VEX robotics may be an extracurricular activity for the Matabots, as the robotics club’s members are known, but that doesn’t mean it takes a back seat to more formal engineering projects.
“We have a passion for this, and we have the drive to do something amazing,” says Adrian Castellon, president of this year’s Matabots team and vice president of last year’s team. “This may be in a 12×12 arena playing another team, but tomorrow it could be sending a robot to another galaxy.”[Read more…]
Cal State Long Beach was the scene of multiple triumphs for CECS students last spring, at the American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Southwest Regional Student Conference. Members of CSUN’s student ASCE chapter claimed second place in the steel bridge competition, against more than 20 challengers. The competition requires teams to design, fabricate and assemble a steel bridge measuring about 24 feet long and capable of resisting a load of 2500 pounds. ASCE specifies the guidelines ahead of time, including dimensions and the number of connections, and the bridge needs to be as light as possible and have minimal deflection. Teams are then timed as they assemble their bridges. The CSUN team assembled its bridge in just seven minutes and 58 seconds. As one of the top three finishers, the team was invited to the international championship at Brigham Young University in Utah, which attracted about 50 schools from around the world, where it finished 20th. [Read more…]
Aquaponics is the merger of aquaculture and hydroponics to grow fish and plants together in one integrated system. The fish waste provides an organic food source for the growing plants, and the plants provide a natural filter for the water the fish live in.
One of the challenges of aquaponics is maintaining a healthy balance between the fish tank (aquarium) and plant tank (growbed/greenhouse), much of which must be done manually. A team of four CECS seniors from the Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management, however, developed and built Cloudponics, a prototype of an automated aquaponics system that could be controlled via the cloud. The system is capable of monitoring all data for an aquaponics system and adjusting the settings as needed. It can be accessed through a computer, website or mobile app and can be integrated into any commercial aquaponics system. [Read more…]
ADA-Compliant Accessory Dwelling Unit
CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Department Winner for Oral Presentation
Faculty Advisors
Dr. David Boyajian
Dr. Sami Maalouf
Dr. Tadeh Zirakian
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