Engineering News

CPP engineering students building in Minecraft

CPP Engineering Students Create Campus Buildings in Minecraft

First-year Cal Poly Pomona engineering teams build university buildings in Minecraft for the MEP Minecraft Challenge.

Published on Dec. 23, 2020

Girl Boss

This 23-year-old CEO and engineer has a vision to end human suffering.

Published in the fall 2020 issue of CPP Magazine

Engineering Professor Named to National Academy of Inventors

Vilupanur Ravi, professor and chair of chemical and materials engineering, was recently elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Selection as an academy fellow is the highest professional distinction for inventors and innovators from academic institutions.

Published Dec. 17, 2020

Parents holding a photo of their late, wheelchair- and ventilator- bound son.

Overcoming Obstacles

The Strands honor their son’s life through a memorial fund.

Published Nov. 18, 2020

Decorated CPP Alumnus Ganpat Patel to be Awarded Honorary Doctorate

“There is no substitute for education. We must rise to the challenge and find innovative ways to meet this need."

Published Nov. 17, 2020

CPP College of Engineering professor Steve Dobbs on a miniature Disneyland rollercoaster he built in his backyard.

Steve Dobbs Built His Own Private Disneyland

If there were a Grandfather of the Year award, Professor Steve Dobbs would definitely win it. Dobbs constructued a miniature Disneyland in his backyard for mostly for his grandkids and bit for himself.

How to Design a Rocket in 1,000 Pages

10 years in the making, and it is finished. A definitive, 1,000-page, one-of-a-kind text on what it takes to launch a rocket into space by Dr. Don Edberg, aerospace engineering professor.

Published Oct. 6, 2020

Among the Nation's Best Engineering Programs

U.S. News ranks the college No. 11 among 220 colleges where the highest engineering degree offered is a bachelor’s or master’s, and ranks top 5 among public colleges.

Published Sept. 18, 2020

Ag and Engineering to Tap $241,000 USDA Grant

Apparel merchandising and management and civil engineering professors were awarded a four-year, $241,000 USDA grant that will provide learn-by-doing research experiences for undergraduate students with U.S. sheep farms and wool use.

Published Sept. 9, 2020

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