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 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
The XenaForm, Cassadie J. Golding
Architectural Engineering Institute: International Student Design Competition 2025, Alexandra Marie Kersting, Alec Thomas Gibbs, Haley Francesca Sousa, and Kline Genevieve Nickel
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
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
Testing of Recycled Polypropylene as a Viable Structural Material (Quarter 2), Isabella Jimenez-Melendrez, Katherine Timbes, Jocelyn Embleton, Tauni dela Cruz, Zyra Kingston, Emily Byrd, and Jacob Stinger
Engineering-Enhanced Theatre: How Engineering Involvement Can Aid Regional Theatres, Albert M. Le
Moment Monument, Brayden Alec Martinez, Carsten Walker Huber, Gaspar Emmanuel Solorio, and Jared Thomas Schieferle
Reconstruction of the Neglected: Cal Poly’s Old Powerhouse, Sophie Meier, Morgan Cuthbert, and Luke Zamlich
Implementation of Fluid Viscous Damper for 2023 EERI Seismic Design Competition, Dalton J. Muck, Payton S. McGee, Payton R. Filippin, and Tynan Castro
Smith Property Pre-Engineered Metal Barn, Trent Arjay Olmstead
Innovations to Increase Plywood Shear Wall Design Capacity and Resiliency, "MeGa Walls", Through Ductile Metal Strapping, Trevor Douglas Reichenberg, Tara Suzanne Reich, and Katelyn Marie Lowry
Polypropylene as Partial Fine Aggregate Substitute in Concrete, Samuel E. Royston, Chrisitan G. Achkar, and Nicholas B. Tabarez
Cardboard Concrete Column Formwork, Danny Shrestha and Joelle Schalesky
Earning Engagement as a Graduate Student Instructor, Matthew Sloss
Restoration of the Cantilever Deck Structure, Calvin P. Vigeant, Roger G. Biddle, and Calvin S. Morgan
Chioma di Ulivo - Courtyard Canopy, Lilla J. Vigh and Claudia A. Geist