Computer engineering senior Kevin Dixson and computer science senior Tegan Fleishman are working with the California State University Long Beach Shark Lab for their senior project: Designing a buoy that will collect data from passing sharks and transmit it immediately to the lab.
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Underground Anthology: A creative writing journal created by and for BIPOC voices
As May 2020 rolled around and Cal Poly students Eddie Railsback and Juan Vergara began playing around with senior project ideas, one discussion led them to the importance of sharing intersectional experiences and the “unwritten barriers” in publishing for people of color. Thein their idea was born: a creative writing journal created by and for Black and Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC).
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Student-run Subaltern Magazine returns for a second volume
Two Cal Poly students have teamed up to produce a second volume of The Subaltern Magazine to give a platform for student stories that often go unheard.
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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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One student’s senior project takes people back to a roaring time in pop-up speakeasy
Senior Sawyer Koelsch and 7 Sisters Brewing Company will host a 1920s-esque speakeasy this Sunday.
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Senior project AmpSurf will aid with easier surfing for persons with disabilities
An interdisciplinary senior project class (ENGR 459) is working with a national non-profit to help people with disabilities surf. AmpSurf is a non-profit national organization headquartered in Pismo Beach “established to Promote, Inspire, Educate and Rehabilitate (PIER) all people with disabilities and their families through adaptive surfing and other outdoor activities,” according to their website. The […]
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The senior project that is helping reshape masculinity
Three communication studies seniors have worked together to create a show featuring a variety of performances to highlight different expressions of masculinity.
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A senior turned her story into a sexual assault investigation of 61 student survivors
In 1995, Safer — an on-campus confidential advocacy, education and support program concerning sexual assault, sexual misconduct, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking — painted red hands at reported sexual assault locations and started the Red Handprint campaign. Twenty-three red handprints appeared in buildings, residence halls and other places on campus. In 2005, University Housing […]
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Largest student-run livestock show on the West Coast celebrates 35 years this weekend
This upcoming weekend, Feb. 15-17, Cal Poly’s Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show will be back at the Paso Robles Event Center celebrating its 35th anniversary. Western Bonanza, which began as a Cal Poly senior project in 1985, has grown to be the largest student-run livestock show on the West Coast. This year’s event is being […]
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This student is designing an escape room for her senior project
You are locked in and the only way out is by solving a series of puzzles. It is an experience you paid for. Welcome to an escape room.
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Students travel to Rwanda, create VR galaxies and more for senior projects
While the senior project is a mandatory capstone of a Cal Poly degree, there is a lot of versatility in what can be considered a senior project. Presentations, research papers and experiments are all fair game, but so are building designs in Rwanda and film festivals downtown. Here’s a spotlight on four graduating seniors who […]