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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 is recognized as a Fulbright Top Producing Institution
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- Cal State LA’s mechanical engineering professor receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Czech Republic
- Cal State LA professor receives Fulbright award to advance U.S.-Mexico engineering collaboration
- Cal State LA launches STEM Expo to spotlight community college interns and engineering careers
- Cal State LA aerial competitions take flight, provide seniors valuable—and fun—practical experience
- Cal State LA and Move LA unite labor and environmental leaders for green energy roundtable
- Cal State LA honors outstanding faculty at University Convocation and Investiture
- Cal State LA has been awarded a $1.4 million NASA grant to develop an AI system for wildfire prediction and management
- 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 showcases STEM pathways and college access at MESA STEM Day for middle and high school students
- 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
- Cal State LA receives $150,000 grant from South Coast AQMD for advanced battery competition (Dec 19, 2024)
- 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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ECST InSights is a publication of the Cal State LA College of Engineering, Science, and Technology, published from Spring 2015 to Summer 2019. Read how ECST students, faculty, and alumni are leading change and movement in a rapidly shifting landscape.
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