The Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club successfully contacted life in outer space today in a radio conversation with International Space Station astronaut Daniel Burbank at the Keck Advanced Technology Laboratory on campus. The nine-and-a-half minute conversation with Burbank was the featured aspect of an event hosted by the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club and the […]
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The search for Amelia Earhart
With a tilted head and arms clasped behind her back, Amelia Earhart smiled for the camera. Earhart visited Cal Poly June 25, 1936, with famous stunt pilot Paul Mantz. She took a photo in front of the aeronautical department with Mantz, some students and Marty Martinson, the aeronautical department head at the time. 71 years […]
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Toaster-sized launcher to pop out NASA satellites
Cal Poly students will mark their first mission with NASA when their satellite launcher is sent to space out of Vandenberg Air Force Base on Feb. 23.
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Engineering department receives ABET recognition
The College of Engineering received recognition at the 2010 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) symposium for its assessment techniques and evaluation reports utilized by the ABET for ongoing accreditation.