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Dr. Elisa Torresani Co-PI on Collaborative NASA – MUREP Grant Advancing Regolith-related Technologies and Education
Dec 5The funding of $444, 000 for the project advances research capabilities at two HSI (NMSU, SDSU) in support of the NASA Artemis program with a focus on enhancing diversity and inclusion.
WE-BELIEVE Summer Internship Program Prepares Students to Develop Their Identities as Engineers
Dec 5Dr. Karen May-Newman, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, led a new summer internship program in the College of Engineering for freshmen, sophomores and transfer students called WE-BELIEVE (WomEn and Black Empowered Learners Interning in Engineering EnVironmEnts). Dr. Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi and Dr. Elisa Torresani, Assistant Professors of Mechanical Engineering, served as Faculty mentors in the program.
$1.8M NSF DMREF Grant Supports Sintering-Assisted Additive Manufacturing Research
Dec 5Dr. Eugene Olevsky, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering (pictured above), Dr. Elisa Torresani, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. John Kang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, are Investigators on the DMERF grant “Accelerating the Adoption of Sintering-Assisted Additive Manufacturing Using Integrated Experiments, Theory, Simulation and Data Science”.
Recent NSF and Industrial Funding Supports Work in Experimental Mechanics Laboratory
Dec 5The Experimental Mechanics Laboratory received a research award of $301K from the National Science Foundation (NSF, Award No. 2035663) to study the effect of density gradation and the auxetic behavior of elastomeric foams.
Dr. Richard Woodcock Makes $300,000 Donation to College of Engineering
Dec 4Dr. Richard Woodcock has made a gift of $300,000 to the College of Engineering with $150,000 targeted to support innovation and patent applications in the Mechanical Engineering capstone program, $100,000 to support Aztec Electric Racing, and $50,000 to support the Rocket Project.
Dr. Shruthi Dasappa Expands the Frontiers of Material Synthesis
Dec 4Shruthi Dasappa is a graduating PhD in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She joined the Joint Doctoral Program at SDSU and UCSD in Fall 2017 under the guidance of Prof. Joaquin Camacho.
Dr. Scott Newacheck Authors 16 Journal Articles in Advancing Magnetoelectric Composite Sturctures
Dec 4Dr. Scott Newacheck, recently graduated from the Mechanical Engineering department at San Diego State University with a Masters degree and a Ph.D. His dissertation focused on strain-mediated magnetoelectric composite structures in two novel configurations and demonstrated a novel method to grow crystalline organic magnetic polymers.
SDSU Researcher Works to Keep Imperial Beach Above Water
Dec 3SDSU Water Resources Engineer Hassan Davani speaks with NBC 7 San Diego on what Imperial Beach needs to do to prevent future flooding.
Two Junior Faculty Members Earn Prestigious NSF ERI Awards
Dec 1Aerospace Engineering professor Dr. Jun Chen and Mechanical Engineering professor Dr. Elisa Torresani each recently earned ERI awards from the National Science Foundation.
