When Kimberly Gottula was growing up in Placentia, her mother made sure that books and math-oriented board games were always at the ready. She wanted her daughter not only to learn to read early but also to develop an affinity…
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From enhancing passion for pursuit of higher degrees to restoring historic national landmarks to studying galaxies far, far away, the 2019-20 Provost’s Award for Excellence winners earned the highest distinction for Cal Poly Pomona faculty members in distinctly different ways.…
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Demetrious Jarvis was standing on a Navy aircraft carrier flight deck when he heard a loud noise that made him drop belly down to the floor. He turned over to see a few of his Navy crew members laughing at…
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The challenge was issued: recreate Building 9 in three months in Minecraft, the famous block-based online building game. Teams would be judged on completeness, accuracy, aesthetics, creativity and personality. Even though they were juggling classes and extracurricular activities during spring…
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Rajan Chandra, an electrical and computer engineering professor, died on March 23. Chandra called Cal Poly Pomona home for 35 years. He taught a wide variety of classes for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and supervised…
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Podcasts have never been more popular. Accordingly, Cal Poly Pomona has a growing list of podcast series produced by faculty, students and staff from various departments. Below are summaries of some of the podcasts currently being produced by the CPP…
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John “Jack” O’Neil, a longtime engineering professor who opened his home for nearly three decades to engineering students for a Thanksgiving meal and funded scholarships after retiring, died Feb. 12 after a long illness. O’Neil, a former aerospace engineer for…
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Vache Garabedian got his foot in the door of the construction industry as an intern for the Student Housing Replacement Project. Now he’s putting the finishing touches on the residence halls as a project engineer. The 2018 Cal Poly Pomona…
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The funds provided by a municipal engineering firm, which specializes in civil engineering, design construction management, project management, traffic and transportation engineering, and land use, will be used to award $3,000 scholarships to five civil engineering students. Alumna Melissa Demirci…
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Recent aerospace engineering graduates won three international design competitions sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the professional organization for aerospace engineers. In the AIAA Graduate Missile Systems Competition, separate Cal Poly Pomona teams placed first and…
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