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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New to hydropower, four Cal Poly mechanical engineering students turned their senior project into a national title.

The team won first place overall in the DOE’s 2026 Hydropower Collegiate Competition.

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A Cal Poly team earned third place overall at the 2026 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, a U.S. Department of Energy challenge.

Students developed solutions for marine energy applications, an emerging field focused on the world's largest untapped energy resource.

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community, highlighting the technical ability and persistence behind projects across the college. A special thank you to our own Dean’s Office stars: Allie Walter, Bailey Johnson, Marissa Maloney, Zoë Wood and Jenni Duval!

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Engineering Project Expo 2026. Congratulations to the hundreds of students who spent the academic year researching, designing, building and testing their projects. The expo gave students the chance to share a year’s worth of work with the

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There’s still time to check out Engineering Project Expo! Students are showcasing projects they’ve spent the year designing, building and testing.

📍Engineering Plaza, Engineering IV, ATL and Bonderson
🕒Until 3 p.m.

Stop by and meet more than 200 students behind the projects.

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The Spring 2026 edition of Engineering Advantage is here.

From bringing water to market in Kenya to helping a Paralympic coach return to skiing, Innovation in Motion highlights students and alumni tackling complex challenges.

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Did you know that Interim Dean Bob Crockett’s first job was at McDonnell Douglas Corp. (now Boeing) working on space station design? He had the opportunity to do about 70 drops in the “Vomit Comet,” a plane that simulates zero gravity. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #polyengineering

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Cal Poly SAMPE Club earned first place overall at the 2026 SAMPE Conference for International Student Competitions in Seattle, with top finishes in multiple composite materials challenges.

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Three Cal Poly mechanical engineering senior project teams are finalists in NASA’s 2026 Human Lander Challenge.

See their prototypes at Engineering Project Expo from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, May 29.

Read how they’re designing for life after launch:
https://t.co/ciU74nCYsI

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Cal Poly’s Society of Civil Engineers earned the Robert Ridgway Student Chapter Award, a national honor for the top ASCE student chapter, and won its fourth straight overall title at the Pacific Southwest Symposium.

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More than 300 Cal Poly Maritime Academy cadets are underway across the Pacific aboard Training Ship Golden Bear for the 2026 Summer Sea Term, the vessel’s final Pacific voyage. From Tahiti to Fiji, cadets are gaining experience at sea while continuing a decades-long tradition.

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Today we honor and remember those who gave their lives in service to the United States.

We pause to reflect on their sacrifice and the lives they touched through their service.

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Cal Poly alumnus Paulo Younse (Mechanical Engineering, ’02) returned to campus ahead of Engineering Project Expo to work with mechanical and computer engineering students developing robotic systems, computer vision tools and mini-rover technology through Poly1Rover.

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Cal Poly Maritime Academy senior mechanical engineering student Reid Burke won MARAD’s Administrator’s Challenge, an essay contest on U.S. maritime leadership. He was also honored at the National Maritime Day celebration in Washington, D.C.

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Throwback to Interim Dean Bob Crockett salvaging and restoring a 1972 MGB. He later sold the car to pay for graduate school. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #polyengineering

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Each week, the College of Engineering features an outstanding member of the engineering community. This week, we’re proud to highlight industrial engineering student Samantha Richert. Read about her life at Cal Poly, her internship experience and more.
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while outreach across the Central Coast helped power the broader win.

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Cal Poly’s CAPED team won first place in the West Division and the Impact Award at the national 2026 Ride Engineering Competition.

Their ride, Round Table Twirl: A Knight’s Ascension, helped earn top honors,

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Join the College of Engineering and the Noyce School of Applied Computing at the annual Engineering Project Expo. This event features more than 200 individual and team projects.

📅 Friday, May 29
🕐 Noon to 3 p.m.
📍 Engineering Plaza, Engineering IV, ATL and Bonderson

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During college, Interim Dean Bob Crockett was a designer and pilot of the 1987 Human Powered Vehicle Club entry. The vehicle’s shell was made from Styrofoam and wrapped in plastic film. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday