In The News

Dr. Alicia Kinoshita, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, studies how fire alters landscapes and impacts urban environments.

The Boeing Company has renewed its support for an innovative jobs-placement initiative at San Diego State University, announcing a $100,000 contribution for the Troops to Engineers program. This gift represents the fourth consecutive year of support for the program.

Assistant Professor Hassan Tavakol's Urban Water Group (UWG) has worked with The San Diego LGBT Community Center on a pro-bono research activity to help the Center with their seasonal flooding occurrences.

Alumnus Paul Stuverud (’71 BSEE and ‘76 MSEE) has made a gift to establish the “Paul Stuverud MESA Endowed Scholarship.”

The SDSU College of Engineering Femineer® Program recently partnered with Barnes & Noble alongside World of Work®, and tabled alongside other San Diego County industry representatives and organizations with the goal of exciting K-12 students about STEM.

An alternative electrode material for brain implants has been shown to be MRI compatible and more durable compared to metal implants.

Dr. Joaquin Camacho, Assistant Professor, ME Department, was interviewed to discuss SDG&E's wildfire power shutoffs. Dr. Camacho works on combustion and energy efficiency in manufacturing which provides a unique background for this new California dilemma.

Dr. Andrew Y.J. Szeto, Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and former Chair of the Department has made a $50,000 gift to the Rehabilitative Engineering and Assistive Technology Program at SDSU.

10 students from the SDSU Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program attended the 8th Annual Solar Turbines Training Academy on October 11, 2019.

SDSU's Women in Engineering and College of Engineering Femineer® Program, in collaboration with the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and hosted by the San Diego Amazon Web Services campus, recently hosted a Girl Powered Workshop.

SDSU Engineering students and faculty are advancing wildfire, water and flora research at Alvarado Creek.