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at the end of the academic year.
Seniors from College of Engi-
neering, Computer Science, and
Technology will be working on the
following project for the 2009-
2010 academic year:
structure of the program exposes
develop a client-defined product.
teams of four engineering/comput- This product may be a physical
er science students to an industry
prototype, software package, or
setting, where they work with a
operational algorithm. Regardless
real client (the company or indus-
of project type, student teams are
try partner) for a full academic
expected to meet the needs of
year (1200 hour minimum) to
their client, and deliver a product
Industry Projects
Aerospace Corp.
Spacelift Telemetry Acquisition & Reporting Sys.
Extend the JavaSTARS system to add a means
to allow more sophisticated diagnosis rules, or
re-implement the system in eclipse RCP.
Boeing
Inflatable Structures for the Mars Lander
Based on feedback provided by Boeing about
last year’s system, redesign, fabricate, and test
an inflatable structure that will allow a Mars
lander to safely deliver an instrument payload
to the surface of Mars.
Direct TV
Stud Detector for Stucco Walls
DIRECTV would like to have a low-cost device
designed that would allow a satellite dish installer
to non-invasively locate the position of wooden
studs through common residential stucco walls.
EMCycle
Instrumentation & Control of an Electric-
Assisted Single Person Commuter Vehicle
Design the control and instrumentation system
for an electrical-assisted single person commuter
vehicle for a driver and up to 75 lbs of luggage.
Los Alamos National Lab.
Thermal Imaging System for the
LANSCE 1L Target
Harvey Mudd College and California State University,
Los Angeles are tasked with the electro-mechanical
design and fabrication of a prototype non-intercept-
ing thermal imaging concept to determine proton
beam location and power distribution information for
the LANSCE particle accelerator facility.
Medtronic MiniMed
Integration of a GUI and OTC Blood Glucose
Meter into a Wireless Glucose Monitoring Sys.
Create a stand-alone device to continuously moni-
tor the levels of blood sugar in patients with Type I
diabetes.
Re-engineering TFRMQS
Apply a software systems engineering approach to
redefine system requirements, design and develop
database/datamart interfaces, query techniques
and reporting capabilities, and define and execute
the appropriate testing program for the Trouble
and Failure Reporting Management Query System
(TFRMQS).
PXI Instrumentation Calibration
The PXI (“pixie”) is used to support interactive modu-
lar instruments and consists of a chassis containing
a power supply and a PCI backplane with control
and interface provided through a PC or MAC work-
station. The customer (NAVSEA Corona) wants
to understand how the PXI works when instrument
modules are installed in different chassis and the ac-
curacy of the instrument within the different chassis.
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Transforming Dreams Into Reality
(1)
NAVSEA Corona
(2)
NAVSEA Corona
Harmonic Filter
Build a circuit that will filter out high harmonic fre-
quencies on substation ground relays.
US Government Printing Office
PDF Image Extraction
Extract images from PDF files and associate the
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Northrop Grumman Areospace Systems
dispense hydrogen fuel within 1.5% error to hydro-
Correlation Studies of Ionospheric and
gen-fueled vehicles.
Industry Projects
(1)
Tropospheric Delays for GPS
Space Systems / Loral
Solar Array Wing Dployment
Design a solar array that has the same or less stow-
age volume as existing arrays on satellites, thus giv-
ing the option to deliver more power to new satellites
with higher energy demands.
Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison
Analyze raw measurement data available from
a multitude of satellite locations and perform cor-
relation studies of the data as a function of space,
time and frequency. Develop methods that allow
separation of the contribution of the ionospheric and
tropospheric delays which are often observed in
combination.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Restraint on Mill/Trim Fixtures
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
Creating Stereo Imagery
(1)
Automated Residential Wind Turbine
Develop a prototype micro wind turbine generator for
use in suburban residential areas. This prototype will
generate enough renewable power for the average
Southern California household to operate, and must
be low-cost, quiet, and aesthetically pleasing.
(2)
Electric Modeling of the Impacts of Solar PV
on Distribution Circuits
Model a typical distribution grid and determine the
effect of penetration of a large solar photovoltaic
power generation system on delivered power quality
when subjected to typical solar power variations
throughout the day.
(2)
Innovative Ways to Improve Aerospace Part
Develop a restraint methodology to improve the tool-
ing process for trimming composite aerospace parts.
(Azusa, CA)
Utilize multiple scenes from satellite data to create
stereo images.
Pratt & Whittney Rocketdyne
Wind Tunnel Testing of a Solar Power
Plant Heliostat
The PWR team must determine potential failure
modes of a power plant heliostat by developing a
computational fluid dynamics model, and by validat-
ing this model via wind tunnel testing of a sub-scale
heliostat.
Sempra
High Accuracy Hydrogen Dispensing System
Develop a dispensing mechanism that will accurately
(3)
Southern California Edison
images with HTML pages.
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Design, build, and compete a fuel-efficient vehicle
that will travel the longest distance on a specified
amount of fuel.
Research Projects
(1)
CSULA Fluids Lab
Experimental Core Facility for the
Analysis & Control of Thermofluid Systems
Develop an experimental facility for thermal systems
studies using three test beds: the first to be used for
heat exchanger studies, the second for the analysis
of natural convection loops, and the third for studies
of pressure-driven flows in pipes.
CSULA
Light Electric Vehicle
Human Powered Vehicle
CSULA IEEE
MicroMouse
Design, build and compete a vehicle that operates
completely on human power, and is able to transport
small payloads short distances over obstacles typi-
cally seen on city streets.
Design and build a mini-robot that can navigate a
maze and automatically find the center of the maze.
The design must incorporate sensors, motors, and a
microcomputer that students will program.
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Formula SAE
Design, build, and compete a single-seat formula
one style racecar for the weekend racer.
Build a radio-controlled aircraft that meets the crite-
ria dictated in the SAE Aero Design rulebook & has
been established by SAE International. The compe-
tition has stipulations that restrict overall size and
gross weight that includes the aircraft and payload.
SAE Baja
Design, build, and compete an off-road vehicle to
compete in a 1000 mile course.
For questions or inquiries, contact
Dr. Trinh K. Pham
Director - Senior Design
(323) 343-4498 • TPham4@calstatela.edu
www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst
College of Engineering, Computer Science & Technology
Transforming Dreams Into Reality
CSULA NASA Space Center
Optical Visualization of Reacting & Non-Reacting
Flow in a Jet Engine Combustor
Correlate flow structure information collected with a
Schlieren system to swirl number, equivalence ratio,
and pollutant emissions in a jet engine combustion
chamber.
CSULA NASA Space Center
Control System
(2)
State Estimation on a Decentralized
Develop a state estimation technique to defect faults
Design, build, and test a vehicle that provides
in the presence of noise for the James Webb Space
electric power to supplement human energy. One of
Telescope (JWST), which will be used to collect light
the primary objectives is to build the lightest vehicle
from distances further than the Hubble telescope is
possible for the lowest cost.
currently able to reach.
CSULA ASME
CSULA SAE
Competition Projects
(2)
SuperMileage
(3)
CSULA SAE
(4)
CSULA SAE
AeroDesign
(1)
CSULA SAE