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WINTER/SPRING 2021
THE
HARDROCK
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WINTER // SPRING 2021
THE
HARDROCK 2 Alumni Presidents' Letter
3 Looking Back
5 From the President
6 Ask the Mines Expert
8 10
7 High Impact Hardrockers
8 Building the
Entrepreneurial
Ecosystem
10 100 Years of Chemical
Engineering
12 A Bright Future in
Mineral Industries
14 91 Years Young
15 Ripples Become Waves
18 Fighting Fire with Fire
12 20 A Hardrocker
in the Hula Bowl
22 Decades of Dedication
23 Ada Lovelace: The First
Computer Programmer
24 Class Notes
38 Alumni Gatherings
15 20
39 In Memoriam
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Center for Dear Hardrockers,
Alumni Relations
HERE WE ARE IN A NEW YEAR—with some
& Advancement amazing achievements in the rearview
(CARA) mirror and exciting developments ahead!
While COVID-19 certainly made last year
difficult, we want to celebrate the good that
Board President emerged from this unprecedented time.
Julie Carver (GeoE 86) The South Dakota Mines family showed
their compassion in dealing with illness and
loss of loved ones and their ingenuity in
First Vice Chair
adapting almost overnight to a new way of
Ken Miller (CE 75) doing things. We came together and stood
as one, making me proud to be a member
Second Vice Chair of the Mines family.
Greg Hintgen (EE 99)
The generosity of alumni in responding to the financial need of our students when
COVID struck warms my heart. Your donations helped so many when summer jobs,
Treasurer internships, and some full-time job offers were lost or rescinded, yet bills and basic
Tim Ogdie (ChE 80) needs still had to be met. The students and I are deeply grateful for all your help with
not only the COVID Emergency Fund, but also for your ongoing support of scholarships,
programming, and capital projects. Thank you.
Secretary
Jeff Allen (ChE 77)
Last year was also a year of change internally, as the Alumni Association and the
Foundation merged to form the Center for Alumni Relations and Advancement. Thank
you again to all those who helped make that happen and to those who continue to
STAFF work to integrate our efforts and services. Stay tuned…we will be launching a new
merged website soon. We hope you find it more informative, easier to navigate, and a
place to keep up with all the latest news and events at South Dakota Mines.
CARA Interim Presient
Sharon Chontos (ChE 87)
We are also eagerly anticipating the start of another much-needed project on campus
– the replacement of the Mineral Industries Building, which houses the mining
Alumni Director engineering and management, geology and geological engineering, and materials and
Sarah Von Eye (interim) metallurgical engineering departments. The new building will make South Dakota a
pioneer in the next generation of mining technology. It will allow South Dakota Mines
to continue supporting the Department of Defense, help the nation meet its strategic
Center for Alumni need for critical mineral resources, aid in securing our country’s energy independence,
Relations & Advancement and create new jobs in the region. We will continue to work with the State of South
Dakota, the university, private companies, and individuals to raise the funds needed
for construction.
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Let’s not forget the Reunion! Alumni Reunion Lite is on for July 8-10, 2021. We are
Rapid City, SD 57701 hopeful that COVID vaccination rates will be sufficient to allow many to attend. It is
Office: 605.394.2347 an abbreviated version of a normal five-year reunion, but it is packed with plenty of
cara@sdsmt.edu fun and time to visit with fellow Hardrockers. Visit the CARA website for details and
registration.
We have much to look forward to in 2021. The future is bright, and I know the South
Dakota Mines family will continue to work together to make the most of it. Thank you
for all you do for your alma mater – whether it is through your time and talent or your
financial support, it is greatly appreciated.
Stay well and Hardrocker strong,
Julie Carver
JULIE CARVER
(GeoE 86)
2 THE HARDROCK
LOOKING BACK 90 years ago 50 years ago 35 years ago 10 years ago 1931 1971 1986 2011 President O'Harra declares KTEQ college radio Alpha Delta Pi is Grubby Statue and Grubby a holiday; students work begins operations after founded on campus. Green Plaza are dedicated to survey and clear the 21 years without a on campus. land for what will become campus radio station. O’Harra Stadium. (photos here)
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Dear Hardrockers,
We’re emerging from the great challenges of the past
year with exciting new opportunities that will make South
Dakota Mines stronger than ever.
The state legislature approved $19 million in funding for
a state-of-the-art Mineral Industries Building on campus.
This building will house the Mining Hub, a CAT Lab, and
a range of new classrooms and lab spaces. It will enable
the advancement of cutting-edge research for years to
come. Mines’ ongoing partnership with the Sanford Underground Research Facility, and the
underground autonomous robotic testing facility now being explored in partnership with
Caterpillar is exceptionally exciting. The institution is on the verge of a new chapter in its long
history of support for the mineral industries, and we hope continued alumni support will help
turn these opportunities into reality.
The new Ascent Innovation building, which was completed this winter and will hold an
official dedication in September, is home to many Mines-associated start-up companies and
established businesses. Mines is at the center of the tech-based economic boom underway
in the Black Hills. Success stories are plentiful, and the state of South Dakota’s recent
investment in bioprocessing research is likely to yield more innovation and entrepreneurship
in the future. Our new Office of Industry Engagement is the latest addition to the culture of
entrepreneurship at Mines that will continue to bear fruit in the years to come. If you left the
Black Hills after graduation, and have always dreamed of returning, we might just have a job
for you.
This year, we’re hosting an advanced manufacturing conference on campus during the Rocker
Days homecoming week. Come to the Black Hills to catch up on the latest manufacturing
technology, and while you are here, catch up with old friends during the M Week celebration
events.
Of course, I am also looking forward to seeing many of you at the reunion this summer on July
8-10. Vaccination rates in South Dakota are progressing among the fastest in the nation, so
there’s plenty of reasons to celebrate!
