Electrical & Computer Engineering News

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. student Mr. Hamed Mojtahed

    SDSU Ph.D. Student has Received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE ECBIOS 2024 Conference

    WiNC Lab in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at San Diego State University is thrilled to announce that Mr. Hamed Mojtahed, our Engineering Ph.D. student in the SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program (JDP), has received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE ECBIOS 2024 conference. Hamed's paper, titled "A Deep Learning Approach for Heart Rate Variability Error Correction," introduces a novel method to enhance the accuracy of heart rate variability (HRV) measurements, a critical indicator of cardiovascular health and autonomic nervous system function.

  • Dr. Junfei Xie and a student work on a robotic vehicle project in a lab setting.

    $2.8 million NSF grant will expand AI education and research opportunities for students

    The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)’s ExpandAI program last week awarded San Diego State University a $2.8 million, four-year grant to enhance the existing artificial intelligence infrastructure, education and research capacity and prepare students for careers in AI.

  • 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.