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Professor Emeritus designs compact instrument to monitor upper atmospheric winds

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Utilizing St. Cloud State University’s state-of-the-art clean room in the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF), Professor Emeritus Dr. John Harlander is working on an independent project that is an extension of the Ionospheric Connection (ICON) NASA satellite project that he previously worked on.

Dr. Harlander is using ISELF’s clean room to test a next-generation instrument that is intended to orbit the Earth while monitoring upper atmospheric winds. This new instrument, the Interferometer for Neutral Dynamics (INDI), is a follow-on to the ICON satellite mission.

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SCSU hosts 22 St. Cloud area youth for multi-day team building, experiential learning and recreational trip

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In July, St. Cloud State University hosted a group of 22 black youth from the St. Cloud area community for an immersive multi-day team building, experiential learning and recreational trip that included on-campus workshops and a trip to Wisconsin Dells.

The event was a community collaboration between SCSU, American Association of University Women (AAUW), D-Blake Center and United Way of Central Minnesota to offer these youth a unique and memorable activity during summer break to boost their sense of pride and well-being while broadening their life experiences. 

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From an SCSU engineering challenge, graduate uses tech in granite manufacturing

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Innovation and teamwork are important to any engineer, and Luke Miller, a recent graduate with degrees in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, successfully used these qualities.

At the age of 22, Miller spearheaded a project at Coldspring, a renowned granite manufacturing company. This project was born out of an engineering challenge, known as Huskies Invent, from St. Cloud State University’s College of Science and Engineering (COSE). In this event, Miller’s team created a solution to a persistent challenge concerning the placement of spacers on granite paving blocks. After Miller implemented the solution at Coldspring, it streamlined production, making a local industry more globally competitive.

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SCSU students to participate in National Eclipse Ballooning Project

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Over the next year, six St. Cloud State University College of Science and Engineering (COSE) students along with faculty lead, Assistant Professor Rachel Humphrey, are preparing to take part in the NASA Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP).

The NEBP immerses teams of STEM students from a wide range of higher education institutions in an innovative NASA-mission-like project in data acquisition and analysis through scientific ballooning during the Oct. 14, 2023 annular and April 8, 2024 total solar eclipses.

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COSE’s guide-dog and handler duo – Jake and Raven

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Jake Kruger and Raven are a pair that would probably catch your eye if you saw them walking around the St. Cloud State University campus. After all, it’s not every day that a black lab attends an actual lab.

Raven, the black lab, has been at her handler’s side for the past four years. Kruger, who has been blind since the age of two, was united with his seeing eye-dog, Raven, in June of 2019 when he decided to attend St. Cloud State.

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Software company sponsors hackathon for SCSU students

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The hackathon took place over three days, from April 20-22, with core hours that all teams were expected to be present in the College of Science and Engineering’s ISELF building to meet with tech mentors from Open Systems International.

In the end, 50 students on 11 teams presented software products such as EV car charging applications, apps that estimated solar energy potential, an app to trade renewable energy on markets, energy efficiency apps to address varying grid demand, and even a phone app for consumers to minimize food waste.

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College of Science and Engineering holds 2023 Research Colloquium

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A total of 89 students from St. Cloud State University’s College of Science and Engineering (COSE) presented their research at COSE’s first Research Colloquium since 2018 on April 18.

Students showcased their current research and other various projects through poster or oral presentations. The event gave students a unique opportunity to showcase their academic and co-curricular projects such as significant service-learning exercises, original hypothesis-driven lab research projects, results from consulting projects, and much more.

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