Warm regards,
Jim Rankin, PhD PE (EE 78)
President
South Dakota Mines
WINTER / SPRING 2021 5
mRNA vaccines include a piece of mRNA that carries a
Ask the Mines Expert copy of the instructions for making the SARS-CoV-2 spike
(S) protein wrapped in a lipid transport vehicle that allows
the mRNA to get inside the cell. When mRNA enters the
cell, the cellular machinery produces copies of the virus
Dr. Christine Mathews, PhD, MPH spike protein which can then be shown to the immune
from the Department of Chemistry, Biology, and system, triggering a response to the spike protein in the
Health Sciences at South Dakota Mines form of creating antibodies. The antibodies made are
identical to those that would be made after infection with
SARS-CoV-2 and work by blocking virus from using their
What is an mRNA vaccine spike proteins to enter host cells. Having previously made
and how does it work? antibodies is extremely beneficial because it can take
up to 3 weeks to generate specific antibody responses.
mRNA, like DNA, is a nucleic acid Antibody responses are further boosted with repeat
found in all living cells. DNA is exposures, which is the reason for two vaccine doses with
located in the nucleus of the cell most of the available COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
and contains all the instructions
necessary for making proteins in Some key things to remember are that you cannot get
the body. However, the cellular COVID-19 from these vaccines and you are not protected
“machinery” for making proteins from COVID-19 during the first weeks after the first dose.
from DNA instructions is located Presently, two doses are required to reach full protective
elsewhere, outside the nucleus. antibody levels for most of the available vaccines. If
Since DNA cannot leave the you have had COVID-19 already, getting a vaccine is still
nucleus, messenger RNA (mRNA) recommended because it can help boost antibody and
carries a copy of the instructions memory responses and could help prevent reinfection.
from the DNA to the machinery If you have any questions or concerns, talk with your
for production. physician prior to getting vaccinated.
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HIGH IMPACT
HARDROCKERS
Frank F. Aplan
FRANK F. APLAN (MetE 48), one of the world’s
leaders in mineral processing during the 20th
Century, was raised in Fort Pierre. He attended
high school there until transferring to Pierre High
School in his final year.
He enrolled at South Dakota Mines in 1941 aimed
at a career in chemical engineering.
His studies were delayed by World War II. Aplan
enlisted in the US Army at Fort Meade in 1942.
He was initially sent to officer training at Syracuse
University. However, this program was cancelled
part way through, as the European war was
not requiring more officers. Aplan was sent for
infantry training and arrived in the European
Theater just in time to participate in the Battle of
the Bulge and the final stages of WWII. Since he
had been stateside during the mid-war period, he
was retained in Europe for a year after Victory in
Europe Day.
He returned to Mines in the fall of 1946, switching
to major in metallurgical engineering. He
graduated in 1948 and went on to earn degrees
from Montana Mines (MS 1950) and MIT (ScD
1957). He worked in both industry and education.
From his alma mater, he received the Guy March
Award and Distinguished Alumni Award. His
other honors and distinctions (national and
international) are too numerous for this page
and, along with details of his productive career,
are to be found on the university research blog,
sdsmt.edu/Research.
WINTER / SPRING 2021 7
BUILDING THE
Entrepreneurial
Ecosystem
PHOTOS BY SOME PAST SUCCESSES include Daktronics, building is set for Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.
Andy Greenman RESPEC, RPM & Associates, C-Lock, and a It’s a huge milestone in the effort to spur
long list of others. The latest crop of newer tech-based economic growth in the Black
companies that were spurred by innovation Hills.
on campus or by enterprising alumni
South Dakota include VRC Metal Systems, Nanopareil, Like all milestones, this one wasn’t achieved
Darceo, Property Meld, and many more. overnight; it includes decades of past work
Mines has a involving many players who helped forge
In 2021, the tech sector in the Black Hills current successes. One of those players
long history of is entering a new chapter with the Ascent is Butch Skillman (ME 73 / MS ME 74). He
Innovation building (cover photo). The served as assistant professor of mechanical
innovators who facility is situated between the university engineering and director of the university’s
turned their ideas and downtown. It connects the business
center of Rapid City with the Mines campus,
Office of Tech Transfer. In 2005, Skillman
worked with Terry Rock (ME 70) and others
into successful and it is the heart of the new tech-based to help create the Engineers Make Great
economic boom now starting in the Hills. Entrepreneurs (EMGE) speaker series and
businesses. The grand opening of the Ascent Innovation scholarship competition. EMGE continuesto this day on campus and has to Sun Microsystems, the first of two led by Wright, is creating and
inspired hundreds of students over of his start-ups acquired by Fortune maintaining partnerships with
the past 16 years. 500 companies. Boucher gives credit the local economic development
to then-President Richard Gowen authority, Elevate Rapid City and the
These past successes didn’t come for being a mentor and advocate. “It Ascent Innovation Campus, along
without challenges. Skillman found is easy to say we would not be here with Ellsworth Air Force Base, the
some frustration during his tenure without him,” he says. Sanford Underground Research
in the effort to build what President Facility, and a myriad of high-tech
Rankin calls a “culture of innovation Gowen and Boucher worked with businesses and organizations in the
and entrepreneurship” on campus. others to attract a grant from region and around the world.
“About 10 percent of what makes a local economic development
a great entrepreneur actually is authority to boost entrepreneurship Ecosystems are fragile things; they
taught in an engineering education,” at Mines. “But for the most don’t evolve overnight and must be
says Skillman. “We worked with part there was not a focus on nurtured to thrive. They must be
those on campus like Dr. Dan Dolan entrepreneurship in Rapid City defended from internal and external
in the CAMP program and others at the time,” says Boucher. “For threats. The ecosystem supporting
the technology-based economic
“
development in the Black Hills has
It’s amazing how fast our students learn once you show them some challenges to overcome and
the basics of how to build a business model and how to pitch gaps to fill, but success stories are
unfolding every day and there are
an idea. They really shine and make us all proud." many bright spots on the horizon.
to get students to grow as team example, it was hard to find an “One of our biggest challenges
players and leaders. We encouraged accounting firm that knew how to now is to continue to grow our
them to recognize and observe take advantage of the research network. We have so many
traits in themselves and others that and development tax credit, just to talented Mines alumni who can
lead to success.” pick one concrete thing.” Boucher assist young entrepreneurs and
says an infrastructure to support start-up companies and we hope
Today, the university has developed people at each stage of business to see them come forward,” says
the popular Shark Tank-style CEO development is critical for creation of Wright. Like all endeavors, a system
Business Plan competition on an entrepreneurial ecosystem where supporting positive economic
campus. Top student teams are innovation can flourish. growth in the Black Hills will take
eligible for thousands of dollars in ongoing cooperation and hard work.
