TEMPORARY SHIFT TO VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION
The first two weeks of the spring semester, January 19 through Friday Feb. 4, will be held virtually with limited exceptions. Our normal in-person course schedule will resume as planned on Monday, Feb 7. As announced last month by the California State University system, all eligible students, faculty and staff will be required to have a COVID-19 booster on file by Tuesday, Jan. 18 to be considered fully vaccinated. More information can be found on the university’s COVID-19 site.
Chris Rasmussen studys abroad: Spain
In June 2017, Chris Rasmussen led a group of 21 SDSU liberal studies students on a study abroad program in Granada, in the Andalucía region of southern Spain. As part of this program, Chris taught these SDSU students (see photo) a three credit mathematics...
Grand Canyon – 2017
The Geology 200 (Geologic Inquiry) and Historical Geology classes spent two and half days in the Grand Canyon. Students walked along the trail of time, studied the fossils in the Kaibab Formation and enjoyed two opportunities to get below the rim. On one...
Dave Kimbrough gives talk at Mesa College
The Great Dying Mesa College’s School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences’ STEM lecture series: Dr. Kimbrough will talk about his recent work in Argentina on large volume rhyolitic volcanic eruptions and their possible contribution to...
Recent Publications
2 new publications by Dr. Vic Camp International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior Camp, V. E., Reidel, S.P., Ross, M.E., Brown, R.J., and Self, S., August, 2017, Fieldtrip guide to the vents, dikes, stratigraphy and structure of...
SDSU Computer Science Department 2018 Faculty Position Advertisement
San Diego State University College of Sciences Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Full Time, Tenure Track) The Department of Computer Science is seeking to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor with expertise in machine...
Chevron Recruiting
September 12-13th, 2017 Recruiter: Jason Parizek EARTH SCIENCE AT CHEVRON:Chevron is recruiting Geologist-Interns and Geophysicist-Interns located in: · Bakersfield, California...
Colloquium Friday Sept 15, 2017: Prof. Ken Nollett “Nuclear collisions from the ground up“
Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Nollett, Physics Department, SDSU Topic: “Nuclear collisions from the ground up“ Time: 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 15th (refreshments served at 1:45 p.m.) Place: P-148 Abstract: Nucleons...
ExxonMobil recruiting
San Diego State UniversityDepartment of Geological Sciences September 5-7, 2017Recruiter: Doug MillerExxonMobil Geoscience Applicants are required to fill out an online application and post a copy of their resume on www.exxonmobil.com/apply one week prior to...
Thesis Defense – Qian Yao (PhD)
Dynamic Modeling of Earthquake Sources on Rough Faults Qian Yao PhD Candidate, Geophysics Advisor: Dr. Steve Day Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 CSL 422 – noon Abstract Surface roughness is a universal characteristic of natural faults. Roughness can be...
Student featured in AAPG Explorer
Ariella Goldstein (undergraduate) was awarded the 2017 L. Austin Weeks scholarship grant and featured in the August 2017 issue of AAPG Explorer. Congratulations Ariella! We are proud to have her representing SDSU for this Prestigious international award.
Mentoring: Answering a Call to Action
Once an Aztec, always an Aztec! Aztec for Life!® We hear these words spoken in graduation ceremonies, in promotional videos, and on the scoreboard at Aztec games. But what do these words mean? Some say they mean that in our hearts, we will always have a love...
SDSU astronomy professor Doug Leonard presents invited plenary lecture at the 230th meeting of the American Astronomical Society
American Astronomical Society photograph © 2017 by Corporate Event Images/Phil McCarten. On June 7, 2017, Professor Doug Leonard delivered an invited plenary talk on the explosion geometry of core-collapse supernovae at the 230th meeting of the American...
Commencement 2017
Thesis Defense – Liz White MS
Determining Radiocarbon Reservoir-corrections for Freshwater Mollusks from Ancient Lake Cahuilla, Imperial County, California Liz White MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Tom Rockwell June 14th, 2017 – CSL 422, 9 am Abstract To better understand the timing of Lake...
Thesis Defense – Craig Hall MS
Clues to the nature of late Pleistocene regolith, Peninsular Ranges, SE California, USA: A case study of a precariously balanced rock, its partially exhumed corestone platform, and encasing saprock Craig Hall MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Gary H. Girty June 14th,...
Thesis Defense – Sean Daniels MS
The Provenance, Sedimentology, and Stratigrphy of the Table Mountain Formation Sean Daniels MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough June 14th, 2017 – CSL 422, 12:30 pm Abstract The topography of the Peninsular Ranges in southern California and...
