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Fifty-four students, teachers and mentors participated in the South Dakota Space Design Competition at South Dakota State University March 8-9 with the top students advancing to the world championship at Kennedy Space Center in July. Students came from high schools in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. Participants were matched with other students they did not know in order to add to the communications challenge.

Jeremy Daniel, an associate professor at South Dakota State University, is among the inaugural class of fellows for the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists. Daniel, who has been on the faculty of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions for 10.5 years, received notice in February that he had been selected. He is among 47 fellows who will be recognized at the annual meeting of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 28.

Rebecca Bott-Knutson, dean of the Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College at South Dakota State University, announced today that she will leave her position after the conclusion of the academic year.

“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.

With 635 students in attendance, the Feb. 12-13 Engineering Career Fair proved to be a great opportunity for student of all grade levels to meet prospective employers. There were 288 students on hand Feb. 12 and 347 on Feb. 13 while the employer count was 101 on Feb. 12 and 90 on Feb. 13. Twenty-five firms attended both days.

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.

Shyan Smith, a financial aid adviser for the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, has been named South Dakota State University’s Civil Service Employee of the Month for February.

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.