The BioResource and Agricultural Engineering Department offers answers for students who want to be problem solvers. Today's high-tech agricultural industries are looking for graduates who can engineer solutions to the problems of resources and systems as well as for those who can manage advanced technologies.
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Senior Projects from 2011
Design of a Micro Irrigation System for an Almond Orchard, Adam Scheuber
Senior Projects from 2010
Design, Construction and Evaluation of Side Mount Truck Tool Boxes and Fuel Transfer Tank, Trey Avila
Managing an Agri-Marketing Team, Brandon Banner
Identifying Alternative Waste Conversion Technologies for Use at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Matthew R. Bono
Lavers Ranch Vineyard Design, A.J. Borba
Design of a Portable Swine Processing Machine for the Breschini & Sons Farm, Lee Breschini
Evaluation and Design of a 20-acre Avocado Orchard, Daniel Holtz
Design, Fabrication, and Evaluation of an All-Grain Brewing System, Alex Jensen
Design, Construction, and Evaluation of a Direct Drive Mud Motor, Jarrett Martin
Writing a USDA Process Verified Program, Noah Nelson
Design, Plant and Manage 20 Acres of Almonds in Modesto, CA, Louie Ott
Organic Grower and Distributor Business Plan, Nicholas Thorp
Design, Planning, and Evaluation of Upgraded Cattle Handling Facility, Lindsey Kaeli Tulloch
Cost Analysis of Single and Multiple Use Drip Irrigation Tape Used for Strawberries, Alexander (Alex) Walker
Senior Projects from 2009
Layout and Evaluation of Clavey Winery Facility, Ron Angold
Design, Construction and Evaluation of a Fueltank/Tool Box Combination, Michael R. Chase Jr
Design, Construction and Evaluation of a Multi Layered Solar Distillation Prototype, Arlen A. Flanagan
Design, Reconstruction and Evaluation of a Dynamometer for Quarter Scale, Samuel Sanchez