Fall 2013
A message from the Dean
Welcome to the latest edition of Spectra! It has been another exciting year in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and ...Industry partnerships – HAAS
HAAS Automation In 1997, Stewart Prince, professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded an NSF grant to develop a paperless machine design facility—one ...Industry Partnerships – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, like Haas, has longstanding ties with CSUN, but as part of a larger initiative to ramp up its partnerships ...Industry Partnerships – LEAP Employer – Educator Compact
In 2012, a group consisting of presidents from all sectors of higher education initiated the LEAP Employer-Educator Compact, an effort to bring ...Industry Partnerships – Aerojet Rocketdyne
“We’ve supported these kinds of initiatives at the college for quite a while before we called it LEAP,” says Chris Erickson, Aerojet ...Industry Partnerships – Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is likewise firmly committed to the principles of the LEAP Compact but is still hammering out the details of the ...Industry Partnerships – Northrop Grumman
Early in 2013, Northrop Grumman, another longtime partner with the college, also decided to be more strategic in its approach to university ...IAB Highlight – Chris Erickson
Chris Erickson Chief Engineer Energy & Advanced Programs Aerojet Rocketdyne Chris Erickson, chief engineer for energy and advanced programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne, ...IAB Highlight – Peggy Nelson
Peggy Nelson Vice President of Engineering and Global Product Development Northrop Grumman Corporation Aerospace Systems Peggy Nelson, vice president of engineering and ...Alumni Spotlight
Kunal Chitre: CECS degrees have given his career a running start It’s a long way from the Indian state of Maharashtra to ...