Our project consists of creating an autonomous sailboat system that can navigate the Napa River. We will be turning a Cal 20 sailboat into an autonomous boat using a pixhawk controller, an electronic winch, and a linear actuator. The system will be te . . .

The California Solar Regatta includes three different races to test the agility and speed of each vessel. The sprint race places two teams head to head on a 150 yard dash. The race is the equivalent of a drag race, where both boats drive in a straight . . .

The goal of this senior design project is to design and build a wind turbine for the US Department of Energy’s 2020 Collegiate Wind Competition. The design of this turbine will be broken down into five sections: Aerodynamic design, control design, ele . . .

For this year's Senior Project Design, we will be inheriting last year's Alpha Stirling Engine with the intention of improving upon the design to have a functional prototype. With that, this will incorporate several design changes and different testin . . .

With our team’s efforts marking the second consecutive year of Cal Maritime’s participation in the SAE Baja collegiate design competition, our goal was to expand the competition team’s size and resources as well as generate interest in continuing Cal . . .

The team will not be creating a solar powered boat from scratch but instead we will be optimizing the solar boat that was designed by the past year’s solar regatta boat team here at CMA. The aim of this competition is to put our engineering skills to . . .

Since the first internal combustion engine was built the design has required a rotating camshaft to mechanically actuate the valve timing. The problem with actuating the valves on an engine with a camshaft is there are many added losses. Turning the c . . .

A project submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the B.S. degree. Department of Mechanical Engineering ME 494

A project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

A project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering.