News

2025, July 2

Our research is on the KOTA news.

2025, May 20-22

Rabbi and Imon presented their research at the 2025 AEESP conferences at Duke University.

2025, April 8

Undergraduate researcher, Tasfia Hassan, in our group presented her research at the 15th Annual Research Symposium at South Dakota Mines. She shared her undergraduate research blending catalysis and machine learning to push smarter solutions for nitrate removal. 

2025, Mar 25

Rabbi and Imon gave oral presentations at the Spring 2025 ACS conference in San Diego, CA.

2025, Mar 11

Our group presented at the 2025 Women in Science Conference, Youth in Science. Rapid City, SD. Attended by >850 seventh-grade girls and their teachers, we presented a demonstration on water filtration at this event. We showcased the construction of homemade water filters and their effectiveness in removing pollutants. Using food coloring dyes to simulate contaminants, we demonstrated how our filters quickly purified the water, visibly eliminating the color.

2024, Oct 5

Our group presented three home-made water filters at the 2024 Girl Scout BIG Event held by Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons at Western Dakota Tech, 800 Michelson Dr, Rapid City, SD. More than 300 visitors attended this event.

2024, Sept 7

Our group presented at the 7th annual Harvest Festival held by Youth & Family Services (YFS) on the YFS Fullerton Farm located at 230 S Ellsworth Road, Box Elder, SD.

About 1,100 people attended this event. We presented three home-made water filters and taught school kids how to build water filters for removing color from water. These filters are made of low-cost materials, including charcoal, sand, and gravels. We also talked about drinking water and discussed about the importance of water quality with people.

2024, July 8

Our group attended an event organized by Youth & Family Services (YFS) at the Fullerton Farm of located at 230 S Ellsworth Road, Box Elder, SD.

We presented three home-made water filters and taught 30 middle school students how to build water filters for removing dyes from water. These filters are made of simple materials, including activated charcoal, sand, and gravels. We also talked about drinking water treatment and discussed about the importance of filtration and disinfection. Students were able to build their own water filters that can effectively remove the dyes from water.

2024, Apr 9

Two undergraduate researchers from our lab, Ella and Lucas, presented their research at the South Dakota Mines 14th annual Student Research Symposium.

Well done, team!

2024, Mar 12

Aritree and Dr. Ye presented two home-made water filters at the 2024 Women in Science Conference held at School of Mines. About 850 K12 female students attended this event.

2024, Feb 22

Dr. Ye and three undergraduate students (left to right: Eli, Bailey, and Cai) presented two home-made water filters at the 2024 Engineering & Science Day held at School of Mines. 700 K12 students attended this event.

2023, Oct 14

Rabbi and Dr. Ye presented two home-made water filters at the 2023 Girl Scout BIG Event held by Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons at Western Dakota Tech, 800 Michelson Dr, Rapid City, SD.

2023, Sept 16

Rabbi and Dr. Ye presented two home-made water filters at the 2023 Harvest Festival held by Youth & Family Services (YFS) on the YFS Fullerton Farm located at 230 S Ellsworth Road, Box Elder, SD.

2023, Apr 26

Some group photos taken recently.

2023, Apr 21

Collins and Dr. Ye presented a water filter during the event of Pathways Planning at Stevens High School, Rapid City, SD.

Unfortunately, we did not take any photo. 

Photos shown were from previous events.

2023, Apr 11

Collins, Abed, Rabbi, and James presented their research at the South Dakota Mines 13th annual Student Research Symposium.

Well done, team!

2023, Mar 14

Collins and Dr. Ye attended the 2023 Women in Science Conference and presented two home-made water filters on campus. Our team attended last year's event as well and we improved our water filter systems this year.

The conference is organized by Youth in Science Rapid City, Inc., which is managed by local professional women from a broad range of fields who volunteer. The conference was developed to inspire young women to pursue math and science courses in high school and consider a career in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field.

2023, Feb 15

Rabbi, Collins, and Dr. Ye presented two home-made water filters at the 15th Annual Sturgis Brown High School Career Fair at Sturgis, SD. Our team attended last year's event as well and we improved our water filter systems this year.

Sturgis is well-known for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which attracts upward of 700,000 people each year.

2022, Oct 15

Aritree, Collins, and Dr. Ye presented two home-made water filters at the 2022 Girl Scout BIG Event held by Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons at Western Dakota Tech, 800 Michelson Dr, Rapid City, SD.

2022, Oct 11

Collins and Rabbi presented their research at the 2022 SDSU Water Conference at Brookings, SD. Collins presented a poster and Rabbi gave an oral presentation.

2022, Sept 10

Aritree, Collins, and Dr. Ye presented a home-made water filter at the 2022 Harvest Festival held by Youth & Family Services (YFS) on the YFS Fullerton Farm located at 230 S Ellsworth Road, Box Elder, SD.

2022, Mar 23

Rabbi and Dr. Ye presented a water filter and a drinking water treatment plant model to children in elementary schools at South Dakota Discovery Center in Pierre, SD.

2022, Mar 15

Rabbi and Dr. Ye presented a water filter and a drinking water treatment plant model at the 2022 Women in Science Conferences at South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, SD. Girls in the Black Hills area attended this conference.