Some may call it beginners’ luck, but the success of CSUN’s 21-person team of mechanical engineering seniors in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Aero Design competition April 24-26 was the result of lots of analysis, hard work and ingenuity.[Read more…]
Aero SAE Competition
MSEM SMI Competition
CSUN’s winning streak began April 18, when a CECS team took first place in the university division of the Product and Manufacturing Systems Design Contest Challenge. MSEM teams have competed in the competition, sponsored last year by the Small Manufacturers’ Institute, for 15 years. (The annual Manufacturing Challenge contest previously had been sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.)
The winning project, a hybrid 3D printer, was developed by seven MSEM majors as their senior design project. While there are many 3D printers on the market, the students decided to add a machining feature to theirs. Ordinarily, 3D printing is additive—printers build products layer by layer based on geometry laid out in CAD software. [Read more…]
Senior Design Project Showcase 2015
DEPARTMENT WINNERS FOR PROJECT DISPLAY & ORAL PRESENTATIONS
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SAE Aero Design Heavy Lift Aircraft
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Department Winner for Project Display & Oral Presentation
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CSUN students win first place in Miller Ingenuity Challenge
Two CSUN graduate students, one earning a master’s degree in manufacturing systems engineering and the other pursuing a master’s degree in English literature, beat out more than 30 competitors to take first place and win $7,000 in the Miller Ingenuity Challenge, a national competition to encourage more people to pursue careers in manufacturing. The contest was launched to celebrate the opening of Miller Ingenuity’s Creation Station, a Google-like think space in the middle of the company’s factory. Miller Ingenuity is a Minnesota-based rail manufacturing company.[Read more…]