Prof. Behzad Bavarian has received a $150,000 grant from the Army for his proposal on High Performance Computing Research covering nanostructures, hydrogen economy, and smart building structures, May 04, 2010.
News 2010
05.04.2010 High Performance Computing Research covering nanostructures
04.30.2010 Senior Design Project Showcase 2010
Senior Design Project Showcase
- ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place Award
CNC Tool Cart
Team: Fawaz Alsugair, Rigo Casas, Tuan Dinh, Kevin Jamir, and Stewart Stachowiak
Second Place Award
CSUN Recreation Center
Team #2: Jason Bacon, Khatchik Barsikhian, Ara Gregorian, Sebouh Ohanessian, Shant Printzian, and Mark Spiridon
Third Place Award
Grape Seed Oil Extractor
Team: Braulio Diaz, Edgar Giron, Jr., Nathan Kroener, Derrick Olsen, and Jesus Rives - DEMONSTRATIONS
First Place Award
Formula SAE Vehicle
Team: Eric Acuna, Meshari Alenezi, Samuel Anderson, Jorge Arteaga, Brian Benton, Henry Cespedes, Gustavo Da Silva Ramos, Morris De La Roca, Guillaume Etienne, Marcus Gottschalk, Eduardo Hernandez, Jae Hong, Paula Kamel, Voltaire Lebron, Scott Linton, Robert McAfee, Brian Moore, Barry Orr, Dimtry Tsyvulevsky, and David Weisbach
Second Place Award
Innovative Design & Development of NorMAN Jr., an Intelligent Ground Vehicle
Team: Raul Alvarez, Travis Baluyot, Adrian Candelario, Pei-Chun Chen, Craig Euler, Joseph Horvath, Mike Huerta, Rome Kenmepol, Garrett Leonard, Sevag Matavosian,Ara Mekhtarian, Cameron Mills, Hector Perez, Joseph Portillo, David Prince, Jeffrey Schroeder, Mario Servin, Michael Stefun, Po-Jeg Wang, and Daniel Weissberger
04.26.2010 Prof. Amine Ghanem was one of the recipients of the National Teaching Award
Prof. Amine Ghanem was one of the recipients of the National Teaching Award, from the Associated Schools of Construction, Region 7, April 2010
04.23.2010 ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition
ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition, CSUN,
April 23-24, 2010
Second Place - Design Category
Third Place - Speed Endurance Event
Team: Jonathan Incorvaia, Ararat Arakelian, Jesse Cordero, Riocard Delos Santos, Reynaldo Evangelista, Ricardo Garcia, Jonathanmarc Abanico, Lior Inberg, John Lake, Mitesh Mistry, Sepideh Norouzi, Raymond Palomino, Maurycy Sarosiek, Michael Studer, David Walker, Behnam Ansari, Boozarjomehr Behzadian, Bruce Rivera, Daniel Sarfati, and Bryan Zubiate
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Bob Ryan
04.22.2010 Dale Conner, "Development of Amorphous Alloy Surface Coatings as Replacement for Chromate"
Dale Conner, "Development of Amorphous Alloy Surface Coatings as Replacement for Chromate", Electro Chemical Finishing, $15,000, April 2010.
04.22.2010 Hamid Johari and Bob Ryan, "Design Clinic: Investigation of Propellant Material Properties"
Hamid Johari and Bob Ryan, "Design Clinic: Investigation of Propellant Material Properties", Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, $44,686, April 2010.
04.17.2010 IEEE Region 6 Southern Area Student Paper Contest
IEEE Region 6 Southern Area Student Paper Contest, CSUN
April 17th, 2010
SECOND PLACE WINNERS
Title- Covert Operation Using a Completely Autonomous UAV Helicopter
Authors: Michael O. Yeretzian, Aditya Singh, Long Nguyen, Ellison M. Yasukochi,
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Ashley Geng
Branch Counselor: Prof. Sharlene Katz
04.10.2010 ASCE National Steel Bridge Competition
ASCE National Steel Bridge Competition
Las Vegas, April 2010
Third Place Overall
Third Place in Economy
First Place in Lightness and Aesthetics
The Team: Captains:Julianna Colwell and Sara Villegas.
