The mission of the Architectural Engineering Department at Cal Poly is to educate students to enter and be successful in the practice of structural engineering. The program focuses primarily on the California practice of structural engineering, that emphasizes seismic design. The curriculum goes beyond traditional structures program to give students an understanding of architecture and construction management as it relates a total project design.
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Senior Projects from 2026
High-Rise Shear Wall Core Design: A Case Study, Abigail Emert
Creation of the 2-way Cross Laminated Timber Subroutine for Computing Dynamic Analysis Parameters, Joseph Freitas
Architectural Engineering Programs in the United States, Sachi Goli
Senior Projects from 2025
Cementing CO2 into C-S-H: A Step Toward Carbon Neutrality, Or a Step in the Wrong Direction?, John Reilly Benn and Tahne Larson
Tettoia Iperbolica, Lydia Chou, Jack L. Walsh, William Jasper Mors, Simarjot S. Gandhoke, Ian F. da Silva, and Jamie L. Zimmerman
Prefabricated Timber Living: A Modular Sustainable Solution, Hannah Giang and Justin Huang
The XenaForm, Cassadie J. Golding
C.H.I.I.P., Continuous Health Information for Infrastructure Protection, Lariel Sasha Henley
Outdoor Exercise Area Renovation, Hagan T. Jackson, Chet S. Crummett, and Jesse E. Muth
Architectural Engineering Institute: International Student Design Competition 2025, Alexandra Marie Kersting, Alec Thomas Gibbs, Haley Francesca Sousa, and Kline Genevieve Nickel
Untold Stories Bench Project, Elijah Labb
Physical Construction of 1/2 Scale Concrete Wall, Alicia Danielle Lee and Cali Jeanne Carson
Modal Analysis of Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library Using Computational Modeling, Joseph Mangan
Dr. Eve Hinman, A Pioneer in the Protective Design Industry, Ily Michi Nelson, Ellen Elizabeth Untalan, and Lani Ku'ulei Alo
Practical Integration of Reality Capture in Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) Workflows: Cost and Application Considerations, Dylan T. Ramsey
EERI 2024: Seattle Solstice, Elizabeth P. Splees
Tanzania Mbesese Initiative 2025, Genevieve Marie Tedder, Frances Street, Audrey Wojcik, Alex Trujillo, Tristen Mullin, Jessica Jane, Anna Marie Langer, Carissa Castro, Molly Linong Rojec, and Haley Pilcher
Concrete Mix Designs with Shrinkage Reducing Admixture, Beau Usry and Julio Munoz Tanaka
Senior Projects from 2024
The Wall Group, Richard Antablin, Sara Engmyr, Michelle Griffith, Jora Leigh, and Jesse Rainsdon
The Wall Group, Richard Antablin, Sara Engmyr, Michelle Griffith, Jora Leigh, and Jesse Rainsdon
Analyzing TMS 402 -22 : Design of Special Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls, Tristan D. Aranda
Tanzania Design Build 2024, Elli S. Berger, Samantha M. Maher, and Victoria J. Maestas
Testing of Recycled Polypropylene as a Viable Structural Material, Alexandre C. Bouquet, Colin W. Waterhouse, Gianna M. Rocca, and Alycia A. Darby
Timber Buckling Restrained Brace, Finn K. Burke
Initiative to Increase Student Engagement in Undergraduate Structural Analysis Course, Danielle Rose Flores and Diego Alberto Tomas