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05.25.2008 More Grants
02.25.2008 Grants, Awards and TECHFEST 2008
01.12.2008 January 2008 College News


May 2008 College News back to top

  • Hamid Johari, Performance of Hydrofoils with Leading Edge Protuberances, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, $12 K, March 2008
  • Nhut Ho, Establishing a CDIO Framework to Improve Learning and Retention in a Diverse Undergraduate Engineering Student Population , National Science Foundation, $ 150 K, April 2008
  • Hamid Johari, Aerodynamic Performance of High Glide Ram-Air Parachutes, Department of the Army, $40 K, April 2008
  • George Wang, Bob Lingard, and Diane Schwartz, "Assessing Student Learning in Software Engineering", CCSC Southwestern Region Conference, April 18-19, 2008, CSUN

CSUN hosted the inaugural FIRST VEX Bridge Battle World Championship on May 2-3, 2008
Thanks to the efforts of Tarek Shraibati



February 2007 College News back to top

Tech Fest 2008 on February 11th

  • 49 Companies
  • 20 Informational Sessions/Breakouts
  • 600 Students

The 53rd annual San Fernando Valley Engineers Council banquet recognized three outstanding CECS faculty members for their contributions:

"John J. Guarrera Engineering Educator of the Year Award"
Behzad Bavarian

"William Johnson Founders Award"
Sharlene Katz

Cecile Bendavid, 2008 California Woman of the Year Award, Presented by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, 40th Assembly District, Sacramento, March 10, 2008.

Matthew Radmanesh, RF & Microwave Design Essentials, AuthorHouse Publishing Company, 2007.

Ron Mehler, Development of computer controlled equipment for live theater, Xilinx Corporation and CSUN Theater Department, Jan 2008.

Ashley Geng, Collaborative Research: Gaming and Interactive Visualization for Education, NSF Grant, $ 30,088, Feb 2008.

January 2008 College News back to top

Meeting with Principals of LAUSD - January 17th

  • Xiyi Hang, 2008-09 Research Fellow in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, "A New Machine Learning Algorithm for Cancer Diagnosis using Gene Expression Data". 12 WTU reassigned time, plus $ 5K for project expenses.
  • Sharlene Katz, "Software Designed Radio Projects", Edwards Air Force Base Design Clinic, $ 10 K
  • Ben Mallard and George Wang, Faculty Grant to attend the CSUPERB meeting in Oakland, Jan 11-13, 2008.
  • C. T. Lin, Appointed to Faculty Consensus Group of CSUPERB
  • Mohamed Hegab, Project Management Professional Certification, January 2008