VARJAM Workshops Prepare Competitors with New Tools and Ideas
California State University, Northridge began preparations for the VARJAM competition on March 10 with a daylong workshop to help students gain access to the tools and knowledge for creating virtual...
View ArticleCSUN Alumnus Helped Develop Engines for NASA to Send Men to the Moon
Don Bostrom, at the time a recent graduate of California State University, Northridge — then known as San Fernando Valley State College — sat in a control center at Edwards Air Force Base northeast of...
View ArticleThe Delmar T. Oviatt Library and WISE Celebrated Pi Day with CSUN Clubs
The Delmar T. Ovitatt Library and Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) partnered up again to bring California State University, Northridge a Pi Day celebration on March 14. Attendees experienced a...
View ArticleArmenian Engineers and Scientists of America Host Science Olympiad at CSUN
The Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) hosted the 16th annual Science Olympiad at California State University, Northridge for Armenian students grades six through 12. The AESA Science...
View ArticleCSUN Engineering Students Win Back-to-Back ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenges
California State University, Northridge mechanical engineering students came in first overall at the 2017 American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) Human Powered Vehicle Challenge in Las Vegas....
View ArticleVARJAM Showcase Highlights Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technology
California State University, Northridge students and faculty came together for the first time to experience the world of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) at the 2017 VARJAM competition...
View ArticleCSUN VEX Robotics Club Takes on Worlds
The California State University, Northridge VEX Robotics Club, also known as the Matabots, competed in and won every round of a recent four-round VEX Robotics regional tournament. VEX Robotics is an...
View ArticleCSUN Professor Creates Free Online Course to Prepare High School Students for...
California State University, Northridge biology professor Cindy Malone is developing a free, online biology course that covers high school biology curriculum to help high school students prepare for...
View ArticleCSUN Aero Design Team Seniors Place Second at International Competition — but...
California State University, Northridge’s Aero Design Team worked for nearly two semesters to complete The Dragon, a 7-foot, 8-inch tall aircraft with a 13-foot, 3-inch wingspan — a major highlight to...
View ArticleEngineering Students Showcase Their Best Ideas
The California State University, Northridge College of Engineering and Computer Science hosted the eighth annual Senior Design Project Showcase on April 14. The showcase, which filled the Grand Salon...
View ArticleEarth Fair Promotes Sustainable Living
Students and community members of all ages came together on Bayramian Lawn during California State University, Northridge’s Earth Fair. The Earth Fair, hosted by Associated Students (AS) Productions,...
View ArticlemyCSUNtablet Wins Apple Distinguished School Award
In fall 2013, California State University, Northridge launched the myCSUNtablet initiative, which aims to provide CSUN students with engaging digital learning material at reduced costs — as opposed to...
View ArticleCSUN’s 5th Annual eLearning Showcase Highlights Innovative Technology...
More than 50 California State University, Northridge faculty members gathered at the fifth annual eLearning Showcase on May 8 at the Ferman Presentation Room in the Delmar T. Oviatt Library. The...
View ArticleCSUN Hosts Seventh Annual Technology Fair
The California State University, Northridge campus community invited faculty and staff to the seventh annual Technology Fair on May 11 at the University Student Union Grand Salon. The fair...
View ArticleCSUN Receives NSF Grant to Advance Entrepreneurship and Innovation on Campus
California State University, Northridge has been at the forefront of promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through on-campus incubators like LACI@CSUNand student competitions like Appjam, Varjam...
View ArticleCSUN Geography Students Take to the Sky to Better Study the Ground
The concept of unmanned vehicles and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), known today as drones, was born out of the 1898 invention of the wireless-controlled boat by Nikola Tesla. Tesla’s invention...
View ArticleCSUN Students’ Vision-Assisted Robotic Arm Takes the Grand Prize in the 2017...
For the first time in California State University, Northridge history, eight mechanical systems engineering students and several computer science students were assigned a year-long, seminal senior...
View ArticleCSUN Students Dominate National DataFest Competition
A team of five California State University, Northridge students beat 15 teams from other schools including Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine and USC. The team — known as the “Mean...
View ArticleBUILD PODER Celebrates Two Years of Increasing Diversity in Research
In 2014, California State University, Northridge professors of psychology Gabriela Chavira and Carrie Saetermoe spent many hours in Sierra Hall writing a proposal for a $22 million grant from the...
View ArticleMission Accomplished: CSUN’s CubeSat Launches from International Space...
Many CubeSats are like prodigal children when launched from the International Space Station into Earth’s orbit: The miniature satellites leave home and are never heard from again. Not CSUNSat1. This...
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