On Monday and Wednesday nights inside Cal Poly’s Aero Hangar, the sound of machinery rarely stops. One group fine tunes the design’s aerodynamics, while another adjusts the suspension on a half-built frame nearby. Across the mechanical engineering shop, students take on specialized roles to design, build and test Cal Poly Racing’s Formula car so it […]
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Meet the makers of STYX and STONES, a Cal Poly robot
A group of eight Cal Poly mechanical engineering seniors are advancing to the semifinals for a NASA competition that asks students to create technology for the future of space exploration. NASA’s Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge is asking students to create a system that is capable of being placed on Mars to extract […]
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Students build a life-sized motorized advent calendar for the Cambria Christmas Market
On Nov. 29, the Cambria Christmas Market debuted a life-sized motorized advent calendar — a new feature designed, engineered and constructed by Cal Poly students. Mechanical engineering seniors Sigrid Derickson, Oma Skyrus, Danny Clifton and Tyler Koski took on the calendar as their senior design project in early January 2019. According to engineering professor Lee McFarland, the […]
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Former Cal Poly guard David Nwaba joins Los Angeles D-Fenders
After graduating in Spring 2016 with a sociology degree, former Cal Poly guard David Nwaba headed to Reno, Nevada to tryout for the NBA. The Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League were awarded his rights and he was given a chance to make it on the Sacramento Kings’ D-League affiliate. But, according to SB […]
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Graduating to grad school
Holly Dickson hollydickson.md@gmail.com After 13 years of K-12 education and at least four more of college, graduate school isn’t always the top choice for students right after graduation. But for some it seems like a more viable option than traveling, getting a temporary job or searching for a way into their career field. Graduate school […]
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Cal Poly contributes to computer research
A Cal Poly research team is working on one of the final steps to build the world’s first large-scale quantum computer. If the results turn out as expected, physics assistant professor Katharina Gillen’s research could be the missing key. “It would just be awesome if somehow I could provide one piece of the puzzle,” Gillen […]
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Cal Poly 'Cool Kids' take first in engineering design competition
A team of Cal Poly engineering students took first place in an international competition with their senior project, a design for a heating, refrigerating and air conditioning system for the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pa. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) holds the annual Student Design Competition to challenge […]