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Nelson serves at Natural Hazards Workshop

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In July 2015 ARCE Associate Professor Jill Nelson served as a member on the Infrastructure Vulnerability and Resilience in the Face of Hazards and Climate Change Console  at the xl ^th  Annual Natural Hazards Workshop from July xx-22 in Broomfield, Colorado. Every bit a panel fellow member she presented her research on assessing the seismic vulnerability of California land-owned buildings disquisitional for response and recovery efforts. This work performed in collaboration with Associate Professor Jim Guthrie and titled as the Cal VIVA Project was funded by FEMA/NEHRP and the California Office of Emergency Services. After the panel members presented their work in that location was lively discussion on the role of engineering science in disaster recovery and adapting infrastructure to the ongoing challenges of climate change.

Since 1975, the Natural Hazards Center has hosted the Annual Natural Hazards Enquiry and Applications Workshop for 400 federal, state, and local emergency officials; representatives of nonprofit and humanitarian organizations; hazards researchers; disaster consultants; and others dedicated to alleviating the impacts of disasters. The Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop is designed to bring researchers and practitioners from many disciplines together for face-to-face discussions on how society deals with hazards and disasters.

Laursen, Students Travel to Berkeley

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On June 29 -30 , ARCE due south tudents Alexander Mueller and Alec Zavala travelled with Professor Peter Laursen to Berkeley, CA to milk shake the new Tipping Structural building currently under construction. The timber building is constructed on a base isolated podium concrete slab. The objective with the research is to study how the dynamic structural behavior changes through a series of construction stages. The building will exist shaken in three distinct stages of construction: 1) bare podium slab, 2) completed timber framing and 3) completed structure later all architectural finishes accept been installed. ARCE alumn Baton Janhunen with Tipping Structural assisted the team on site.

Estes attends ASCEE (ExCEED) Teaching Workshop

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Al Estes attended the American Society of Ceremonious Engineers Excellence in Civil Engineering (ExCEEd) Teaching Workshop from July xx – 25 at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida.  The almanac workshop invites 24 faculty members from around the nation for an intense one-week pedagogy training experience.  Al served as a senior mentor for a pocket-size grouping of four kinesthesia members.  He presented several seminars and taught a demonstration class.  Al has been an active leader in the ExCEEd plan since 1999 and this was his 26th iteration of this workshop.

Estes, Archer, McDaniel, Guthrie, Rosenblatt Present Papers at ASEE Conference

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ARCE faculty members Al Estes, Graham Archer, Cole McDaniel, and Jim Guthrie and ARCE primary'south student Willie Rosenblatt attended and presented papers at the American Club for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual conference in Seattle from June 14-17.  Cole McDaniel's presentation, "Creating an Experimental Structural Dynamics Laboratory on a Shoe-string Budget", was awarded the best presentation in the Architectural Technology Partition. He will be recognized at the Architectural Engineering business meeting at side by side year'south ASEE conference in New Orleans.  The papers presented from the ARCE department were:

"New Civil Engineering Program Criteria: The Residual of the Story" by Allen C Estes, Thomas A. Lenox, and Richard O. Anderson P.Eastward. (link)

"Structural Applied science Integration into Architecture Studios" past James B Guthrie (link)

"Creating an Experimental Structural Dynamics Laboratory on a Shoe-string Budget", by Peter Laursen, Cole C McDaniel, and Graham C. Archer (link)

"Influence of Purlieus Weather condition on Building Behavior", Joshua Michael Raney, Peter Laursen, Cole C McDaniel, and Graham C. Archer (link)

"Exploring the Relationship betwixt Dynamics and Stability," by William G Rosenblatt,  Dr. Peter Laursen, Graham C. Archer, and Cole C McDaniel (link)

