Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College of Engineering

This article is about the College of Engineering in San Luis Obispo, California. For the College of Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona, see Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering.
The College of Engineering

The Engineering IV Building
Motto Learn By Doing
Type Public
Dean Debra Larson
Academic staff
 230 (2015 Fall) [1]
Students 6,024 (2015 Fall)[2]
Undergraduates 5,692 (2015 Fall)[2]
Postgraduates 332 (2015 Fall)[2]
Location San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Campus Suburban
Website www.ceng.calpoly.edu

The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College of Engineering is the engineering college of the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. It has over 200 faculty members and more than 6,000 students enrolled in fourteen bachelor's and in eleven master's degree programs through nine engineering departments.[1]

General information

The Engineering West Building

The College of Engineering is the largest of Cal Poly's six colleges, with 6,024 students (5,692 undergraduate + 332 graduate students) of the 20,944 enrolled in Fall 2015.[2] For engineering freshmen entering Fall 2016, Cal Poly accepted 23.0% of applicants (3,792 accepted/16,464 applied); admitted freshmen had an average GPA of 4.17, average ACT composite of 33, and average SAT composite score of 1450 (out of 1600) for reading and math.[3] According to U.S. News & World Report's 2017 America's Best Colleges report, the College of Engineering is tied for the No. 5 ranking for undergraduate engineering schools in the U.S. whose highest degree is a Master's.[4] Cal Poly San Luis Obispo offers 4+1 Master (5-year) programs for some engineering majors.

Departments

Aerospace Engineering

Students are prepared for engineering work related to aerodynamics, flight testing, structures, propulsion, control systems, vehicle dynamics, stability and control, flight simulation, and design for both fixed and rotary wing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft.

The Aerospace Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2013 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as #5 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).[5]

Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering emphasizes the study of engineering principles and the application of scientific knowledge and technology for the betterment of humankind. The program stresses the team design concept and systems approach to problem solving and is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).[6]

Sub-discipline areas of Civil Engineering:

Environmental Engineering offers courses specializing in:

Prior to 1977, there was no Civil Engineering Department. The Transportation Engineering Department offered civil engineering courses as well as courses in transportation engineering. The Environmental Engineering Department began in 1969, but when Warren Baker was hired as president of the university, in 1979, he combined the Environmental Engineering and Transportation Engineering departments into the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department also includes the 2008, 2009, 2010 Robert Ridgway Award winning Society of Civil Engineers (student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers) and the American Society of Civil Engineers 2010, 2011 and 2012 National Concrete Canoe Competition champions. The Society of Environmental Engineers placed 2nd for best chapter in AWMA in 2009. The Chi Epsilon Honors Society chapter won the inaugural Chi Epsilon (Pacific District) Cup, and are now ranked as the #1 chapter in California and Hawaii.

The Civil Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2013 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as #3 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).[7]

Clubs/Organizations Affiliated with the Department:

Computer Engineering

The Computer Engineering major is an interdisciplinary program resting on the foundations of two departments: Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and it is fully accredited by ABET.[8]

The recent development of the college's Artificial Intelligence and Robotics programs provide a first-hand experience to undergraduates. Student have access to complex robotic development, both in software and hardware. This program provides an avenue of development for computer engineers to have an area of concentration not primarily under computer science or electrical engineering. Simultaneously, the Mechanical Engineering department's effort to promote their mechatronics program allows for intense inter-disciplinary study from both control and design approaches, with groups of mechanical and computer engineers working side by side.

The Computer Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2013 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as tied for #2 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).[9]

Computer Science and Software Engineering

The Computer Science Department educates students in the discipline of computer science and teaches them to apply their education to solve practical problems in a socially responsible way. Pursuant to the department's educational mission, faculty engage in research and professional development that allows them to remain current in their fields and to provide technological leadership to the University community.[10]

Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering Department offers Bachelor of Science and Master of Science programs in electrical engineering, which are accredited by the ABET. The department supports interdisciplinary programs such as Computer Engineering and many graduate as well as undergraduate students are served by the department.[11]

Specializations:

The Electrical Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2013 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as tied for #4 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).[12]

General and Biomedical Engineering

General Engineering is designed to allow students the latitude in course selection required to educate themselves either in the classical study of engineering or in new and evolving interdisciplinary technologies such as bioengineering and mechatronics.[13]

In the past, Biomedical Engineering was a concentration within the general engineering major. In 2005, the program was implemented with its own stand-alone curriculum. Ever since the Human Genome Project, a major transition occurred, moving biomedical engineering to focus on the cellular and molecular level rather than solely on the organ system level.

The goal of biomedical engineering is to integrate basic biology along with the advanced quantitative and analytical engineering methods. Integration is stressed not only from the single molecule level to that of the entire organism but also to take advantage of the new advances in the many disciplines involved in biomedical engineering research.

Specializations:

Clubs/Organizations Affiliated with the Department:

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME)

Established in 1956, the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department trains students to design, install, and improve systems that integrate people, technology, materials, and information. U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2009 recognized the university's Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department as the best in the nation, public or private, for non-PhD offering undergraduate engineering schools.

Degrees offered:

Materials Engineering

The Materials Engineering Department teaches students to deal with materials spanning the spectrum from steels for large bridges, buildings, pipelines, and similar structures to ultra-light, high-strength materials used in modern aerospace applications. Materials engineers are heavily involved in the advances being made with high-temperature, superconducting ceramics, strong, lightweight composites, dielectrics for semiconductor applications, and with biomedical device applications.[14]

Mechanical Engineering

The Mechanical Engineering Department educates students in the design, manufacture, and system integration of a very wide variety of equipment ranging from manufacturing machinery and power generation equipment to consumer goods. Of central concern to mechanical engineers is the sound application of basic principles of solid mechanics, fluid mechanics and thermal sciences in the design, manufacture, and application of this equipment.[15]

The Mechanical Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2013 America's Best Colleges report (includes both private and public universities) as #2 overall (of those engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).[16]

The program is affiliated with ASME.[17]

Centers and Institutes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "College of Engineering Basic Facts". Cal Poly. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Fall 2015 Fact Book" (PDF). Cal Poly Institutional Research. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Student Profile - Admissions - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo". Cal Poly Admissions. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  4. ↑ "Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  5. ↑ "Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Mission and Objectives". Cal Poly Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Civil". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  8. ↑ "About Computer Engineering". Cal Poly Computer Engineering Department. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Computer". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  10. ↑ "About Computer Science and Software Engineering". Cal Poly Computer Science and Software Engineering Department. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "About Electrical Engineering". Cal Poly Electrical Engineering Department. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Electrical / Electronic / Communications Rank". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  13. ↑ "About General and Biomedical Engineering". Cal Poly Biomedical/General Engineering Department. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  14. ↑ "About Materials Engineering". Cal Poly Materials Engineering Department. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "About Mechanical Engineering". Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Department. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  16. ↑ "Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Mechanical". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  17. ↑ "Cal Poly American Society of Mechanical Engineers". ASME. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

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