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REU Program
by: Addison DeHaven
A new cohort of eager student researchers have descended on South Dakota State University's campus for another session of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.
Lecturer Bill Alsaker, Professor Xijin Ge and the students from Data Science Camp. The four-day camp attracted 18 high school students, mostly from eastern South Dakota, but there also was one student each from California, Arkansas and Missouri who discovered the camp through an online search. They learned R programming and Excel as well as how to write code with ChatGPT and how to analyze data using Excel. They then used those skills to create their own project, such as creating a game with the code written by ChatGPT. Classes were held in the computer lab at Solberg Hall, but students also toured McCrory Gardens, climbed the Campanile and went to the movies.
2023 JEC Council Members
by: Dave Graves
The 2023-24 officers of the Joint Engineering Council are, front row, from left, Cherish Stern, president, and Hailey Gruber, vice president for marketing; back row, Jalen DeJong, vice president for administration, Connor Matthies, secretary, and Brock Aleshire, treasurer. Stern is a junior mechanical engineering major from Brookings. Gruber is a junior mechanical engineering major from Richmond, Minnesota. DeJong is a junior civil engineering major from Edgerton, Minnesota. Matthies is a sophomore mechanical engineering/computer science double major from Hartford. Aleshire is a senior construction management major from Mound, Minnesota. There are 26 clubs and organizations affiliated with the college that are in Joint Engineering Council. Each club has a representative at every meeting, which generally draws about 75 people. The council helps at the fall and spring career fairs as well as organizing various informational programs.
Wehbe Named Interim Head of Construction and Operation Management
by: Dave Graves
Nadim Wehbe, who has served as head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since May 2014, will have an additional duties. Wehbe will serve as interim head of the Department of Construction and Operations Management, which is home to four bachelor’s programs, two associate programs, two master’s programs and five minors.
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