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 2013
Mechanical Properties and Microstructures of Incoloy 909 Rolled Rings Subjected to a Modified Forging Cycle, Colin Lee Elliott Glaves
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Under Atmospheric Conditions to Characterize A Tungsten Tip STM System For Use With Hydrogen Desorption, Ross Gregoriev
Fluorescence Characterization of Quantum Dots for use as Biomarkers, Logan M. Grimes
LunaLight - Bringing light to the expanding world, Gabriela M. Igel, Daniel J. Patrick, and Kimberley M. Smith
Comparison of Polyurethane and Polysiloxane Coating Systems in Marine Environments, Jake Jarman and Jessica Salvatin
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH PRECISION QUANTUM DOT SYNTHYSIS METHOD UTILIZING A MICROFLUIDIC REACTOR AND IN-LINE FLUORESCENCE CELL, Harry Lafferty and Jonny Hoadley
The Relationship of Barcol Hardness and Interlaminar Shear Strength in Glass Reinforced Polyester Composite Laminates, Ann E. Livingston-Peters
Thermally Insulating Coating for Steel Drill Pipe, Matthew McCaffrey
Automatic Site Reconstruction with a Mobile Robot and Scanning Laser Proximity Sensor, Erik Nelson, Sean Willis, and Nathan Lucero
DESIGN ALLOWABLES RE-EVALUATION OF TEN COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MECHANICAL TESTING AND POROSITY EXAMINATION OF M55J FABRIC COUPONS, Andrew Quayle
Preparation of a Polylactic Acid with Hydroxyapatite Reinforcement Composite, Odessa N. Quezon
Effect of Carbon on Primary Alpha Percentage in Ti-6Al-4V as Temperature Approaches the Beta Transus, Kyle Savage
Simplifying the Testing and Calculation of Fracture Toughness of Thermoplastic and Thermoset Matrix Composite Materials, James Shedden
Grain Size Control in Post-Forged C263 Seamless Rolled Rings, Christopher Smith
An investigation of arabinan and cellulose based nano-composite fabrication methods, Marianne Smithfield, Carl Petterson, and Robert Miller
Evaluation of Forging Strain for Maximum Grain Size in Open-Die Forged 6061 Aluminum, Eric Strehl
Design of a Children’s Earth Science Exhibit for the Exploration Station in Grover Beach, California with an Emphasis on Fog Collection, Kathryn Thomas
Residual Stress Measurement of 7050 Aluminum Alloy Open Die Forgings Using the Hole-Drilling Method, Alexandra Viksne
Interactive Museum Exhibit to Introduce K-6 Grade Students to Circuits and the Electric Conductivity of Various Materials, Thien Vu-Nguyen
Senior Projects from 2012
Design and Development of an Interactive Materials-Based Learning Kit for K-4 Grade Levels, Thomas Agasid, Santiago Caceres, and James Woodhead
Bond Strength Characterization of SU-8 to SU-8 for Fabricating Microchannels of an Electrokinetic Microfluidic Pump, Nash Anderson
The Effects of Concentration, Stir Rate, and Processing Temperature on the Iridescence of Polymethyl Methacrylate Nanoparticles, David Baruela