Spectra Newsletter

Internationally, domestically and especially statewide, clean, renewable energy continues to gather significant momentum, and the college’s annual California Renewable Energy and Storage Technology (CREST) Conference aims to stay ahead of the curve. The 2016 CREST Conference, the fourth, took place November 12 and featured a full roster of speakers covering topics ranging from energy storage systems and energy harvesting from the ocean, to the State Lands Commission’s renewable energy program, and strategies for transitioning LA County to 100% renewable energy, among others. A poster session featured the research of several CSUN students.[Read more…]

[vert]Rosalba Gonzalez from former state senator Fran Pavley’s office (pictured above with Dean Ramesh) attended the CREST 2016 conference and presented the university with an Environmental Sustainability Award in recognition of CSUN’s outstanding efforts in this area.[/vert]

The many facets of innovation and entrepreneurship were in the spotlight October 14 at the fourth annual Art of Innovation Conference. The conference, a joint project of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, David Nazarian College of Business and Economics and Ernie Schaeffer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, celebrated the broad range of trends and opportunities materializing in 21st century entrepreneurship. Sessions included Intrapreneurship versus Entrepreneurship (what it takes to succeed if someone is starting a new business or going to work for a large company); Social Entrepreneurship: Balancing Purpose with Profit (creating a for-profit, entrepreneurial venture that is designed to solve a social issue), and The Future of Technology (what kinds of unconventional technologies might exist in 50 to 100 years).[Read more…]

Congratulations to out 2016 Engineers’ Council College Awardees

[vert]DISTINGUISHED ENGINEERING EDUCATOR AWARD[/vert]
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