ARCE Spring Graduation

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The ARCE Spring 2105 graduation took place on June 13th on campus.  The large anniversary featuring the Colleges of Engineering and the Higher of Compages took place in Spanos Stadium.  A more intimate department level graduation was held in the courtyard behind the section.  Cole McDaniel, equally the graduate plan coordinator, placed the hood on all graduating primary's caste students.  Al Estes handed the graduates their certificates as they walked across the stage.  Ed Saliklis served every bit the Master of Ceremonies.  We are grateful to ARCE staff members Erika Clements, Michelle Edwards, and Michael Salmon for organizing the event.  The ARCE principal'due south degrees were awarded to Sarah Anderson, Derek Avrit, Joaquin Bermudez, Michael Duby, Briana Hatfield, Gina Kope, Huu Nguyen, Rosa Ocegueda, Josh Raney, Andrew Stephens, Sam Tooley, Charlene Tu, and Brice Yokoyama.  Undergraduate ARCE degrees were awarded to Shannon Abeling, Vicente Acuna, Sarah Anderson, Isabel Al-Abed, Mallory Arend, Jeff Arndt, Daniel Berger, Joaquin Bermudez, Alexander Billings, Zach Burns, Martin Chavez, Cristina Chilin, Jordan Delfino, Caleb Dunne, Jessica Fares, Elena Good, Mason Hahn, Lyndsi Halvorson, Connor Hanlon, Deryk Izuo, Daniel Menno, Gina Kope, Cal Lieb, Hugo Molina, Georgine Mooney, Shannon Murphy, Kion Nemati, Michael Nidetz, Nicole O'Hearne, Jared Parker, Sydney Patrick, Katerina Petrova, Tyler Poucher, Omar Ramirez, Josh Raney, Zach Sidham, Andrew Stephens, Connor Potent, Jeff Tabachnick, Alec Vitale, Jonathon Wong, and Sang Yoon.

ARCE Seniors Nowadays Senior Project

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2 ARCE seniors, Nicole O'Hearne and Kendall Johnson and quaternary year ARCH educatee Conor Beck presented their senior project briefing to members of the Hearst Corporation at the Hearst Ranch in San Simeon on June 12th.  The students prepared "equally-built" plans for a Bridge House and worked directly with the client to design tenant improvements and required retrofits in gild to make the structure habitable.  Steve Hearst and Fred Dal Broi represented the Hearst Corporation at the lunch and conference.​

ARCE Hosts Terminate Of Year Party

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The ARCE department hosted an finish-of-year party at the abode on Al and Peggy Estes on Sat, June 6th.  After a long and busy quarter, information technology was a risk to enjoy each other's company over a nice meal as we enter the week of final exams and graduation.

ARCE Holds Scholarship Luncheon

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The ARCE annual scholarship tiffin took place in the KYGY gallery on campus on Thursday, June 4th and awarded over $31,000 in student scholarships.  Department Head Al Estes acted as emcee for the issue and CAED Dean Christine Theodoropoulos and Associate Dean Michael Lucas presented the college-level scholarships. Art Ross from CYS, Christina Ford from SGH, and Russell Berkowitz of Forell Elsesser Engineers attended to personally present the scholarships on behalf of their firms.  Iv other donors (Degenkolb Engineers, kpff, KNA, and Fluor) all sent videos that were played as their scholarships were awarded.  The ARCE department offers special thank you to kinesthesia members Pamalee Brady, James Mwangi, and Graham Archer who grade the ARCE Scholarship Committee and to staff members Erika Clements, Michelle Edwards and Michael Salmon for planning the luncheon.  Nosotros offering congratulations to our winners and our thanks to our generous donors:

ARCE Holds Senior Banquet

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The ARCE department held the annual Senior Feast at the Sea Venture restaurant in Pismo Beach on Sabbatum May 30th.  We thank ARCE students Sydney Patrick and Daniel Mello for leading this effort.  The evening represents a chance for the seniors to relish each other'due south company one last fourth dimension before their education at Cal Poly concludes and they go their separate ways.  After a dinner overlooking the beach, Section Head Al Estes made some remarks and provided each senior with a departing gift to call up the department.  The department bookish award was presented to Elena Good for having the highest grade indicate average in the graduating form and the service award was presented to Nicole O'Hearne for her substantial contributions to the section over her four years at Cal Poly.  The student program consisted of some humorous student awards and gifts to the faculty members present.  ARCE pupil Alex Vitale provided his caricature of the faculty to the faculty.  The students had a presentation comparing baby pictures of the graduating seniors to their electric current photos.  It was a corking evening that ended with an later-party at Luna Red.