awards and a chance to attend the This type of support system is Fortunately, Hardrockers have great
Governor’s Giant Vision Competition, exactly what is being built in the capacity for both.
which Mines students have won six Black Hills today. Boucher is a
years in a row. “It’s amazing how member of Mines’ Entrepreneur-
fast our students learn once you In-Residence (EIR) Program that
show them the basics of how to build provides experienced mentors
a business model and how to pitch to university business startups.
an idea. They really shine and make Mines is also working to support
us all proud,” says Joseph Wright, faculty innovation and research
associate vice president for economic alongside a range of programs
development at Mines. to encourage student innovation
and entrepreneurship. “We’re
Great ideas abound, but a fortunate that our faculty file three
collaborative support system on times more invention disclosures
campus and in the community is than the national average,”
needed to nourish those ideas into says Wright. He helped start a
actual businesses. Some found number of programs to boost
success despite the hurdles. Mike tech transfer on campus including
Boucher (MS CS 91) developed the EIR program and an annual
Dakota Scientific Software in the conference that connects angel
mid-1990’s at Mines. The company investors with university innovators.
employed innovative algorithms Mines is also working together
that enabled supercomputers to with business and government
undertake complex problem solving leaders on many fronts. The new
and analysis. He sold the business Office of Industry Engagement,
Inside Ascent Innovation
WINTER / SPRING 2021 91921
ChE
2021
Mi
100
YEARS
of Chemical Engineering at Mines
experienced notable growth between and mechanical engineering students,
Chemical engineers are
1915 and 1922: enrollment increased was dedicated in 1957.
responsible for many things from 30 to 180 students. The
we take for granted today, Department of Chemical Engineering In the 1970s, biology became part of
was established in 1921 with a lone the department, and three more faculty
such as nylon, Kevlar and members were hired. The biochemical
faculty member: Andrew Karsten.
Teflon; the mass production Although Karsten worked closely with engineering emphasis was developed
of antibiotics such as two chemistry faculty members, he in the 1990s. The department’s PhD
was the sole chemical engineering program began in 2007.
penicillin; and the cracking of
faculty member for almost 20 years. He
hydrocarbon molecules that remained at Mines for a total of 38 years. In 2019 biomedical engineering's
give us gasoline and jet fuel. BS, MS and PhD programs joined
In 1923, the first three chemical the department. Mines’ biomedical
In a sense, chemical engineering began engineering graduates – two women and engineering program works in
during the Bronze Age, when people one man – received bachelor’s degrees. conjunction with its sister program at
made bronze by melting copper with The department began offering master's the University of South Dakota.
tin. The defining moment in the history degrees in 1935.
of chemical engineering is generally Through the years, the chemical
recognized as the Industrial Revolution. Two more faculty members were hired in engineering department has worked
the 1950s, and the department became hand in hand with the chemistry
South Dakota Mines was founded in nationally accredited. The original and biology departments. President
1885, during the Second Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Charles Ruch restructured all academic
Revolution (1870-1914). Mines Building, which was designed by chemical departments during his tenure (2003-
10 THE HARDROCK2008), resulting in the current Gold Mine in Lead, and the 2 1921 Department of
Department of Chemical and Dimensional materials Biofilm Chemical Engineering
Biological Engineering. The Engineering, Science and
department currently has 10 Technology (2D BEST) Center
established
faculty members and about at Mines.
180 students.
Three notable current
1923 First ChE graduates:
Chemical engineering research projects led by two women and
students at Mines can choose Mines chemical engineering one man
to specialize in advanced faculty members have
materials (nano materials, received a total of $32
polymers, ceramics, materials million in National Science 1935 ChE master’s
processing, corrosion, or Foundation grants. program established
solid state/semi-conductors),
biomedical engineering, The largest grant is funding
energy technology, a project which focuses on 1957 Chemistry
environmental engineering, the environment microbes and Chemical
or petroleum engineering. A occupy when they attach Engineering building
specialization in biochemical to surfaces, creating what
is commonly known as a
dedicated and ABET
engineering is also offered.
Many chemical engineering biofilm. This project includs accreditation
students are active in the researchers from SDSU
Mines student chapter of the and the University of South
Dakota.
1970’s Biology added
American Institute of Chemical
to department
Engineers (AIChE); the Mines
The second project will form
chapter was recognized as
a new collaboration between
one of 15 AIChE outstanding
Mines, USD, Montana State 1998- Biochemical engineering
student chapters in the 2007-
2008 academic year.
University, and the University 2000’s specialization developed
of Nebraska at Omaha to and Cargill Biochemical
Chemical engineering collect data and analyze Engineering Lab
graduates have historically and predict gene responses
and biofilm characteristics
established
been employed at
companies such as Dow influenced by surface
Chemical, Chevron, and properties. 2007 ChE PhD program
Exxon, and more recently at established
The third project, which
LyondellBasell and POET and
began in 2017, is researching
food industry at companies
the life cycle and makeup of
such as Cargill, ADM and Tate
microbes found in the depths
2016 Veurink Chemical
and Lyle. Engineering Unit
of the Sanford Underground
The department’s core Research Facility and other Operation Laboratory
research areas include extreme environments. dedication
bio- and renewable energy
As the field of chemical
and fuels, biomedical
engineering, bioprocessing
engineering continues to 2017 CBEC building
evolve, the next 100 years Ribbon Cutting
and biochemical engineering,
will see major advances
computer simulation
100
in renewable energy and
and modeling, molecular
biology and biotechnology,
materials development, 2019 Biomedical engineering
biomedical engineering, BS program established
nanotechnology,
biofuels, biochemicals, and
polymers, separations, and
access to food and clean
thermodynamics.
water, predicts Robb Winter, 2017- Three projects
Research is conducted PhD, professor of chemical 2020 yield $32 million
at the Composite and engineering and coordinator
research funding
Polymer Engineering (CAPE) of the biomedical engineering
Laboratory on campus, program at Mines.
the Sanford Underground
Research Facility located at
the former Homestake
1112
A BRIGHT FUTURE
THE HARDROCK
IN MINERAL INDUSTRIESA BRIGHT FUTURE IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES
South Dakota Mines was founded 136 years ago to support the mining and
mineral industries. Today, the core disciplines of geological, metallurgical,
and mining engineering remain an integral part of the regional economy.
