Growing up, Breanna Haigler never considered becoming an engineer. What a difference a parent and teachers can make. The industrial engineering student now visits local schools to lead hands-on engineering activities during her free time. “Role models are extremely vital,”…
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Civil engineering professor emeritus Donald G. Wells passed away on May 1 following an extended illness. Affectionately known as “Water Wells”, he was a leader in the environmental and water resources group within the Civil Engineering Department and was especially…
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The College of Engineering’s premier outreach event, the annual Robot Rally, will draw more than 800 elementary students from 17 local schools to the Engineering Meadow on Friday, May 9, for a competition that is the largest of its kind…
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Mitchell Silver, the incoming New York City parks commissioner, highlighted the continued demographic changes coming to the United States with a plea to students for help in addressing them at Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday. Silver was the keynote speaker…
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There is little doubt that the demographic makeup of this country is transforming. Hispanic and Asian populations are expected to double by 2060 in the United States, and, by 2043, the country is expected to no longer have a majority…
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For the second year in a row, Cal Poly Pomona’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter was awarded the ASCE L.A. Section Outstanding Student Chapter Award. Ten other universities were in the running, including Cal Poly San Luis…
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Cal Poly Pomona has unveiled a new permanent display honoring outstanding faculty members from the university’s past and present. The unveiling was coupled with the annual Provost’s Awards for Excellence Symposium, in which the three faculty awardees gave presentations on…
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Cal Poly Pomona’s civil engineering GeoWall team has placed second out of 16 schools in this year’s GeoWall national competition, beating out teams from UCLA and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The competition, which was held in Atlanta, Ga., on…
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More than 200 undergraduate and graduate students presented research projects at the second annual Cal Poly Pomona Student Research Conference. Vying to represent the university at the CSU-wide research conference in the spring, students showcased projects from nearly all academic…
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Electronics and computer engineering students Bryan Thornbury and Ethan Chow won first place in USC’s HackSC competition on March 9. The duo beat out student teams from UC Berkeley and USC by developing a clone of Flappy Bird, an extremely…
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