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Geb Bastian, assistant professor in South Dakota State University's School of Health and Human Sciences, conducted an exploratory study aimed at improving nutritional outreach efforts.

South Dakota State University will serve as the host of a new National Science Foundation-backed Research Experiences for Undergraduates site aimed at disrupting the illicit economy.

Some day the manual labor of harvesting chili peppers may be replaced by instructions in a computer manual. Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to teach robots how to perform traditionally manual tasks such as planting, weeding and harvesting of specialty crops like berries, peppers and other fruits and vegetables. A team within South Dakota State University’s Machine Vision and Optical Sensor Lab in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is studying that technology for three varieties of chili peppers. Assistant professor Pappu Yadav leads the lab and directed the 2024 study “AI-Driven Computer Vision for Detection and Pose Estimation of Chili Peppers for Robotic Harvesting.”

Sungyong Jung, professor and head of South Dakota State University's McComish Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is developing a system that will enable real-time monitoring of water quality in South Dakota's lakes, rivers and streams.

Peter Benson, a concrete industry management major at South Dakota State University, topped 13 other competitors to win the 2025 Weatherton Award at the World of Concrete contest in Las Vegas Jan. 20-21. The competition requires students to make an 8-minute presentation on an internship, capstone project or research project with judging done by a panel of industry experts. Benson, a senior from Sioux Falls, gave a presentation on his summer 2024 internship at Buffalo Ridge Concrete, a local ready mix concrete producer. He spent the summer delivering concrete, which, he noted, “is a bit out of the norm for internships.”

Researchers in South Dakota State University's Department of Dairy and Food Science are improving the shelf life of strawberries and raspberries using biodegradable packaging material.

In the past two months, faculty from South Dakota State University's College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions have had eight articles published in peer-reviewed journals.

Researchers in South Dakota State University's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences are developing the next generation of innovative packaging materials that may help curb the Earth's ongoing plastic waste crisis.

Karma Choki, graduate research assistant in South Dakota State University's Department of Natural Resource Management, conducted research in her native country of Bhutan on a forgotten big cat: the common leopard.

Researchers in South Dakota State University's Department of Dairy and Food Science, led by associate professor Srinivas Janaswamy, have created a novel type of bread by pocketing healthy compounds inside of starch granules. Early findings show this "functional food" may help with blood sugar management and disease prevention.