Aerospace Engineering News

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.

The Department hosted an Alumni Reception on January 9, 2019, at the AIAA SciTech Forum in San Diego.

Dr. Luciano Demasi, Professor in the SDSU Aerospace Engineering Department, was formally honored and inducted as an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) on January 7, 2019.

On August 8, 2018, Interim Dean Eugene Olevsky, Aerospace Department Chair Dr. Ping Lu, and Senior Director of Development Kate Carinder announced that the National College Resources Foundation (NCRF) under the direction of Dr. Theresa Price has made a $2 million pledge to support SDSU’s Aerospace program.