Fall 2013
Student Competitions: Human-Powered Vehicle (HPV) Challenge
It’s a bicycle—or a tricycle—with a difference. Designed according to sound engineering principles for maximum speed, efficiency, practicality and sustainability, it will ...Student Competitions: Formula SAE Car
When it comes to auto racing, Lincoln, Nebraska, may not have the same cachet and name recognition as Indianapolis, Laguna Seca or ...Student Competitions: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Unmanned aerial vehicles—or drones, as they’re commonly known—have been making the news for several years now. But to the CECS seniors competing ...Students show their stuff at Senior Design Project Showcase
“I’ve always been a big fan of students doing projects because that’s where you learn engineering,” says Charles Volk, vice president and ...Second annual Alumni Networking Night is a big success
For the second year in a row, more than 100 CECS alumni returned to campus for Alumni Networking Night, an informal reception ...Donors, scholarship recipients meet and greet at reception
CECS scholarship donors and recipients had an opportunity to meet one another and get acquainted last May at the college’s Donor-Scholar Reception. ...College News
Congratulations to the College’s San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council 2013 Awardees! Distinguished Engineering Educator Award Professors Shan Barkataki • Nazaret Dermendjian • ...Steven Stepanek Appointed to CSU Board of Trustees
Steven Stepanek has stepped down as chair of the computer science department to serve on the California State University Board of Trustees. ...Department and Faculty News
Computer Science Richard Covington has been named the new chair of the Department of Computer Science. Covington, who earned his Ph.D. in ...In Memoriam
Sadly, the College of Engineering and Computer Science lost two good friends in 2013: Professor Emeritus William Freeman, husband of Professor Emeritus ...