News from the College of Sciences
Antonio Palacios publishes book
Antonio Palacios and Visarath In of SPAWAR have just published a book in Springer’s Complexity Series, Symmetry in Complex Network Systems: Connecting Equivariant Bifurcation Theory with Engineering Applications. Dr. Palacios has been collaborating with SPAWAR...
Chris Rasmussen receives Monty Award
Chris Rasmussen receives the 2017 College of Science’s Outstanding Faculty Contributions Award, also known as the Faculty Montys. Chris is an international leader in mathematics education research. He has led the research community to focus on the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ricardo teaches in Greece
Professor Carretero taught an intensive summer course on Nonlinear Waves: Theory, Applications and Computation in Kavala, Greece during summer 2017. The course, offered through the Democritus University of Thrace, took place in the picturesque town of Kavala, in ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Welcome new faculty: Dr. Naveen Vaidya
The Department welcomes a new faculty member in Biomathematics, Naveen Vaidya. Naveen comes to us from the University of Missouri –Kansas City. Before joining UMKC, he had four years of postdoctoral research experience in Mathematical Biology working with Dr....
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...
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...
Thesis Defense – Matt Dorsey MS
Evidence of Na- and Mg-rich Hydrothermal Brine Circulation Driving Elemental Mass Redistribution in an Active Fault Zone: A Case Study of the Borrego Fault Zone, northern Baja California, Mexico Matt Dorsey Advisor: Dr. Tom Rockwell Friday September 15th, 2017 CSL 422...
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.
