The Cal Poly Materials Engineering Department offers the only primarily undergraduate materials engineering program of the 53 materials science and engineering departments in the United States. It is student-centered with lots of hands-on learning by doing. Faculty and staff are dedicated to providing a positive learning environment where students learn engineering fundamentals, gain experience with materials characterization and testing equipment, and develop teamwork and professional skills. The MATE curriculum allows flexibility with breadth electives, as well as specialization with technical electives.
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Senior Projects from 2015
Tensile Test Design to Measure Interlayer Adhesion in Investment Casting Shells for Spalling Mitigation, Shelby Boyd, Alex Miller, and Jameson Senger
Characterization of Laser Deposited Ti-6Al-4V to Nb Gradient Alloys, Clincy Cheung
The Influences of the Triple Bottom Line within the Athletic Footwear Industry, Jonathon Chiu
Measuring and Increasing the Suspension Time of Lanthanide Oxysulfide Particles with Modifiers via Fluorescence For Use in Anti-counterfeiting Applications, Joe Dei Rossi, Tyler Dinslage, and Tyler Schelling
Elevated Temperature Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Age Hardened 6xxx Series Aluminum Alloy Extrusions, Rachael Donovan, Rose Fortune, and Robert Trout
Electrochemical Testing of Aluminum-Lithium Alloys 2050, 2195, and the Current Aerospace Industry Standard 7075 to Measure the Galvanic Corrosion Behavior with Ti-6Al-4V, Trent Duncan and Kevin Knight
Mechanical Testing of Multi-Construction Composite Tubes for use in Fly Fishing Rods, Macormik Hopen
An Investigation of Incipient Melting During Solution Heat Treatment of 7050 Aluminum Forgings and Its Effect on Corrosion Properties, Thomas Kilkenny
Measuring Performance of Paint Coating via Laboratory and Field Testing, Eugene Leung and Rocco Lattanzio
Effect of Heat Treatment on the Mechanical Properties in Natural Bamboo, Austin Levy and Mackenzie Kirkpatrick
Analysis of Compression Creep Deformation of 7050 Aluminum Large Scale Open Die Forgings During the Solution Heat Treatment Process, Ashley Lopez and Elysha Cole
Improving Product Design by Predicting Flexural Strength of a Honeycomb Core Sandwich Panel Composite Using Ply Tensile Strength, Justin Lui and Javal Patel
Analysis of Shear Strength Variance of PH 15-7 Mo Blind Rivet Stems for Aerospace Applications, Miles MacArthur and Kent C. Majewski
Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Arabinan-Cellulose Interface for Cellulose Nanocomposite Applications, Luke Thornley
Effects of Initial Forging Temperature, Cooling Rates, and Carbon Content on Primary Alpha Formation in Ti-6Al-4V, James Tillman and Hui Wei
The Effects of Washing Environment on the Resistance of Silver Plated Nylon and Stainless Steel Conductive Threads, Stephanie Villavicencio
Effects of Composition and Solid Solution Strengthening on the Compression Strength of Iron-Based Hardfacing Alloys, Tyler Wiggins and Samuel Garrison-Terry
Senior Projects from 2014
A Process Development Study on Reducing the Anisotropy while Maintaining the Strength of Extruded Aluminum Alloy 2195 through Heat Treatment, Theodore James Arehart
Revealing Prior Austenite Grain Boundaries of 4340 Steel, Ryan Brierly Barrows
Characterization of a Thin Film Composite Membrane: Fluorinated Copolymer in a Carbon Nanotube Matrix, Eric P. Bonaventure, Michael A. Brew, and Cynthia R. Shannon
High Cycle Rotating Bending Fatigue of 6061-T6 Friction Stir Welded Extrusions, John Chang and Travis Miller
The Effect of Silicon on the Electrochemical Corrosion Resistance of Carbon Steel, Loan Faget and Michael S. Rouse
Prediction of Tribological Behavior of Candidate Materials for Rotor Seals, John W. Franzino and Will F. Michul
Material Composition and Toxicology of Cosmetic Products, Hilda Gonzalez