News 2013

Welcome Dr. Rick Covington, 
Computer Science Department Chair. Effective Spring 2014

George Youssef, "NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems TANMS," $81,000 Grant

Hamid Johari, "Control of Supercavitating Vehicles using Transverse Jets," $75,000 Grant, Office of Naval Research

Karla Pelletier, "CO Supplement to NSF Subaward - CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation," $30,000 Grant

George Youssef, "Dynamic Characterization of Polymers and Polymer Based Composites," $180,000 Grant, Army Research Office (ARO) FY 2013 Department of Defense (DoD) Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Equipment/Instrumentation Grant

Bruce Osorno, "Development of an Internship Honors Co-Op Program between Pratt & Whitney and CECS," $176,000 Grant

Karla Pelletier, "MESA-NSF S-STEM Scholarship-CSUN," $2,500 Grant

Karla Pelletier, "CO Supplement to NSF Subaward - CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation," $35,000 Grant

Sharlene Katz and James Flynn, "Small Sat, Low Mass Extreme Low Temperature Energy Storage," $99,000 Grant

George Youssef, "Veterans Research Supplement: NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems TANMS," $20,000 Grant

4th Annual Project Showcase Winners

Oral Presentations

• CECM - Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine Project in La Jolla
• Computer Science - SS12 Audio Alert System
• ECE - CSUN Micromouse Team
• ME - Formula SAE
• MSEM - Assisted Gripping Rig

Project Displays

• First Place - Assisted Gripping Rig (MSEM)
• Second Place - Human Powered Vehicle (ME)
• Third Place - Formula SAE (ME)

Ali Amini, Behzad Bavarian, Nazaret Dermendjian, Hamid Johari, Gloria Melara, Karla Pelletier, Nagwa Bekir, David Martinez and Ramesh, "CSUN College of Engineering and Computer Science HSI-STEM Initiative," Five Year Grant from the US Department of Education, Year 3 funding of $1,128,888, for period covering October 1, 2013 - September 30, 2014

Karla Pelletier, "MESA/NSF S-STEM Scholarship –CSUN," $17,000 Grant

Hamid Johari, "Alteration of Ram-Air Canopy Aerodynamic Characteristics using the Flow-Through Concept," $70,000 Grant, US Army Grant

CSUN First Place Overall in ASCE National Steel Bridge Regional Competition, LMU

Competing in Nationals in Seattle 
Team: Christine Heinrich-Josties, Alex Melendez,Theodore Boehm, Muhanad Elias, David Pineda, Dane Beaudette, Kurt Van Volkinburg, Bolynet Sieng,Jerry Perser, Andre Nuyda, Ivan Mendez, Dahlia Hanna, Nareh Bodaghian , Nargiss Majrooh, Milton Camacho, Carolina Cerventas, Noah Walters, Sarah Schwab, Derek Chow, Sylvia Dhimdis, Joe Castagna, Carolyn Ushijima, Kevin Phan, Jarrod Villanueva

Faculty Advisors: Professors Gadomski, Le, and Maalouf

AeroDef Manufacturing Challenge – Sponsored by SME

Long Beach 
Faculty Advisor: Professor Mark Rajai (MSEM)

• The (Assisted Gripping Rig) AGR team won the Grand Prize. This is the top prize offered at AeroDef where one team is selected as the best of the best out of all the teams who won the 1st prize in each of the divisions.
• The (Automated Automotive Lift System) ALS team won the 1st Prize in the University Division Competition
• James Hunter, MSE senior won the William B. Johnson Leadership Prize

Lean Model Startup Competition

San Diego State

• Team #1: "Smart Stop" an enhanced visual response system as we navigate our crowded freeways
• Team #2: "Tinnitus Evaluation Devices" - which is of great interest given our work in assisting persons with disabilities

Zad Roozbeh, Payman Sarhadi, Pedram Karam Beigi, and Nima Hamdan 
Semi-finalists

Faculty Advisor: Professor Jimmy Gandhi (MSEM)

CSUN's phone application for the hearing impaired wins international software competition

"A team of Cal State Northridge computer hotshots licked top universities throughout the region at a software competition last weekend by designing a winning phone app alert system for the deaf... more"

- Dana Bartholomew, Staff Writer, Los Angeles Daily News

Alliance of HSI Educators Scholarship Committee announce Inaugural Conference Scholarship recipients. 
Tier #1: Conference Travel, Registration and an iPad

• Philip Joshua Mercado, Miami Dade College, Biotechnology
• Melissa Flores, CSU Northridge, Mechanical Engineering & Math (double major)

Tier #2: Conference Travel and Registration

• Julien Ekiaka-Oblazamengo, Texas A&M University, Bilingual Education
• Angelica Luna, University of Texas at Brownsville, Business Administration

Tier #3: An iPad

• Gabriela Solis, Loredo Community College, Biology
• Edgar Munoz, College of the Sequoias, Biology

Bruce Osorno, "Development of an Internship Honors Co-Op program between Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and CECS," $118,000 Grant

• Supplemental Support, $20,000, April 24, 2013

Sharlene Katz and James Flynn, "CSUN-JPL Partnership for CubeSat Development and Launch: Phase I," JPL, $25,000 Grant

• Supplemental Support Award, $5,000, March 28, 2013