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.
Modified from https://arce.calpoly.edu/our-vision
Senior Projects from 2020
Tension Cranes, A Close Collaborations of Architects and Engineers, William R. Adam and Madigan Smith
Dodecahedron Housing Tower - Collaborative High Rise Design, Michael Ayers
Folded! High-rise, Alejandra Bravo and Riley Joseph Denis
Chiedza Stewardship Center, Robert Wayne Garland
Blue Mountain Residence, Marin Kira Govett
"Knotted Tubes" High Rise Residential Tower, Roman Lara IV
The Project Management of Investigating Dowel Laminated Timber, Sophia D. Looney, Bryan U. Garcia, and Reiley A. Akkari
Timber-Strong Design Build Competition, Anna Luehrs, Lilliann Lai, Dolores Herrera, and John Leone
Wine History Project Pavilion, Douglas McArthur
Vertical Veins: Digital Commons Reflection, Ryan J. Millward and Nicole L. O'Connor
the ALOE: High Rise Schematic Design and Analysis, Tony Duc Nguyen and Lilliann Lan Lai
Empowering Villages Community Center: Kilimbi, Rwanda, Serena J. Reeves
The Use and Explanation of the Phase Angle in Forced Vibration Testing, Nicholas R. Slavin and Ryan D. Thornton
LilyPAAAAD - Structural Design, Katelyn Smith
Same Polytechnic College - Phase Zero, Amber Sutherland, Hester Lui, and Nicole O'connor
Analysis of Burning Wood in the Transient State and the Application to Structural Design, Roberta Veliz and Kimberly Guzman
Analysis of High Rise Structures, Elitsa P. Vutova
Senior Projects from 2019
Wine History Pavilion: FLOW, Isaac J. Cameron
Investigation of Grout - A Comparison of Standard Grout Mix to Self-Consolidating Grout Mix, Rachel Garcia Chandler
Structural Reconnaissance Findings of the 2017 Mexico City Earthquake, Rachel Garcia Chandler
2017 Mexico City Earthquake: Analyses of Reinforced Concrete Building Damage, Anisha Datta
Bihongora Library and Community Center, Nicholas M. Dekker and Elyssa L. Adams
Same Polytechnic College Campus Main Core, Bryce Daniel Gagner
Mòn Briyè Primary School Journeyman International, Leah E. George and Devin R. Williams
Topology and Form Finding via Genetic Algorithms, Michael Goldenberg and Nick Coburn