San Diego State University College of Engineering provides

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students with undergraduate and graduate

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

education. The College of Engineering offers eight degree programs. The

Aerospace Aerospace is a term used to collectively refer to the atmosphere and outer space. Aerospace activity is very diverse, with a multitude of commercial, industrial and military applications. Aerospace engineering consists of aeronautics and astr ...

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering,

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...

, Mechanical Engineering, and Construction Engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of

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Academics

Degrees

The degrees available through the College of Engineering are

Bachelor of Sciences A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...

(BS), MA,

Master of Engineering A Master of Engineering (abbreviated MEng, M.E. or M.Eng.) is either an academic or professional master's degree in the field of engineering. International variations Australia In Australia, the Master of Engineering degree is a research de ...

, MS, Ed.D,

Ph.D A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

Special Degrees

* The

degree is an interdisciplinary program with the College of Engineering and the College of Business Administration. * A joint doctoral program in Engineering Science/Applied Mechanics is available in conjunction with

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(UCSD). * As of 2005, several new degree programs have been established in bioengineering and in construction engineering.

Departments

The College of Engineering includes eight academic departments: Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The aerospace engineering program was ranked #37 among graduate aerospace programs in the United States by the '' U.S. News & World Report'' in 2017.

Institutes/Research Centers

* Communication Systems and Signal Processing Institute * Concrete Materials Research Institute * Energy Engineering Institute * Center for Industrial Training and Engineering Research CITER

Facilities

* Advanced

Materials Processing In engineering, a process is a series of interrelated tasks that, together, transform inputs into a given output. These tasks may be carried out by people, nature or machines using various resources; an engineering process must be considered in t ...

Laboratory (AMPL) *

Combustion Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combus ...

and Solar Energy Research Laboratory (CSEL) * Energy Analysis Diagnostic Center * Environmental Engineering Research Laboratories * Experimental Mechanics Laboratory * Facility for Applied Manufacturing Enterprise (FAME) * Geo-Innovations Research Laboratory * High Speed and Low Speed

Wind Tunnel Wind tunnels are large tubes with air blowing through them which are used to replicate the interaction between air and an object flying through the air or moving along the ground. Researchers use wind tunnels to learn more about how an aircraft ...

s * Powder Technology Laboratory * Real-Time DSP and FPGA Development Laboratory

References

External links

San Diego State University - College of Engineering Carnegie Foundation profile for SDSUSDSU's Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ChapterSDSU Racing (Society of Automotive Engineers)
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