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- Alejandra Sanchez pursues a career in advanced battery technology for space exploration and beyond.
- Cal State LA students earn top honors at CSU Student Research Competition
- Cal State LA hosts 1,200+ students for ASCE Pacific Southwest Student Symposium 2026
- Cal State LA selected for EcoCAR Innovation Challenge, North America’s premier collegiate automotive engineering competition
- Cal State LA aerial competitions take flight, provide seniors valuable—and fun—practical experience
- Graduating Cal State LA student ready to take on ever-evolving tech industry - Arpit Vaishya (student success)
- Cal State LA awarded gold in 2025 Hydrogen Safety Challenge
- Carnegie Foundation designates Cal State LA as a research institution with high spending and doctorate production
- Cal State LA receives $345,000 grant to develop a portable mobile fuel cell generator with RockeTruck, Inc.
- Cal State LA receives $150,000 grant from South Coast AQMD for advanced battery competition (Dec 19, 2024)
Archive
- Dean Warter-Perez's Message - December 2023
- Civil Engineering Professor Arezoo Khodayari Receives NASA Grant to Use Planetary Science to Reduce Pollution
- Mechanical Engineering Professor Mohsen Eshraghi Receives NASA Grant to Explore Additive Manufacturing on the Moon
- Cal State LA has been selected as one of 12 universities nationwide to participate in the Battery Workforce Challenge
- ECST and Boeing Partner to Inspire Middle and High School Students at the 19th Annual MESA STEM Day
- ECST Alumni Joining Cal State LA as Assistant Professors
- Helping Transfer Students Succeed
- John C. Bachman was presented the 2023 Cal State LA Outstanding Professor Award
- Cal State LA technology professor receives CSU Wang Family Excellence Award
- Cal State LA awarded a prestigious National Institutes of Health research grant
- A Call to Action – how can you make a difference?
- In Memoriam: Dr. Lili Tabrizi, Emerita Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- IMPACT LA: Education designed by and for ECST Students
- Cal State LA receives $150,000 grant from South Coast AQMD for advanced battery competition
- Cal State LA ranks among the nation’s top 10 best online schools
- Cal State LA continues to rank among nation’s top universities in college guide
- NASA Awards $900k for Supportive STEM Efforts
- High School Girls get a STEM boost at Cal State LA
- Cal State LA showcases senior design projects at annual expo
- Preparing tomorrow's "green" leaders - The hydrogen wave is swelling
- Dr. David Blekhman receives CSU Wang Family Excellence Award
- Dr. Negin Forouzesh was awarded prestigious NIH research grant
- ECST RoboSub Team Competes Internationally and Makes it to Finals
- Nancy Warter-Perez named dean of the College of ECST
- Dean Emily Allen's Spring 2022 Message (May)
- ECST, Communications Studies, and Art Collaborate on LGBTQ Archive Project
- ECST Awarded $5 Million from NSF to Fund an Urban Sustainability Research Center
- STEM Advantage and ECST Collaborate to Create More Diversity in STEM
- ECST Collaborates with School of Nursing to Bring Virtual Reality to Nurse Training
- Creating a Glide Path Between Community Colleges and Four-Year Universities
- Cal State LA Verizon enrichment program offers hands-on STEM learning for local youth
- Cal State LA continues remarkable climb in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Cal State LA receives National Science Foundation grant to create a pathway to diversity program
- Cal State LA receives grant from state’s primary energy agency for workforce development
- Cal State LA faculty awarded grant to support interdisciplinary LGBTQ digital storytelling map
- Cal State LA honors distinguished alumni at 2022 award gala
- Alums and Friends of ECST Stepped Up in 2021!
- Dean Emily Allen's Fall 2021 Message
- ECST Alum Tells His Story of Surviving the Holocaust So No One Forgets
- Cal State LA Supports Using the Tools Professionals Use in Engineering Education
- ECST’s First-Year Student Experience Program Changes Lives
- “An Astronaut from Nigeria? That’s Not Going to Happen”
- ECST Raises Nearly $5,500,000 in 2020-2021 to Advance STEM Research and Student Success
- Dean Emily Allen's Spring 2021 Message
- Cal State LA Alums Power NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars
- Alums and Friends of ECST Step Up in 2020!
- Seniors Adapt to Capstone Projects During a Pandemic
- ECST Celebrates 2021 Engineering Week!
- Lab kits provide critical hands-on experience in Cal State LA virtual engineering courses
- Cal State LA receives College Futures Foundation grant to increase transfer student success in STEM fields
- Cal State LA receives $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve undergraduate STEM education
- Dean Emily Allen's Message - December 2020
- $2 Million Award from the NSF Tops the List of New ECST Grants
- Nearly 80% of Students Failed a Mid-Term. Something Had to Be Done.
- Cal State LA Fire Service Veterans Can’t Curb Their Enthusiasm
- Why Did You Choose Cal State LA? Three ECST Students Answer the Question
- Virtual Events: Our Format May Have Changed, But Enthusiasm Remains High!
- California State Cadet takes break from fighting forest fires to be commissioned
- Cal State LA students serve as firefighters, battle California wildfires
- Dean Emily Allen's Message - August 2020
- New Faculty: First Impressions
- ECST Students Made Remote Summer Internships Work
- ECST Graduate Hones Real-Worl Skills in Submarine Competition
- Congratulations to the ECST Class of 2020!