Students and Faculty Attend JourneymenInternational End of Twelvemonth Dnner

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Several ARCE students and kinesthesia members attended the Journeyman International End of Year dinner at their visitor headquarters on Monterrey street in San Luis Obispo on May 27th .  The event feature an centre eastern meal and a series of presentations by the Cal Poly Curvation and ARCE students who take been working on projects ranging from the Philippines and Burkina Faso to Nicaragua and Republic of haiti.  The ARCH students have been working on the projects for the entire twelvemonth while the ARCE students provided structural engineering support in the wintertime and jump quarters.  The Journeyman International provides an off-campus program that focuses on humanitarian design and construction.

Senior Projects Twenty-four hours

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The ARCE department held its annual Projects Day presentations on the afternoon of June quaternary in the A-lab, Hilti lab and Verco lab.  At that place were 14 educatee project presentations ranging from support of kinesthesia enquiry on consolidated masonry grout to several global projects in support of Journeyman International.  Each yr the department shuts downwards for an afternoon during Expressionless Week of spring quarter to allow all faculty members to notice and assess the pupil projects. A consummate list of all project presentation and faculty advisers is provided below.

ARCE Advisory Board Meets

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The ARCE Advisory Lath conducted their Spring coming together on May 1st in the Berg Gallery on Cal Poly post-obit a Thursday night dinner at Robert's Eatery in Arroyo Grande.  The meeting was held in conjunction with the President's weekend and the annual Green and Gold dinner.  This facilitated a i-hour joint meeting of the ARCE and Civil Technology advisory boards.  There was also a articulation session of the Dean's Leadership Council and the various section advisory boards where the Dean provided a land-of-the-higher briefing.

In improver, there were four major topics on the meeting agenda.  The proposed AY 15-17 itemize has been approved and the ARCE program will exist reduced to 196 units.  The board was updated on the final results and provided insights for the future.  Follow-on discussions from previous meetings occurred with respect to upper-segmentation interdisciplinary collaboration and section outreach/ communication.  Finally, the college and the academy have made some definitive statements about the future growth of the campus and CAED areas.  The board provided input on those plans.

We are pleased to welcome Dirk Bondy, Consuelo Crosby, Bill Rader, Sarah Storelli, and Jim Pappas to the ARCE Board.  It is time to bid thanks and farewell to Ken O'Dell, Maryann Phipps, Robert Gayle, Ricardo Arevalo, and Rick Ransom who are completing their three-year tours on this Board….except for Ken who is completing an 8-year tour.  We thank them all for being part of this august body and for their generous donation of time and talent.  The side by side meeting will occur in November.

Baltimore Attends CMACN Coming together

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Craig Baltimore just completed his third presentation in three weeks, pastpresenting at the Structural Engineers Plant Structural Congress in Portland, Oregon on April 24 - 25.  He presented a cursory review of the unreinforced masonry retrofit ordinance for the Urban center of Los Angeles known as Division 88 and how URM buildings performed during the San Simeon earthquake – buildings with and without retrofitting.  In addition to presenting the newspaper, attending the Congress was a chance to connect with alumni and industry and to participate in an interactive session on Preparing for the Hereafter of Structural Engineering science. The interactive session noted the need for more focused pedagogy at the university level and suggested alternatives subsequently the undergraduate degree.  It was confirmation that the ARCE program is unique and provides the focused education desired by SEI and industry.

Baltimore Attends CMACN Meeting

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Craig Baltimore attended the Concrete Masonry Association of California & Nevada (CMACN) Annual Meeting in Carmel, Ca. on Apr xvi and 17^thursday.  He was one of the principal speakers and presented the condition of his and James Mwangi projection on Masonry Design Course for Universities.  He and Mwangi have partnered with the CMACN to create a transferrable masonry design grade, where other universities can offer students a more robust course offering that is applicable to the industry of consulting engineering.  The presentation was well received and the members of manufacture confirmed their back up for the plan and students.

ARCE Attends CSI Celebraton

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The ARCE department arrived in strength for the Computers and Structures Inc. (CSI) 40th anniversary celebration at the San Francisco City Hall on April 11th .  Hosted by CSI founder Ashraf Habibullah, it is widely recognized as 1 of the best events of the year, ARCE was represented this year by Al Estes, Kevin Dong, Erika and Tres Clements, Ed and Ruta Saliklis, Abe and Jenn Lynn, and Fred and Marty Potthast.  CAED Dean Christine Theodoropoulos and Assistant Dean Natalie Schaefer also attended with approximately 25 ARCE students.  Virtually were current or one-time SEAOC educatee officers who accepted Ashraf's generous invitation.

