<div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone,<div><br></div><div>Below please find the Fall 2015 Engineering Newsletter, thank you!</div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Marcie Morihiro<br>Assistant to the Dean<br>College of Engineering<br>San Diego State University<br>5500 Campanile Drive<br>San Diego, CA 92182-1326<br><br>Office: E-203B<br>Phone: 619-594-6062<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:mmorihiro@mail.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">mmorihiro@mail.sdsu.edu</a><br></div></div></div>
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<td width="600" align="left" valign="top"><div style="clear:both"><div><u></u> <div> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"> <table width="800" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="802" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr align="left"> <td style="border-left:1px solid #999999;border-right:1px solid #999999;border-top:1px solid #999999" width="100%"> <div align="left"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/engineering-banner6.jpg" style="border-bottom:1px solid rgb(153,153,153)" height="222" width="800" align="left"></div> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#424242"> <td colspan="2" style="height:50px;margin-right:20px;border-left:1px solid #999999;border-right:1px solid #999999" height="50" valign="middle" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <span style="padding-right:15px;padding-top:6px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The College of Engineering Newsletter <br> <span style="font-size:12px">October 2015</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="600" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="800" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color:#fff;border-left:1px solid #999999;border-right:1px solid #999999" valign="top" width="800"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-left:1px solid #999999;border-right:1px solid #999999;border-top:1px solid #999999;border-bottom:1px solid #999999" valign="top"> <table width="800" border="0" cellpadding="10px" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px" height="10" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(255,255,255)">Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences (EIS) Complex</span></td> <td rowspan="35" style="border-left:1px solid #999999;padding:10px;font-size:14px" valign="top" width="255" align="left" bgcolor="#F3F5F2"> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><strong>Dean's Message</strong><br> </span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-11.jpg" alt="" height="165" width="250"></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br> We are half way through the Fall 2015 semester and the College of Engineering is buzzing with excitement. In just a few weeks, we will be breaking ground for the $90M Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences (EIS) Complex. Engineering is the fastest growing discipline at San Diego State University. Our enrollment has reached its peak at 3,878. We welcomed 759 new first-time Freshmen, 248 new transfer undergraduate students, and 169 new graduate students. Our students continue to place high in national and international competitions.<br> <br> We also welcomed two new department chairs and four new faculty all with outstanding qualifications. In addition, searches are underway for eight more faculty positions. In parallel with increasing enrollment, the research awards to the Engineering faculty increased by 16% in 2014-15. Engineering faculty continue to excel in their fields and receive national and international recognition.<br> <br> Our friends, alumni and advisory board members are stepping up, more than ever before, to help us achieve our goals by generously donating their time, expertise, and gifts for endowed chairs, scholarships, and the EIS Complex.<br> <br> Please take a moment to go over our Fall 2015 newsletter and share our excitement about the achievements of the College of Engineering students and faculty.<br> <br> Morteza Monte Mehrabadi, Ph.D., ASME Fellow<br> Dean of the College of Engineering </span> <p>______________________ <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;padding:5px"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30.jpg" alt="" height="103" width="126" align="middle"></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> MESA Program </strong>contributes to Student Success: The MESA 2015 graduating class of 64 STEM majors was one of the program's largest. At the 31st annual End of Year reception, graduates were honored and $17,000 in scholarships were presented by alumni and industry supporters; including Northrop Grumman, Rick Engineering, Pratt & Whitney AeroPower, Solar Turbines, and UTC Aerospace Systems.</span> </p> <p>______________________<br> <br> <strong>The Dean's Advisory Board</strong><br> <br> <img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-9.jpg" alt="" height="128" width="95"><br> <span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Stephen P. Doyle ( '80 B.S. CivE), J.D.<br> President, Sandy Point Properties, LLC <br> Chair of Engineering Dean's Advisory Board</span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Today’s College of Engineering, Dean’s Advisory Board is made up of 28 leaders in Industry. Key Executive Officers and company owners meet formally as a Board twice each year. <br> <br> In addition, Board members volunteer additional time to work on one of three committees formed to dig deeper into specific College of Engineering issues. The Student Success Committee, Chaired by Tom Franklin, a partner with Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP, is focused on student mentoring, leadership and curriculum issues. <br> <br> The Industry Partners Committee, co-Chaired by Pedro Orso-Delgado, former City Manager for the City of Santee and Frank Flores, VP of Engineering for Global Products at Northrop Grumman, are working to improve industry and College relations through coordination of research and internship programs. And, David Barach, Principal Partner at Cepheus Capital Partners is directing the Development Committee which is seeking to spread the reach of the University to alumni and industry friends, focused on the new Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences Building. <br> <br> This Board is active and engaged, with big plans and big programs in the works! <br> </span> </p> <p>______________________<br> <br> <strong>The Associated Engineering Students Council (AESC) Representative</strong> </p> <p><span style="padding:5px"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-22.jpg" alt="" height="346" width="250"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Anachristina Morino and SDSU alumae, Diane Denkler, '62.</span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Anachristina Morino, the AESC representative</strong> is a 4th year Aerospace Engineering student with a Minor in Business Management. Diane Denkler, the first female to graduate from the College of Engineering at SDSU, offers Anachristina guidance and inspiration.<br> <br> "I have been able to take on any obstacle I face and continue doing the things I love. She taught me that combing passion with hard work, is what makes a female successful in the male dominated field of engineering.</span></span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br> <br> I have been able to succeed in my classes and balance my time for all my activities, all while still managing to get enough sleep, thanks to Diane."