Engineering Student Organizations
Find your Engineering Community
The School of Engineering has a rich community, filled with dozens of student organizations that provide a sense of community, support and career development opportunities. Contact any of the organizations to learn how you can get involved. Make sure to also explore other CoSE organizations and campus-wide clubs via GatorXperience.
Engineering Students Advisory Board (ESAB)
- President: Ashley Ching aching4@sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Trenton Tong-Seely (ttongseely@sfsu.edu)
- Secretary: Swastik N. Amatya (samatya@sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Ryan Selvarajan (rselvarajan@sfsu.edu)
- Design Chair: Bianca Herrera (bherrera6@sfsu.edu)
Contact: esabsfstate@gmail.com
American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) @ SFSU
Our main goal is to bridge the gap between SFSU Civil Engineers students and Engineering Companies. We want to provide our students with professional experience, job opportunities, and connections that will help them thrive in the future. Through our various social events, seminars, and career fairs, we hope to build a community within Civil Engineering at SFSU that will live for years to come.
- President: Denzel Dehoyos (ddehoyos@sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Fabian Acosta (Facostaramirez@sfsu.edu)
- Outreach Officers: Jose Barrios (jbarrios8@sfsu.edu), Denise Steffan (dsteffan@sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Alex Yanez (Ayanez3@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jenna Wong (jewong@sfsu.edu)
Email ASCE: sfascesu@gmail.com
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at SFSU
ASME at SFSU is an officially recognized student section of ASME International. Our goal is to promote future mechanical engineers at San Francisco State University by developing connections that could lead to student success. We host career events, general meetings, industry tours, seminars, and social events.
- President: Hugh Rigassio (hrigassio@sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Jose Barrios (jbarrios8@sfsu.edu)
- Outreach: Diya Chandrakant Prajapati (dprajapati@sfsu.edu)
- Secretary: Chelsea Malpaya (cmalpaya@sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Alex Yanez (Ayanez3@sfsu.edu)
- Faculty Advisor: Mojtaba Azadi – azadi@sfsu.edu
Email ASME: asme@mail.sfsu.edu
The best way interact with our officers and community is through our discord.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) @ SFSU
IEEE's core purpose is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE at SF State is a student chapter of IEEE, an international organization, and in addition to embodying the main principle of the international chapter, IEEE at SF State fosters the study of electrical and computer engineering. IEEE at SFSU focuses on encouraging scholarship, social activity, and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice, promoting connections between the technology industry and students, and furthering fields related to electronics and computing.
- President: Bianca Herrera (bherrera6@sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Daniel Okhomion (domokhomion@sfsu.edu)
- Outreach: Zeus Cruz (zcruz@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Rohit Shah (rshah9@sfsu.edu)
- External Outreach: Ammar Almeher (aalmeher@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Marketing: Jared Bernadino (jbernandino@sfsu.edu)
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zhuwei Qin (zwqin@sfsu.edu)
Email IEEE: sfsu.ieee@gmail.com
IEEE @ SFSU IEEE National Website
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) @ SFSU
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) aims to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community. We connect students with their academic goals, and technical experience, connecting students with professionals and companies, advocacy, career fairs, seminars, industry tours, conferences, and more.
Email NSBE: nsbeatsfsu@gmail.com
- President: Alexandria Nesbeth (anesbeth@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Daniel Omokhomion (domokhomion@sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Nadir Ali (nali1@sfsu.edu)
Golden Gate Racing - SAE
Golden Gate Racing - SAE is uniquely positioned to design and manufacture a vehicle without any predecessors which affords us the opportunity to create a completely bespoke race car that will showcase our true ability! Once we compete for the first time, we hope to grow our small grassroots program to benefit additional SF State students, to augment their practical engineering knowledge, build their budgeting, communication, project management, and resource management skills in preparation for their careers.
Contact:
- President: Hashem Mishal (hmishal1@sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Andy Wong (echiu1@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Secretary: Tristan Moore (echiu1@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Andy Wong (echiu1@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Advisor: Michael Lino (mlino@sfsu.edu)
Email GGR-SAE: sae.sfsu@gmail.com
Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT)
The Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) is a student-run organization striving to further educational development through the hands-on experience of designing, building, and funding a single-occupant vehicle to race in the Formula Sun Grand Prix race every summer.
- President: Ali Alamri (aalamri2@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Daniel Bare (dbares@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Marketing: Sebastian Vuskovic (svuskovic@mail.sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Chase Wilson
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Quintero (qdavid@sfsu.edu)
Email SEVT: general@sevtsfsu.org
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
The SHPE changes lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support, and development.