Baltimore and Students Attend ASEE Briefing

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Craig Baltimore and students Satiya Taeidi and Alexander Lohr attended the Pacific Southwest Partition Briefing of the American Guild of Engineering Educators in San Diego on Apr 10 and 11th.  Baltimore presented a paper on his electric current work with the Physical Masonry Clan of California & Nevada (CMACN) to promote masonry pattern coursework for universities.  The title of the paper was The Paradigm Shift of Coursework Evolution Through Industry Partnership: An Account of the Development of a Class in Structural Engineering Masonry Building Design. The paper focused on creating a curriculum that incorporates the realty of industry interwoven with lawmaking awarding and bookish theory.  The goal is to better ready students for immediate entry into consulting engineering.  The course has been taught at Cal Poly and the students Taeidi and Lohr presented a poster session their feel in the class.

ARCE Attends Alumni Event

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The ARCE department hosted an alumni upshot at the Thirsty Behave eating place in San Francisco on April 10th in San Francisco.  The event was planned past ARCE administrative coordinator Erika Clements and attended by approximately 50 alumni and friends of the section.  Kinesthesia members Al Estes, Abe Lynn and Fred Potthast attended along with ARCE SEAOC officers Nicole O'Hearne, Daniel Menno, Georgine Mooney and Sydney Patrick.  CAED Dean Christine Theodoropoulos and Assistant Dean Natalie Schaefer likewise attended.

Brady Attends ASCE Coming together

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Pamalee Brady attended a meeting of the ASCE Forensic Applied science Division Didactics Committee in Milwaukee, WI on March 26-28.  The committee is currently working on a second book of Forensic Engineering science Example Studiesfor use in teaching and learning from failure instance studies.  She also represented Al Estes at the joint meeting Architectural Engineering Found (AEI) Bookish Council / AEI Board of Governors coming together wherein the major topic of discussion was lessons learned and suggestions for improving the AEI competition.

Clements attended the Academic Resource Conference

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On March 22nd through March 25th, Erika Clements attended the Academic Resources Briefing (ARC) in San Diego.  ARC is an annual conference for administrative staff in the CSU organization, and this year representatives from all but one campus were in omnipresence.  A broad variety of workshops were offered, including those on increasing productivity/efficiency with digital communications, retirement planning, CSU travel policy and upshot planning.  Amid some of those from Cal Poly in omnipresence were Robin Hopper, Dr. Eric Olsen (who presented on Lean/Half dozen Sigma), Erika Clements, Christine Cobb and Ann Wilenius (pictured from Left to Right).

ARCE Students Awarded ASTM Grant for Apply of Bamboo equally Out-of-Plane Reinforcement in CMU Walls Project

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ARCE students, Daniel Berger and Caleb Dunne were awarded a $500 grant by ASTM as funding for their contained study project to study the employ of bamboo every bit out-of-airplane reinforcement in concrete masonry unit (CMU) walls.  This project did non only emphasize acquire-by-doing process but likewise involved working closely with the masonry industry.  The bamboo was donated by Paso Bamboo of Paso Robles, CA.  All the wall construction materials (block, mortar cement, coarse grout materials) were all donated by Air Vol Block of San Luis Obispo, CA.  The labor to construct the four – iv feet broad by eight anxiety tall walls used in the full scale testing was donated Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local Spousal relationship No. 4  through The Masonry Establish of America (MIA).  Professors Jim Guthrie and James Mwangi served every bit the faculty advisors and many other ARCE students helped in grouting of the walls.

As office of the grant awarding requirements, the winning and funded projects go to have their reports uploaded on the ASTM website.  Follow the post-obit link for this project's report on the ASTM website.

http://world wide web.astm.org/studentmember/grants.html

SEAOC Finish of Quarter Political party

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The winter end-of-quarter party on March 13th had iii past SEAOC pupil chapter presidents in omnipresence.  Nicole O'Hearne (2014 President), Ricky Stewart (2013 President) and Laura Rice (2011 President) were all on hand to celebrate the completion of another quarter and wish their fellow ARCE students good luck on terminal test.  Department Caput Al Estes was celebrating Pi Twenty-four hours a bit early.

Super Orthogonality Man!

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Cal Poly'southward Architectural Engineering Dept had a super hero brand a surprise visit!  He came from the Planet Phi, and he brought news of the powers of orthogonality and how it can assistance weak mortals solve dynamics issues using modal analysis.  His name is Super Orthogonality Man!

