Shannon Ueno

Mechanical Engineering Major
Third Year

My name is Shannon and I am a third year mechanical engineering major at UCR. When not at school, you could probably find me building LEGO sets, going to Disneyland, or collecting California’s library cards.

While studying engineering, I found that I enjoy hands-on projects where I can physically see any progress and interact with the product. In addition to working with the Energy and Engineering team, I am also the Composites Lead for UCR’s Formula SAE team, Highlander Racing. As a part of my subteam, I work with carbon fiber to manufacture aerodynamic components for our electric formula-style racecar. As an energy management intern, I like field-work days, such as going around campus programming smart meters, because it gets us out of the office and we can immediately see any progress made. Working with FS has given me a better understanding of our campus’s energy infrastructure and the effort it takes to become more efficient.

My projects with Facilities Services:

• Smart Meter Programming: Connected and programmed smart meters installed across the campus, such as Orbach library, the Substation, and the School of Business building to monitor energy usage more efficiently.
• Energy Building Simulation: Created CAD representations of campus buildings using the software, eQUEST, to simulate energy usage and trends. Compared simulated data to historical usage data to adjust the program to better represent the building.
• Bill Utility Audit: Collected and cleaned up monthly water, sewer, and gas usage data of campus apartments and satellite buildings from July 2023 to 2025 to help establish trends of usage and costs.
• Equipment Summaries: Compiled information from physical As-Built drawings and Building Management Systems, or BMS, about each building, such as its HVAC system, air handlers, pumps, etc. and condensed it into an easy-to-read online form.
• Air Balance Report: Further progressed an initiative to record information about each laboratory’s Air Changes per Hour (ACPH) and CFM rates based on each room’s square footage, ceiling height, and building’s air handlers and exhaust fans into a condensed document per building.

Matthew Gwynn

Electrical Engineering Major
Third Year

I am currently pursuing an Electrical Engineering degree with a focus in Smart Grids and Power Systems; I currently am preparing to take my EIT (Engineering In Training) exam in spring/summer of 2026. I hope to become a Power Engineer after graduation and eventually move onto becoming a Design Engineer. If I am not working on homework or at work, you can find me building Legos, playing the piano, or at the gym.

My projects with Facilities Services:

• Smart Meter Programming
• Equipment Summaries
• Building Utility Audit
• Building Simulations using eQUEST
• Building Air Balance