Aerospace Engineering News
Internship Highlight: NASA Johnson Space Center
Aug 23A Q&A with Kaylin Borders, an aerospace engineering student at SDSU. Kaylin recently completed an internship at NASA's Johnson Space Center as a Flight Mechanics and Trajectories Intern.
“Where Are They Now” Donor Story: Doug Fronius
Aug 1Many people struggle with finding a way to incorporate both their profession and their hobbies into their lives. With two degrees and a teaching credential from San Diego State University, Doug Fronius was able to do both.
"Where Are They Now" Donor Story: Donald Mensah
Jun 29Donald Mensah (BSAE '19) participated in SDSU's MESA Program, DBF (Design Build Fly), and the National Society of Black Engineers while an undergraduate student. Now working at Lockheed Martin, he gives back to the programs that gave him so much by donating to the MESA Engineering Fund.
Visiting International Undergrad Turned Ph.D. Graduate Finds Niche at SDSU
Jun 17Paulina Díaz-Montiel arrived in 2014 as an international student. Since then, she’s earned her master’s and become the first female Ph.D. from the joint doctoral program in structural engineering.
Aerospace Engineering Professor Releases New Article on Acoustic Radiation
Jun 10Dr. Margherita Capriotti releases journal article in Institute of Physics and Engineering Medicine, titled, "The influence of acoustic radiation force beam shape and location on wave spectral content for arterial dispersion ultrasound vibrometry."
AIAA San Diego 2022 Awards
Jun 4On Saturday, June 4, 2022, Dr. Xiaofeng Liu won the Outstanding Contribution to Aerospace Education Award for 2022 and Dr. Gustaaf Jacobs won the Outstanding Contribution to Aerospace Research for 2022.
Retiring Aerospace Engineering professor leaves legacy as an “instrumental force”
May 12After 37 years at SDSU and 54 years of teaching, SDSU engineering professor Allen Plotkin retires with an impressive legacy behind him.
Aerospace Engineering Students Working to Support Human Missions to the Moon and Mars
Dec 16Aerospace Engineering professor and Chair, Dr. Ping Lu, leads a project that will develop the method and algorithms for integrated optimal entry, descent, and landing (EDL) guidance for human Mars missions with pin-point precision.
Dr. Xiaofeng Liu was featured in SDSU's latest NewsCenter issue
Aug 31Dr. Xiaofeng Liu was featured in SDSU's latest NewsCenter issue. Doctoral student, Jose Moreto and Dr. Xiaofeng Liu, built a state-of-the-art Water Tunnel.
Mentorship in Action: State-of-the-Art Water Tunnel Brings ‘Phenomenal’ Possibilities
Aug 31Aerospace engineers Xiaofeng Liu and Jose Moreto built an instrument which allows the university to perform cutting-edge research on turbulence flow.