We were incredibly fortunate to have him hither for a short while, he had to return dorsum to his Modal Coordinate infinite, but not before he kicked effectually a few Eigenproblems...

Erik Kneer Speaks to SEAOC

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Erik Kneer (ARCE 2001) spoke to the SEAOC educatee chapter on Sustainability on March 5th.  He provided the perspective of how structural engineers provide sustainable designs and provide public prophylactic in a manner that does not fit the common definition.  Erik is currently a Project Managing director for Holmes Culley in San Francisco.

Mitchell Leaves, Clements Accepts New Part

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Jenna Mitchell has accustomed an offer equally Office Manager/Executive Assistant from the Wallace Group in San Luis Obispo and left her current position as the Administrative Coordinator in the ARCE department effective March 4th.  While Jenna was only here  a short fourth dimension, she made meaning contributions to this department and we are deplorable to see her depart.  Her drive, enthusiasm and power to acquire new systems quickly have been invaluable. Nosotros offer our sincere thanks for her hard work in the areas of budget, facilities, personnel actions, planning, department assistants and advocacy.

While Jenna's departure is deplorable news, at that place is expert news to report.  Because the last Administrative Coordinator search was less than half dozen months old, we were able to reopen that search and immediately hire Erika Clements to serve in that position.  Erika has been promoted and assumed the Administrative Coordinator position effective on May fifth.  Join us in congratulating Erika and welcoming her to this new opportunity.  She has done a terrific job as the administrative assistant for the past twelvemonth and a half and we look forward to working with her in this new capacity.

The department has initiated a search for a new administrative banana.  We have offered a temporary hire position to Michelle Edwards who has joined u.s.a. in the interim.

ARCE Displays Posters

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The ARCE department is displaying the posters for the 2014 SEAOC Excellence in Engineering Awards in the section hallway during the calendar week of 22-27 February.  The awards were presented at the SEAOC annual convention in Indian Wells in September 2014 and are being publicly displayed in venues throughout the State.  The posters correspond outstanding achievements in artistic design, technical innovation, all-time practices and demonstrated contributions to the public and profession of structural engineering.

NUCOR Visit

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Nucor Steel visited the ARCE Department on 26-27 February to interview students.  Nucor has chosen half dozen universities, to include Cal Poly, in which to target their efforts for educatee recruiting and financial support. Nucor representatives Brian Bogh (Verco Decking), Colton Simmons (Nucor), and Melody Nain (American Buildings) were amongst our guests.  Verco Decking currently sponsors an ARCE design laboratory.

Structural Engineering Association of Southern California Hold Dinner At Cal Poly

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The Structural Engineering science Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) held their monthly dinner in the Cal Poly KTGY Gallery on February 26th.  ARCE grad Kelsey Parolini organized the effect which was well attended past ARCE students and faculty.  The dinner topic was "California Licensing Issues & Upcoming Changes Affecting Ceremonious & Structural Engineers" and the speakers were Richard Moore, Carl Josephson, and ARCE (1983) graduate Karen Roberts.  The formal presentation was followed past a lively question and respond session on the P.E and S.E. licensing procedures and current issues.

Students attend Leadership Workshop in Bellevue, Washington

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On Feb 22nd and 23rd, four ARCE students with their kinesthesia advisorJohn Lawson attended the ASCE Workshop for Educatee Affiliate Leaders in Bellevue, Washington near Seattle. This 2-day workshop provides our prospective SEAOC/AEI student officers with the tools and insights necessary to benefit from and run a successful pupil chapter of a professional engineering arrangement.  While at the workshop, Junior ARCE students Natalie Gibbons, Emily Setoudeh, and Nick Petrarca, with Sophomore Jami Hahn , networked with many applied science students from other universities as well as practicing ceremonious engineers from beyond the western United States. In the primary social event which was an evening scavenger hunt through downtown Seattle, these 4 students placed 2nd overall by solving riddles and fast footwork! Subsequently the workshop, Lawson and the four students spent a twenty-four hours touring Seattle's Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, the Frank Gehry designed EMP Museum, the new Starbucks Reserve Roastery building, the heavy timber REI flagship building, and the new Seattle Public Library with its screw stack floors and exterior structural diagrid system. But the nigh memorable visit was at sunset to the ascertainment deck of the tallest building (by number of stories) in North America west of the Mississippi, the 76-story tall Columbia Centre structurally designed by MKA.

