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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', 'Avant Garde'; font-size: 13pt; color: #b00027;"><span>IN THIS ISSUE</span><span style="color: #a81933; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p>
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<p style="color: #ffffff !important; text-decoration: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;" align="left"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " shape="rect"><img alt="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" src="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Symposium" shape="rect">Student Research</a><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#IEEE" shape="rect"><br /><img height="9" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.28" hspace="0" width="6" alt="filler" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs069/1104275337709/img/28.jpg"> </img></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Symposium" shape="rect">Symposium Results</a></span></p>
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<p style="color: #ffffff !important; text-decoration: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;" align="left"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " shape="rect"><img alt="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" src="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Szeto" shape="rect">Dr. Szeto Invited</a> </span></p>
<p style="color: #ffffff !important; text-decoration: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Stezo" shape="rect"><img height="9" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.28" hspace="0" width="6" alt="filler" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs069/1104275337709/img/28.jpg"> </img></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Szeto" shape="rect">to CSU LB</a></span></p>
<p style="color: #ffffff !important; text-decoration: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;" align="left"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " shape="rect"><img alt="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" src="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Martinez" shape="rect">Alumni Spotlight:</a><br /><img height="9" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.28" hspace="0" width="6" alt="filler" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs069/1104275337709/img/28.jpg"> <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Martinez" shape="rect">Wendy Martinez</a></img></span></p>
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<p style="color: #ffffff !important; text-decoration: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;" align="left"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " shape="rect"><img alt="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" src="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#AGC" shape="rect">AGC Student</a><br /><img height="9" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.28" hspace="0" width="6" alt="filler" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs069/1104275337709/img/28.jpg"> <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#AGC" shape="rect">Competition</a></img></span> </p>
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<p style="color: #ffffff !important; text-decoration: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;" align="left"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " shape="rect"><img alt="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" src="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#FPGA" shape="rect">Dr. Ashrafi's New</a><br /><img height="9" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.28" hspace="0" width="6" alt="filler" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs069/1104275337709/img/28.jpg"> <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#FPGA" shape="rect">DSP / FPGA Lab</a></img></span> </p>
<p style="color: #ffffff !important; text-decoration: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;" align="left"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " shape="rect"><img alt="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" src="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/engineering/images/carrot-nobg.png" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Partnership" shape="rect">NAVAIR / SDSU</a><br /><img height="9" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.28" border="0" hspace="0" width="6" alt="filler" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs069/1104275337709/img/28.jpg"> <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; " href="#Partnership" shape="rect">Partnership</a></img></span> </p>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left; color: #443915;" align="left">Mechanical Engineering's Dr. Subrata Bhattacharjee received the Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from the San Diego County Engineering Council.....</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left; color: #443915;" align="left">Drs. Rand German and Eugene Olevsky are now Fellows of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), after being unanimously selected......</div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #443915;"><span style="color: #443915;">On May 20, 2011 the College of Engineering conferred a record 534 degrees at our 2011 Commencement Ceremony, the largest graduating class in the College's history and an increase of almost 10% from the previous year. This number is significantly higher than just five years ago when 353 students applied for graduation.</span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #443915;">Julio Valdes, Construction and Environmental Engineering, is SDSU's 2010-11 Senate Distinguished Professor. The SDSU University Senate honored Dr. Valdes and five awardees for 2010-11 from other colleges at a presentation on Monday, April 25, where Dr. Valdes gave a lecture titled, "Clastic Soil Mechanics."