MINING ALONE HAS A $2.5 BILLION ANNUAL IMPACT Private industry is also lining up in support. Caterpillar
on the state of South Dakota and the university is launching is supporting the creation of a new laboratory at Mines
a new chapter in the effort to advance mineral industries to explore state-of-the-art mining technology; this will
technology. These efforts not only increase environmental include collaboration with Western Dakota Tech and local
stewardship, but also catalyze economic development in industry. A new agreement with Caterpillar is also exploring
the region. transforming part of SURF into an underground robotic
mining test facility. These developments have the potential
State lawmakers understand the potential. They funded to open new frontiers in safe and environmentally-sound
a $19 million investment in a new Mineral Industries mining practices pioneered right here in the Black Hills.
Building on the Mines campus that will advance the future
of science, engineering, and technology. The current
building lacks the modern infrastructure required for A new Mineral Industries
advanced research and teaching and is in desperate need
of replacement. The new facility will provide the needed building provides a highly
resources for the existing programs to thrive and grow.
This state-of-the-art facility will lead to new discoveries, skilled workforce, and a lead
spur creation of new high-tech companies, and help attract
new employers to the area.
on emerging technologies.
There is a bright future in the mineral industries Caterpillar is one of many industry leaders. Nucor and
already unfolding with much more to come. Here are a wide range of other companies are also committing
a few examples of exciting work currently under way: millions of dollars to this project because they recognize
the fantastic opportunities that evolve from collaboration
• Public-private partnerships are being leveraged with Mines. A new Mineral Industries building not only
in a new multidisciplinary entity called the Mining provides these companies with a highly skilled workforce,
Hub, which explores cutting-edge technology such as but it also gives them a lead on emerging technologies that
autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, robotic will boost their bottom lines.
mining, and a new era of environmentally sustainable
mining practices. The project is moving forward quickly. Ground breaking
is expected in 2022 on a location between the O’Harra
• Mines faculty and students are undertaking Building and the James E. Martin Paleontological Research
research that could revolutionize the future of energy Laboratory with the new building expected to open in 2023.
by tapping the massive well of geothermal heat deep
inside the earth as part of a study at the Sanford South Dakota Mines invites alumni to partner with us to
Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead. influence the education of students who will be the next
generation of leaders.
• New and innovative products and manufacturing
methods are being created from mined and recycled
minerals with innovative research funded by private
industry, NASA, the DoD and the National Science FOR MORE INFORMATION
Foundation. sdsmt.edu/MI-Building
Renderings not indicative of final architecture and for illustrative purposes only.
WINTER / SPRING 2021 1391 YEARS
Smith’s parents were teachers to compete in sports at that national games. At the 2017
on the Pine Ridge Reservation, time, a student had to pass Minnesota Senior Games,
where they moved from 12 credit hours. Smith was Smith won medals in singles
YOUNG
Michigan in 1938. Smith’s enrolled in 17 hours, six of racquetball, shot put, discus
father volunteered to be a which were in physics. and javelin. At the national
Navy recruiter during World competition that year, he
War II. The family moved to “If I didn’t pass physics, I participated in singles and
Rapid City when Smith was in wouldn’t be able to compete doubles racquetball, shot put,
ninth grade. [in sports],” he said. So he discus and javelin; he received
For 91-year-old studied with a tutor – and a silver medal in doubles
Lowery Smith Smith graduated passed. racquetball and ribbons in the
(GeoE 51), from Rapid City track events.
resiliency is the High School and
subsequently
“You never know Then, due to a rotator cuff
key to a long, enrolled at where somebody’s injury, Smith was no longer
fulfilling life. Mines; he going to make able to throw the javelin.
played football a difference for In the 2019 Minnesota Senior
and was on
the track team
you,” he said. Games, Smith won gold
at both. The medals in discus and shot put.
Smith obtained a bachelor’s At the national competition
stakes were a
degree in geological that year, he won gold
little higher at
engineering in 1951, and went medals in singles and doubles
Mines: in
on to work at Exxon, Hercules racquetball, the bronze medal
order
Power Company, and the J.L. in shot put, and fourth place
Shiely Company, and served in discus.
as president of the Minnesota
FracSand Company. In 1989, Smith is featured in
he started his own company, promotional commercials and
Ag-Lime Sales, Inc., which he videos for Blue Cross Blue
ran until 2016 – retiring at the Shield of Minnesota, a sponsor
age of 87. of the Minnesota Senior
Games.
Shortly before retiring, Smith
became depressed. The losses Through the years, Smith has
of family members and close always remembered Mines.
friends who hadn’t lived to He has many fond memories
be his age were weighing on of times spent with the Twin
him. He read a book called Cities alumni group, especially
The Gift of Years: Growing floating on inner tubes down
Older Gracefully by Joan the Apple River in Wisconsin.
Chittister and was particularly
inspired by the chapter called “I miss those times,” he said.
“Dreams.” He then decided
He and his wife, Mary
to get back into sports with
Ann, sponsor an athletic
the goal of competing in the
scholarship for Mines
National Senior Games.
students.
Each state has its own
“I’m very grateful for the good
National Senior Games-
educational foundation I was
sanctioned competitions, at
able to get there,” he said.
which a senior must qualify
in order to compete in the
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Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of MinnesotaMINES CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF THE TIOSPAYE SCHOLAR PROGRAM
Ripples
Become
Waves
In the Lakota language, the word Tiospaye means
“extended family.” That’s exactly what the Tiospaye
program on the South Dakota Mines campus has
become for so many Native American students.
T
he Tiospaye Program, launched in 2010, was
funded by a 10-year-grant from the National
Science Foundation. The program, led by
Mines professor Dr. Carter Kerk, is designed to
help increase the number of Native American
students in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics. And it has done just that. In December 2020,
the program graduated its 50th student.
