The faculty and students of Cal State LA’s College of ECST are pleased to present the January - December 2024 Cohort Capstone Senior Design Expo on Friday, December 6, 2024.
Presentation Rooms
- Presentations for Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering programs will take place at King Hall, rooms KH D1076 and KH D1077.
Presentations for the Civil Engineering program will take place at the Student Services Building (basement), room SB SL120.
EE-ETEC-ME Program Schedule
EE, ETEC, and ME Expo project presentations take place at KING HALL • KH D-1076 and KH D-1077
| TIME | KH D1076 | KH D1077 |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. | OPENING REMARKS - All Attendees gather in KH D1076 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | SoCalGas NG to H2 Transition–Test Fixture | Mechanical Design forBattery Enclosure for Stellantis EV |
| 9:30 a.m. | SoCalGas – Digital Twin | EV Battery Development Sensors, Instrumentation & Embedded Controllers |
| 10:00 a.m. | SCE – Digital Twin | Automated Tennis Ball Pitching Machine |
| 10:30 a.m. | Melting of Thermal-Bioplasic for Rapid Prototypes | (Continue) |
| 11:00 a.m. | Micromouse Competition | Design and Build a Rollercoaster |
| 11:30 a.m. | (Continue) | |
| CONCLUDE | CONCLUDE | |
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Projects
Team 201
Project Name: Assessing NG to H2 Industrial Transition
Client: SoCalGas
Industry Liaison: Daniel Lopez and Eric Barba
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Herwerth
Students: Robert Diaz, Jesus Sanchez, Isaiah Watson, Amir Kunwar, Luigi Ciccia Merino
Team 202
Project Name: Control, Modeling, Design HVAC Simulation Systems for SoCalGas Innovation Experience Home
Client: SoCalGas
Industry Liaisons: Flavio Da Cruz, Ph.D.
Faculty Advisor: Michael Thorburn, Ph.D.
Students: Riku-Neil McLaughlin, Spencerdevine Reed, Eyosias Oljira, Muath Abdulaal
Team 203
Project Name: Digital Twin for Power Inverter
Client: Southern California Edison (SCE)
Industry Liaison: Md Arifujjaman
Faculty Advisor: Michael Thorburn, Ph.D.
Students: Adrian Huerta, Naing Lin, Rubin Macario-Cotom, Dylan Marquez, Paul Pozo
Our project involves developing and validating a digital twin of a Rule 21-compliant smart inverter using MATLAB to simulate its electrical and thermal performance, including features like Volt/VAR control, reactive power adjustment, and temperature monitoring under varying load conditions. This digital twin ensures compliance with California energy regulations while enabling the seamless integration of solar PV systems into the grid.
Team 204
Project Name: Stellantis EV Enclosure Mechanical Design
Client: Stellantis - Battery Workforce Challenge (BWC)
Industry Liaison: Ravi Saripella
Faculty Advisor: John Chris Bachman, Ph.D.
Students: Alex Abgaryan, Dion Nazarian, Arthur Pogosian-Rozin, Viviana Romero, Ernesto Trejo, Jose Vasquez
We collaborate with the Cal State LA Battery Workforce Challenge (BWC) team on a three-year project to design and manufacture a battery pack for a Ram ProMaster EV van. We work with various subteams, including Thermal, Electrical, and Software, along with Stellantis partners, to create a design that integrates seamlessly with the van’s systems, is easy to manufacture, and meets safety and performance standards.
Team 205
Project Name: EV Battery Workforce Challenge
Client: Stellantis - Battery Workforce Challenge (BWC)
Industry Liaison: Ravi Saripella
Faculty Advisor: Curtis Wang, Ph.D.
Students: Genesis Torres-Romero, Marlen Rojas-Reyes, Aden Lee, Gustavo Magana, Geoffrey Chavez
Team 206
Project Name: Melting of Thermal-Bioplastics for Rapid Prototypes
Client: Mathias Brieu, Ph.D. Research
Faculty Advisor: Mathias Brieu, Ph.D.
Students: Dali Ramon, Farhan Khan, Paola Reyes, Bryan Leao, Jason Pham, Sebastian Gonzalez
Team 207
Project Name: Tennis Ball Pitching Machine
Client: College of ECST
Faculty Advisor: Kurt Sawitskas
Students: Andre Alvarado, Hector Delgado Carpinteyro, Guan Nam He, Marco Mariani, Luis Salas, Ivan Silva, Jennifer Tang
Design and manufacture a tennis ball pitching machine. Occasionally used as alternative training partners in tennis, tennis ball pitching machines allow players to perfect their swings. However, certain spins are only found in baseball pitching machines. The team aims to collaboratively design and construct an updated tennis ball pitching machine with an updated pitching mechanism to provide more spins than a normal pitching machine with a three-wheeled mechanism and a user-friendly interface.
Team 208
Project Name: Roller Coaster Design
Client: College of ECST
Faculty Advisor: Kurt Sawitskas
Students: Andy Tran, Daniel Zoueihd, Diego Ramos Lopez, Erik Thomas,Evan Dela Rosa, Gabriel Corcio, Gustavo Ramirez, Jonathan Chow, Jonathan Galan,Kasy Batres Vasquez, Kristian Anaya, Omar Joma, Rene Contreras
Team 209
Project Name: Micromouse Competition
Client: College of ECST
Faculty Advisor: Curtis Wang, Ph.D.
Students: Carolina Gonzalez, Daxton Barzee, Alannys Argandona, Jazmyn Ramirez
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Contact Us For More Information
Michael Thorburn at [email protected]
Director, ECST Capstone Design Program