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Mechanical Engineering

Aerial view of Engineering Plaza
College Highlights

Outside Experts to Take a Closer Look at Cal Poly Engineering

Student launches plane into the air
Awards and Recognition

Filament Flyers Soar to First in 3D-Printed Aircraft Competition

A photo of mechanical engineering assistant professor Kuba Preis
Faculty and Staff

CENG Faculty Spotlight: Kuba Preis

Professor holds award with president and provost
Awards and Recognition

Cal Poly Honors Four College of Engineering Faculty

Donovan Furtado, from left, Caleb Singh, Conor Junge and mechanical engineering professor Eltahry Elghandour celebrate Cal Poly’s top two finishes in SAMPE’s inaugural Student Pickleball Paddle Design Competition. Furtado placed first, while Singh and Junge earned second.
Alumni

A Winning Pickleball Paddle Puts Composites in Play

Cal Poly mechanical engineering seniors Matthew Podgorski, right, and Gabe Haarberg, second from right, explain the accessible garden box during Project Expo. The team later installed the project in Heather McColley’s medically fragile classroom at Oceano Elementary School.
Our Students

Cal Poly Seniors Build Learning Tools for Medically Fragile Students

Members of Cal Poly’s PHAT team celebrate their first-place overall finish in NASA’s 2026 Human Lander Challenge in Huntsville, Alabama. The mechanical engineering senior project team won the $10,000 top prize for a cold-water system designed to support future lunar and Mars missions.
Our Students

Cal Poly Team Wins NASA Human Lander Challenge With Cold-Water System for Space Missions

A woman smiles warmly at the camera in a winter selfie, wearing a knit beanie, a striped burgundy and gold scarf, and a black puffer jacket, with a snowy outdoor scene and bare trees visible behind her.
Faculty and Staff

CENG Faculty Spotlight: Marjan Zare