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Aztec Electric Racing Reflects on FSAE Michigan
Jul 22Aztec Electric Racing (AER) members Kyle McCoy, Juan Rojas, Shaunt Malloian, and Clint Panian reflect on their summer competition in Michigan.
Engineering His Spidey Senses
Jul 20Spider-Man enthusiast Francisco Botello combines his love for his favorite superhero and his mechanical engineering major through his research on spider silk.
Summer Internship: A Day in the Life of Carlos Guerrero Valdez
Jul 18Summer Internship: A Day in the Life of Carlos Guerrero Valdez, Electrical Engineering major at SDSU. Carlos is interning on the Virgin Hyperloop, a company making sustainable cargo transport a reality.
Summer Internship: A Day in the Life of Eduardo Nunez
Jul 18Summer Internship: A Day in the Life of Eduardo Nunez, Helix Electric, a Civil Engineering major at SDSU. Eduardo is interning at Helix Electric, an electrical subcontractor.
Summer Internship: Q&A with Marisol Rivas
Jul 15Marisol Rivas is a rising senior civil engineering student who is spending the summer at The City of San Diego, Engineering and Capital Projects (E&CP), Architectural Engineering & Parks Division (AEP) as a Student Engineer.
Coastal Engineering Research Kicks off at SDSU
Jul 14Civil engineering student Andrew Mosqueda researched tsunami hazard assessments through numerical modeling and coding in his course with coastal engineering professor Ignacio Andrés Sepúlveda Oyarzún.
Senior Design Team Wins UTA, 3D Printed Aircraft Competition Design Competition
Jul 12Our SDSU team utilized SolidWorks for design, ANSYS for CFD analysis, and a spiral development methodology that included both lab and flight testing. Part of this team's design innovation included internal structural optimization that resulted in the shape depicted in the attached picture of the tail boom design.
Senior Design Student Helping Coast Guard Find Unmanned Smuggling Boats
Jul 12NSIN Capstone students at San Diego State University and Rice University prototyped boats for the U.S. Coast Guard last semester. The Naval Engineers Journal highlighted how these student technologists are improving coastal surveillance, detection, and interdiction capabilities against threats posed by the transit of drugs in autonomous surface vessels across the maritime border with Mexico and into California.
Summer Internship: Q&A with Andrew Preisler
Jul 12Andrew Preisler is a rising senior mechanical engineering student who is spending the summer at CAES (Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions) as a Mechanical Engineering Intern. CAES is an electronics manufacturer and tier two supplier of RF, microwave, and millimeter wave solutions.
Undergraduates Participate in STEM Pathways Program
Jul 6Through the STEM Pathways project, SDSU engineering students participate in an entering research course at the community college level, several enrichment workshops, mentoring and applied STEM experiences that help students obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in a career in STEM.
Summer Internship: A Day in the Life of Ackara Seav
Jul 5Summer Internship: Day in the Life of Ackara Seav, Electrical Engineering major at SDSU. Ackara is interning at Northrop Grumman as a Systems Engineering Integration and Test Intern on site in San Diego.
"Where Are They Now" Donor Story: Donald Mensah
Jun 29Donald Mensah (BSAE '19) participated in SDSU's MESA Program, DBF (Design Build Fly), and the National Society of Black Engineers while an undergraduate student. Now working at Lockheed Martin, he gives back to the programs that gave him so much by donating to the MESA Engineering Fund.
SafeWaTER Laboratory Trip to Brazil
Jun 22Undergraduate and graduate students from San Diego State University and California Polytechnic University Pomona are being mentored in-country by Brazilian PhD students, postdoctoral scientists, and faculty.
Summer Internship: A Day in the Life of Elias Enguancho
Jun 20Summer Internship: Day in the Life of Elias Malachi Enguancho, Mechanical Engineering major at SDSU. Elias is interning as a Quality Engineer at SeaSpine, a company that produces surgical implants and instruments, namely for the spine.
Visiting International Undergrad Turned Ph.D. Graduate Finds Niche at SDSU
Jun 17Paulina Díaz-Montiel arrived in 2014 as an international student. Since then, she’s earned her master’s and become the first female Ph.D. from the joint doctoral program in structural engineering.