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Football Players in Engineering
Lead by two academic All-Americans, 13 SDSU student-athletes majoring in engineering had a role in leading South Dakota State University to its second straight Football Championship Subdivision national title Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas.
The 13 engineering students listed by their academic year are: • Adam Bock, graduate, linebacker, construction and operations management. • Bo Donald, senior, offensive lineman, construction and operations management. • Mark Gronowski, senior, quarterback, mechanical engineering. • Andrew Gustad, sophomore, linebacker, civil and environmental engineering. • Aaron Kusler, junior, linebacker, construction and operations management. • Mason McCormick, senior, offensive line, construction and operations mgmt. • Michael Morgan, senior, tight end, civil and environmental engineering. • Ian Mutchler, freshman, offensive line, computer science. • Joseph Neumann, freshman, tight end, mechanical engineering. • Joe Roll, sophomore, wide receiver, electrical engineering/computer science. • Davion Sterner, senior, linebacker, construction and operations management. • Davin Stoffel, freshman, tight end, mechanical engineering. • Ryan Van Marel, graduate, defensive tackle, construction and operations mgmt. • Nick Wells, sophomore, defensive end, construction and operations management
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 Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.
Nguyen is a new faculty member in the Department of Construction and Operations Management and, after moving to Brookings last August, has brought his unique research focus to the college. His work revolves around utilizing new developments in technology, like human performance sensors and artificial intelligence, to improve the efficiency and productivity of construction workers on job sites while also developing decision-making support systems and innovative project delivery and contracting methods.
The sixth annual Data Science Symposium at South Dakota State University kicks off Feb. 5 with a new sponsor — the National Science Foundation’s Division of Mathematical Sciences. The independent agency of the federal government that is best known for funding faculty research also funds STEM education efforts. With five years of attendance data, the local planning group decided to submit a science, technology, engineering and math funding proposal to the National Science Foundation to help offset the cost of attendance for college students, according to Semhar Michael, associate professor of statistics and committee chair.
Editor’s note: Jackrabbit in the Spotlight is a new feature in Engineering Connection that gives a glimpse at a successful undergraduate or graduate student in the Lohr College of Engineering.
Student researcher Magdalene “Maggie” Hoff is more comfortable working in the Food Processing and Extrusion Wet lab in Raven Precision Agriculture Center than in the center of the Capitol Rotunda, but that is where she will be Feb. 29.
Hoff, a senior agriculture and biosystems engineering major from Gillette, Wyoming, was one of two South Dakota State University students chosen to give research poster presentations in Pierre. The other is Kaitlyn Preszler, a natural resources management student. They will be joined by students from each of the other South Dakota Board of Regents institutions.
