Research: Critical and Sustainable Resources
Managing vital natural resources.
- Solid-state energy systems and battery supply chain
- Mitigation and remediation of PFAS and other emerging contaminants
- Developing sustainable resources through renewable energy sources, smart grids, and
steel recycling
- Alternative energy generation, including a focus on solar PV/Thermal energy generation as well as waste heat energy recovery
- Mining and manufacturing technologies to address domestic supply chain challenges
Research Projects:
A pilot-scale, portable water treatment train for remediation of PFAS contamination
Advanced materials and manufacturing technologies to address critical supply chain
challenges
Advanced materials and manufacturing technologies to address critical supply chain
challenges
Advancing Proppant Transport Dynamics and DFIT Interpretation for Optimized Unconventional
Reservoir Stimulation
Advancing Quality and Climate-Resilient Water Management with Community Partnerships
and Enhanced Sensor Network
Advancing Quality and Climate-Resilient Water Management with Community Partnerships
and Enhanced Sensor Network
AQUA-CLIME: developing an integrated framework for monitoring contaminants, affordable
and strategically networked sensors and microsensors, and climate adaptation models
/ The project will be Leak detection of methane through geomembranes in landfills
Civil and Environmental Engineering / Ramana Gadhamshetty, Stu Geza, Bill Capehart, Saurabh Dhiman, Heidi Sieverding / Julia Loshelder, Calvin Tohm
Assessing ore body characteristics of manganese deposits in central South Dakota
Bentonite mine spoil remediation in Butte County, SD
Bioprocessing waste and other Residues into Renewable Chemicals, Biopolymers, and
Biofuels
Bio-weathered Manganese Nodules as a New Source of Carbonate Mineralization
Cold spray and friction stir processing-based repair technology development for defense
applications
Cold spray and friction stir processing-based repair technology development for defense
applications
DC Arc Protection
Developing materials for the remediation of contaminated water, with a particular
focus on removing heavy metals and toxic chemical species from mining-affected water
sources
Developing novel bioleaching processes for low-grade ores
Development of innovative bioreactors for mine discharge water treatment
Mining Engineering and Managment / Ramana Gadhamshetty, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Brett Carlson, Jayaraman Sridharan
Development of microbe-inoculated native species for controlling invasive species
at mine reclamation sites in mid-western region
Diesel Particulate Matter Measurement from Underground Mining Equipment
Ecosystem productivity, water quality, data analytics, and tributary contributions
to the Kootenai River food web
Environmental Monitoring and Water sampling for the Abandoned Mine
Evaluating the Integrity of Underground Energy Storage in Salt Caverns
Evaluating the Multidimensional Impacts of Lithium Production in the United States:
Environmental, Social, Economic, Policy, and Supply Chain Perspectives
Extremophilic Biotechnology for Bioenergy, Bioremediation and Environmental Restoration
Experimental Constraints on Fluid-Rock Interactions for In-situ Recovery of Minerals
from Flooded Mine
Implementing Hydrothermal liquefaction/carbonization processes (HTL/HC) for Hydrochar
synthesis
Chemical and Biological Engineering / Rajesh Shende, Anu Shende
Improving alternative energy systems by advancing combined solar photovoltaic-thermal
collection systems, which enhance both electrical and thermal energy capture for practical
applications
In-situ Repair and Corrosion Control in Underground Mines using Cold Spray Technology
Mining Engineering and Managment / Rudra Mitra, Bharat Jasthi
IUCRC Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage
Chemistry, Biology and Health Sciences / Alla Smirnova
IUCRC REM: Broadening Participation in critical STEM research and innovation through
energy sustainability
Chemistry, Biology and Health Sciences / Alla Smirnova
Investigation of the effects of water inflows on the mine ventilation system
Kootenai River monitoring and data analytics
Mining-Hub: Single-step extraction of selenium from mine drainage using membrane-bed
biofilm reactor
Optimizing hydrogen production from ultramafic rocks
Optimizing Stimulation and Extraction Strategies for Medium- to High-Temperature Geothermal
Resources
Geology and Geological Engineering / Zhi Ye, Liangping Li, Nuri Uzunlar, Bill Roggenthen
PFAS in the Big Sioux River
Plastic Waste Management through Innovative Degradation Strategies
Precipitation and drought influence short-term and long-term rangeland and riparian
health, and water quality and quantity in northwestern SD
Processing and performance of indigenous materials
Protective coatings for sustainment of critical defense infrastructure and equipment
Protective coatings for sustainment of critical defense infrastructure and equipment
Promoting Nitrogen Economy: Advancing sustainable agricultural practices by optimizing
biological nitrogen fixation through biofertilizers
Quantification of Ground Surface Response to Municipal, Agricultural, and/or Industrial
Groundwater Use using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
Rangeland management toolkit for sustainable water management practices contamination
Residential Power Demand Behavior Analytics and Modeling
REU Site: Lithium Sustainability, Mining, Recycling, and Technology
Recycling of metals from primary metals production, batteries, electronics, and allied
systems
Retrofitting stormwater pond outlets for surface water per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) remediation
Revealing the Emergent Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical Coupling Phenomena
during Stimulated Geological Hydrogen Production
SD BoR Governor’s Research Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage
Chemistry, Biology and Health Sciences / Alla Smirnova
Single step removal of selenium contamination using moving bed biofilm reactor
Smart Grids and Power Systems: Developing safe, smart, and sustainable power and energy
systems for the future world
Stibnite upgradation processes
Engineering and Mining Experiment Station / Brett Carlson, Jacob Petersen, Jon Kellar, Joseph Bauer
Sustainable processing, extraction, and separation of critical minerals, metals and
materials
Track and trace of conflict minerals
Use of Cyanobacteria for Carbon Capture and Conversion at Low-Pressure Conditions
Geology and Geological Engineering / Gokce Ustunisik, Tim Masterlark, Zhi Ye
Water treatment and analyses
Wildfire Smoke Impact on Power Grids