SD EPSCoR News

Public Universities Rewarded for Research Innovations
From the South Dakota Board of Regents: PIERRE, S.D. – Six university proposals geared to promote research-driven economic development, along with a major collaborative project on security and anti-counterfeiting technology, will benefit from $1 million […]
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Converting water to hydrogen fuel using sunlight
Sunlight is widely regarded as the most abundant energy source on Earth. It is clean, free, renewable, and it depletes no fossil fuels.For these reasons, scientists have spent many years developing ways to convert sunlight […]
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Sanford Lab, BHSU announce $4.2M partnership
By Wendy Pitlick Black Hills Pioneer SPEARFISH — Officials with the Sanford Lab and Black Hills State University have announced plans to combine resources to create a $4.2 million Sanford Science Education Center on the […]
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Quick Codes Go Undercover
Quick response (QR) codes are becoming ubiquitous. When read by a cellphone, these small squares of black square dots provide additional details on a product, service or activity. Now, a team of scientists from two […]
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Engineering Activities Help to Connect K-12 Students with Complex Science
Hands-on engineering activities are being developed and tested that showcase how the Sanford Underground Research Facility operates. While much of the scientific research of the underground lab in Lead, South Dakota is quite esoteric and […]
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Student research presentation competition winners to attend national conference in Nashville
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Three South Dakota graduate students will be traveling to the 23rd National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Conference to be held in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 3-7, 2013.
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Oglala Lakota College’s 3rd Annual Math Camp
Approximately 50 students took part in Oglala Lakota College’s Math Camp held at Pejuta Haka College Center in Kyle, SD in August 2011. OLC’s Math & Science department hosted the third annual event open to […]
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16th Annual Research Poster Session in Pierre
Eleven undergraduate students and student teams statewide traveled to Pierre, S.D., to showcase research projects at the 16th annual South Dakota Student Research Poster Session at the Capitol Rotunda Feb. 27. The poster session gave […]
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Direct Write Printing of Silver Nanoparticle Impregnated Polymer Matrices
Outcome/Impact/benefits: This research has focused on the development and direct write printing of thin polymer films impregnated with silver and upconverting nanoparticles. Such thin polymer films could be used for luminescent solar concentrators, as well […]
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