Now at the end of the 10-year grant, Kerk is working to
secure private funding to continue a program he sees as
Meet four of the 50 Tiospaye
instrumental in ensuring that Native American students graduates who are not only
on campus have the support to succeed. For more succeeding but thriving in
information, contact Kerk at Carter.Kerk@sdsmt.edu. their STEM professions.
WINTER / SPRING 2021 15RIPPLES BECOME WAVES
Jacob Phipps Jessica Muxen
CHEM 14 IEEM 10 / MS IEEM 13
Project Manager with the US Environmental Senior Associate Industrial Engineer
Protection Agency, Region 9, California at Collins Aerospace, Iowa
Without the Tiospaye Program, Jacob Phipps wouldn’t have When Jessica Muxen first arrived at South Dakota Mines in 2005,
graduated from South Dakota Mines. But he did, and today the she was a single mother of a baby boy wiht little money and few
29-year-old alumnus, an enrolled member of the Muscogee prospects. Today, Muxen is a senior associate industrial engineer at
Creek Nation tribe, is a remedial project manager with the Collins Aerospace. She credits the Tiospaye Program for helping
US Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco, Calif., her get there.
overseeing the cleanup of abandoned uranium mines in the
Southwest and particularly on the Navajo Nation. “It’s programs like Tiospaye and people like Dr. Kerk who helped
me become an engineer when it was never anything I thought I
Jacob grew up in Phoenix and was a first-generation college would or could even do,” she says.
student when he entered Northern Arizona University with a
full-ride scholarship to play football and study chemistry. After Muxen’s parents met in the US Army. Her mother is Native
two years, the load of chemistry and DI football took its toll. American and grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation; her dad
He went looking for a change and eventually connected with is Creole and grew up in Louisiana. When her parents divorced
athletics at South Dakota Mines. He arrived on campus in 2012, after leaving the Army, Muxen lived with her grandmother in
and from the start faced a challenge. Pine Ridge while her mother worked in Rapid City.
“I had never been far away from home,” he says. “When I moved Thanks to her good grades in high school, she landed a
to South Dakota I fell into a scholarship to Carthage College in Wisconsin. She describes
dark place. I was unhappy.” herself at that time as “aimless.” She dropped out after
Fortunately, he eventually freshman year and returned to Rapid City, where she worked
connected with Tiospaye at Walmart and reconnected with a high school boyfriend. They
mentor Dee LeBeau. married and “the veil came off,” she says of her ex-husband’s
Suddenly, he felt more abusive nature. She tolerated the abuse until the day she
grounded and comfortable. witnessed her husband screaming at her two-week old son,
“She was a really big part of LeRoy. Muxen says she packed her bags and left the next
my life when I was at South morning.
Dakota Mines,” he says.
Working minimum wage
He became more deeply jobs in Rapid City, she
involved in the Tiospaye was “just barely getting
Program, joined the by” when she enrolled at
American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and Oglala Lakota College for
developed friendships with other Native American students. The accounting. That led to
experience brought him closer to his Native American culture, a meeting with a fellow
which prompted him after graduation to work in positions that student who also attended
help Native American populations: Indian Health Service, the Mines and encouraged her
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, and the Columbia River Inter- to apply. “I took my first
Tribal Fish Commission. class at Mines, Algebra
II, and I loved it. I loved
After graduating from Mines in 2014, Jacob went on to earn a the campus, I loved the
master’s degree in environmental science and engineering from challenge. Maybe I was finally ready. I had a goal in mind.”
Oregon Health and Science University. It’s a program he was
unaware he even had an interest in until Kerk recommended he Muxen went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees from
consider an environmental internship. That newly found interest Mines, all while raising her son. She leaned on the Tiospaye
led to Oregon and eventually the EPA. “It’s the folks you meet Program and her fellow Native American students for support
along the way … they led me to where I am today,” he says. and encouragement. Tiospaye provided scholarship support as
well as a place where she felt at home.
“I think having the opportunity to be with a community that will
support you when you’re new at it … it’s a huge help,” she says
of Tiospaye. “The only way I was able to get through Mines was
the support.”
16 THE HARDROCKLogan Gayton Heather Rogers
CEE 17 / MS CEE 19 EE 18
FMG Engineering, Rapid City Assistant Electrical Engineer with
Burns & McDonnell, Arizona
When Logan Gayton first arrived at South Dakota Mines in 2012,
he was perplexed by fellow students who didn’t finish drinks or left Heather Rogers was 12 years old before her family had running
goodies half eaten. water and electricity in their home on the Navajo Nation.
“Students who got care packages from home and left half of it Growing up, she witnessed family members and peers struggle
… not finishing it,” he says. “Those were some cultural shocks. I with alcoholism and drug addiction. But one thing she had in her
would have never done that.” corner was a drive to make things better in her community and
the expectations of her family that she would get an education and
Gayton, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux succeed.
Tribe, would never have done that because growing up his
family “didn’t have a lot of Rogers, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation tribe, developed
anything above necessity.” an interest in STEM in high school. “I knew I liked the STEM fields,
Raised primarily by a single and they’re promising careers,” she says. “Plus, I really wanted to do
mother in Rapid City, Gayton meaningful work, and this was my way in.”
and his three brothers
learned early to take After high school, she landed a scholarship to play basketball at
nothing for granted. Scottsdale Community College, where she earned an associate’s
degree. From there she moved to another junior college where she
From high school on, he continued to play basketball, but she wanted more academically.
worked a job to help pay
his way. In his senior year She learned about South Dakota Mines and was eventually offered
at Rapid City Central High a Hardrocker basketball
School, Gayton was forced scholarship. By 2015, she was
to quit extracurriculars to on campus, but the transition
get a job because money was tight. was difficult. Rogers didn’t
bond with fellow players who
From the start at South Dakota Mines, he took advantage of she felt couldn’t relate to
what the Tiospaye Program had to offer – scholarship money, her upbringing. She was far
programming, mentorship, and, most importantly, a sense of from home, facing rigorous
community. “Tiospaye definitely made it easier,” he says. “When academics, and feeling alone.
you go to college and you come from a certain background, “I felt different. I felt out of
some students just can’t relate. It was a way to find other people place,” she says. “It was rough.
who come from similar backgrounds. We were all broke in the After my first semester I was
same color.” ready to throw in the towel.”
