The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College of Engineering is the engineering college of the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. It has over 200 faculty members and more than 6,000 students enrolled in fourteen bachelor's and in eleven master's degree programs through nine engineering departments. Their facilities house more than 80 state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories and work spaces occupying more than 160,000 square feet.
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The College of Engineering is the largest of Cal Poly's six colleges, with 6,448 students (6,124 undergraduate and 324 graduate students) of the 21,306 enrolled at the university in Fall 2016. For engineering freshmen entering Fall 2017, Cal Poly accepted 26.7% of applicants (4,466 accepted/16,697 applied); admitted freshmen had an average GPA of 4.08, average ACT composite of 30.4, and average SAT composite score of 1450 (out of 1600) for reading and math. According to U.S. News & World Report's 2017 America's Best Colleges report, the College of Engineering isranked No. 7 for undergraduate engineering schools in the U.S. whose highest degree is a Master's. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo offers 4+1 Master (5-year) programs for some engineering majors. The College of Engineering has almost 80 student clubs which offer project, leadership, service, conference and competition opportunities. According to Cal Poly reports, 90% of graduates are employed or enrolled in graduate school within a year after graduation.
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Departments
Aerospace Engineering
Students are prepared for engineering work related to aerodynamics, flight testing, structures, propulsion, control systems, vehicle dynamics, stability and control, flight simulation, and design for both fixed and rotary wing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft.
The Aerospace Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2018 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as #3 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).
Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering emphasizes the study of engineering principles and the application of scientific knowledge and technology for the betterment of humankind. The program stresses the team design concept and systems approach to problem solving and is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
Sub-discipline areas of Civil Engineering:
- Geotechnical
- Structural
- Transportation
- Water Resources
Environmental Engineering offers courses specializing in:
- Air Pollution Control
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Design
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Solid Waste Management
- Industrial Pollution Prevention
Prior to 1977, there was no Civil Engineering Department. The Transportation Engineering Department offered civil engineering courses as well as courses in transportation engineering. The Environmental Engineering Department began in 1969, but when Warren Baker was hired as president of the university, in 1979, he combined the Environmental Engineering and Transportation Engineering departments into the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department also includes the 2008, 2009, 2010 Robert Ridgway Award-winning Society of Civil Engineers (student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers) and the American Society of Civil Engineers 2010, 2011 and 2012 National Concrete Canoe Competition champions. The Society of Environmental Engineers placed 2nd for best chapter in AWMA in 2009. The Chi Epsilon Honors Society chapter won the inaugural Chi Epsilon (Pacific District) Cup, and are now ranked as the #1 chapter in California and Hawaii.
The Civil Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2018 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as #2 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).
Clubs/Organizations Affiliated with the Department:
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Chapter
- Society of Environmental Engineers (SENVE)
- Engineers Without Borders (EWB) - Cal Poly
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
- Cal Poly RainWorks
- Cal Poly Biodiesel Project
Computer Engineering
The Computer Engineering major is an interdisciplinary program resting on the foundations of two departments: Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and it is fully accredited by ABET.
The recent development of the college's Artificial Intelligence and Robotics programs provide a first-hand experience to undergraduates. Student have access to complex robotic development, both in software and hardware. This program provides an avenue of development for computer engineers to have an area of concentration not primarily under computer science or electrical engineering. Simultaneously, the Mechanical Engineering department's effort to promote their mechatronics program allows for intense inter-disciplinary study from both control and design approaches, with groups of mechanical and computer engineers working side by side.
The Computer Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2018 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as #2 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).
Computer Science and Software Engineering
The Computer Science Department educates students in the discipline of computer science and teaches them to apply their education to solve practical problems in a socially responsible way. Pursuant to the department's educational mission, faculty engage in research and professional development that allows them to remain current in their fields and to provide technological leadership to the University community.
Electrical Engineering
The Electrical Engineering Department offers Bachelor of Science and Master of Science programs in electrical engineering, which are accredited by the ABET. The department supports interdisciplinary programs such as Computer Engineering and many graduate as well as undergraduate students are served by the department.
Specializations:
- Communications
- Computers
- Electronics
- Controls
- Power
The Electrical Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2018 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as tied for #3 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).
General and Biomedical Engineering
General Engineering is designed to allow students the latitude in course selection required to educate themselves either in the classical study of engineering or in new and evolving interdisciplinary technologies such as bioengineering and mechatronics.
In the past, Biomedical Engineering was a concentration within the general engineering major. In 2005, the program was implemented with its own stand-alone curriculum. Ever since the Human Genome Project, a major transition occurred, moving biomedical engineering to focus on the cellular and molecular level rather than solely on the organ system level.
The goal of biomedical engineering is to integrate basic biology along with the advanced quantitative and analytical engineering methods. Integration is stressed not only from the single molecule level to that of the entire organism but also to take advantage of the new advances in the many disciplines involved in biomedical engineering research.
Specializations:
- Biochemical Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Integrated Technology Management
- Materials Engineering
- Water Engineering
Clubs/Organizations Affiliated with the Department:
- Medical Design
- Biomedical Engineering Society
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME)
Established in 1956, the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department trains students to design, install, and improve systems that integrate people, technology, materials, and information. U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2009 recognized the university's Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department as the best in the nation, public or private, for non-PhD offering undergraduate engineering schools.
Degrees offered:
- B.S. Industrial Engineering
- B.S. Manufacturing Engineering
- M.S. Industrial Engineering
- 5 Year B.S.+M.S. Industrial Engineering Blended Program
Materials Engineering
The Materials Engineering Department teaches students to deal with materials spanning the spectrum from steels for large bridges, buildings, pipelines, and similar structures to ultra-light, high-strength materials used in modern aerospace applications. Materials engineers are heavily involved in the advances being made with high-temperature, superconducting ceramics, strong, lightweight composites, dielectrics for semiconductor applications, and with biomedical device applications.
Mechanical Engineering
The Mechanical Engineering Department educates students in the design, manufacture, and system integration of a very wide variety of equipment ranging from manufacturing machinery and power generation equipment to consumer goods. Of central concern to mechanical engineers is the sound application of basic principles of solid mechanics, fluid mechanics and thermal sciences in the design, manufacture, and application of this equipment.
The Mechanical Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2018 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as #3 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).
The program is affiliated with ASME.
Centers and Institutes
- Center for Sustainability in Engineering
- Electric Power Institute
- Global Waste Research Institute
- National Pool Industry Research Center
- Poly GAIT (Laboratory for Global Automatic Identification Technologies)
See also
- Engineering colleges in California
- List of engineering programs in the California State University
References
External links
- California Polytechnic State University
- California Polytechnic State University College of Engineering
- Cal Poly SLO Formula SAE Team
- Cal Poly Society of Civil Engineers
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