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SDSU Selected as Partner of DOE's New Western Region Center of Excellence
Apr 7SDSU is in collaboration with SFSU, SJSU, Laney College and Cuyamaca College to establish and operate a new Western Region Center of Excellence to serve as a Center of Excellence for DOE’s Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) Program.
The Biomechanics of SDSU Basketball
Apr 4Mechanical engineering professor George Youssef speaks with SDSU on the biomechanics of shooting a basketball – and preventing injuries in high-stakes conditions.
Women's History Month Highlight: Abby Ziegel ('22)
Mar 16“Being a female in engineering is absolutely not a leg down." Meet Abby Ziegel ('22), former vice president of Tau Beta Pi, an honor society that represents all engineering majors.
Lights Out, San Diego
Mar 8Mechanical engineering professor and director of the Combustion and Solar Energy Lab, Fletcher Miller, speaks with NBC7 on rising gas and electric bills in San Diego County.
Outreach Teams and Student Organizations Exhibit at San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering
Mar 8SDSU Engineering knocked it out of the park this weekend! Petco Park, to be specific. Thanks to MESA SDSU, SHPE, SWE, and our major advisors for sharing their love of STEM with San Diego kids and families at Generation STEAM's San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering.
Engineering Students Win Big at SDSU Student Research Symposium
Mar 7Eight engineering students have won awards at the SDSU Student Research Symposium. Read more about the projects and about the awards given.
A Q+A With NSF CAREER Awardee Amneet Bhalla
Feb 21Bhalla has earned an NSF CAREER Award in the amount of $520,640 over the next five years for his research on computational fluid dynamics. The NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award is the NSF’s most prestigious award for early-career faculty.
Engineers Week 2023 Highlights: Meet our Student Leaders
Feb 20This National Engineers Week, we're highlighting five engineering student leaders across our college to showcase the work they're doing, the research they're conducting, and the impact they are making on both SDSU and the field of engineering.
Save the Date: Engineering Design Day 2023
Feb 2Please save the date for our Spring 2023 Engineering Design Day event which will be held in-person in Montezuma Hall, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, from 1:30pm –4:00pm.
Mentorship Month: Mechanical Engineering Senior Reflects on SAE International Mentorship Program
Jan 19What could a college senior and an engineer 31 years into his career have to talk about? Quite a bit, it turns out!
Mechanical Engineering Professor Publishes Article On Foam Use in High Impact Sports
Jan 6Check out the January 2023 cover for Journal of Advanced Functional Materials, featuring mechanical engineering professor George Youssef's collaborative work on elastomeric impact-mitigating foams.
College of Engineering Student Earns CSU Endowed Scholarship
Dec 14Congratulations to Julia Hong on her CSU Howard C. Christiansen Endowed Scholarship! Julia Hong is a mechanical engineering student participating in Dr. Satchi Venkataraman's Aerospace Composite Structural Mechanics Laboratory through the SDSU MESA Summer Undergraduate Research Academy.
AMPed Life Podcast with Corina Lard (ME '21)
Oct 6Hear from SDSU Mechanical Engineering Department alumna Corina Lard on the SDSU Career Services AMPed Life: Mentoring, Momentum, Milestones Podcast!
Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month: A Chat with Dr. Paulina Diaz-Montiel
Sep 26In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, USD chatted with SDSU Engineering alumna and USD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Paulina Diaz-Montiel to hear her story about how her culture and heritage have shaped her professional trajectory.
Environmentalism and Engineering: How PhD Candidate Balances Both
Sep 20SDSU Engineering PhD student Maricruz Carrillo talks about overcoming difficulties of being a graduate student and how she supplements her life/income with her passion project: Menos Waste.