What he also found in Tiospaye was fellow students who wanted Tiospaye made the difference. “I got really involved in Tiospaye at
to help each other succeed. “We were in service to each other to the end of my first semester, and that saved me,” she says. “The
make sure we all made it,” he says. “I had three other friends who other students in Tiospaye came from the same places I came from.
were in civil (engineering) and when we all took classes, we took They understood the struggle of having so many people depending
them together. It made it fun and easier to succeed together.” on you.”
Still, it wasn’t easy. Near the end of his bachelor’s program, Gayton Tiospaye created a supportive community of students who work
was working four part-time jobs in addition to going to school. together to succeed. “My second and third year I made some of
my best friends there on the basketball team and in the Tiospaye
With the support of Tiospaye and fellow Tiospaye students, as Program.”
well as his wife Dani, Gayton went on to earn his bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering. Today, Now working at Burns & McDonnell, Rogers is back in Arizona and
he works as an engineer with FMG Engineering in Rapid City and focused on growing as an engineer. “My 10-year-goal is to learn all
has plans to someday get his PhD and possibly teach. He credits I can and then hopefully transition some of that back to my home
Tiospaye for helping to make it all happen. community,” she says. “I want to see my work have a positive impact
on people … to make an impact on where I come from and the
people who I belong to.“
WINTER / SPRING 2021 17FIGHTING FIRE
WITH
Black Hills Information Security—Hackers for Hire
ON ANY GIVEN MORNING, you the entire network,” he says. “Ickler that have released compromised
might find Jordan Drysdale inside the is back in the hotel room cracking data in past breaches. Social security
coffee shop that sits adjacent to your passwords for me, so in a short and credit card numbers are not as
corporate headquarters. You probably period I have gained access as private as they used to be. “Once you
wouldn’t notice him. He looks like an domain administrator and taken are an information security analyst,
average patron, nonchalantly blending over all of their network systems and you realize how compromised you
in. If you do happen to notice him, infrastructure. It’s basically game over already are,” says Ickler. With all
maybe you think he’s texting a friend. for this company in less than four this information, Ickler can then
One of your employees might walk in, hours.” put together a target profile to
groggy and in need of coffee. Without learn a great deal about a specific
being noticed, Drysdale captures an The life of Drysdale and Ickler might company employee. “So when we
image of the employee’s name badge sound like a spy movie, and in some call a company’s help desk to have
on his cell phone. ways, it is. that employee’s password changed,
and they ask a security question like,
Fifteen minutes later, Drysdale is back Companies all over the world hire ‘What was the color of your first car?’
in his hotel room where he has his Black Hills Information Security We have that answer ready.” To gain
colleague, Kent Ickler, print a badge (BHIS) to help reduce vulnerabilities further access or information, BHIS
that is identical to your company’s, and increase security by finding can also put together a “red team”, a
but sporting Drysdale’s image. Ickler and exploiting their weak spots and group of hackers who use coding skills
stays in the hotel in communication then offering employee training and other tactics to compromise the
while Drysdale goes back to the and security solutions that reduce security of a client company.
company headquarters and picks a vulnerability.
Following their work, Black Hills
lock on the side of the building.
“Pick the industry and we have likely Information Security provides an
“If you wear a suit and a tie and look found ways to compromise them. We analysis for their customers that helps
normal, no one ever assumes you are physically break into banks, medical them understand and mitigate the
picking a door lock,” he says. facilities, manufacturers, universities, risks. BHIS can then train their clients
you name it – physical entry is rarely to protect personal and corporate
By 9 a.m., Drysdale has gained full the problem,” says Drysdale. information. Finally, they engage in
access to the building. No one notices threat hunting where they can actively
or checks his fake name badge as Sometimes physical entry isn’t seek out and identify cyber attackers.
he wanders the hallways and offices, necessary. Ickler is an expert at social “Our main goal is not to prove that we
and in minutes he is inside your engineering. He mines social media can hack into a company, but to help
server room. accounts, websites, and even court the customer develop a series of on-
documents for personal information. point solutions and technologies that
“By lunchtime I have compromised He can also access nefarious sources will improve the overall security of
18 THE HARDROCKthe company. Testing should never be including at BHIS-hosted events like the
adversarial, but collaborative,” says John immensely popular Midwest Hacking
Strand, CEO and company founder. Festival in Deadwood. Both these
companies are moving into the new
Strand takes a rising-tides-raises- Ascent Innovation Campus this spring
all-ships approach to the industry. where they will have the resources
The team at BHIS develops popular needed to continue their growth.
open-source and free tools, publishes
educational blogs, and gives informative Growth of these companies seems
webcasts for the information security like a safe bet. After all, in an ever-
community. BHIS personnel are now increasing interconnected world, the
sought after to speak at conferences need for cybersecurity is not likely to
around the world. dwindle anytime soon.
“In this industry, there are a lot of Needless to say, if you should ever run
huge players who are venture capital into Jordan Drysdale seemingly texting
backed and their goal is to make on his cell phone in a restaurant near
money and nothing else,” says Ickler. your corporate headquarters, you
“By offering affordable training and might want to check your server.
broad industry support, our CEO John
Strand has taken a different path.”
If you wear a suit and a tie and look normal, no
one ever assumes you are picking a door lock.”
This business model and philosophy
are working for BHIS. “We went from
one employee 12 years ago to 60 plus
all over the world. We are among the
top three or four global firms who do
this kind of work. We interact daily
with the upper echelon of information
security professionals and we’re
centered in the Black Hills. It’s a little
hard to believe,” says Drysdale.
