Aerospace Engineering News

A small group of students from the Rocket Project Club went to volunteer at Berry Elementary on Wednesday, October 30, 2019.

The AIAA Student Branch at UCSD hosted a NASA Artemis event on October 24, 2019 and invited our Professor Ahmad Bani-Younes as a guest panelist. 

Dr. Joseph Katz, who has studied aerodynamics for more than 30 years, explains that the problem is with sensors. Newer airplanes have a safety measure built into them to reduce the problem. Please click on the title or picture above to read the full story.

Aerospace Engineering Faculty Dr. Gustaaf Jacobs received the Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to the University for 2019-2020. Dr. Jacobs will be recognized for this award at the All-University Convocation on August 22, 2019.

Aerospace Engineering Faculty Dr. Allen Plotkin will be recognized on May 9, 2019, at the AIAA San Diego Annual Awards Banquet, receiving an AIAA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Paulina Diaz Montiel received Structural Engineering Best Poster at the UCSD Research Expo on April 18, 2019.

SDSU DBF Team participated in the AIAA DBF Competition on April 11-14, 2019, led by Aerospace Engineering Faculty Dr. Xiaofeng Liu.

"Bailey said the trampoline dreams that eventually took shape as Accion Systems began to solidify at San Diego State University, where she majored in aerospace engineering." -360

Galactic Unite through the efforts of Virgin Galactic Future Astronaut Scott Borden has awarded a grant to the SDSU Aerospace Engineering Dept. to support a scholarship program. The Department has awarded twelve $1,600 scholarships for the 2018-19AY.

In January 2019, Ahmed Atallah, a Ph. D. Aerospace Engineering student in the Joint Doctoral Program, won the John V. Breakwell Student Travel Award from the American Astronautical Society (AAS) Space Flight Mechanics Committee.