Cal Poly College of Engineering

Cal Poly is consistently ranked as one of the nation's top engineering and science schools at the undergraduate level.

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From age 7 to 77, museum guests tested a virtual space mission created by Cal Poly students.

LAES and computer science teams are developing the VR experience for the Aerospace Museum of California, with the goal of a permanent exhibit.

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Starting over at a new university isn’t easy.

Cal Poly’s transfer community is helping students build connections, find support and thrive both inside and outside the classroom.

Read how transfer students are finding their place at Cal Poly:

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Each week, the we highlight an outstanding member of our engineering community. This week, we are introducing Kuba Preis, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering whose Cal Poly journey has brought him from student to professor.

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Cal Poly hosted the Student Shop Managers Conference for the first time, welcoming about 120 academic shop professionals to share approaches to safety and student access while exploring fabrication spaces across campus.

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Welcome back, Mustangs!

Today marks the start of a new academic year and Cal Poly’s first fall semester since the transition from quarters. We’re excited to welcome our students, faculty and staff back as we begin this new chapter together.

Here’s to a great semester ahead!

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The Mechanical Engineering Discretionary-Fund Allocation Committee (MEDAC) gives students a role in funding decisions. One proposal brought a heat-treating furnace to Mustang ’60, giving students a way to manufacture and test components.

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Each week, the College of Engineering highlights an outstanding member of our engineering community. This week, we’re featuring recent computer engineering alumnus Gus Flusser.

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Gus Flusser had built software before. He had never seen a customer jump out of a chair.

Through Cal Poly’s Digital Transformation Hub, the computer engineering graduate used AWS technology to help public agencies tackle time-consuming problems.

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IME senior projects reached a milestone in 2025-26, with the department’s largest student cohort completing 23 industry-sponsored projects with 16 partner organizations across California and beyond.

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Cal Poly is on track to launch a bachelor’s degree in data science in fall 2027, pending final approval. The interdisciplinary program will build on a decade-old minor and bring together computing, mathematics and statistics.

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As aerospace activity grows around Vandenberg, a new Cal Poly workshop will help students and faculty explore the business opportunities emerging alongside it.

See how Bob Crockett is bringing aerospace and entrepreneurship together:

https://t.co/sDFTuK0r4O

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Recent mechanical engineering graduate Donovan Furtado engineered a lightweight carbon fiber paddle that won SAMPE’s inaugural Student Pickleball Paddle Design Competition. Cal Poly students also claimed second place in the category.

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IME professor Zhiyuan Wei is using mobility data and optimization models to study how people access health care. His recent work includes a student co-authored publication, NSF support and a College of Engineering scholar award.

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https://t.co/UFBVDY3BAc

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Engineering solutions start with listening.

Through Cal Poly's BiCEP program, biomedical engineering students work alongside clinicians to identify real health care challenges and design potential solutions. Some projects even grow into startups.

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Biomedical engineering professor Kristen O’Halloran Cardinal has received Cal Poly’s Provost’s Leadership Award for Partnership in Philanthropy after generating more than $500,000 in support for research and student opportunities.

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How does Cal Poly Engineering prepare students for success after graduation?

Hear directly from alumni about the impact of their Learn by Doing experience:

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New faculty scholars Puneet Agarwal and Jiun-Yao Cheng will help Cal Poly Engineering develop a responsible approach to AI tailored to different engineering fields.

Learn more about the collegewide initiative:

https://t.co/WMocz3LSq1

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A water system in Kenya became more than an engineering project for Cal Poly students.

Through Engineers Without Borders, they returned, listened and built alongside the Masogo Market community.

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https://t.co/bpa8zh9KlG

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EPIC counselors and lab assistants help younger students explore engineering. Through EPIC+SURP, some become researchers studying how to make the camp even stronger.

Discover the program’s double impact:

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