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Renaissance man could well describe William Karels. So could groundbreaker. At the close of the past school year, the mechanical engineering senior learned he would receive the Duane Hanson Scholarship, becoming the first ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ student to receive the $5,000 award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He also is only the second SDSU student to receive a scholarship from the international society of more than 50,000 heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning professionals. For the 2013-14 school year, Mitchell Hoesing received a $5,000 general award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

precision agriculture during the 2nd annual Precision Ag Camp at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, July 10-11. Sponsored by Titan Machinery and hosted by SDSU’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, the camp drew primarily younger high schoolers from eastern South Dakota.

A study from an assistant professor in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's School of Education, Counseling and Human Development explored what motivated 28 teachers of English language learners to seek a master's degree in educational administration.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ has been selected by the American Association of Colleges and Universities to participate in the 2025-26 Institute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum.

A damaged wheel knuckle proved to be a knuckle sandwich for the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ team competing at the national Baja SAE competition in Maryland June 12-17. The wheel knuckle, which connects the wheel hub to the suspension and steering components, was damaged while the SDSU team was competing on the suspension course at Budds Creek Motocross Park in Mechanicsville, Maryland, according to Matthew Anderson, president of Desert Hare Offroad Club.

High school students interested in the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Data Science Camp don’t need to have completed Balloon Twisting 101 or Introduction to Coding to enroll. But they will get plenty of experience in both. This year’s camp, June 23-26, drew a full computer lab of 20 high schoolers who may have learned as much from the balloons as they did from their leaders — professor Xijin Ge and lecturer Bill Alsaker, both from the SDSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Gabby Robbins, an incoming junior construction management major at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, has received the coveted Beavers Scholarship for students pursuing a heavy construction career. Created in 1977 by construction companies and individuals engaged in heavy engineering construction, the Beavers Charitable Trust will generate $1.8 million in grants in 2025. Some of that goes to support heavy construction education programs, such as the one at SDSU, and some goes directly to students like Robbins, who received a $10,000 award.

Tyler Wood spent the summer after high school graduation working on a concrete crew. Never once when he was setting forms, laying rebar and troweling concrete did he think about getting a doctorate in civil engineering by researching reinforced concrete.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ senior Emily Hofer recently represented South Dakota at the National Association for Music Education’s Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., where she joined peers from across the country to promote the impact of music education.

Levi Minion, a construction and concrete industry management student from Wheaton, Minnesota, tested a new type of cement for its compatibility with various chemical admixtures as his Future Innovator of America project.