The Build Team: Jerry Perser, Nick Mineo, Thomas Tan, and Scott Watterson
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Gadomski
04.08.2010 Workforce Training for the Electric Utility Sector
CSUN is a partner with Glendale Community College (PI: Dr. Kristin Bruno of GCC) in a $750,000 project that was just awarded by the Department of Energy on April 8, 2010 for Workforce Training for the Electric Utility Sector in Emerging Smart Grid Technologies. Co-PI: Prof. Bruno Osorno
03.26.2010 CSUN's undergraduate engineering programs are the fastest growing
CSUN's undergraduate engineering programs are the fastest growing in the nation in the past 3 years (96% growth)- ASEE March 2010
03.24.2010 WESTEC National Manufacturing Challenge
WESTEC National Manufacturing Challenge
SECOND PLACE WINNERS
GRAPESEED OIL PRESS
Team Members: Braulio Diaz, Edgar Grion, Nathan Kroener, Derrick Olsen and Jesus Rives
Faculty Advisors: Profs. Dale Conner and Tarek Shraibati
03.23.2010 WESTEC National Manufacturing Challenge
WESTEC National Manufacturing Challenge
Los Angeles, March 23-24, 2010
FIRST PLACE WINNERS
CNC TOOL CART
Team Members: Fawaz Alsugair, Rigoberto Casas, Tuan Dinh, Kevin Jamir and Stewart Stachowiak
Faculty Advisors: Profs. Dale Conner and Tarek Shraibati
03.11.2010 General purpose analysis of micro strip reflectarrays consisting of multi-layer substrates and superstrates
Sembiam Rengarajan, "General purpose analysis of micro strip reflectarrays consisting of multi-layer substrates and superstrates", 2010-11 CECS Research Fellowship.
02.19.2010 Engineers Council Awards: 2010
Engineers Council Awards: 2010
- John Guarerra Engineering Educator of the Year : Prof. Hamid Johari
- Distinguished Engineering Educator Awards: Profs. Bruno Osorno and George Wang
- Outstanding Engineering Merit Achievement Awards: Profs. Amine Ghanem, Dale Conner, and Xiyi Hang
- Distinguished Engineering Achievement: Ramon Abueg, AGM of Glendale Water and Power, and Co-PI on Smart Grid project with Prof. Osorno
- Distinguished Project Award: Satellite Chiller Plant and Sub-Tropical Rain Forest Project at CSUN - Team lead by Tom Brown from PPM
02.16.2010 NESSR Performance-Based Design of Buildings with Dampers
Roger Di Julio, "NESSR Performance-Based Design of Buildings with Dampers", Lehigh University, $57,825, February 2010.
02.16.2010 High Altitude Lensing Experiment
Behzad Bavarian, High Altitude Lensing Experiment (HALO) Research Apprenticeship Program, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, $3,120, February 2010.
02.13.2010 ASC National Design Competition
ASC National Design Competition, Reno
February 11-13, 2010
First Place Winners
Construction Management
Team Members: Francisco Arceo, Sammy Jouglet, Tommy Criner, Matthew Reeves, Mike Sosa, Ryan Husband, Michael Elliott
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Amine Ghanem
02.08.2010 Building Partnerships and Pathways
Building Partnerships and Pathways to Address Engineering Grand Challenges Workshop
When: February 8-10, 2010
Where: University of Texas, El Paso
- Invited Poster Presentations by CECS faculty on: Energy Research, Sustainability and the Smart Grid Research in Assistive and Rehabilitative Technology
- Faculty Grants to attend and present at workshop:
Profs. Hamid Johari, Bruno Osorno, Shoeleh Di Julio, C. T. Lin, and Ramesh