Top 17 Cal Poly Pomona Stories of the Year
In the spirit of celebrating past successes and looking forward to new ones, here is a compilation of Polycentric’s top 17 articles of the year.
Preparing Engineers to Compete With the World
With increasing competition from around the world, America’s engineering graduates need to be more prepared than ever to enter the work force, and Cal Poly Pomona is well-poised to ensure that they are, according to the inaugural speaker of the…
Preparing Engineers to Compete With the World
“I don’t really know if everyone in this room realizes how valuable that policy and that agenda of learn-by-doing really is,” Virginia Grebbien said. “It's something that I've carried with me every day after I graduated from Cal Poly Pomona.”
Professor Wins Educator of Year Award in London
Francelina A. Neto, chair of the civil engineering department, won the Bentley Educator of the Year award for her achievements in higher education and academics.
IME Professor Recognized For Mobile App
An industrial and manufacturing engineering professor collaborated on a mobile app website platform that garnered national attention this summer from the White House. Shokoufeh Mirzaei and five other developers and entrepreneurs helped found UrbanFruit.ly. The mobile app and website platform…
Engineering Dean Edits New Textbook
Mahyar Amouzegar, dean of the College of Engineering, assisted in the publication of a new textbook, “IAENG Transactions on Engineering Technologies: Special Issue of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2012.” This edition revises and extends 49 research…
President’s Video Update for Oct. 28
Award-winning students, athletic excellence and exciting events are among the highlights of President Ortiz’s weekly video update.
Students Hack Way to Top at MIT Competition
Their impressive showing also bumped up Cal Poly Pomona’s ranking in the Major League of Hacking, an organization that organizes hackathons and provides student hackers with tools and resources. Cal Poly Pomona is now ranked 15th, ahead of Caltech, UC…
Rankings: Cal Poly Pomona Among the Best in West
Cal Poly Pomona is again ranked among the best public universities in the West, according to the 2014 rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
Alum Gives to Science, Engineering
Flaig’s estate gift of $1.2 million to the colleges of science and engineering will endow scholarships for future academically qualified, financially in-need students majoring in mathematics, statistics and mechanical engineering.