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The Engineering Resource Center, established in 1986, serves the university, citizens, and industry in South Dakota through a combination of outreach and technology transfer programs. These programs are designed to be complementary, with knowledge gained from one often supporting or enhancing the others. The center's initiatives include Engineering Extension, the Office of Remote Sensing, the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium, the South Dakota Local Transportation Assistance Program, the University/Industry Technology Service, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and the Essential Networking and Training for Entrepreneurship (ENTRE) program.
The center undertakes projects directly or through interdisciplinary teams composed of students, university faculty, and external experts. It maintains an online expertise database to help identify faculty and industrial consultants, along with a separate database containing information on manufacturers and processors in South Dakota.
The South Dakota Space Grant Consortium, funded in part by NASA, includes South Dakota State University, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Augustana College, and the EROS Data Center. Its goal is to foster interest in aerospace science among students and faculty and to encourage careers in related fields. The University/Industry Technology Service links university resources with industry, business, and government to solve technical problems and support economic development. The ENTRE program offers a ten-session course designed to help individuals explore and refine entrepreneurial ideas, promoting business development and economic growth across the state. The Office of Remote Sensing, established in 1969 as the Remote Sensing Institute with support from Senator Karl Mundt, uses multispectral imagery and geographic information systems for natural resource studies and mapping projects in South Dakota and beyond. It is supported by both state and federal funding.