New Orleans Houses Restored
Fifty-five students spent winter break 2006–2007 working on the Rebuild New Orleans Project. The students, led by construction management major Josh Deadmore, raised more than $40,000 for travel and materials. Professors Jim O’Bannon and John Schwartz provided guidance and training.
Engineering Designs Win at National Competition
Parthasarathi Datta and Roopa Bharathan, graduate students in electrical and computer engineering, won a national Student Electromagnetic Compatibility Design Competition hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) regarding electromagnetic interference and compatibility. Each received a $900 prize and $2,100 to present their design at the institute’s conference in Portland, Oregon, in August 2006.
In 2007, the team of graduate students Sourabh Bhalerao and Chris Solis and senior Robert Powelson placed second in the national design competition hosted by the IEEE. It is the University’s fourth win in the eight-year history of the event. CSU, Chico is the only repeat prizewinner in the competition. The team traveled to Honolulu in July to accept the award and present their design at the Electromagnetic Compabability Symposium.
Highway Roundabouts Essay Wins Honors
Shahna Thomas, a senior in civil engineering, won $1,000 and was one of seven national finalists with an essay she wrote about highway roundabouts in the Philip E. Rollhaus Jr. Essay Competition held by Chicago-based Quixote Corporation.
Faculty Leads in Building Information Modeling
Professors Denny Gier and Mike Borzage, Construction Management, presented their work in building information modeling at the 43rd Annual Associated Schools of Construction’s International Conference. Willem Kymmell’s ground-breaking book, Building Information Modeling: Planning and Managing Construction Projects with 4D CAD and Simulations is forthcoming from McGraw-Hill Construction in December 2007.
Animation Wins Top Awards
Advanced animation students won the top four Best Animation awards from the California State University Media Arts Festival in November 2006. First was Working Stiffs by alumnus Mike Wellins and students Kenny DiGiordano, Jerry Zigounakis, Luke Machado, Travis Yee, and Peter Mazen; second was Trash Landing by Rusty Robbins, Chris Distefano, Eugene Chung, Tracy Hamer, Andrew Davis, Steve Liebenberg, and Brendan Harry; third was Dungeon Seed by Josiah Munsey, Dylan Smith, Matt Berglund, and Kurt Feudale; and fourth was The Janitor: Bud by Andre Nguyen, Vince Yamamoto, David Cross, and Chris Maggitti.
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