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Critical thinking. Adaptability. Leadership. Teamwork. Perseverance. Aerospace engineering and serving in the U.S. Marines have a lot more in common than meets the eye. After serving nine and a half years in the military, Christopher Phillips (‘24) enrolled in San Diego State University to become an engineer. Five years later, he marched across the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier at SDSU’s Inaugural Veteran Commencement Ceremony holding a degree in aerospace engineering, focusing on aerodynamics.

What if there was a way to strengthen our understanding of the impact football players undergo? Or, to create elderly protective gear that alerts help upon a fall? What if we could produce a smart spacesuit material that monitors force and shields astronauts? Our engineers are creating an advanced sensing technology with a lightweight, organic material (cuttlefish bone) to 3D print and advance body protection gear with alarm systems and data collection capabilities built in.

In an October 2023 Stanford University study, three San Diego State University aerospace engineering faculty members ― professors Ping Lu, Luciano Demasi, and Joseph Katz ― ranked in the top 2% of aerospace and aeronautics authors worldwide.

San Diego State University researchers in biology, nutritional science and aerospace engineering received awards from the NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) initiative for their innovative projects in algae-infused space guacamole and drone highways.

The 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.

The partnership, between the company and SDSU's College of Engineering, will examine the use of passive liquid cooling as a potential energy efficient solution.

Last week, Aztec Electric Racing unveiled their new AER-23 car after nine months of hard work. The team is set to compete against 74 other universities at the Formula SAE Electric National Competition next month in Michigan.

Over 80 groups of engineering seniors are hard at work on the finishing touches for their sponsored projects in preparation for the biggest engineering event of the year.

Learn how Hassan Davani, assistant professor of water resources engineering, focuses on the dual aspects of rain harvesting for water reuse and mitigating flooding in vulnerable communities in this CSU story.

SDSU 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.

Eight engineering students have won awards at the SDSU Student Research Symposium. Read more about the projects and about the awards given.

Did you hear or feel the mysterious boom in San Diego on Monday Aerospace Engineering professor Joseph Katz said to KPBS that one likely explanation for the widespread phenomenon is shock waves from supersonic aircraft - sonic booms.

Bhalla 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.

Please 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.

NASA has recently selected nine space technologies for flight testing to advance innovations that address mission needs for both the agency and the commercial space industry. Among the nine technologies and in the ranks of other high-ranking awardees is the advanced spacecraft guidance technology developed at San Diego State University.