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For the 14th time in 17 years, Cal Poly civil engineering students will be representing the ASCE Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC) at the national level. The school’s concrete canoe and steel bridge teams led Cal Poly to a fourth consecutive regional title at the conference, which was held April 4-6 at USC and Loyola Marymount University.

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Aaron Opdyke, president of the Cal Poly student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), has been named the 2013 recipient of the Student Founders’ Award by EWB-USA.

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An exciting research project is underway related to the development of compaction procedures for optimum placement of wastes in municipal solid waste landfills. Laboratory tests have been conducted at Cal Poly as part of the study to investigate the fundamental influence of moisture addition on compaction characteristics for manufactured wastes. » read more about Trash Talk