Electrical & Computer 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.

  • Mahasweta Sarkar was the first female faculty member hired in the College of Engineering. (Taylor Slane/SDSU)

    Q&A with Mahasweta Sarkar: Balancing STEM leadership, motherhood and research

    Eighteen years ago, San Diego State University alumna and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mahasweta Sarkar was hired as the first tenured female faculty member in her department. Today, she also serves as senior associate dean of Global Campus and on several committees across campus. Born and raised in India, Sarkar was surrounded by strong role models, including her father and aunt who are both civil engineers. This sparked her desire to also become a professional in the STEM field. However, during the 90’s it was not as common as it is today for women to pursue an undergraduate degree in a foreign country. Still, Sarkar has excelled in numerous ways, becoming a leader in her field and an inspiration to other aspiring engineers.

  • The Chemistry Graduate Student Association Demonstrating Science Experiments at the 2023 STEM Festival (SDSU Photo)

    SDSU set to host 2024 STEM Festival at Snapdragon Stadium

    “I remember attending this STEM festival in the Petco Park stadium when I was younger and it aided in the career path I choose today. I encourage the SD community to attend the STEM festival to connect with fellow San Diegans and to allow them to find a passion they did not know they had,” said Bernice Gudino, President of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and bioengineering student.

  • Dr. Junfei Xie

    Dr. Junfei Xie and Team Receives the Special Track on Networked Computer on the Edge Award

    Congratulations to Dr. Junfei Xie (assistant professor, SDSU), Baoqian Wang (co-advisor, PhD student, SDSU), Ramiz Hanan, David Pierce Walker-Howell, and Leo Peralta (undergraduate students, SDSU) for winning the award in the student design competition at the 2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2020). The competition is targeted for undergraduate students.

  • Assistant Professor Huang in his computer laboratory

    SDSU Researchers Working to Protect Power Grids Against Natural Disasters and Cyberattacks

    Under a $1.5 million federal grant, San Diego State University researchers are developing ways to protect the current power system from the effects of natural disasters and cyberattacks that leave people and utility companies vulnerable to data breaches and widespread blackouts. Their work aims to help utilities withstand events that carry the threat of pervasive power outages at a time when energy systems need to be redesigned to accommodate the growing use of renewable energy sources. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Tong Huang and Distinguished Professor Chris Mi received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) ASCENT (Addressing Systems Challenges through Engineering Teams) program to further their research.

  • ECE Professor Receives Prestigious IEEE Power and Energy Society Technical Committee Prize Paper Award

    ECE Professor Receives Prestigious IEEE Power and Energy Society Technical Committee Prize Paper Award

    Tong Huang, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), received the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Technical Committee Prize Paper Award for his high-impact journal paper.

  • Electrical worker repairs power lines that caused a fire. (Adobe Stock)

    Preventing Wildfires Sparked by Power Lines

    Q&A with engineer Saeed Manshadi, whose team uses artificial intelligence to calculate fire risk and help utilities decide when to shut off power.

  • CEO of medical sensing company celebrates 10 years in movement

    San Diego Union Tribune: SDSU Alum Leads National Crusade for Patient Safety

    Alumnus Joe Kiani ('84, '88) is making a difference in patient safety through his medical technology company's noninvasive patient monitoring devices.

  • Team Lunabotics L-R: Faculty Advisor Dr. Shaffar, Beqa Abulashvili, Juan Leyva Carrillo, Ian Phelps, Joshua Putris, Hunter Gavin, Jared Acosta, Dylan Lomas, Kevin Breslin, Leah Lafata, Angelina Parker.

    SDSU Lunabotics Team Wins Big at NASA Lunabotics Competition

    San Diego State University Lunabotics team, Team Vulcan, returned from NASA’s 2023 Lunabotics Competition as winners of three awards.

  • Janet (left), Danny, and Miguel Tisnado stand outside of the Engineering building. (Melinda Sevilla/SDSU)

    An SDSU Electrical Engineering Family

    Senior Danny Tisnado looks forward to commencement - where fellow SDSU freshman engineering student, brother Miguel, and his alumna mother Janet (‘99), will be cheering him on.