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Alumni Carlos and Gail Gonzalez Endow Scholarship for MESA Program
Jun 13Carlos, ’97 BS Civil Engineering and ’00 MS Civil Engineering and Gail Gonzalez, ’96 BA Liberal Studies and ’97 Teaching Certificate have made a gift to establish the Hanlon/Garcia MESA Endowed Scholarship for Engineering.
Marathon Construction Makes $75,000 Gift that Completes AGC Chair Campaign
Jun 12he AGC Chair in Construction Management is being established to attract and retain high-level CEM faculty. With the $2.5M campaign complete, SDSU is moving forward with a faculty search that is planned to have a faculty member in place Fall 2024.
Summer Internship: A Day in the Life of Isabella Ojeda
Jun 9A Day in the Life of Isabella Ojeda, a Civil Engineering major at SDSU. Isabella is interning this summer at Reyes Construction.
How Sea Level Rise Is Posing a Looming Threat to San Leandro's Underground Infrastructure
Jun 6Water resources engineering professor Hassan Davani speaks with KQED on San Leandro sea level rise and how his research addresses it.
Two Alumni On SDMetro 40 Under 40
Jun 5Civil engineering graduates Justin Giles ('11) and Kyle Boyce ('14) are on San Diego Metro Magazine's 2023 Edition of 40 Under 40.
SDSU Lunabotics Team Wins Big at NASA Lunabotics Competition
Jun 2San Diego State University Lunabotics team, Team Vulcan, returned from NASA’s 2023 Lunabotics Competition as winners of three awards.
San Diego City College Transfer Student Aims for Career in Space Industry
May 26In a San Diego City Times story, a MESA Program student and incoming SDSU Aztec with a love for science pursues aerospace engineering.
NBC News: "I'm from both sides": Engineering PhD graduate participates in SDSU graduation ceremony in Mexico
May 24San Diego State University provided a graduation for trans-border students who crossed the border into the U.S. for university. NBC's Marissa Parra reports.
Richard Brady Makes $50,000 Gift for Endowed Scholarship
May 23On behalf of the College of Engineering, we are pleased to announce that Rick Brady, BS Civil Engineering 1980 has made a $50,000 gift to establish the Richard and Christine Brady, Helen Coelho and Ostrowski Brothers Endowed Scholarship for Engineering.
KPBS: Engineer says modern building design would have saved lives in Turkey’s earthquake
May 18Dowell was part of a reconnaissance team of engineers, who arrived about two weeks after the massive quake to report on the damage to structures. The team was based in Adana, in southern Turkey, not far from the epicenter.
SDSU Celebrates MESA 40th Anniversary and Graduation Reception
May 16The Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program celebrated advancing diversity in Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) for 40 years at SDSU on May 11, 2023 at Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center. The 40 year anniversary was jointly celebrated along with SDSU MESA's annual Graduation Reception.
Women-Backed Septic Mixer Project Wins in ZIP Social Venture Challenge
May 11A Septic Mixer Project by environmental engineering students Lily Astete Vasquez and Polina Popova won second place in the ZIP/Lavin Social Venture Challenge. “The product will improve sanitation for millions of septic tank users.”
Day in the Life: Women in Construction President Ines DaCruz
May 10Follow along with Construction management major Ines DaCruz as she shares a day in her life as a student and president of SDSU's Women in Construction student organization.
An SDSU Electrical Engineering Family
May 10Senior Danny Tisnado looks forward to commencement - where fellow SDSU freshman engineering student, brother Miguel, and his alumna mother Janet (‘99), will be cheering him on.
STEM Pathways Program Leads High-Performing Community College Student to SDSU
May 9Incoming transfer student and SDSU STEM Pathways program participant James Allison concludes a decade-long journey at community college to start a new chapter and begin his research at SDSU.