Offroad continues to improve in Baja SAE contest
The SDSU entry in Baja SAE continues to score more points in the annual contest overseen by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
This year at Baja SAE Williamsport hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology at Montgomery, the team earned 360.95 points and placed 47th overall out of 110 college teams (57th percentile) from the United States, Brazil and Canada from May 15-19.
Last year the team ranked 49th out of 86 teams (43rd percentile) with 311 points.Jackrabbit in the spotlight鈥擜llea Klauenberg / A story of trials, triumphs and determination
Allea Klauenberg long thought her career would be in engineering. As a child growing up on an acreage near Ogden, Iowa, 30 miles west of Ames, she played with Tinkertoys and Legos, not Barbies.
鈥淚 always knew I wanted to do engineering. I just didn鈥檛 know the focus,鈥 Klauenberg, who choose mechanical because she was told it was the broadest field of engineering. So broad, it could take her into the field of aerospace and give her an opportunity to be a leader in South 啵啵直播秀 State University鈥檚 Space Trajectory project.So close: SDSU comes up just short for quarter-scale tractor threepeat
By the narrowest of margins 鈥 two points out of more than 2,000 鈥 the SDSU Quarter Scale Tractor Team came up just short of winning its third consecutive national title. Competing at the 27th annual International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition at the Expo Gardens Fairgrounds in Peoria, Illinois, the South 啵啵直播秀 State University team placed third out of 21 teams.
SDSU rover design places third in NASA鈥檚 RASC-AL contest
Competing against the best and the brightest, a South 啵啵直播秀 State University engineering team finished third overall in a NASA contest and again was awarded for building the best prototype. The SDSU students were one of 14 teams selected from 75 higher education entries to compete in the finals of the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts 鈥 Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition June 10-12 in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Engineering students design IV practice sleeve for nursing students
A four-man team of South 啵啵直播秀 State University mechanical engineering students has designed a wearable sleeve that will allow aspiring nurses to practice intravenous (IV) injections.
32 participate in Order of the Engineer
Pledging their skills and knowledge to the public good and promising to practice with integrity and respect, 32 engineering graduates took part in the Order of the Engineer ceremony in the Volstorff Ballroom on the South 啵啵直播秀 State University campus.
Fluid power team earns awards at national contest
Members of the Fluid Power Club at South 啵啵直播秀 State University returned from the National Fluid Power Association鈥檚 Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge in Ames, Iowa, April 24-26, with a pair of awards.