Faculty and Research
San Jose State University employs approximately 1,600 faculty members, 87 percent of whom hold doctorate degrees.
According to the National Science Foundation's latest survey data (2007), San Jose State's research expenditures totaled just over US$34 million, placing it second only to San Diego State University in total R&D expenditures out of all 23 California State University (CSU) campuses, and 196th out of 662 colleges and universities nationwide.
According to the 2007 National Science Foundation survey, SJSU placed second out of all 23 CSU campuses and 211th out of 1,216 institutions nationwide for total federal support of science and engineering.
SJSU placed first out of all 23 CSU campuses and 64th out of 566 institutions nationwide for total number of full-time graduate students in science, engineering and health fields, according to the NSF.
Research collections located at SJSU include the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies and the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies.
SJSU research partnerships include the SJSU Metropolitan Technology Center at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, the Cisco Networking Laboratory, and the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.
SJSU also is home to the Mineta Transportation Institute.
Since 2001, the university has operated the Survey and Policy Research Institute (SPRI), which conducts the quarterly, high-profile California Consumer Confidence Survey and many other research projects.
In spring 2007, an SJSU engineering professor and his students made headlines with their development of the ZEM (Zero EMissions) Car, a Human Hybrid Powered Vehicle (HHPV). The vehicle won the National I2P (Idea-to-Product) Competition for EPICS and Social Entrepreneurship at Princeton University. The ZEM car is the first of its kind to be powered by human, solar, and electric energy.
On 21 July 2012, SJSU will launch its first CubeSat, TechEdSat, in a partnership with NASA Ames Research Center.
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