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CSUN Timber Design is a Project within the American Society of Civil Engineers. This project consists of many real-world examples within engineering, which include reading plans, creating designs, fabricating the project, and more. The donations will be used to aid the students in completing the project. At the same time, these donations will allow students to teach more about engineering practices which will allow them to grow and appreciate the experience within their lives.
Funds Used For Timber, Nails, Screws, Plywood, Drills, Saws, Nail gun, Transportation, Hold Downs, Tie-down, etc.
Phase 1: Brainstorm: Within phase one students will be creating their design and doing hand calculations while checking if the calculations are correct through calculation programs and 3D drawings. we send these plans over to a structural engineer and confirm that the plans align and that the structure is safe, which allows us to move on to phase two.
Phase 2: Inventory/Fabrication: Phase 2 consists of the acquisition of materials, tools, and parts. Through the different companies, we connect with them and request a list of materials, types of timber, sizing of timber, and also a storage container. Once the material has been acquired then the construction and the fabrication of the Timber design can begin.
Phase 3: Competition Day: The Timber Structure is sent off onto a truck to the competition ground which in the 2025 year will be held in Cal State Poly Pomona.