Graduating Class of 2017
Congratulations to our 2017 graduates in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. Awards have been presented to our Outstanding Graduates and Faculty. The following graduating candidates have been nominated by department faculty to recognize their outstanding...
Class of 2017 Outstanding Graduate
Congratulations to Caleb Dechant for being named the 2017 Outstanding Graduate for Computer Science! Each outstanding graduate chooses his most influential professor and Caleb chose Dr. John Carroll. I asked him to tell us about his experiences here at SDSU, why...
AAPG Houston Expo and Alumni Event – 2017
2017 Department Alumni Banquet Pictures
Thesis Defense – Caleb Adkins BS
Use of Smectite as a Geothermometer to Understand Emplacement Temperatures of Mount Calavera Dome, Carlsbad, California Caleb Adkins BS Candidate Advisor: Heather Webb and Dr. Jillian Maloney May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 9 am Abstract Clay minerals have been used as...
MS Spring 2017 Thesis Defense
Theses Defenses of 2016-2017 Spring 2017 MS Candidates Diane Cheung-Harris Geology of the Cahuilla Gold-Silver Deposit and Modoc fault of the western Salton Trough, southern California MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough, Dr. Vic Camp, and Dr. Trent Biggs...
Thesis Defense – Kristen Dennis MS
Asymmetrical Fault Zone Architecture: The case for a different response of lithology to similar transient loading conditions along the San Jacinto fault, SE California, USA Kristen Dennis MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Gary H. Girty May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 1:15...
Thesis Defense – Diane Cheung-Harris MS
Geology of the Cahuilla Gold-Silver Deposit and Modoc fault of the western Salton Trough, southern California Diane Cheung-Harris MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 11 am Abstract The Cahuilla gold-silver deposit is a...
Partnering for Success The California Department of Education has recently awarded San Diego State University and the Sweetwater Union High School District one of five $1.28 million California Mathematics Readiness Challenge Initiative (CMRCI) grants. The goal...
Prestigious Recognition for SDSU Virus Researcher
SDSU biologist Rob Edwards was elected a fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology. By Michael Price, original story on SDSU NewsCenter San Diego State University bioinformatics professor Rob Edwards has been elected a fellow of the American Academy for...
NOAA Cooperative Institute Funds SDSU
Figure: El Nino influenced December 1982 global temperature anomalies. The data are from the NOAA Merged Land Ocean Global Surface Temperature Analysis and are with respect to the normal temperature defined as the 1971-2000 mean. The red and yellow colors imply...
New Publication
Dr. Clive Dorman Professor Emeritus SDSU Geological SciencesPhysical Oceanography, Air-Sea Interaction, and Marine Meteorology Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Clive Dorman who co-edited a major new just-published volume presenting the history of marine fog...
Northrop Grumman Coding Challenge Competition
On April 7-8 Northrop Grumman will be hosting a Coding Challenge for SDSU and UCSD students. This is a great opportunity to showcase your talents and meet the Northrop Grumman team. Last year there were two codeathons, one at SDSU and another at UCSD. This...
Astronomy Department welcomes new faculty member, Kate Rubin
The Astronomy Department is pleased to welcome our latest faculty hire, professor Kate Rubin, who joined our Department this fall. Kate has an expertise in extragalactic astronomy, with an emphasis on the flow of gas into and out of galaxies as they form and evolve....
Astronomy Department welcomes new faculty member Kate Rubin
The Astronomy Department is pleased to welcome our latest faculty hire, professor Kate Rubin, who joined our Department in Fall 2016. Kate has an expertise in extragalactic astronomy, with an emphasis on the flow of gas into and out of galaxies as they form and...
Proposals for the 2017 Presidents’ Commission Scholars Program Due
Presidents' Commission Scholars Program Deadline: February 13, 2017 by 5:00 p.m. pacific time. Apply
SDSU joins NOAA Partnership
As a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), SDSU joined a 13-institution national NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) consortium led by Howard University, to train under-represented minority STEM students in the area of atmospheric sciences. The entire consortium...
Janet Bowers receives $160K NSF grant
SDSU has been awarded $286,060.00 over 5 years as part of a $2.6 million National Science Foundation grant to fund the project Collaborative Research: A National Consortium for Synergistic Undergraduate Mathematics via Multi-institutional Interdisciplinary Teaching...
SDSU Computer Science Department 2017 Chair Position Advertisement
San Diego State University College of Sciences Department of Computer Science Chair of Computer Science (Tenured) The Department of Computer Science seeks an outstanding scholar to chair the Department starting in Fall 2017. We anticipate multiple new faculty hires in...