March 2024

LEARN • BUILD • INNOVATE

SOLVING TOMORROW'S CHALLENGES TODAY

Our Vision: Premier Engineering College in the Nation, Recognized for Academic Excellence, Accessibility, Industrial Partnerships and Community Engagement

Faculty Excellence Awards

The annual South Dakota State University Celebration of Faculty Excellence recognized 30 faculty members, researchers and scientists. The event honors faculty members in the university's colleges for outstanding research, teaching and service. 

Faculty Spotlight: Chulwoo Pack

Dr. Chulwoo Pack, who graduated from SDSU in 2017 with a master's in computer science, previously developed a computer-aided diagnosis system that generates data on mammogram images to support practitioners in the early detection of breast cancer. Expanding on this experience, he applied deep learning models to the domain of document images. He worked on segmenting and clustering historical newspapers and images for the Chronicling America repository. The Library of Congress asked Pack to come to Washington where he helped staff generate "enriched metadata" from the documents using computational image analysis tools and various deep learning models. The metadata could be used by researchers and historians to improve discoverability and searchability.

Now, as an assistant professor in SDSU's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, Pack continues his research to develop image analysis tools through deep learning, computer vision and reasoning.

2024 Spring Career Fair

The College of Engineering held its annual 2024 Spring Fair on February 14 and 15. With 513 students and 184 recruiters in attendance, successful connections for internships and employment between the parties were made, despite weather-related obstacles. 

Recruiter Tours Offered

During the Career Fair

Recruiters for the Spring Career Fair were given the opportunity to register for a College of Engineering Tour. We were pleased to see several companies taking advantage of the opportunity. 

Jackrabbit Spotlight: Grant Sternhagen

How can marching band members learn the band's formations and their own individual movements more easily?

This was the basic question that Grant Sternhagen, a junior in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, asked. The answer has led to a long-term development project that could allow marching band members to learn their spots and moves on a field by following along on their phones through an inexpensive app.

Upcoming Events

March 8th                                         Jackrabbit Preview Day

March 9th                                        SDSU Space Design 

March 11th - 15th                             Spring Break

March 22nd                                      Jackrabbit Preview Day

April 5th                                            Jackrabbit Preview Day

April 12th                                          Jackrabbit Preview Day 

April 19th                                          Jackrabbit Preview Day

April 22nd                                          Dean's Advisory Meet & Mingle

April 23rd                                           Dean's Advisory Council Meeting

                                                          Engineering Expo

                                                          Jackrabbits Engineering Day

                                                          Engineering Annual Banquet

April 26th                                           Jackrabbit Preview Day

April 29th - May 3rd                           Finals Week

May 4th                                              Graduation

                                                          Order of the Engineer

2024 Summer Camps 

Team+s 

TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) is an annual science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) competition that challenges middle school and high school student teams to work collaboratively to solve real-world engineering challenges, applying their math and science knowledge in practical, creative ways.  

The 2024 TEAMS competition took place between February 1 and March 1, 2024.  Teams of two to four students compete in person on competition day for state awards. 

Jerome J Lohr College of Engineering, one of the host sights, held the Team+s competition on February 21. The student competition is a one-day event and includes the following three-parts:

• Design/Build—Teams design and build a solution to an engineering challenge.
• Multiple Choice—Teams use math and science skills to solve real-world engineering challenges.
• Essay—Teams research and write an in-depth essay submitted electronically.