Mechanical Engineering News

  • Left to right: College of Engineering Dean Olevsky, SDSU President Adela de la Torre, SDSU Interim Provost Dr. William Tong, and Aerospace Engineering student at 2024 Senior Design Day

    SDSU College of Engineering students showcased inventive projects at Senior Design Day

    San Diego State University College of Engineering seniors are prepared to envision, design, and build a better world. During the 2024 Senior Design Day, held May 1 at Viejas Arena, senior design teams presented innovative engineering projects to upwards of 2,300 attendees. In the intensive, two-semester Senior Design Course, students collaborate as an engineering team to identify and solve real-world problems, from conception to implementation. With support from sponsors, mentors, advisors, and faculty, the students put their technical knowledge, communication, and collaborative skills into practice. The students showcased various projects from growing plants on the moon and designing non-invasive health monitoring sensors to developing power line wrapping technology to prevent wildfires.

  • Julia Hong

    College of Engineering Student Earns CSU Endowed Scholarship

    Congratulations to Julia Hong on her CSU Howard C. Christiansen Endowed Scholarship! Julia Hong is a mechanical engineering student participating in Dr. Satchi Venkataraman's Aerospace Composite Structural Mechanics Laboratory through the SDSU MESA Summer Undergraduate Research Academy.

  • Flex Alerts ask Californians to conserve energy during hot summer days. (Adobe Stock)

    Understanding Flex Alerts: Q&A with Joaquin Camacho

    San Diego State University assistant professor of mechanical engineering Joaquin Camacho researches sustainable energy technologies. NewsCenter’s Susanne Clara Bard asked Camacho to explain the nuts and bolts of the state’s Flex Alert program.

  • Mechanical Engineering Professor Receives New Presidential Research Fellowship

    Mechanical Engineering Professor Receives New Presidential Research Fellowship

    The faculty members have been chosen in recognition of their outstanding research, scholarship and creative endeavors. Each fellow received $25,000 to support their research activities.