RAPID CITY, South Dakota, April 19 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: Merek Ranstrom, a freshman mechanical engineering major at South Dakota Mines, has won the Braun Award. The Ann and Dave Braun Student Inventor Award includes $5,000 in cash and a free patent application from McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC or Goodhue, Coleman, & Owens, P.C. This award was established to recognize a South Dakota Mines student who has made a significant discover  more