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The Engineering Monthly

An engineering student in commencement regalia walking down the steps as he recieves his diploma cover.

Before you go! - 26 | May 2023

  • The Class of 2023 and its Valedictorians
  • Another milestone for this civil engineering student team
  • How this student team zipped their way to first
  • A trio of outstanding staff and faculty advisors
A traffic jam on a highway

A Huge Issue Full of Wins - 25 | April 2023

  • CPP joins a landmark $40 million research effort to make traffic better
  • A civil engineering student team earns top ranks in regional competition
  • Professor Ravi earns an international award for his contributions to materials and corrosion research
  • A mechanical engineering team places No. 3 in one of the most prestigious thermal-fluid conferences in the world
  • A whole lot of news that'll make you proud to be a Bronco engineer
Lanny Smoot, an Imagineer Fellow at Disney

Meet a Disney Legend - 24 | Feb/March 2023

  • Disney’s #1 Inventor Comes to CPP
  • The IME Department with a First Place Finish
  • 5 Engineering Student Research Teams Head to CSU-Wide Research Competition
The 2023 Cal Poly Rose Float

Welcome Back! - 23 | Jan. 2023

  • The Latest Cal Poly Rose Float glides in with the Extraordinaire Award
  • Student Spotlight: Devin Woodfine earns a $5k scholarship (among many others)
  • This Disney legend is speaking on campus
  • News bits worth stopping your scroll at
A photo of a CubeSat, a miniature satellite the size of a half-loaf of bread.

The last issue of the year - 22 | Dec. 2022

  • Congratulating this year's President's Scholars
  • A voice that cannot be denied
  • ECE faculty's inventive cybersecurity tech gets international nod
  • Promising thermal energy storage solution is two for two with the Climate Champions Grant
A photo of a CubeSat, a miniature satellite the size of a half-loaf of bread.

A space launch, formula race cars and more - 21 | Nov. 2022

  • Bronco Space prepares space launch number 2
  • Winny Dong does it her way
  • Bronco Motorsports wins big in SoCal
  • $2.49 million NSF grants powers student success

Fall Into Great News - 20 | Oct. 2022

  • High rankings for your college
  • The civil engineering department hosts its inaugural conference
  • Ad astra for these Broncos
  • An internship opportunity and well-being resources at the very end of this issue
College students walking on campus.

Welcome Back! - 19 | Aug./Sept. 2022

  • High rankings for your college
  • The civil engineering department hosts its inaugural conference
  • Ad astra for these Broncos
  • An internship opportunity and well-being resources at the very end of this issue
Two male students presenting their engineering project.

Summertime News - 18 | June/July 2022

  • Civil engineering team earns top 5 in national competition
  • This student club's won $500,000 for their innovative work on wildfire detection
  • NASA's going to the Moon again, and this team has some ideas
  • This aerospace professor is harnessing entropy
  • Orientation makes a comeback

A Lot of (Good) Stuff Happened - 17 | April/May 2022

  • A $2.4 million game-changer
  • This honorary doctorate is more than qualified
  • What’s better than a three-peat? A four... -peat.
  • This free mentorship session came with free In-n-Out
  • Congrats to our valedictorians!
  • News bites to snack on
A middle-aged professor teaching his course to students in a classroom.

Back into the Swing of Things - 16 | Feb. 2022

  • This faculty earned an award from the White House
  • This professor and his student team's research can help combat climate change
  • Photos from the first week of in-person instruction in the spring semester
A male engineering professor providing instruction to four students in a research project.

Welcome to the Spring Semester - 15 | Jan. 2022

  • Two faculty make waves
  • A student team earns third in international competition and another is making us look good at his internship
  • Our Rose Float glides into 2022
A man with a black t-shirt that reads "I'm Defining Possible" and a model satellite behind him.

Great News! - 14 | Dec. 2021

  • Good news for spring 2022
  • Nearly sweeping the competition
  • An aerospace engineering student helps us understand our universe
A group photo of students.

