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Alum Honored for Exceptional Contributions to Industry
Mechanical and aerospace engineer Farhad Ghadamli ’15, M.S. ’17 has received the 2025 Shiv Kapoor Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers award from SME for outstanding contributions to the field of additive manufacturing throughout the early stages of his professional career.

Health Tech at the Exploratorium
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Jonathon Schofield discussed the intersection of technology, fitness and happiness — and whether technology can improve our health — with a panel of experts at the Exploratorium’s After Dark series in San Francisco. The event was held in partnership with UC Davis Grand Challenges.

Alum Receives CSU Award for Outstanding Faculty Innovator in Student Success
Civil and environmental engineering alum Kimberly Stillmaker, M.S. ’13, Ph.D. ’16, an associate professor of civil and geomatics engineering at CSU Fresno, received a CSU Wang Family Excellence Award for her work as the director of the Foundation for Success Program, which aims to improve outcomes for first- and second-year engineering students.