<br> <br> </span><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-25.jpg" alt="" height="220" width="250"> <span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Annachristina Morino and SDSU alumnus, Jordan Evans, '93. </span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> This past summer, SDSU students along with Alumni, participated in the the JPL Summer Internship Program which offers a 10-week, full-time, summer internship opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. <br> <br> As part of their internships, students are partnered with JPL scientists or engineers, who serve as the students' mentors. Students complete designated projects outlined by their mentors, gaining educational experience in their fields of study while also contributing to NASA and JPL missions and science. <br> <br> Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a number of enrichment activities, including tours, lectures and career advisement, arranged by the JPL Education Office. </span> </p> <p>______________________<br> <br> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><strong>Calendar</strong></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)"><strong>Engineering Advisory Board Meeting</strong> <span style="margin-bottom:5px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br> Friday, October 30, 2015. Templo Mayor, Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, SDSU.<br> <br> </span></span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)"><strong>The EIS Groundbreaking Ceremony</strong> <span style="margin-bottom:5px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br> Friday, November 6, 2015. Construction Site of EIS Complex, SDSU.<br> <br> </span></span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)"><strong>Engineering Design Day</strong> <span style="margin-bottom:5px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br> Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM at Montezuma Hall.<br> <br> </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)"><strong>Engineering Senior Banquet</strong> <span style="margin-bottom:5px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br> Thursday, May 5, 2016, 5:30 PM-7:30 PM at Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center.</span></span> </p> <p>______________________ </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><strong>SDSU Campaign</strong></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)"><strong> Class of 2015 Leaves a Lasting Legacy</strong><br> <span style="margin-bottom:5px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Instead of a fountain, picnic bench or sculpture commemorating their time at SDSU, this year’s graduating class is leaving a legacy through philanthropy, having raised nearly $25,000 for scholarships that will benefit Aztecs in the years to come. <a href="http://www.sdsualumni.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=14651&eid=547643" style="color:#990000;font-weight:bold" target="_blank"><strong>READ MORE</strong></a></span></span> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The groundbreaking for the new EIS Complex which will fuel SDSU's drive to become a top-50 public research university will take place on November 6, 2015. The facility will double the College's teaching space and will enhance the current research capacities of the Colleges of Engineering and Science. It will also boost SDSU's ability to attract the best and brightest graduate students and researchers. <br> <br> The complex will house state-of-the-art research laboratories for renewable energy systems, biomedical engineering, and wireless communications. It will also house several interdisciplinary research and entrepreneurship centers including the Viromics Institute, the Smart Health Institute, and an imaging laboratory for brain research.<br> <br> The construction of the EIS Complex will be completed in Fall 2017.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"> <p> <img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-1.jpg" alt="" height="182" width="243"> <img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-2.jpg" alt="" height="182" width="243"> <img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-20.jpg" alt="" height="182" width="243"> <img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-4.jpg" alt="" height="182" width="243"><br> </p> <p> </p> <center> </center></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ffffff;font-size:16px" height="10" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000">Mechatronics Team Wins Top Prize in International Competition</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px;border-bottom-color:#999999;background-color:#f3f5f2" height="10" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>The SDSU Mechatronics Club</strong> took first place and a cash prize of $6,000, in the 18th Annual Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Office of Naval Research's (ONR), RoboSub Competition that was held in July 2015. </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Mechatronics Club competed against 38 teams from around the world and finalists included National University of Singapore, Maritime State University (Russia), California Institute of Technology, University of Arizona, Far Eastern Federal University (Russia), and Amador Valley High School. </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Mechatronics team was invited to the office of San Diego Mayor, Kevin Faulconer who congratulated them on their achievement.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:20px;margin-right:20px;border-bottom-color:#999999;background-color:#f3f5f2" height="10" valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#990000"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-5.jpg" alt="Mechatronics" height="217" width="325"></span></td> <td style="height:20px;margin-right:20px;border-bottom-color:#999999;background-color:#f3f5f2" height="10" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-26.jpg" alt="" height="130" width="144"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ffffff;font-size:16px" height="10" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000">Three Construction Engineering Teams Place High in Reno Competition</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px;border-bottom-color:#999999;background-color:#f3f5f2" height="10" valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#990000"> <p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px" align="left"><strong>Construction Engineering students</strong> attending the ASC (Associated Schools of Construction) national competition in Reno, Nevada, and won first place in both Electrical, and in Virtual Design and Construction categories. They also took third place in the Preconstruction Services category. </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px;border-bottom-color:#999999;background-color:#f3f5f2" height="217" valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#990000"> <p>The winning teams from left to right: VDC, Preconstruction, and Electrical </p> <p><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-6.jpg" alt="" height="108" width="163"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-7.jpg" alt="" height="108" width="163"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-8.jpg" alt="" height="108" width="163"></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px" height="10" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Two New Chairs and Four New Faculty Join the College of Engineering</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The College of Engineering welcomes two new Department Chairs and four new faculty who joined the College as Assistant Professors in Fall 2015. They are:</span> </p> <ul> <li style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong>Dr. John Abraham</strong>, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering </span></li> <li style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong>Dr. Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani</strong>, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering </span></li> <li style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong>Dr. Parag Katira</strong>, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering </span></li> <li style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong>Dr. Chris Mi</strong>, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering </span></li> <li style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong>Dr. Xianfeng Yang</strong>, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering </span></li> <li style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong>Dr. George Youssef</strong>, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering</span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px" height="15" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(255,255,255)">Faculty Honors and Awards</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" width="394" align="left"> <p><strong style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#990001">Recipient of the DOE Early Career Award</strong> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> Dr. Ilenia Battiato</strong>,<strong> </strong>Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering received the<strong> </strong>DOE Young Investigator award totaling $750,000 over five years. The ultimate goal of Dr. Battiato's research is to better understand how carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration works. CO2 sequestration is used for controlling atmospheric carbon emissions. It works by trapping CO2 in geologic formations for thousands of years.</span></p> </td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" width="145" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-4.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>$1.5M Award to Study Ship Safety and Durability</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> Dr. Robert Dowell</strong>, Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering received two multi-year ship research projects from NASSCO, totaling $1.5 million. This research which aims at improving ship safety and durability, initiates an important collaboration between NASSCO and SDSU.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-7.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>NSF Grant Awarded for Studying Sustainable Sanitation and Energy Recovery</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> Dr. Natalie Mladenov</strong>, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering received a $249,304 grant from NSF for the "US-South Africa Collaboration on Sustainable Sanitation and Energy and Resource Recovery from Wastewater" that will provide important research experience for SDSU students visiting the University of KwaZulu-Natal and offer new sustainable technologies for South African communities.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="middle" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-6.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>Engin Awarded Humboldt Research Fellowship</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> Dr. Ege Engin</strong>,<strong> </strong>Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship. The fellowship starts in December 2015.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-5.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"> <table width="143" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px" valign="top" align="center"> </td> <td style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px" valign="top" align="center">Dr. Kee Moon<img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-9.jpg" alt="" height="119" width="104"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px" valign="top" align="center"> </td> <td style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px" valign="top" align="center">Dr. Yusuf Ozturk <span style="padding:5px"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-10.jpg" alt="" height="117" width="106"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(171,0,0)"><strong>ME and ECE Faculty Design Wireless Multi-sensor for Health Monitoring</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> </strong></span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Dr. Kee Moon</strong>, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and <strong>Dr.</strong> <strong>Yusuf Ozturk</strong>, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering have invented a comprehensive multi-sensor wireless wearable platform for smart health monitoring applications. This is the first collaborative invention disclosure applied from the new Area of Excellence: Smart Health Institute. </span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The health monitoring system is the state of the art technology developed to meet one of the fastest growing medical research and markets due to increasing aging population and associated diseases. The new small wearable wireless platform will connect patients and healthcare providers globally and continuously with the most advanced diagnostic and data transmission technology.</span><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#990001" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>ME Faculty Conducts Tests Aboard International Space Station</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br> <br> Professor of Mechanical Engineering<strong>, Dr. Subrata Bhattacharjee, </strong>conducted 20 tests aboard International Space Station in February, July, and August of 2014. His NASA grant was also renewed last year.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-8.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>May-Newman will chair Gordon Research Conference in 2017</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> Dr. Karen May-Newman</strong>, Professor of Mechanical Engineering will serve as vice-chair of a Gordon Research Conference in 2015; she will be chair in 2017.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-11.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>Sarkar Serves on IEEE Globecom 2015 Conference Technical Committee</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> Dr. Sweta Sarkar</strong>, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will serve as Vice Chair for the Technical Program Committee of the IEEE Globecom 2015 conference to be held in San Diego in December 2015. The conference received a record number of 2000+ article submissions this year. </span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-12.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>The 2015 Outstanding Engineering Faculty</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br> <br> Each year, SDSU recognizes outstanding faculty for their contributions to teaching, research and community service. <strong>Dr. Sunil Kumar</strong>, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, was a recipient of the 2015 Faculty Montys Award for his research in the wireless area. <br> <br> He has received and participated in extramural grants totaling $3.5M from the NSF, US Air Force, California Energy Commission and industry since he joined SDSU 9 years ago. He actively involves students in his research projects. His former students are employed by leading wireless companies including Apple, Qualcomm, Cisco, and Sony.