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“Thinking classrooms” was the topic for presentations made by South Dakota State University graduate student Annamarie Dobbs and professor Christine Larson at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Spring Conference in Kansas City Feb. 5-7. A thinking classroom is a concept developed by math educator Peter Liljedahl to stimulate students to think more during classroom instruction.

Moving trucks won’t be needed when the new head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at South Dakota State University moves into the third-floor executive suite in Crothers Engineering Hall. Guanghui Hua will only have to move a few doors down the hallway when the environmental engineering professor becomes department head June 22. Hua was notified Feb. 7 by Sanjeev Kumar, dean of the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, that his candidacy was successful.

Ideas expressed by a South Dakota State University sophomore for advancing sustainable practices within the concrete industry has earned him a $2,000 scholarship from an industry partner. Jakob Burckhard, a concrete industry management major from Brookings, was one of five essay winners selected by CarbonCure, a Canadian-based carbon solutions technology firm for concrete.

South Dakota State University senior Kamal Albousafi is among 12 students chosen as Future Innovators of America by the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering. The fellowships were created to provide unique research opportunities for undergraduate students in the college. Any student is eligible to apply as long as they are attending full time and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Recipients are awarded $5,000 with $4,500 as a stipend and $500 to cover the cost of lab supplies or travel to disseminate the results of their project.

In a collaborative project with South Dakota State University's College of Nursing, Phuong Nguyen, assistant professor in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, will help facilitate nursing simulation programming research by utilizing eye-tracking technology.

Mohammed Mehdi Hasan Akash recently earned his doctorate from South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.

Sushant Mehan, assistant professor and South Dakota State University Extension water resource specialist, is conducting a research project that will utilize satellite imagery to assess water quality in eastern South Dakota.

Ice cores analyzed by South Dakota State University researchers revealed that five major volcanic eruptions occurred in the 13th century, helping trigger a multi-century cooling period known as the "Little Ice Age."

The South Dakota State University Graduate School hosted its 10th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition Feb. 6. The event challenges graduate students to present their research in just three minutes. Hosting 24 participants from a broad range of disciplines, the event highlighted the impressive research being done by both master's and Ph.D. students while emphasizing the power of clear, engaging communication to relay the importance of their work to the broader community.

The annual South Dakota State University Celebration of Faculty Excellence recognized 28 faculty members, researchers and scholars Tuesday. The event honors faculty members in the university's colleges for outstanding research, teaching and service.