Engineering in the News
New System Delivers Power Wirelessly to Multiple Devices
Novel repeater units and a clever layout of ferrite plates helps this new wireless power transfer system simultaneously deliver power to 10 devices. This new design was developed by Dr. Chris Mi, Professor & Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. and his colleagues.
By Michelle Hampson, IEEE | Wednesday, December 19, 2018
191 students from local colleges and high schools with a MESA program were matched to STEM professionals at 21 difference companies for the annual MESA STEM Shadow Day, held on November 15, 2018, making it the largest STEM Shadow Day in its 30 plus-year span.
By Jessica Acuario | Thursday, December 13, 2018
Brazil Program Spawns NSF Grants for Environmental Research
The Brazil Program has supported Environmental Engineering, Assistant Professor, Dr. Matthew Verbyla's successful efforts to secure a 3-year, $300K NSF Grant for SDSU student and faculty research in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
By Coleen L. Geraghty | Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Sisters Reunite on SDSU Campus
When Christy and Tiffany Dykstra each applied for SDSU faculty positions, the result was a family reunion.
By Lainie Fraser | Tuesday, November 27, 2018
The Atkins Foundation awarded $5,000 to the San Diego MESA Alliance to sponsor the 2019 MESA Student Leadership Conference. The one-day conference will be held at SDSU in March 2019 for 100 MESA pre-college, community college and university students.
By Natasha Forbes-Celise | Thursday, November 8, 2018
NASA Awards Three Fellowships to Support SDSU Student Research
Three SDSU students have received multi-year fellowships from NASA to support their graduate research and education. Adrian Rivera and Sergio Sandoval are studying Aerospace Engineering.
By Coleen L. Geraghty | Monday, November 5, 2018
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Provides Mock Interviews to SDSU Students
Thirty students from the SDSU were selected to participate in mock interviews with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems engineers and managers on October 22, 2018. The mock interviews were hosted by SDSU's MESA program and Career Services.
By Eric Pamintuan | Tuesday, October 23, 2018
"Where Are They Now?" Donor Story - Peggy Johnson, BSEE '85 and Eric Johnson, MSEE '86
Peggy Johnson, BSEE 1985 and Eric Johnson, MSEE 1986, grateful for their SDSU experience, established a fellowship and scholarship in the College of Engineering named in professor fred harris' honor.
By Kate Carinder | Tuesday, October 16, 2018
7th Annual Solar Turbines Training Academy
Ten students from the SDSU Mathematics Engineering Science (MESA) program, attended the 7th Annual Solar Turbines Training Academy on October 12, 2018.
By Eric Pamintuan | Tuesday, October 16, 2018
SDSU Students Graduating at Record High Rates Across All Colleges
U.S. News & World Report ranks SDSU No. 1 in graduation rate performance. Four year graduation rates for STEM majors in the freshman class of 2014 rose markedly - by 8.3 percentage points for students in the College of Engineering.
By Coleen L. Geraghty | Monday, October 15, 2018
The SDSU College of Engineering Femineer® Program, in partnership with the SDSU buildIT Lab, hosted three two-day camps this summer where 40 middle school and high girls gained experience programming their own Adafruit Playground circuit boards.
By Megan Lacy | Summer 2018
The History of SDSU Research: 2000-Present
As SDSU entered the new millennium, it continued to reach for the stars.
By SDSU News Team | Wednesday, June 20, 2018
The SDSU Aztec Baja SAE team is on a round trip journey of 7,500 miles, with the off-road buggy they built to compete in all three 2018 Baja SAE Competitions.
By Max Drew | Thursday, May 24, 2018
Boeing Supports Troops to Engineers Program
Boeing presented the SDSU College of Engineering Troops to Engineers Program with a generous $70,000 check at the College of Engineering Senior Reception on May 11, 2018.
By Brittany Field | Friday, May 11, 2018
Jennifer Boman Class of 2018 Standout
Jennifer Boman worked as a quality-engineering intern at Accriva Diagnostics, a San Diego medical device company. After graduation, she will return to Accriva as an Engineering in research and development.
By Jeff Ristine | Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Dan Jennings Class of 2018 Standout
After graduation, Dan Jennings will become a Mechanical Engineer at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific in Point Loma, a research facility for the U.S. Department of Defense.
By Jeff Ristine | Tuesday, May 8, 2018
2018 ASCE Pacific Southwest Conference
The SDSU Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering sent a record number of 125 students to the 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Pacific Southwest Conference in Arizona. The SDSU ASCE students reached the podium eight times.
By Jayla Lee | Monday, May 7, 2018
SDSU MARC Scholars Off to Graduate School
Five of the graduating SDSU Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) scholars will be heading to Ph.D. Programs in fall 2018. Daniel Delgado (Engineering), will attend the University of South Florida, as part of the Civil and Environmental Ph.D. Program.
By Alejandra Morlett | Friday, May 4, 2018
CSNE Members at SDSU and University of Washington Publish in Nature Scientific Reports
Paper from the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) members at SDSU and University of Washington presents new, carbon-based neural probe capable of simultaneous electrical stimulation/recording of neural activity and detection of neurotransmitters.
By CSNE Members | Thursday, May 3, 2018
SDSU announces the 10 most popular degrees for the Class of 2018. The Department of Mechanical Engineering ranked No. 6.
By SDSU News Team | Wednesday, May 2, 2018
MESA Graduation & Scholarship Reception
The 34th MESA Graduation & Scholarship Reception was held on April 27, 2018. Scholarship donors included Mr. Charles W. Hirst, Kyocera, MESA Alumni, Northrop Grumman, Rick Engineering Co., and UTC Aerospace Systems.
By Eric Pamintuan | Friday, April 27, 2018
Warfare Centers Tap Universities for Research Collaboration
Naval Surface Warfare Center Headquarters Chief Technology Officer and Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) Program Director, Kirk Jenne, briefed students, faculty and staff at SDSU on the NEEC program and educational partnerships with the Navy.
By Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (dvids) | Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Stewards of the San Diego River
SDSU researchers are teaming up to protect the health of the river and mitigate flooding.
By Michael Price | Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Industry Joins Forces with MESA to Train Future STEM Professionals
40 students from SDSU Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program attended Industry lead Training Academies to build on their soft and technical skills, at Northrop Grumman, SSC Pacific (SPAWAR) and Solar Turbines.
By Natasha Celise | Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Material Engineering in the Final Frontier
SDSU Engineer, Dr. Randall German, Professor Emeritus, SDSU Mechanical Engineering Department, is sending experiments to the International Space Station to improve fabrication techniques in space.
By Michael Price | Thursday, March 20, 2018
Spring 2018 Girls' Day Out: Middle School Edition
SDSU's College of Engineering Femineer™ Program and Project Lead the Way SDSU, hosted their annual Girls' Day Out: Middle School Edition sponsored by Qualcomm.
By Megan Lacy | Saturday, March 10, 2018
SDSU Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) alumna, Anachristina Morino, provided a tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to fifteen SDSU MESA students on February 9, 2018.
By Eric Pamintuan | Friday, February 09, 2018
SDSU's dazzling new EIS Complex.
By SDSU Alumni | Wednesday, February 07, 2018
New EIS Complex Highlights Collaboration
The new, cooperatively focused Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences Complex kicks off a new era of scientific and engineering collaboration at SDSU.
By Michael Price | Thursday, January 11, 2018