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
Residential Seismic Retrofit and San Francisco’s Path to Earthquake Resilience, Iryna Turchyn
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
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
Piazza Di Ulivo: ARCE Patio Redesign, Sophia Kim-Oanh Ha and David Colman
Tanzanian Concrete Masonry Walls, Edward J. Kaminski
"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
Guidelines for Implementing MODEM: An Open-Source, MATLAB-Based Digital Image Correlation Software, Ryan Schwartz
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