
May 19, 2022
Inspired to make an impact through research
Kruttika Sutrave enjoys research because she hopes to make people’s lives easier, even if it’s just a small improvement.

May 6, 2022
Interim director of applied research lab: Wohnoutka
Joel Wohnoutka has been named the Interim Director of the Madison Applied Research Laboratory at Dakota State University.

May 3, 2022
Roach named VP for Human Resources
Deb Roach has been named the Vice President for Human Resources at Dakota State University, effective immediately.

May 3, 2022
Griffiths to speak at World Summit AI Americas
We continue to “go global” with all things AI, this week at the World Summit AI Americas in Montreal, Canada, where President Griffiths is speaking on a panel discussion about the European Union’s artificial intelligence act. Ashley Podhradsky and Brent Van Aartsen are also attending the summit.

April 27, 2022
Dakota State joins international cyber consortium
Dakota State is going global with our efforts. We are now part of an international artificial intelligence cyber consortium, The Edge Learning Lab, with AI Sweden.

April 1, 2022
DSU announces Trojans Unite Comprehensive Campaign
Dakota State is launching the Trojans Unite Comprehensive Campaign (TUCC) with a fundraising goal of $250 million. Miles and Lisa Beacom, longtime Dakota State University supporters, will chair the campaign.

March 28, 2022
State extends Project Boundary Fence funding
State extends Project Boundary Fence funding. Dr. Arica Kulm spearheads the project that provides preventative assessments for municipalities.

March 24, 2022
DSU moves forward with cyber research initiative
Governor Kristi Noem signed SB 54 and SB 130 into law on March 24 at a bill signing ceremony in Sioux Falls.

March 23, 2022
Making Remote Research Work
Six graduate students – all in different physical locations ¬– are gaining essential research experience through a remote research project. Their work could lead to an improvement in the security of IOT devices.

March 11, 2022
Researching CEO communication styles on social media
Through a Graduate Research Initiative (GRI) grant Giridhar Bojja is researching CEO communication styles on social media and how those styles may impact their businesses.

March 8, 2022
Research experience provides versatile skills
Two Cyber Operations majors, Austen King and Nathan Ord are discovering that research is quite a learning process, but it provides versatile skills college students – and industry professionals – need.

March 7, 2022
Fulfilling Research
Tanner Lange has received a Student Research Initiative grant to investigate ways to help law enforcement use OSINT in online child exploitation investigations. This research can help law enforcement, and lead to a fulfilling career.

March 3, 2022
DSU faculty and grad students present at DSS Conference
College of BIS faculty and graduate students attended SDSU's Data Science Symposium. They networked, learned from their peers in the industry, and presented their own research.

February 14, 2022
Podhradsky statue featured at Smithsonian
A life-size statue of Dr. Ashley Podhradsky is one of 120 featured at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., for Women’s History Month in March. Podhradsky is the Vice President for Research & Economic Development at Dakota State, and an AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador.

February 11, 2022
Developing New Skills
Sascha Walker is learning marketable skills from his research project on fileless malware. By learning about cyber offense, he can know about cyber defense, a bonus with potential employers.

January 26, 2022
Dakota State announces $90M initiative
On Jan. 26, Dakota State University announced a $90 million initiative to grow the cyber-research industry in South Dakota. Dakota State is known for its nationally recognized programs in cybersecurity.

January 20, 2022
Incredible Impact
DSU doctoral student Lisa McKee is fearless, working to create new cyber defense industry standards that could have a global impact.

January 14, 2022
DSU featured on Jan. 15 CBS Dream Team show
Dakota State digital forensics expert Dr. Ashley Podhradsky will help unravel cell phones mysteries on the January 15 CBS Dream Team show “Mission Unstoppable” episode.

January 10, 2022
Hoesing publishes “Kusamira Music in Uganda” book
Research that began over 15 years ago has culminated in the publication of “Kusamira Music in Uganda: Spirit Mediumship and Ritual Healing,” by Dr. Peter Hoesing.

January 6, 2022
Tordsen evaluating biological control agents for SRI
Conner Tordsen continues his alfalfa research with a second SRI grant.

December 30, 2021
Students create new film ‘The Tall’
Max Hardyk and Tate Mohlenkamp utilize an SRI grant to make the film “The Tall” and bring light to the film program at Dakota State.

November 29, 2021
Understanding alfalfa
Jenni Giles received her second Student Research Initiative (SRI) grant to continue research on Pythium, an alfalfa pathogen, in South Dakota soils.

November 22, 2021
Making it Mobile
Gabe Simao will be working on converting the game 3 O’clock Horror (currently available for play on Steam) to a mobile game as part of his SRI grant.

November 18, 2021
Differentiating Research Skills
Undergraduate research provides unique and differentiating skills for students. Dakota State encourages this experience by offering Student Research Initiative grants. Jakob Kaiser, a junior Cyber Operations major, is researching hotel safes with his project.