Basu, team draw inspiration from pigs to design novel air filters technologies 

Since the beginning of human creative activity, nature has served as a source of inspiration. That continues to be true for Saikat Basu, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, who took inspiration from a pig's snout to investigate ways to improve air filtration. 

Fossil records can help with future conservation efforts

Using the past to predict the future can potentially help researchers with animal conservation efforts, explains Rachel Short, an assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resource Management at South Dakota State University.

David Wiltse, an associate professor of political science, and Filip Viskupic, an assistant professor of political science, collectively make up the SDSU Poll, a nonpartisan research unit that analyzes issues of importance to South Dakotans. Recently, they began exploring the prevailing effects of the 21st century's defining event thus far, the COVID-19 pandemic.

SDSU researcher investigates perceived challenges toward conservation practices

Tong Wang, an associate professor in South Dakota State University's Ness School of Management and Economics, investigated why the adoption rates of farming conservation practices have not been increasing in recent years.