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 2021
Reconceptualizing Mies' Glass House, Araceli Avelar, Armando Castaneda Jr, Madison Lam, Ignatius Malari, Alejo Favero, Augusta Orlauskaite, and Ella Gleason
The Glass House: An Architectural and Structural Analysis and Reimagining of Ludwig Meis van der Rohe's 50x50 House, Jackson Ernest Blake, William Clay Fry, Andrew Michael Hodge, and Gemma Susan Rizzuto
Glass Structures Redesigned - Summit Road Glass House, Destiny Marie Calderon, Alexander Ameri, Jake Baldauf, and Joseph Guzman
Structural Calculations for Take Heart School in Kenya, David Corona-Perales
High Rise: An Exploration of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings, Ian Dickson
An Architectural and Structural Investigation and Reimagination of the 50x50 Glass House, Andrew Hensen, Ivan Avila, Donatas Krivicius, Sarah Navias, Sevilla Santana, Katherine Sheetz, and Michael Storti
Solar Energy in Relation to Structural Engineering, Rachel Keith
Structural Calculations for Salvation Academy School for Disadvantaged Children, Emma Constance Lambert
Haiti HAC Innovation Center, Claire Marie Leader
Design and Construction of Modular Concrete Footings and Testing Assembly for Use in Cal Poly's High Bay Laboratory, Thomas Little and Anders Johnson
Development of the CMACN Online, Asynchronous Course: An Exploration of Professional Practices for Dispersing Digital Information, Jacob B. Morgan
Schematic Structural Design for Center for Centering (C4C), Jonathan Oberempt, Faith Sharp, and Samuel Buckman
49 X 49 Glass House, Daisy Penaloza, Emmanuel Corona Navarro, Chengbin Kuang, Blake Durham, Grace Lauer, and Augustas Lapinskas
Take Heart School, Quentin John Porter
The Nolan House, Keiko-Ann K. Sanders, Gilbert C. Munoz, Michael A. Bahr, and Titas Kalvalnis
Accessory Dwelling Unit, Nicholas Scalzo
Structural Calculations for Mbandazi Village, Joshua Scott Shockey
Steel to Concrete Connections, Dylan Thompson
The Glass House, Ricardo Villanueva, Emma Placek, Jacob Keller, and Jorge Rios
Journeyman International: Dwell Being Jonestown, Mississippi, Autumn Wagner
Analysis of the Implementation of Fluid Viscous Dampers in a Steel Special Moment Frame, Brad D. Weber
The Ranger Station, James Alexander Whittall and Edgar Francisco Rivera Macias
Health + Efficiency House: A Take on the 50x50 Glass House, Eva Wieczorek, Krystal Bacon, Kaylee Hernandez, Jennifer Long, Moises De La Cruz, Elle Gallmann, and Jurgis Vaišvila
Equilibrium Without Statics: The Modern Müller-Breslau Method, Claudia Rene Zapata-Kraft
Senior Projects from 2020
Tension Cranes, A Close Collaboration of Architects and Engineers, William R. Adam and Madigan Smith