Engineering in the News 2017

On December 1, 2017, SDSU's PLTW hosted its annual Counselor Information Conference with over 60 counselors, administrators, teachers and students attended to learn more about the PLTW curriculum and to share their success with the Program.

SDSU Computer Engineering student, Allison Langley, developed a skin cancer detection app.

The 5th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) was held October 13, 2017 on the SDSU campus. The MARC program in partnership with IMSD initiated the URS years ago in an effort to provide scholars with a platform to practice and develop their presentation skills before presenting their research to larger audiences at local and national conferences.

On October 7th, Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and SDSU's Society of Women's Engineers (SWE) hosted their annual Girls Day Out: High School Edition. This year 40 high school girls from 18 local high schools participated in a day filled with STEM activities, informational presentations, and opportunities to interact with SDSU students and engineering professionals.

For a dozen decades, the University's faculty and students have exceeded expectations.

The 44th Monty Awards, the signature event of SDSU Alumni, will honor 10 distinguished Alumni and Friends of SDSU who have made significant contributions to the University, the San Diego community or California, nationally or internationally. Honorees for 2017 include College of Engineering, Daniel Goddard ('87), a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Director of Information Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

This Aztec works in Boeing’s Huntsville Design Center in Alabama.

The SDSU MARC program in partnership with the SDSU IMSD program initiated the Current Ph.D. Panel event in 2008 for students whose ultimate degree objective is a Ph.D. This year’s event was held on Friday, December 4, 2015 from 2:00 – 4:00pm in GMCS 301.

These SDSU students, faculty and staff will be making headlines in the coming year.