- President: Fabian Acosta (facostaramirez@sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Emely Villa (evilla1@sfsu.edu)
- Outreach Officer: Carlos Castañon (ccastanon@sfsu.edu)
- Secretary: Gabriel Souza (gsouzapires@sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Angie Cardenas (bcardenas2@sfsu.edu)
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Quintero (qdavid@sfsu.edu)
Email SHPE: shpesfsu@gmail.com
SHPE Social Media SHPE National Website
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at SFSU
Society of Women Engineers focuses on empowering women in engineering and technology to reach their full potential. Our goal is to encourage young women to become leaders and be their very best at anything they set their mind to. SWE promotes the value of diversity and inclusion. Although our society focuses on women empowerment, our organization welcomes all!
- President: Gabby Brown (gbrown6@sfsu.edu)
- Outreach Officer: Connie Lee (clee46@sfsuedu)
- Secretary: Angelie Bautista (abautista13@sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Ashley Ching (aching4@sfsu.edu)
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yiyi Wang || yiyiwang@sfsu.edu
Email SWE at SFSU: swesfsu@gmail.com
Tau Beta Pi (TBP)
Founded in 1885, Tau Beta Pi is the nation's oldest engineering honor society and proudly meets the high standards of the Association of College Honor Societies. The mission of Tau Beta Pi is to mark fittingly those who have conferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in engineering, or by the attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ed Cheng (ascheng@sfsu.edu)
Email TBP Chapter at SFSU: tbpsfsu@gmail.com
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) SFSU Student Chapter
You are welcome to explore with us career opportunities in the energy efficiency or industry of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR). Our main goals are to meet with the professionals every month, and to fund trips to the national conferences in winter and summer.
Contact: Alberto Sanchez (ashraegg@mail.sfsu.edu or asanch21@mail.sfsu.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ed Cheng (ascheng@sfsu.edu)
Rapid Prototyping Lab (RPL)
The Rapid Prototyping Lab (RPL) in SCI 109 is a student-led makerspace available to all SFSU Engineering students. The RPL offers 3D printing, CAD programs (including SolidWorks and Fusion 360), other manufacturing tools, and training for students to use for class projects and Sr. Design. Since it is completely student-run, the RPL is always looking for Superusers (student volunteers) to help us run the lab! Drop by SCI 109 or send us an email for more information!
Contact: RPL Email (rplabsfsu@gmail.com)
Faculty advisor: Dr. Kwok Siong Teh (ksteh@sfsu.edu)
Location: SCI 109
Diocles RPL Project
The project has been named Diocles, after the famous chariot racer from ancient Rome. It is an improvement on the Warthog vehicle seen in the Halo series (video games, TV shows on Paramount +, etc.).
The project is designed to be an in-hub electric motor design, based on drone motors. These motors will be situated within the wheels of the car and will be electronically controlled with equipment common to most hobbyist drones. (The final design is expected to be controlled by an ESP32 microcontroller). The goal of the project is to demonstrate the viability of an in-hub motor design for electric vehicles (real-size and scaled) as well as the ruggedness and versatility achievable with additively-manufactured components, specifically TPU (thermoplastic urethane, used for the tires) and carbon fiber PLA. The design is based on a carbon fiber monocoque chassis, suspension, and wheels -- for lightness, rigidity, and strength -- where this design methodology and materials were mainly based on the work being done at Koenigsegg, in relation to their nearly all-carbon design approach.
The model has been designed in Solid Works. Solid Works and Ansys are used for the optimization of support elements involved in the chassis and suspension.
The images below are a variety of photos detailing the progress of mechanical components for wheels, tires, and suspension elements for an SUV.
Engineering Design Club (EDC)
The Engineering Design Club (EDC) is a new student organization that aims to provide robotics, design, and controls engineering experience to students through project and collaboration opportunities. The EDC strives to bring small groups of students together to work on the design and construction of prosthetics. Our goal is to create affordable, open-source alternatives for amputees while growing our skills as engineers!
Contact: Juliana Martinez (jmarti30@mail.sfsu.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Quintero (qdavid@sfsu.edu)
SF Hacks
Our organization’s purpose is to plan and host California’s most talented collegiate hackers, designers, and developers, in a 24-hour hackathon. SF Hacks constitutes divergence, an inclusive place that helps people fit in and feel safe, and we help discover what innovative technology has to offer. We work towards giving students an environment for maximum innovation, collaboration, and education.
- Presidents: Marco Antonio Garcia (mgarcia100@sfsu.edu)
- Vice President: Ashley Ching (aching4@sfsu.edu)
- Outreach: Keith Curry (kcurry4@sfsu.edu)
- Treasurer: Kurt Balais (cbalais@sfsu.edu)
- Faculty Advisor: Arno Puder (arno@sfusd.org)
Contact: sfhacksteam@gmail.com