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Senior Projects from 2014
The Design, Construction, and Testing of an In-Furrow Planter for the Planting of Low Residue Cover Crops, Chandler A. Bennett
Modification of a Draw Bar Type Arena Harrow to Three Point Mounted Type Harrow, Clayton Alan Brown
Design, Testing, and Development of an Internal Combustion Engine Throttle Controller, Michael Burlingame
Pump Station Calculations and Irrigation System Evaluation for Trestle Vineyard, Linda Bushey
Under-Tree Sprinkler Design in a Walnut/Cherry Orchard, Edward Caminata
Design, Construction and Analysis of a Conveyor System for Drying Seasoned Snack Almonds, Nick Civetz
The Analysis of the HCS Department's Injury and Illness Prevention Program, Matthew Evers
Design and Fabrication of a Sporting Clay Launcher, Zachary Flowers
Design, Fabrication and Analysis of a Utility Strip for Light Utility Trucks, Ian D. Hare
Design Constuction and Evaluation of a Vertical Hydroponic Tower, Nicholas A. Heredia
Bee Colony Startup and Cost Analysis, Marisela Herrera
Redesign and Evaluation of the Irrigation System for the Cal Poly Radio Hill Avocado Grove, Rob Hillebrecht
Evaluation and modification of solid set sprinkler system for Hirashima Berry Farms, Jeffrey Hirashima
Design and Evaluation of a Drip Irrigation System on Apple Orchards in Julian CA, Jeffrey Huntley
Evaluation, Installation, and Documentation of Adcon Telemetry Stations Connected at Cal Poly, Shelsie Kloepper
Design and Construction of a Feeding System for a Pellet Mill, Jeremy Mahrt
Design, Construction, and Evaluation of an RC Vehicle Dynamometer, Christian Marron
Design, Construction and Analysis of an Ag Equipment Trailer, Connor McKean
Micro-Irrigation Design For Avocado Orchard In California, Michael C. Meyer
Analysis of San Luis Obispo Historic Precipitation Data and Calibration of the Cal Poly Weather Station, Hilary Olsen
Design & Evaluation of an RFID Harvest Labor Tracking System, Sam Parnagian
Design and Analysis of the BRAE Tractor Pull Tow Vehicle, Alexander R. Paulsen
Analysis of Crop Dryer Recirculation and Heat Recuperation, Ross Ribeiro
ATV Mountable Tree Planting Station, Bradley M. Rogers
Design and Construction of Five Gallon Anaerobic Digesters, Daniel John Schricker