Chico State engineering students showcase capstone projects

Chico State engineering students showcase capstone projects

CHICO — When tasked with building a drone attachment to ignite prescribed burns, Chico State student Conor Daly said his capstone team initially discussed using napalm. “But that’s against the Geneva Convention,” Daly explained with a smile. Instead, he and five other students designed a drone attachment that drops “dragon eggs,” small, Ping-Pong-like balls that ignite brush fires. Their project was one of many on display Friday morning at Chico…