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
MATLAB Shake Table Control and Data Acquisition System, Abigail Austin
STEM Workshops for Pre-K Students, Sofia Berg and Ashlyn Swoboda
Thousand Hills Pet Resort Deck Design, Kenzie Brown
LiDAR at Poly Canyon, An Binh Chuong
Exploring the Role of Video Games in Civil Engineering Education and K-12 STEM Engagement, Jillian S. Codron
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
Greenhouse Scan-to-BIM, Mattheus Hsu-NIng Johnson
Flexural Behavior and Failure Mode Assessment of Concrete-Encased Steel Beams Constructed with Experimental Cardboard Formwork, Luke Robert Jones and Drew Takeshi Kawaguchi
Douglas Fir Bending Strength At Sub-Pyrolytic Temperatures and Aftermath, David Kroeker and Aran Badasian
Mineral King Cabin Roof Rennovation, Leilani G. Lau
Reinforced Concrete Design Fundamentals, Belen Stephanie Martinez Espinoza and Estevan Jacob Perez
Design and Construction of CAED Support Shop Steel Fence on Existing CMU Wall, Jared Gustavo Martinez and Agustin Dominguez Jimenez
CAED Shop Entrance Wall Construction, Mason Neil Mitchell and Benjamin Joseph Rohrer
Design and Implementation of a Honeycomb Damping System for the 2026 EERI Seismic Design Competition, Vera Nguyen and Lauryn Wojcik
The XenaForm: Structure Through Geometry, Justin Tobias Mendoza Ocampo, Emily Marie Labrador, Banyan Walker, Paul Minchev, Brayden Sean Kelleher, and Ethan Mario Ceccarelli
XenaForm Algorithm, Alden Ulysses Quandt
Concrete and Masonry Code (Beams), Michael Alexander Simas Rocha
Building with Mass Timber. A Comparative Analysis of Mass Timber Production in the United States and Europe, Polina Slaboff
Modular House Design Study, Jordan J. P. Smith
XenaForms: Reinforcing Kinematic Stability Through Rigid Connections, Katherine G. Thies
Sotto L'Ulivo, Makayley Washburn, Alex Twomey, Juliana Pantoja, Megan Boyle, and Mark Tain Lawson
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