</span> </p>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">Engineering students and their faculty mentors entered over 50 poster and oral presentations at SDSU's annual Student Research Symposium on March 4-5, 2011 at Aztec Center. The SRS gives students across campus the opportunity to present their original research, scholarship and creative activities through poster or oral presentations.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">A Fulbright scholarship is one of the most difficult to attain and involves months of rigorous reports, oral examinations, and more. It's all worth it, however-just ask Marco Petrolo.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">Dr. Andrew Szeto served as an invited external reviewer for SCU Long Beach's Master of Science in electrical Engineering (MSEE) program March 22-23, 2011..<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(176, 0, 39); text-decoration: none; " track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=np7a4neab&et=1105670824511&s=3&e=001pTnaty2uzBFde7LswncaorlqurEODBDiTqdcNax7W-hjeFWVE-V829KdtAyCd08JHEhAMoAwvm7Nhk_pIxeOtEuFgqj3CyXb6YiLz_v7TwyrgEslM_WtU5bJWQnDPeUhhfgTKtGbjo2tjw8iGiVShPMnMuxsFFst4X_SfhtDgz3-AiFUq26rzIvnDgHW0td78ulUNMwe4o9R2h0c47tH5IyCaSUlxkm3" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank">Read More</a></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">The 2011 ELECTRI International Green Energy Challenge for National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) student chapters is on! To compete, a team of SDSU Construction Engineering and Electrical Engineering students from SDSU's brand new NECA Student chapter are collaborating to identify ways to best save electricity in the University Towers dorm structure on campus.<br /><br /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 120px;"> <a style="color: rgb(176, 0, 39); text-decoration: none; " track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=np7a4neab&et=1105670824511&s=3&e=001pTnaty2uzBFea8v15iXcp6z6enVB0Znno8kvFbcsQCfg3s98wL64zRLZwuedoQ5g0U2xkF5P2TzHC9ktyxZfQGZ_xjv-czeFKAT4bDrwNHy_MG9KKuo_wYlQgFFyOGkNVQrfpdGr_JcEdFIXpdqv6n8MhraSQEpqp92pk3ghQZFWwcNNpK4lBEVU_q3pIvK_j67KlKxXtd4=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank">Read More</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 120px;"> </p></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">SDSU's MESA Engineering Program (MEP) competed in the18th Annual MESA Olympics and Robotics Competition on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at San Diego City College.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(176, 0, 39); text-decoration: none; " track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=np7a4neab&et=1105670824511&s=3&e=001pTnaty2uzBELYOvdhB08cnmB77u-FDDOibM5P2cfI_VTDlCwpUrWfFGHtCB2QewfR8J4RaVKmQy0QZQdv96wsNQk7CLcsq3-1wrjGyM69TdJHDeZVJtRphNSO_Todh2coBHERWH2xrbQkUySH7gRND6N290i8oYVTWUqcGLIv3m6JEDlSCs665iXkNuQEASdZypgAMzcCcgRdpMeBE4wDRfXVZqC5Pn0" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank">Read More</a></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">SDSU Construction Engineering and Management students participated successfully in the challenging Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Student Competition, also known as the Reno Competition in February 2011. The competition is well-recognized by future employers as an excellent real-world experience.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(176, 0, 39); text-decoration: none; " track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=np7a4neab&et=1105670824511&s=3&e=001pTnaty2uzBFnzev5BOtl0KtpX3KtS5NYz7naasO-mOHoZgtFLapnyIRwTr1z9oP9VgwRwyXWitJ3-2bdXOFsqmmddj-exWfMWg7o7zfaC0uahz5euUIANkJgVt5vtzGaNdsoYrtrNab3-uaNcFML9E5x8riL7Sd43zNSiWB6QQTdrwK_xsKotqZRAgEcEBodWr_s92XBFb_vaFOX2lma3exMUtcOHMvGtXzSnDPot7iqcXFRMyuBdI86KQWknG2jK96nwYRNhfY=" linktype="link" target="_blank">Read More</a></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">Caltrans hosted a MESA Training Academy on March 18, 2011 for students from the MESA programs at San Diego State University, along with San Diego City College and Southwestern College.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(176, 0, 39); text-decoration: none; " track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=np7a4neab&et=1105670824511&s=3&e=001pTnaty2uzBGjF4rkjSEcZmcoTCoiQ7u0_LbTMHHf9HJczfTagxSGXmmq_Xo13dh6aJC0qc_LAeLzkIfGc2y8vdP22MNBgUU221WLCl_pBl0cp_BiSmsCy_Bb59dt7vIUuKDXde264JDJcWoQW3pzwB5Nm7-WtlzoCO4qFXulLORhaGrrazwgu0x88qtvTv2Ypbz_-xAEs1I=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank">Read More</a></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">Dr. Ashkan Ashrafi, Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor, along with Dr. Christopher Paolini, the College's Operating Systems Analyst, have created a new Real-Time DSP (Digital Signal Processing) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) Development Lab.<br /></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #443915; font-size: 10pt;">On March 23, 2011 Drs. Satchi Venkataraman, Luciano Demasi, and Randall German were invited to a VIP tour of the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, NAVAIR, North Island. During the tour they met with a group of senior technical managers who lead the materials and structures work at NAVAIR to discuss areas of research collaboration and student training. <br /><br /> <a style="color: rgb(176, 0, 39); text-decoration: none; " track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=np7a4neab&et=1105670824511&s=3&e=001pTnaty2uzBHIlVOj599ok-NBw6umdcO1N9qkJo7xE3ERwwvSM3Vc1c6JC5uCLElie85gQ6amK5xo-lE8x3FDmHIgxyEc03XXfyNbKi2ZHLOtL0YplroRt2mp5PWp42LVVYITNFuB0VSzx9Oa65SBpkE0zjPkxoeDvUVGYJEQmmC_3nkuwNn45hW5d76sGyTCzkQMyU43RLYs_EeAtWyF5x_Ak4KVNyWPzY2XbJLwe3hcZZyou5c74Q==" linktype="link" target="_blank">Read More</a></div>
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