October 2021 Awards

New Awards

Amount Title Agency PI & Co-PIs (Dept.)
$300,000.00 Investigating the Impact of Arts on Student Learning by Introducing Glass Science in the Materials Engineering Curriculum
National Science Foundation
PI: Kellar, Jon; Co-PIs: West, Michael; Birrenkott, Cassandra; Walker, Katrina; Whitehead, Matthew (MET)
$100,000.00 Materials and Processes for All Solid-State Batteries for Electric Aircraft: Multi-Dimensional Networked Antiperovskite Electrolytes for All Solid-State Batteries for Electric Aircraft
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PI: Duke, Edward; Co-PI: Xing, Weibing (MECH)
$11,968.00 Driving Safety Prevention Program FY22
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Subaward from South Dakota Dept. of Public Safety)
PI: Kavanaugh, Duane (SA)
$120,000.00 Prevent Unsafe Conditions in Mines - Virtual Reality (VR) Training
U.S. Dept. of Labor - Mine Safety Health Administration
PI: Tukkaraja, Purushotham (MINE)
$479,453.00Pilot-Scale, Portable Water Treatment Train for Remediation of PFAS Contamination U.S. Dept. of Defense - Air Force Civil Engineer CenterPI: Kunza, Lisa; Co-PIs: Gadhamshetty, Venkata; Stone, James; Sieverding, Heidi; Obulisamy, Parthiba (CABS)
$99,000.00 MT DAK Breached impoundment influence on water and soil salinity in NW SDU.S. Dept. of Interior - Bureau of Land ManagementPI: Kunza, Lisa (CABS)
$750,000.00 Advanced Soft-Magnetic Materials for Electrified Propulsion SystemsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
PI: Duke, Edward; Co-PIs: Nickolaus; Jasthi, Bharat; Muci, Karim; Paudel, Tula; Crawford, Grant (MECH)
$495,425.00Rangeland Management Toolkit for Sustainable Water Management Practices
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
PI: Kunza, Lisa; Co-PI: Bheemasetti, Tejo (CABS)
$10,000.00Paleontology and Archaeological Field Work on Reclamation Lands in Western South Dakota and Eastern WyomingU.S. Dept. of Interior - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
PI: Pagnac, Darrin; Co-PI: Fox, Nathaniel (GEOL)
$69,496.42LBNF Prototype Horn Stripline WeldingU.S. Dept. of Energy - Fermi Research Alliance, LLCPI: Crawford, Grant; Co-PI: Curtis, Todd (AMP)
$41,729.00 Creating Corn Premiums through Precision Conservation and Sustainability DocumentationSouth Dakota Corn Council (Subaward from South Dakota State University)
PI: Stone, James; Co-PI: Sieverding, Heidi (CEE)
$6,000.00 Systematic Analysis and Improvement of EVADE Software for Occupational Exposure Monitoring at Mine Sites
Dept. of Health and Human Services - National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
PI: Tukkaraja, Purushotham (MEM)

Additional Awards

Amount Title Agency PI & Co-PIs (Dept.)
$40,000.00 Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: All Nations AMP (ANAMP) Program
National Science Foundation (Subaward from Salish Kootenai College)
PI: Kerk, Carter (IE)
$199,624.00 RII Track-1: Building on the 2020 Vision: Expanding Research, Education & Innovation in South Dakota
State of South Dakota - South Dakota Board of Regents
PI: Winter, Robb; Co-PIs: Sani, Rajesh; Gadhamshetty, Venkata; Jasthi, Bharat; Salem, David (CBE)
$100,000.00 Fluoride-Ion Battery Prototype Development
Trion Energy Systems
PI: Salem, David (CAPE)