A total of 319 new students have used the three new refrigeration units in their first-year lab. Thanks to the HVAC&R IAB for sponsoring these units! The Building Automation System of the AHU in the HVAC&R lab will be upgraded to the newest state of the art hardware and software. The planning phase for the […]
A senior project team of four HVAC&R mechanical engineers were tasked with the design of a walk-in, partitionable climate chamber running with a transcritical CO2 refrigeration cycle. The chamber design is to be constructed as a future project, and then the chamber would be used for years to come to give students hands-on experience with […]
Design a portable IAQ health meter that will detect contaminants in a space and display the levels of different toxins to the user. The system should identify related IAQ issues and provide solutions and/or next steps to solve these problems. The system shall consider multiple system variables, including space temperature, humidity, contaminant level (as outlined […]
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Students were tasked to present the methods and decisions that went into selecting an HVAC system for a single-story laboratory facility in Cairo, Egypt. This 2,515 m2 (27,000 ft2) new construction contains a variety of rooms, including wet bench labs, dry bench computational labs, research support offices, a common area for circulation, a break room, […]
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This project involves a new 5-story (around 500 bed) student housing building on the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) campus which has net-zero energy usage. For this project, students worked directly with Glumac – an MEP firm specializing in cost effective sustainable building design – to influence building massing and orientation and select an […]
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The Anderson Hotel is a 5-story historic hotel in downtown San Luis Obispo on the corner of Monterey and Morro. This building is set to be modernized and converted to a mixed-use low-income housing building while maintaining the historic architectural elements. The first floor will have retail tenants and the upper 4 floors will be […]
Erin served as the VP of Events for the ASHRAE Club and planned and executed two career-type fairs for the HVAC&R industry. She attended the IIAR conference and made new connection with the industry. Erin particpated in the SURP in 2021 and as a result co-authored an ASEE conference paper. Erin also graduated with two […]
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Toured cold storage locations and California Science Center on Tuesday, enjoyed the Dodgers vs. Phillies Baseball game on Monday evening. ASHRAE SoCal Student Night featuring a presentation by our Cal Poly HVAC&R Senior ASHRAE Design team. […]
Visit of the Gallo Winery production facility in San Miguel. Click here for pictures. […]
Over 40 students attended the first Women in ASHRAE Dinner! […]
We had 39 students participating, ranging from first-year to senior level. The student teams presented their design of a decarbonized building to 11 industry mentors and judges. Reilly Humphreys, Jared Herrera, Peter Tomson, Ian Oliver, Florence Duff, and Liam Dunsmore won first prize. […]