th President's Day- No Classes                        February 20th Engineering Week                                        February 20th - 24th Spring Break - No Classes                           March 13th - 17th Eastern SD Science & Engineering Fair   March 27th   Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, 1151 8th St, Brookings, SD 57007 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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