News & Events

Over the summer the engineering students at Sonoma State University officially registered the IEEE Student Branch. The purpose of this newly established Branch is to provide student members unique opportunities to meet and learn from fellow IEEE student and graduate student members.

This semester the Engineering Department offered two online soldering workshops for freshmen and sophomore students. For this workshop individual students purchased their own Practice Soldering Kit with Soldering Iron.

Engineering Science student Jordan Johnston has received Technical Award with a cash prize in the student poster competition at 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC).

The first Virtual Engineering Hackathon at Sonoma State University pulled together 25 students from different majors, including Electrical Engineering, Business, and Computer Science.

The Engineering Department launched a new series of skill enrichment workshops. The workshops, titled "The Blueprints", are an initiative to bring together SSU Engineering and the wider community, with topics covering various skills, such as Python, PCB design, RF measurement, and many more.

The Interim Dean of Graduate Studies, Dr. Stacey Bosick, and the Office of Graduate Studies awarded David House the Graduate Studies Outstanding Research Award for his work on Metasurface Absorbers. David House graduated from the MSCES program in Spring 2020.

Two graduate engineering students, Joseph Haun and David House, are presenting the results of their research work in the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Digital Forum on Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems.

This summer, the engineering department at Sonoma State University launched its second Engineering Summer Camp virtually. This year’s camp was limited to only one cohort with twelve students, ranging from sophomores to seniors, from different high schools, mostly in Sonoma County.

This summer Joshua Paine, an Electrical Engineering and Math major senior at Sonoma state university, completed his internship at Keysight Technologies.

SSU engineering students showcased their research at Sonoma State University Virtual Research Gallery on May 15, 2020.