Winners and Winners - 13 | Nov. 2021

  • We’re first in international competition…
  • … and second in national competition!
  • Plastic bags into fuel: this professor's figuring it out
A group of Cal Poly Pomona students with a person in a Billy Bronco costume in the middle.

Of course our Students are No. 1, we got a STEM Grant, and more! - 12 | Oct. 2021

  • Our students are No.1 (one team wins a prize, the other bragging rights)
  • We got an HSI STEM grant for $5 million over 5 years!
  • A few not-to-miss Upcoming Events!
  • Faculty Training supports Student Success
A female student turning towards the camera and smiling.

Congrats to our Scholars, Planning for Spring, and More! - 11 | Sept. 2021

  • Let's congratulate our President's Scholars!
  • In case you missed it: CPP Engineering Magazine issue 2021
  • Get ready to register for spring 2022!
  • National rankings once again place us in the Top Five
  • Virtual Engineering Club Fair breaks attendance record!
A full classroom of college students and a professor lecturing the class.

Finally, Welcome Back - 10 | August 2021

  • A message from our interim dean
  • Ice from Mars, please
  • Optimized to win
  • A deluge of publications, grants and impacts from our faculty and students
A college student lifting a barbell in a gym.

The Midsummer Round-Up - 09 | June/July 2021

  • News to know for the fall semester
  • What you liked (loved?) from all our issues over the academic year
Two female engineering students in a canoe and celebrating with their arms in the air.

We Win Big - 08 | May 2021

  • Faculty earning big awards
  • Students earning big awards, too!
  • Students stepping up in our Virtual Project Symposium & Showcase
  • New backgrounds that show off CPP's Japanese Garden
A group of CPP Engineering students building a miniature steel bridge for competition

A Top 10 Ranking and a Missionary... - 07 | April 2021

  • Unsurprisingly, we're top 10 in something
  • Before becoming a professor, he was a missionary in Paraguay
  • A support program grows big time; learn how to join it
  • CPP engineers are exemplary in a research conference
  • New backgrounds that show off CPP's scenic views
NASA's Perseverance rover, a rover that landed on Mars in 2021.

We're on Mars Now - 06 | March 2021

  • Alumni helps the NASA rover Perseverance get to Mars
  • A three-peat for this student team
  • This alumni is always inspiring the next generation
  • Old school backgrounds
The BSC recreated in Minecraft

A Gift for You, CPP in Minecraft, and More - 05 | Feb. 2021

  • Check out the BSC and BRIC recreated in Minecraft
  • A professor joins a hallowed group of innovators and inventors
  • Engineering Hall of Famer who also shredded his way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • A deluge of great events
  • Rep CPP Engineering with our branding assets
CPP engineering alumna Isabel Gutierrez, CEO of Vistendo

Our Own Girl Boss, BattleBots, and More - 04 | Dec. 2020

  • Our own Girl Boss
  • A boy and his bot
  • A new research initiative
  • A textbook 10 years in the making
  • A culture of giving, with two—no, THREE—stories that prove it
A CPP engineering alumna

We're a Top College for Hispanics, and More - 03 | Nov. 2020

  • We're a top college for Hispanics
  • Our students rock, and we've got three stories that prove it
  • A professor emeritus spent years searching for his paratrooper uncle who went MIA in World War II, and wrote a book about it
  • A professor built a miniature Disneyland in his backyard
An engineering graduate at commencement

CPP Engineering Among the Nation’s Best - 02 | Oct. 2020

  • We're one of the best colleges in the country...
  • ... and an example of why that's the case
  • Learn about one of our staff
  • A story that leads with a photo of a cute CPP baby lamb
  • What the 19th amendment means to one of our professor emerita
  • How to build a rocket in 1,000 pages
  • An alumni launched a recruitment scholarship, the first ever for the college
  • More small gifts!
Building 9 and 17

The Inaugural Issue - 01 | Sept. 2020

  • Updates from our stellar students and programs
  • New publications, grants and roles from our outstanding faculty
  • A small gift for you at the very end

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