- Cal State LA Researchers Use Data Visualization, AI in fight against COVID-19
- Engineering the Anthropocene
- Cal State LA's engineering program in the College of ECST remains one of the top 10 in the nation among public, master’s awarding institutions
- Cal State LA opens the Sikand SITI Center, hosts symposium on urban sustainability
- SWE Magazine Feature: Women Engineering Leaders in Academe 2019
- Cal State LA receives $525,000 grant from the Weingart Foundation
- Baja SAE Tournament
- Cal State LA wins statewide award for hydrogen fuel cell vehicle program
- Commentary: Community college, janitorial job got me on track to doctorate
- Cal State LA technology professor named a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy Technology
- Graduating Cal State LA engineering student dedicated to serving community
- Graduating Cal State LA student uses computer science for innovation in robotics
- Cal State LA's ECST college hosts their annual capstone expo, displaying sponsored student projects
- XSEDE Teams with Cal State for Advanced Computing Training
- ASI and ECST hold "An Evening with Dr. Sengupta"
- Cal State LA receives Keck Foundation grant for Innovation and Design Center
- When the Engineer Met the Virtuoso
- How to Fight Hackers With Quantum Communication
- Cal State LA receives $525,000 grant from the Weingart Foundation
- NASA-funded program lifts off some students' careers
- Hassan Hashemian receives Administration's Public Service Award
- ECST receives $100,000 grant from SoCalGas
- Deborah Won is appointed to the CSUPERB Faculty Consensus Group
- Women's Council & Awards 2018: Finalist - Emily Allen
- Cal State LA awarded NSF grant to support students earning degrees in engineering and computer science
- L.A. County taps talent of Cal State LA technology students
- Computer science students are helping California's largest county government save time and trees through the use of affordable technology
- Cal State LA student receives $10,000 U.S. Navy STEM Scholarship
- Mohammad Pourhomayoun and his data science research team join L.A.'s VisionZero project
- Emily Allen is presented the 2017 Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity
- Cal State LA receives federal grant to diversify the STEM workforce
- Cal State LA receives research grant from NATO's Science for Peace and Security Program
- Curt Castagna moderates a panel discussion at the 89th Annual American Association of Airport Executives, Inc. Conference & Exposition
- Cal State LA team won first place at SourceAmerica Design Challenge
- Collaborating to meet industry challenges
- Sparking student interest in Naval STEM careers
- Jane Dong is the recipient of a HERS leadership fellowship
- Richard Roberto and Dan Roberto volunteer at the 2016 American Solar Challenge/ Formula Sun Grand Prix
- Tona Rodriguez-Nikl is the recipient of the Sikand Faculty Endowment for Research in Urban Sustainability
- W&WD Announces WWEMA Scholarship Winner
- Students create innovative prototypes at Cal State LA BioHack
- Mark Tufenkjian receives Outstanding Professor Award
- West Los Angeles teen computer whiz to graduate from Cal State LA
- Cal State L.A. students engineer tech solutions for real-world problems
- Nancy Warter-Perez will lead engineering students in developing cooperative robotics as part of NASA Swarmathon Physical Competition
- Paul Liu receives Northrop Grumman Corporation's 2015 World Class Team Special Recognition Award
- Cal State LA Team Named Finalist in Engineering Contest
- Cal State LA BMES Places in Top Five at Makeathon 2016
- Cal State LA Civil Engineering at ASWC 2016 (Photos)
- Cal State L.A. to boost student success through NSF-funded program
- Cal State L.A. receives more than $1 million in STEM research grants
- #WomenExcel: Two sisters start a new chapter at AECOM
- This 'feminist Barbie' comes with an inspiring lesson for young girls
- Cal State L.A. students win national engineering competition
- Civil Engineering Students Present their Southern California Regional Interconnector Project
- EcoCAR 3 team receives $100,000 from South Coast Air Quality Management District
- Cal State L.A. receives $5-million NASA grant for research
- Cal State L.A.'s Westec Team Win Third Place
- Cal State L.A. Forensic Science Symposium
- B.E.S.T. Professional Networking Mixer
- Cal State L.A. Participates in the Burbank Bob Hope Airport Emergency Drill
- Mechanical engineering major Angela Wu was recently presented a Phi Kappa Phi Travel Award for her research on improving the design of heat exchangers to make them more energy efficient and environmentally sound
- ECST Preview Day 2015
- Cal State L.A. receives $1 million Sikand Foundation gift to support faculty research in urban sustainability
- Cal State L.A.’s GeoTech Team will be competing this week in the national GeoChallenge competition in San Antonio, Texas
- 2015 AT&T Developer Summit Hackathon
- 10 California State University, Los Angeles MESA students honed their leadership skills
- California State University, Los Angeles was the first in California (CA) to sell Hydrogen (H2) by the kilogram!
- Industrial Designers Are Essential To L.A.’s Business Community
- ECST Welcome Back BBQ 2014
- ECST Boeing Day & Open House 2014
- Student Orientation 2014
- STEP Award Ceremony 2014
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