2023
May
18,
2023
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09:14 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A team of students from Cal State San Marcos recently competed in the fourth Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC), which endorses new marine energy ideas for capturing the power of the ocean.The CSUSM team of Thomas Handzel, Miguel Lopez, Fare...
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February
01,
2023
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14:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ electrical engineering program is known for being robust, exemplary and state-of-the-art, even though it was established just four years ago. Many attribute the program’s success to founding faculty member Dr. Reza Kamali, who t...
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2022
November
21,
2022
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15:13 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos electrical engineering student Sean Resor (he/him) walks into each of his many roles with a kind heart, helpful hand and open-minded ear, which allows him to pave his own path to success and build steady foundations for future ge...
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March
07,
2022
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09:02 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon on Friday, March 11, to celebrate the opening of the university’s Viasat Engineering Pavilion.The pavilion is named in honor of the Carlsbad-based company that provided a $1.5 million g...
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2021
October
18,
2021
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14:06 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Marco Jacome had been working at Cal State San Marcos for a few months when he finally got to move into the recently completed Viasat Engineering Pavilion in December 2019.An instructional support technician for the engineering program, Jacome was ab...
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September
29,
2021
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11:20 AM
America/Los_Angeles
California State University San Marcos has received a grant of nearly $5 million from the U.S. Department of Education that it will use to further expand opportunities and equity for students in STEM fields. The grant is funded at just under $1 mill...
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June
07,
2021
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09:02 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The electrical engineering program is among 17 teams from colleges and universities across the country selected to participate in the 2022 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition: Powering the Blue Economy.The competition, which is hosted by the U.S. De...
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2020
October
21,
2020
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08:15 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Dr. Reza Kamali, associate professor of electrical engineering, and Dr. Ricardo D. Fierro, associate dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, received a $107,432 supplemental award for the Hispanic-Serving Institutions...
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March
06,
2020
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Editor's note: The ribbon-cutting scheduled for March 20, 2020 was postponed due to the pandemic. The event has since been rescheduled for March 11, 2022. Cal State San Marcos will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon on Friday, March 20 to celebra...
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2019
September
25,
2019
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13:41 PM
America/Los_Angeles
The California State University Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved the renaming of Cal State San Marcos’ Foundation Classroom Building as the Viasat Engineering Pavilion.The name change recognizes the $1.5 million gift from Viasat and several of i...
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September
16,
2019
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10:25 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Dr. Reza Kamali-Sarvestani is laying the foundation for a groundbreaking electrical engineering degree at Cal State San Marcos.The program’s founding faculty member came to CSUSM in August from Utah Valley University, where he served as an associate ...
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May
02,
2019
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16:04 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Ashley Jacobs and Marissa Beltran each bring a unique perspective to the CodeQueens Club, a 12-week after-school program coordinated by Cal State San Marcos that introduces high school students to computer coding.
Today, Ashley and Marissa work as...
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February
21,
2019
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Dr. Xiaocong (Simon) Fan came to Cal State San Marcos in December after nearly two decades at Pennsylvania State University to help build a new software engineering program. His impact is already being felt.
Fan is a driving force in developing cu...
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2018
November
24,
2018
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10:20 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Dr. Yongjie Zheng is a computer science and software engineering expert. Now he’s on the ground floor of Cal State San Marcos’ new software engineering program, a program that will offer its first courses next fall and will graduate its first class o...
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February
08,
2018
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11:03 AM
America/Los_Angeles
San Marcos, CA – Cal State San Marcos President Karen Haynes announced Thursday that Carlsbad-based global communications company Viasat, together with several employees, has invested $1.5 million to become the founding partner of the University’s en...
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February
08,
2018
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08:44 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ burgeoning engineering program took another major step forward on Thursday.
President Karen Haynes announced during her annual Report to the Community address that Carlsbad-based global communications company Viasat, together...
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2017
February
21,
2017
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15:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
STEM In Your Backyard: Vista Village returns with the third annual installment on Sunday, March 5.
The biannual family-friendly event is hosted by Cal State San Marcos’ College of Science and Mathematics in partnership with Wavelength Brewery and ...
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February
20,
2017
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13:44 PM
America/Los_Angeles
There is something for everyone at the annual Super STEM Saturday event on March 11 at Cal State San Marcos.
Held in partnership by The Classical Academies and CSUSM, Super STEM Saturday draws more than 8,000 science enthusiasts each year. The pop...
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February
08,
2017
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10:10 AM
America/Los_Angeles
San Marcos, CA – Build and launch a rocket, play Frisbee with a robot, or become a DNA detective. These are just a few of the nearly 100 hands-on, interactive activities and demonstrations that will engage thousands of attendees on Saturday, March 11...
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January
30,
2017
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08:03 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The need for more engineers in San Diego County is palpable.
An analysis by the Educational Advisory Board showed that local employment postings for software engineering-related positions jumped more than 72 percent between July 2013 and June 2015...
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January
30,
2017
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08:02 AM
America/Los_Angeles
An engineering feasibility study conducted on behalf of Cal State San Marcos in 2015 confirmed what the University has believed – it’s a much-needed program in the region.
While there are other engineering programs in Southern California, the stud...
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January
30,
2017
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08:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Three Cal State San Marcos faculty members from the College of Science and Mathematics are principal investigators on a $6 million grant awarded in September to provide foundational funding for the University's engineering program.
Here's a closer...
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January
30,
2017
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos may still be in the process of starting its engineering program, but its students have long been showing how their physics and computer science learning translates at the University’s annual Robot Expo.
The latest installment ...
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January
24,
2017
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09:32 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Jesus Perez was on his way to an early-morning summer school math class last June when he received an email from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Jesus, an applied physics major at Cal State San Marcos, knew the email’s content would detail whether ...
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2016
September
29,
2016
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11:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos has been looking forward to starting an engineering program.
The University is one step closer to achieving that goal thanks to a recently awarded grant.
The U.S. Department of Education awarded CSUSM a nearly $6 million gr...
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September
28,
2016
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12:07 PM
America/Los_Angeles
California State University San Marcos has been awarded a nearly $6 million grant under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM Program that will provide foundational funding for an engineering program.
The five-year grant will provide nearly $1.2 ...
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2015
February
26,
2015
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17:01 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Over 100 interactive demonstrations and hands-on science activities including rocket launches, build-a-robot stations, a magic show, animal encounters and scientist chats will engage thousands of attendees on Saturday, March 14 at the annual science ...
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2013
November
05,
2013
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12:16 PM
America/Los_Angeles
A career in science was just about the last thing on Rhianna Rodea's mind when she graduated from high school. It wasn't until she took an introductory chemistry class during her sophomore year at CSUSM that she discovered her true passion and began ...
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