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Q&A with engineer Saeed Manshadi, whose team uses artificial intelligence to calculate fire risk and help utilities decide when to shut off power.

The particles that wear off your car tires as you drive are a huge source of microplastic pollution, and some of it is toxic. Now researchers at San Diego State University have identified 60 chemical compounds in tires. Half of them have never been linked to tire waste before. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge has the story.

A San Diego State professor is trying to find a way to soften the blow of competitive sports. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge tells us about a new foam product that could prevent concussions in football.

Aerospace engineering professor Ping Lu discusses his latest NASA research grant.

The conference hosted more than 30 experts to address environmental issues that affect the San Diego/Tijuana and Imperial Valley/Mexicali regions.

Mechanical engineering professor Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi talks about where her artificial intelligence research fits into the buzz.

Water resources engineering professor Hassan Davani speaks with KQED on San Leandro sea level rise and how his research addresses it.

Dowell 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.

Coastal Engineering professor Ignacio Sepulveda was interviewed by the Washington Post regarding the Tonga volcanic explosion of 2023.

Congratulations to environmental engineering student Polina Popova on her American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC California) scholarship award!

Environmental engineering faculty Christy Dykstra is working with other San Diego State University researchers on a DARPA-funded project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements.

SDSU 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.

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.

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.