Strand has also fostered numerous
employee-owned companies under
the BHIS umbrella. He is one of the
founders of a company called Active
Countermeasures, alongside Mines
students and alumni Logan Lembke
(CSC 18), Brian Fehrman (CSC 10),
Joe Lillo (CSC 15), Lisa Woody (CSC
15), and Samuel Carroll (CSC 15)
who all contribute to the creation
of unique algorithms that analyze
network traffic and detect anomalies
to indicate nefarious cyber attackers. Black Hills Info Sec Security Analyst Beau
Bullock speaking at the annual Wild West
Drysdale and Ickler founded another
Hacking Fest in Deadwood.
of the businesses associated with BHIS
called Defensive Origins that delivers
cybersecurity training around the world,
WINTER / SPRING 2021 19A Ha r d r o c k e r
in the
he became the first ever Charlie Flohr and the rest to Coach Cody O’Neill, who
Hardrocker football player of the coaching staff and despite undergoing heart
to join the all-star game. administration for their transplant surgery in the
He also accomplished advocacy that opened the fall, remained dedicated to
something only a handful door to this opportunity. helping him succeed.
of other DII athletes
managed to do this year “I need to give a big “Coach O’Neill has done a
—the Hula Bowl features shout out to the coaches lot for me personally and
the best college football and administration for as a player. Despite his
players from around the pushing for a fall season own challenges he was
When world, and many are
bound for the NFL.
despite the challenges of
COVID-19,” says Batho.
there for me, talking to
scouts and NFL teams on
Jack Batho “This gave me the
“We were one of few DII my behalf. It meant a great
deal to have a coaching
schools that played. The
stepped onto opportunity to play in front
hard work of coaches
staff that is really devoted
of a bunch of bigger school to the athletes and the
the field at athletes and scouts.” says
and staff to make this
happen gave me the
program,” says Batho.
the 2021 Hula Batho. “It was good to
experience some things
opportunity to go out and Batho graduates with
prove I can play at this
Bowl at Aloha we don’t always see at
the DII level and compare
level in my final season
a double major in
mechanical engineering
Stadium in myself against those
as a college athlete. They
also advocated for me
and pre-professional
health sciences in May. He
athletes.”
Honolulu, HI, on and off the field and won’t go straight to work
Batho, a senior offensive this helped me land the as an engineer or scientist
tackle on the Hardrocker opportunity to play in the in a medical field; rather,
Football Team, is humble Hula Bowl,” Batho adds. he will continue to pursue
about his success. He his childhood dream of
credits head football coach Batho gives special credit playing in the NFL. “I’m
20 THE HARDROCKcontinuing to train with our Hardrocker Regardless of where Batho ends
strength coaches, getting ready for a up, his successes to date, both as an
pro day. From there it’s in the hands of engineering student and football
the NFL teams. If I’m not selected in the player, make many Hardrockers
draft pick, there’s a chance I may get proud. Coach Flohr is among them.
invited to a camp and signed after the
“For a student athlete to come out of
draft. Until then, it’s just training,” says
Mines with the opportunity to play at
Batho.
the next level as well as graduate with
a double major in STEM says a lot about
Jack and the type of person he is and
“I can pour myself into how committed he is,” says Flohr.
football and not have to
worry about what-ifs. Batho’s success also speaks volumes
for the football program at Mines.
Not many schools can “We want every athlete that comes to
offer that.” South Dakota Mines to have a complete
experience,” says Flohr. “We want to
make sure they have a chance to excel
Even if Batho doesn’t make the NFL, in football, academics, and have a social
he has a bright future as an engineer. life. We want to make sure every player
has the best and most complete college
“That’s one of the reasons I came to
experience they can.”
Mines,” says Batho. “I have an incredible
fallback plan and there is a piece For his own part, Batho maintains
of mind in this,” he says. “I can pour humility. “It’s an honor just to be able to
myself into football and not have to move the Hardrocker football program
worry about what-ifs. Not many schools forward,” he says.
can offer that.”Decades of
DEDICATION
A LETTER FROM DEAN OF STUDENTS, PAT MAHON
In June I will be retiring. It has been an BHSU rivalry contests! The culmination was form of rocks—Dusty Swanson and his
honor and a privilege to serve as the Vice reading the names of each graduate who family donated a boulder from their quarry
President for Student Development and walked across the stage during the fall and which marks the entrance at St. Joseph and
Dean of Students at South Dakota Mines spring commencements (and giving virtual University Loop; Josh Sting implemented
for the past 21 years. The joy of coming greetings in 2020 due to COVID). the spirit rock in 2003 which has been
to work has been centered around the painted hundreds of times announcing
As student development team leaders, upcoming events; Jim and Connie Green
students. Each day I have been reminded
we’ve strived to collaborate across campus donated a bronze statue of Grubby—a
of the unique and individual qualities,
and the broader community to provide favorite location for treasured photos.
backgrounds, and characteristics each
students personal and professional The Student Emergency Fund created by
aspiring Hardrocker brings to the campus,
development opportunities and services in alumni who received assistance along the
along with their individual struggles, joys,
a safe, healthy, and inclusive environment. way is augmented by Campus Ministries
and aspirations.
Residence hall capacity doubled, including organizing the self-serve food shelf. Gifts
The memories are endless. The expanding west of campus, which has that honor student life – like the Brass
reminiscences start in the fall of the helped create a safer neighborhood. The Life Award which provides study abroad
academic year and include new student Surbeck Center experienced two major opportunities, and the Stephen D. Newlin
orientations—M Week with beanie and renovations and an expansion is once again Family Wellness & Recreation Center and
senior hats, coronation, standing at the in the planning stages. Fraser Gym, providing students a place
base of M Hill making sure everyone returns to gather and take care of their health.
There is so much more on the horizon for
safely; Career Fairs; Family Weekend; Hardrockers share memories that brought
future generations of Hardrockers including
Veteran’s Day Salute; Diwali; Parade of them together at the Pearson Alumni &
renovations to the Devereaux Library
Trees; Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service; Conference Center.
and the new Mineral Industries Building.
