Cracking the Code

Ignatios Vakalis, who helped increase the number of females pursuing computer science degrees at Cal Poly by 300 percent over the past decade, will be honored Nov. 2 with a national diversity

Cal Poly Engineering Ranks Among Tops in Nation

Cal Poly has two of the top engineering departments in the country, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report’s annual America’s Best Colleges guidebook. The Computer Engineering and Industrial and

Up to the Challenge

In an empty classroom on the third floor of Building 192, Jon Monett sits in front of a camera, artificial light illuminating his face, as he clutches his script. After a final

An Ambassador to Computer Science

While Zoë Wood is an innovative, tech-savvy computer science professor, she grew up in the countryside, raised in a one-room, 15×18-foot house in the Santa Barbara mountains. “I spent most of my

Going the Distance

Biking endless miles along Highway 1 paid off for mechanical engineering student Mark Schefter, who finished first recently in the Ironman Canada competition’s 18-24 age group. “I definitely think there are many things that

The Battle Against Cardiovascular Disease

When he began working on his dissertation, Michael Whitt had never heard the words “endothelial dysfunction.” But a chance meeting with a renowned cardiovascular expert would cause him to spend the next