Media Advisory
Next stop is Combustion lab as 7th-8th graders engage
New Center
for Energy and Sustainability to do its part for first National Lab Day
Note to editors and news directors:
Coming
from Odyssey Charter School in Altadena, 55 seventh- and
eighth-grade students will visit Cal State L.A.
Friday, May 14, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., to
commemorate National Lab Day. Reporters are welcome to join them.
To make photo arrangements, please
contact Alex Abramyan at (323) 343-5399.
Coordinated by the recently established Center for Energy and
Sustainability (CEaS) at Cal State L.A., the activities will include
a tour of some CSULA laboratories as well as interactive lessons on
combustion, computer analysis and bridge design.
The CEaS at Cal State L.A.—funded by a five-year $5 million Centers for
Research Experience in Science and Technology grant from the National
Science Foundation (NSF)—is a multidisciplinary research center.
Directed by Civil Engineering Professor Crist Khachikian, the center
encompasses four areas of study: fuel cells, photovoltaic cells
(high-efficiency cells), combustion (burning fuel sources and looking at
efficiency), and carbon sequestration (capturing carbon from the
atmosphere and pumping it into the ocean or the land).
National Lab Day is a nationwide initiative to build local scientific
communities and foster ongoing collaborations to bring discovery-based
science experiences to students in grades K-12. For details, go to
http://www.nationallabday.org.
The CSULA program will begin at the Engineering & Technology Patio on
the campus. The University is located at
the intersection of the 10 and 710 freeways.
For more about the CEaS at Cal State L.A., call (323) 343-5399 or go to
http://ceas.calstatela.edu/.
Group 1
(Red) ~18 students
Group 2
(Green) ~18 students
Group 3
(Blue) ~18 students
Arrive and
welcome (9:30-10)
Arrive and
welcome (9:30-10)
Arrive and
welcome (9:30-10)
Tour
(10-10:45)
Combustion
(10-10:45)
Bridge
Design (10-10:45)
Combustion
(10:45-11:30)
Computer
analysis (10:45-11:15)
Tour
(10:45-11:30)
Lunch
(11:30-12)
Lunch
(11:30-12)
Combustion
(11:30-12:15)
Computer
analysis (12-12:45)
Bridge
design (12-12:45)
Lunch
(12:15-12:45)
Bridge
Design (12:45-1:30)
Tour
(12:45-1:30)
Computer
analysis (12:45-1:30)
Wrap-up
(1:30-1:45)
Wrap-up
(1:30-1:45)
Wrap-up
(1:30-1:45)
Depart
(1:45)
Depart
(1:45)
Depart
(1:45)
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