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Skip the Grid: Giving Power to Navajo Nation
Get PDFSkip the Grid is a project organized by Heart of America, a nonprofit, looking to improve the education and overall wellbeing of children and their families. Many residents within Navajo Nation do not have access to continuous power and rely on temporary generators or car battery to obtain any kind of electricity. Heart of America partnered with the Red Mesa School District to identify families that did not have power, which was impacting the children’s ability to complete their online schoolwork. This senior project was comprised of an interdisciplinary team responsible for installing a working solar system on twelve homes on the Navajo Nation Reservation. With the help of sponsors, a team of Cal Poly students successfully provided solar power to twelve homes in Navajo Nation. The solar system powers a refrigerator, lights, and a charging port for Chromebooks. This new installation will help Red Mesa students continue their education without worry of their computer running out of battery. For the first time these families will have access to a refrigerator which allows these families to now keep perishables. The project successfully integrated technology into the lives of these Navajo families without intruding upon the culture and tradition that makes Navajo Nation so special
The Mustang Bridge
Get PDFThe purpose of this project is to develop a pedestrian overpass in San Luis Obispo, California at the entry of the city that will successfully provide crossing and safety on Boysen Ave. and Santa Rosa Street connecting Mustang village to university square. The current circulation routes have a significant impact on a community’s pedestrians, cyclists, and automobile drivers. Safety becomes a growing concern when the streets are illegally crossed in unsafe sections, putting everybody at risk. The planned environment will be revised and accurately assessed to provide safety, flexibility, and proper use of the circulation route in place. The community’s needs can be fulfilled by adding circulation changes, such as strategic placement of an overpass that will be optimally used. The proposal will explore how sections of cities can have safety issues due to a lack of assessed planning. The concerns can be detrimental to community members when unlawful crossings take place. Prime examples of successful overpasses are bridges or gateways that are used by people frequently to not cross in front of oncoming traffic. The background of the specific area will give insights as to how space functions and the problems that can be aided and prevented. Goals, objectives and design concepts will serve as guidelines as to what is envisioned for this section and what can be accomplished. The overpass will fulfill the purpose of this project, to increase safety and provide effective navigation for community members
Installation of Electrical System for Paso Robles Police Department
Get PDFThis paper outlines the process that Peter Strykers and Jacob Studebaker went through to set up the lighting and power system for the Paso Robles Police Department gun range located off highway 46. Before our installation, the gun range had zero lighting so the officers could not use it after sunset. We allowed the officers to light the gun range with outdoor LED lights, light up both the storage units on site, and have access to multiple outlets inside and out of the storage units. The power source that the electrical system runs on comes from a Kubota generator because there is no city power that is supplied to the site. Included in our project was the installation of a 100-amp electrical panel that consisted of 3, 15-amp circuits to power the entire system. 2 of the circuits were powering the storage units on the site, and the other circuit powered the outdoor LED gun range lights. Through the guidance of our SME, Lonny Simonian, we were able to design this system. Through the guidance of David Studebaker, Jacob Studebaker’s father and career electrician, we were able to quickly problem solve while performing work at the jobsite
FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY ANALYSIS OF A UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CENTER
Get PDFThis project report analyzes various aspects of fire protection and life safety design for a University Conference Center, for both prescriptive and performance-based designs. The University Conference Center is a ten-story, high-rise building comprised of various gathering spaces, ranging from small conference rooms to large assembly spaces with auditorium-style seating. The building has a large two-story podium with basement below, with a smaller floor plate, ten-story tower offset to one side.
In the prescriptive analysis, no deficiencies were noted in the water-based suppression or fire resistance analysis. The building construction type, height, area, number of stories, wall and structural ratings, and interior finishes all complied with the CBC at the time of construction.
For egress analysis there was one instance with questionable travel distance that appeared to fall roughly ten feet short of the CBC requirement, but this area met the less stringent IBC requirements. There were also difference in occupant load factors between CBC and IBC that affected the calculated occupant load and therefore the egress design of two tower conference rooms.
The fire alarm system was design and installed in conformance with the CBC, no issues were observed during the analysis. However, when reviewed against the NFPA 72 standard there were three minor shortcomings. There was a small patch of missing detector coverage in the corner of a basement IDF room. There was also a small area where audio/visual notification in the second-floor large assembly space fell below the required dBA and candela requirements. Finally, the battery calculations omitted detectors which should have been included.
In the performance-based analysis, design fires were considered, and computer-based fire and egress modeling was completed for the selected fire. The chosen fire was approximately 5MW and involved a Christmas tree display in a two-story prefunction space adjacent to a large presentation hall on the third floor. The required safe egress time (RSET) for the analyzed fire was roughly 11 minutes. The asphyxiant products of combustion did not reach tenability thresholds during that time, but visibility, temperature, and heat flux criteria were quickly exceeded in under one minute. Overall, the available safe egress time (ASET) for this design fire was significantly less than the RSET. The life safety objectives and performance criteria were not met.
Recommendations were provided to improve compartmentation within the tower prefunction spaces. Within the podium an additional egress stair was proposed to move a portion of the egress traffic, thereby reducing the queuing and travel times within the tower
The College Years EP
No full textThis senior project is an EP of original music that I have recorded and performed on. I also produced and mixed the songs on this EP with my advisor. The writing component of this project is composed of liner notes for each song. The liner notes on this album describe how I have composed and arranged each song, the moods I am portraying through each song, and specific musical aspects (chord changes, key changes, medium, textures, harmonies, etc.)