Engineers Week; Cultural Expo; Children’s
Though the future is bright, it isn’t easy. I’ve As my husband, Tom, and I head into a new
Easter Egg Hunt; Student Leadership Hall
marveled over the years at the dedication chapter of our lives, we will be returning to
of Fame Induction; CAMP competitions;
of colleagues who operate on meager my childhood home at the foot of the Big
club and organization functions (i.e.,
budgets to make South Dakota Mines Horn Mountains near Sheridan, Wyoming.
attending weekly Student Association and
thrive in a highly competitive recruitment As forever friends of South Dakota
Circle K meetings, semester meetings environment. Mines, we are endowing a scholarship.
with the Greek Advisory Board). Each
Contributing to future students who have
semester, I thoroughly enjoyed the drama My wish for South Dakota Mines is
the potential to make positive societal
club presentations (played the dead dean increased support from alumni, friends,
impacts and to the institution that has
in one play and was cast in the movie and industry partners. This comes in many
provided us with purposeful experiences
production of Snooze); wonderful vocal ways—by telling the Hardrocker story and
is gratifying.
and instrumental music concerts; Native encouraging aspiring scientists, engineers,
American honoring ceremonies; and and entrepreneurs to enroll or fostering
close to perfect attendance (sans COVID retention through motivational classroom
Best Always,
restrictions) to cheer on the Hardrocker presentations and social conversations at
scholar athletes, especially during the area alumni events. Sometimes it’s in the Dean Mahon
22 THE HARDROCKB
orn in the 19th In 1834, she began
century, Ada Lovelace studying with astronomer
lived in a world that and mathematician Mary
expected very little Somerville, who introduced
from her intellectually. her to famed scientist Charles
Yet, Lovelace is believed to Babbage. At the time, Babbage
be the very first woman in was working on his “calculating
history to write computer machine,” the original concept
programming code. for a programmable computer.
South Dakota Mines assistant After Babbage presented his
professor Erica Haugtvedt, research in Italy, Lovelace
PhD, has studied Lovelace’s translated the document for
fascinating life along with him. But it was more than
Mines mechanical engineering a simple translation. In the
professor Duane Abata, PhD. footnotes, Lovelace added
Haugtvedt plans to present a her thoughts and notes on
paper at the ASEE Women in the machine plans, complete
Engineering 2021 conference. a hypothetical program for
that machine with loops and
“If Ada had not been a woman, branches. “This is actually
we would probably already what people claim was the first
know about her,” Haugtvedt computer program,” Haugtvedt
says. “But mathematicians of says. “She predicted computer
that time thought women were science. And she was doing all
incapable of studying math at of this in a sitting room.” At
this higher level. She was not the time, Lovelace had three
widely known by regular people children under the age of 8.
for her mathematics during her
lifetime.” Unfortunately, Lovelace
ADA
received no widespread
Lovelace was the only recognition for her
legitimate daughter of the accomplishments until much
scandalous poet Lord Byron. later, Haugtvedt says. “Only
LOVELACE
Although she never knew her in the 2010s did it become
father – her parents separated increasingly well known that
when she was a month old – Ada Lovelace was arguably the
she grew up in an upper-class first computer programmer.
household. Her mother, Anne Some scholars are finally giving
Isabella Noel Byron, was a
The Very First
her credit for what she did with
mathematician herself and math and programming.”
recognized the same talents in
Computer
her daughter. Lovelace studied Haugtvedt will present a STEAM
with tutors throughout her Café talk in the fall of 2021 on
childhood, and when it came the life of Ada Lovelace.
Programmer
time to marry in 1835, she
was lucky enough to marry
a man who supported her
mathematical interests.
WINTER / SPRING 2021 23CLASS NOTES
Roger Baird (EE 53) “I am We will be advising you later Max Gassman (ME 56)
1950s sharing the sad news of
Donna's passing. She was
of Memorial plans and
suggestions for donations
“After graduation, I worked
at the John Deere Product
Jack Goth (MetE 50) “We with me, our daughters, in her memory. I am planning Engineering Center,
continue to be in lock Allison and Andrea, and to attend the South Dakota Waterloo, Iowa, for 30 years
down at Vi (luxury senior grandson Zachary when she Mines All School Reunion in as a machine designer. I then
living community) during passed on January 5, 2021. July. I am looking forward worked as a Professor of
this epidemic. We did get As with every New Year we to seeing classmates and Mechanical Engineering at
our first shots. We all hope send greetings and hope for close friends who were also Iowa State University for 25
things will get better soon. a Happy New Year in 2021. originally from northeast years. Gail Evans from Belle
I remain in good health in Donna and I have had 91 South Dakota, Roy Strom Fourche and I were married
spite of cabin fever.” happy years of life and over (EE 53) [Groton], Harold August 5, 1955. We have 2
68 years which we enjoyed Hanson (EE 53) [Langford], sons, 7 grandchildren, and 4
Lowery Smith (GeolE 51)
together in marriage. Donna and Jim Morrison (ME 51) great grandchildren. We are
“2020 was a tough year with
started noticing significant [Aberdeen].” retired and living in Ames,
pandemic, politics, and losses
effects of pulmonary fibrosis Iowa.”
of good friends. Mary Ann Pete Vossos (Chem 56) “My
over two years ago and went
and I spent a good part of the wife and I are fortunate in
on hospice December 15, Roger Stapf (ME 56) “Having
year at our cabin on the north that all of our kids and
2020. Donna wants all of graduated 65 years ago,
shore of Lake Superior and in grandkids live near us.
you to know how blessed contacts grow slim. We are
quarantine in a rental house Therefore, we have been
and happy she has been in Ft Myers, FL, doing the
in Hawaii. Thankfully we able to get together with all
with her life. Raising our virus sheltering thing with
had good Internet service for of them often for holidays,
two daughters, Allison and activities limited. At least
Zoom meetings with friends birthdays, etc. We mask up
Andrea, has been followed it is warm! I keep in e-mail
and family and good books to to go out to shop and to run
read but it sure isn’t what we with sons-in-law followed contact with Jim Green (ME
errands. The COVID scare 64), who lives in the Black
planned to do in Hawaii. We by six grandchildren and, so
has caused us to cancel all
were able to reserve a week far, two great grandchildren. Hills. He was a CAT colleague
out-of-town trips, but I am
at the Game Lodge over the Thank you to everyone for and had a fine career. Also
hoping to make the reunion
4th of July so we can attend your friendship and all that got a holiday message from
this summer. Hope to see a
the Mines reunion. Hope to you have meant to Donna Keith Carriere (ME 57) who
bunch of old timers, so you
have a group from our family during her lifespan. Burial will still lives in Connecticut. He
all stay healthy!!”
join us. I recall many hikes up be in the Black Hills National and I were co-ops at CAT in
M Hill since my graduation, Cemetery near Sturgis. the summer of 1955. Marlene
70 years ago this spring.” Please do not send flowers. and I celebrated our 63rd
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