Learning how to learn: A first-generation student's path to engineering
Danelle Lazcano, the first in her family to attend college, persevered through rigorous prerequisites to prepare for earning a CSU engineering degree.
Tag: "Department of Mechanical Engineering"
See those oscillations? Concepts come to life in dynamics lab
Most universities with engineering programs offer a course on physical mechanisms, or dynamics of machines. What sets CSU apart is the lab that goes with it.
Bike alarms, self-playing guitars come to life in Mechatronics Lab
The Mechatronics Lab supports student projects involving electrical circuits, power supplies and microcontrollers.
Fire in the hole! Students learn the basics of manufacturing, metal molding
Take a peek inside a course called Introduction to Manufacturing Metal Processes, where engineering students learn the basics of manufacturing: turning, milling, casting.
Good vibrations: Students test theories in Motion Lab
The Motion Lab allows engineering students to test theories of dynamic motion and control.
Clean Energy: Past, present & future
The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) will host a panel discussion on renewable energy from 5-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23,at Avogadro’s Number.
For the second year in a row, the largest source of new power added to the United States' electrical grids has come from renewable sources due to technological advances, favorable legislation, and reduced cost. Recent trends suggest that the U.S., along with many other nations, is transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy sources. The largest growth came from wind farms as developers took advantage of federal tax credits due to expire at the end of 2016.
A panel of CSU experts will discuss the technological, economic, and political aspects of clean energy. Topics will include various sources of clean energy, its cost effectiveness, efficiencies, possibilities for advancement, and more.
Panelists include:
• Bryan Willson, Department of Mechanical Engineering and director, CSU Energy Institute
• Sandra Davis, Department of Political Science
• Terrence Iverson, Department of Economics
• Courtney Jahn, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management
The discussion will be moderated by Gene Kelly, assistant director for Research and Development at SoGES, professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, and interim CEO for NEON, the National Ecological Observatory Network.
The panel discussion—part of a Managing the Planet series—is free of charge and open to the public.
Car designed by engineering alumna puts paralyzed racer back in driver’s seat
Alumna Noel Marshall is lead engineer on an Arrow Electronics project that's allowing a quadriplegic former racer to drive again.
CSU student honored by international aeronautics association
Ciprian Dumitrache, who is earning a doctorate in mechanical engineering, recently received a prestigious award.
It’s a (metal, ceramic) material world for CSU engineering professor
Troy Holland has converted a warehouse at the Motorsports Engineering Research Center into a new materials laboratory.