Autonomy for Manufacturing and Construction

PRESENT PROJECTS

Thermal Management and Energy Systems

Status: Ongoing

Student Researcher(s): Michael Ellerbe, M.S. Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Collaborator(s): 

CSUN CO-Is: Dr. Shadi Mahjoob, Associate Professor and Director of Thermofluid Research and Design Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department

 

Mars Science Helicopter: Mass Optimization

Status: Ongoing

Student Researcher(s): Jared Carrillo, Benjamin Sun, Elliott Sadler, Marshall Doyle, Phanichandra Mylavarapu

Collaborator(s): Dr. Greg Agnes, Dr. Larry Matthies

CSUN CO-Is: Prof. Amiel Hartman, Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Dr. Ashley Geng, Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

Glass Fiber Reinforcement in 3D Printed Concrete

Status: Ongoing

Student Researcher(s): Nikhil Sagar Dadem, Gevork Gazdzhya, Mundkur Palguni Panduranga Kamath

Collaborator(s): Jeffrey Megivern, JPL

CSUN CO-Is: Dr. C. Shawn Sun, Department of Civil Engineering and Management

 

AI in Construction Code Compliance

Status: Ongoing

Student Researcher(s): Summayah Waseem, MS Software Engineering

Collaborator(s): Dr. Maged Elaasar, JPL

CSUN CO-Is: Dr. Shawn Sun, Civil Engineering & Construction Management and Dr. Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management

 

In-Space Propellant Tank Venting

Status: Ongoing

Student Researcher(s): Cole Millett, M.S. Mechanical Engineering; Alejandro Piscione, B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Collaborator(s): Dr. Matthew E. Taliaferro, Dr. Samuel R. Darr, and Dr. Paul D. Lee at The Aerospace Corporation

CSUN CO-Is: Dr. Vinicius Sauer, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Bingbing Li, Associate Professor, Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Dr. Nhut Ho, Mechanical Engineering

 

Nondestructive Evaluation of On-Orbit Manufactured Components

Status: Ongoing

Student Researcher(s): Sharveny Parthibhan, MS Mech Engr, BS Astrophysics, Minor Elec Engr; Joshua Santiago, BS Mech Engr; and Omar Palacios, BS Mech Engr

Collaborator(s): Dr. Jacob Rome, Dr. Steffen Tai, and Dr. Evgueni Todorov at The Aerospace Corporation

CSUN CO-Is: Dr. Christoph Schaal, Mechanical Engineering

 

Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Heat Exchanger

Status: Ongoing

Student Researcher(s): Changyu Ma, PostDoc Material Science and Engineering; Jianhao Zhu, MS Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Marshall Doyle, MS Mechanical Engineering; Zachary Liu, student at Sierra Canyon School

Collaborator(s): NASA JPL: Dr. Ryan Watkins; NASA Goddard: Mr. Ryan McClelland; UCLA: Prof. Xiaochun Li, Prof. Morris Wang; Honeywell: Mr. Gregory Colvin; Rafael, Maldonado Comas; Natalie Campos, Natalie; Castheon Inc.: Dr. Youping Gao; ASTM AM COE: Mr. Shane Collins; SimInsights Inc.: Mr. Rajesh Jha; El Camino College: Mr. Jose Anaya, External Advisory Committee: Mrs. Marilee J. Wheaton (The Aerospace Corporation); Mr. Dale Turner, DOE CESMII

CSUN CO-Is: Dr. Bingbing Li, Professor Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Dr.
Christoph Schaal, Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering

 

AI-assisted Knowledge Graph Design for the CADRE Robots

Status: Ongoing

Student Researcher(s): Brandon Bian, Mathematics of Computation, Max Slade, Anthropology, Elliot Sadler, Mechanical Engineering, Andrew Wang, High School Student, Axel Fernandes, Engineering Management, Bodia Borijin, Structural Engineering

Collaborator(s): Dr. Richard Otis, Technologist, JPL, Dr. Thomas Lu, Technologist, JPL, Daniele Grandi, System Engineer, Autodesk, Daniel Noviello, Autodesk

CSUN CO-Is:  Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Nhut Ho, Mechanical Engineering

PAST PROJECTS

California Advanced Defense Ecosystem and National Consortia Effort

Status: Complete

Student Researcher(s): Tongzi Wu, Statistics

Collaborator(s): Eileen Sanchez, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Jose Anaya, El Camino College, Conrad Leiva, DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute

CSUN CO-Is:  Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Digital Twin Integration of openCAESAR and INTREPID to design and additively manufacture the Multiphysics Optical Tracker

Status: Complete

Student Researcher(s): Paula Logozzo, Mechanical Engineering, Max Slade, Anthropology, Ruitao Wu, Computer Science, Ting Hsun, Computer Science, Axel Fernandes, Engineering Management

Collaborator(s): Dr. Maged Elaasar, Dr. Richard Otis at NASA JPL, Dr. Bhupen Lodhia, Mr. Marco Fiocco, Mr. Tomas Lay Herrera, Mr. Akmal Bakar at Autodesk

CSUN CO-Is:  Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Nhut Ho, Mechanical Engineering

Additively Manufactured Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

Status: Complete

Student Researcher(s): Alejandro Gomez, Biology, Axel Fernandes, Engineering Management, Runrun Chen, Mechanical Engineering, Shuyi Huang, Nutrition and Dietetics, Getaywokal Degef, Biology

Collaborator(s): Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation

CSUN CO-Is: Bingbing Li, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kelber Jonathan, Biology

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