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Susan Lord, PhD, Named Engineering Spotlight Award Recipient
“I was always well suited to be an engineer,” admits Susan Lord, chair and professor of integrated engineering and professor of electrical…
Dressed for Success
Get up close and personal with electrical engineering alumnus Baxter Box ’06, CEO of rewardStyle — a monetized platform for fashion, beaut…
Into the E-Maelstrom
Late in 1988, a college student named Robert Morris wrote a program designed to propagate across the network of computers and terminals that was yet t…
Arica Christensen Rises to the Challenge
This summer, Arica Christensen, a rising senior at the University of San Diego studying Industrial and Systems Engineering, was one of 400 interns sel…
Deep Bedi '11: Engineering Alum, former SIBC President Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Asia
Intrapreneurship is the ability to be an entrepreneur within a large organization. But spend five minutes with Deep Bedi, and you’ll quickly see…
Computer Science Graduate Makes the Most of Her Years at USD
Computer science senior Taylor Wong is president of USD’s Association for Computing Machinery. She’s also an Industry Scholar, member of M…
John Glick, PhD Named Faculty Spotlight Award Recipient
Professor and Chair of Computer Science at USD’s Shiley Marcos School of Engineering did not start out his academic journey in the field of comp…
USD: Home Away From Home
As the crow flies, the distance between Saudi Arabia and San Diego is 8,366 miles — roughly an 16-hour flight. For a 17-year-old venturing out a…
Going Further. Together.
"If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together."…
Management Engineer, Andrea Disotell ‘12, Finds Value in Variety
If you’re looking for Andrea Disotell ‘12 (BS/BA) at Rady Children’s Hospital where she works as a management engineer, be prepared …
James Kohl, PhD, Named Engineering Spotlight Award Recipient
When asked if he had any puns for his Statics course, Professor of Mechanical Engineering James Kohl, replies, "Sure, but they just don't seem to go a…
The Flip Side of Computer Science and Engineering
If you think all engineering and computer science students are too focused on their studies — too busy to “have a life” &mda…
Leading the Next Generation
2018 Alumni Honors recipient Rasheed Behrooznia helps design the transit systems that get commuters where they need to go. His own road to suc…
Meet Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering's 2018 Valedictorian: Anthony Shao
The best of the best. Among some 1,400 students who comprised the University of San Diego's undergraduate class of 2018, Anthony Shao was selected as …
Choa Kang Named Staff Engineering Spotlight Award Recipient
Can you imagine that the most beautiful joy that fills your soul comes from a language? Not just any language — the English language. You know d…
Ross Dwelley '18 (ISyE) signs with San Francisco 49ers
USD tight end Ross Dwelley’s football career will continue as he signed an undrafted free agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers. This…
Odesma Dalrymple, PhD, Named Engineering Spotlight Award Recipient
Envision yourself in the southernmost nation of the Caribbean, just off the northeast coast of Venezuela, on one of two lush islands known for their d…
How Engineering can promote Social Justice — Dr. Alex Mejia
Engineering is a loaded term. While engineers help create and shape the world we live in, there are common misunderstandings about who they are and th…
Changemaking Engineers
We asked a handful of USD’s Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering students and alumni to tell us what inspires them and describe how they ar…
Trek: The Incredible Journey of a Dream Realized
It’s a misty morning in the mountains of Cuyamaca State Park. The sun is beginning to crest over the distant ridge and the temperature is crisp …
I Learned How to Learn
2017 USD Alumni Honors recipient, Matt Craig ’03 (ISyE), willed himself to an engineering degree — and an amazing career.…
Soaring to Greater Heights
Thrilling. Unprecedented. Amazing. Mere words aren’t enough to express our pride that two USD alumni have been selected as NASA’s …
Engineering Spotlight Award Recipient, Thomas Schubert, PhD, Blends the Best of Both Worlds
From its humble beginnings, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering has been evolving steadily along a visionary and illustrious journey over time &md…
Class of 2017 Inaugural Valedictorian
The Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering proudly announces the school’s first ever valedictorian, Rachel Lloyd. An industrial and systems enginee…
Kathleen Kramer, PhD Named Engineering Faculty Spotlight Award Recipient
Driven by a passion of “advancing technology for humanity on many fronts,” an enthusiasm to educate the “complete engineer” an…
Rhonda Harley Named Staff Engineering Spotlight Award Recipient
Dy•nam•ic: A force that stimulates change or progress within a system or process. To come to know Rhonda Harley, STEM career counselo…
Michaella Wittmann: Changemaking Engineer Spotlight
Michaella Wittmann ’92 (EE), sustainability director of HDR Archiecture, is a leader with more than two decades of experience in the susta…
Inside the Wondrous Mind of Andrew Putnam
It doesn’t necessarily take superhuman powers to be a triple major as an undergraduate. In fact, for this year’s Shiley-Marcos Schoo…
Truc Ngo, PhD, Receives Faculty Engineering Spotlight Award
Born and raised in Vietnam, Dr. Truc Ngo moved to America at the age of 17 with lofty dreams of becoming an engineer. Though she had no role models fo…
Frank Jacobitz, PhD, Named Engineering Spotlight Award Recipient
Blazing a trail of prestigious accolades and accomplishments, Dr. Frank Jacobitz has been making history at the University of San Diego since his arri…
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“What is art?” Ask this question to a group of USD faculty members and the answers you'll get are nearly limitless. This group wants to take the meaning of art, mix it together with multiple academic disciplines and build something big, something with a purpose, as an applied creative project. Which is why a concept like Art Builds was created. Read More.