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="middle" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-2.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>The Outstanding Associate Editor Recognition</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> Dr. Satish Sharma</strong>, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recognized as the Outstanding Associate Editor, IEEE Transaction Antennas and Propagation, July 2014 by IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-13.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>Nature Physics Article on Brittle Granular Media</strong></span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><br> <br> Dr. Julio Valdes</strong> and his student <strong>Pouya Golshan</strong>, along with coworkers Francois Guillard, Luming Shen, and Itai Einav, have recently published their discovery of dynamic patterns of compaction as exhibited by brittle porous media, in the top physics journal, <em>Nature Physics</em>. </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">They have found that brittle porous media exhibit a variety of irreversible compaction patterns that can be mapped in a single phase diagram using only two dimensionless parameters. </span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="middle" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-14.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,1)"><strong>The 2015 Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award</strong> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br> <br> This award recognizes faculty, staff and peer advisers who provide outstanding advising to SDSU students. <strong>Dr. Thais Alves</strong>, Associate Professor of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering is a recipient of the 2015 Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-1.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px" height="10" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(255,255,255)">The 2015 Montys Alumni Award</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Montys Alumni Award honors those distinguished alumni who have made signification contributions to SDSU, the San Diego community or California, nationally or internationally. <br> <br> The recipient of the 2015 Montys Alumni Award for the College of Engineering is <strong>Ziad Mansour </strong>('82, BS Electrical Engineering; '86, MS Electrical Engineering), leads the Digital Hardware group in Qualcomm CDMA Technologies division as Senior Vice President of Engineering. Holding patents in modem and low power implementation, he serves on the Engineering Dean's Advisory Board with leaders of local industry, regional non-profit organizations and alumni to help assure the highest quality of education for tomorrow's Engineering workforce.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="middle" align="center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-3.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="height:20px;margin-right:20px" height="10" valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#990000"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(255,255,255)">Student Success & Accolades</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>David Curran</strong>, who is pursuing his Master's in Mechanical Engineering, and works in the Combustion and Solar Energy Laboratory was awarded the prestigious John and Barbara Yellott Award from the American Solar Energy Society Graduate Student Award. This award is given to a single graduate student nationwide each year who demonstrates high quality research and the potential for future success in the solar energy field. </span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="middle" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-16.jpg" alt="" height="124" width="103"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" height="157" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ph.D. student <strong>Nathan R. Labadie</strong>, <strong>Dr. Satish Sharma</strong>, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Dr. G. Rebeiz (UCSD) are the recipients of the 2015 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award. They will be provided with a Certificate and a $1000 honorarium to be divided among the awardees. Their paper, "A Circularly Polarized Multiple Radiating Mode Microstrip Antenna for Satellite Receive Applications,” appeared in IEEE Transactions on AP, vol.62, no. 7, pp.3490-3500, in 2014.<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br> </span></span></td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="middle" align="center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-30-10.jpg" alt="" height="129" width="105"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" height="107" valign="top" align="left"> <p><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Two PhD Students: <strong>Diletta Giuntini</strong> and<strong> Xialu Wei</strong> received the First Place Award for their presentation at the International Sintering 2014 Conference held in Dresden, Germany.</span></p> </td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-27.jpg" alt="" height="95" width="105"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="top" align="left"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Sergio Juarez</strong>, MESA Mechanical Engineering graduate – was recipient of the prestigious California State University Trustee's Award for Outstanding Achievement. Juarez who completed an internship at the Idaho National Laboratory through the Department of Energy, was accepted into SDSU's Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering through his participation in MESA.<br> </span></p> </td> <td style="padding:5px;border-bottom:thin solid;border-bottom-color:#999999" valign="middle" align="center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-29.jpg" alt="" height="103" width="104"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px" height="152" valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Amy Bigelow</strong>, <strong>Federick Pinongcos </strong>and <strong>Heather Tegley </strong>– Environmental Engineering students, were accepted to the International Research Experience for Sustainable Sanitation at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa; this is a SDSU/CalPoly Pomonoa collaborative project.</span></td> <td style="padding:5px" valign="middle" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="http://www.kristanielsen.com/urad/images/eng-newsletter-17.jpg" alt="" height="140" width="120"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#202020" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="600" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="600" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="20" width="100%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family:Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#000000" valign="middle" align="center">Copyright 2015 San Diego State University </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" width="100%"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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