Estes Attends ASCE Committee on Kinesthesia Development

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Al Estes attended the semi-annual coming together of the American Society of Civil Engineers Committee on Faculty Development on Feb 20-21 in Boulder, Colorado.  The commission does the planning for the summertime ExCEEd Education Workshops and evaluates the ExCEEd teaching awards.  Al got stranded for an extra day due to a blizzard…something non often seen in San Luis Obispo.

Estes, Schafer travel to Los Angeles

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Department Head Al Estes and Assistant Dean Natalie Schafer traveled to Los Angeles on sixteen -eighteen February to visit with industry partners and attend a memorial anniversary for Barclay Simpson who recently passed away.  The beginning visit was to the function of John A. Martin and Associates (JAMA) for a meeting with Kal Benuska and Trailer Martin.  They discussed interdisciplinary opportunities and the idea of hosting an alumni fundraiser in Los Angeles for ARCE, CM, and ARCH interdisciplinary opportunities.  A group of fifty JAMA employees collectively bought and won a ticket for the California lottery and won $1,388,464.  Al made his first visit to John Labib and Associates (JLA) in El Segundo.  Along with a productive meeting and nice lunch with John Labib, we met with a surprising number of contempo ARCE graduates (Courtney McKee, Danniel Kang, Marya Mikati, Jen Roth, Kevin Towers, Russ Klein, Joe Thompson, Kevin Miller, Paul Kim, and Andy Alexander) who are now working for JLA.  Next Al and Natalie visited LPA in Irvine where contempo graduate Daniel Stone provided a bout and a briefing on LPA'southward current projects.  A meeting with David Gilmore, Bryan Seamer, Jim Wirick, Daniel  Wang, and Daniel Rock followed where we discussed how ARCE students might participate in their summer studios.

Along with representatives from Habitat for Humanity and Girls, Inc., Al was one of 3 guest speakers at a ceremony in the Riverside role of Simpson Strong-tie honoring their founder Barclay Simpson.  Approximately 250 people were nowadays to include Barclay's spouse of 40 years Sharon Simpson.  It was a touching event that historic Barc'south life and contributions to both the company and philanthropic endeavors.  Finally, Al and Natalie visited the Fluor Corporation to see Doug Makowecki, Nancy Pon, and ARCE graduates Marcia Brown and Curtis Yokoyama.  A photo was taken to re-enact Fluor's annual check presentation to the ARCE department.  The funding supports ii student scholarships, the Fluor student leadership fund, and the purchase of ACI code books for all ARCE students taking reinforced concrete.

Estes, Schafer travel to Los Angeles

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Jerry McCann, a licensed civil and structural engineer with an undergraduate degree from the Cal Poly ARCE plan and a Masters from Cal Berkeley, has spent almost 20 years living abroad in Africa since leaving STB Structural Engineers in the early xc's.  His experience as both an engineer abroad, and later transferring the unique skill sets developed in his technology career into the peacebuilding sector, has immune him to both recognize and challenge the misperceptions of working in lesser developed countries.  At present the Deputy Manager of Interpeace, overseeing its global operations, he has supported circuitous processes of peacebuilding in over 20 countries spanning Latin America, Africa, the Eye East, and Southeast Asia.  He attributes much of his success in the peacebuilding field with his development and do as a structural engineer and construction manager. He is relocating to San Francisco in the next year.  He visited the ARCE program on February 6th before returning to Africa.

Estes, O'Hearne, Burress, Dunne Represent ARCE at SEAOSC

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Department Head Al Estes and ARCE students Nicole O'Hearne, Amy Burress, and Caleb Dunne represented the Cal Poly ARCE program at the Structural Engineering science Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) annual scholarship dinner and job off-white on February 4th.  SEAOSC gave 9 scholarships ranging from $1000 to a high of $2000 to students from universities in the 50.A. expanse.  Nicole O'Hearne won the $2000 David and Margaret Narver Memorial Scholarship.  Ryan Smith from the Cal Poly Ceremonious Engineering department won a $1600 scholarship, the second largest awarded for the evening.  The dinner speaker was ARCE grad Jerry McCann who spoke on his work in Africa equally the Deputy Director of Interpeace, overseeing its global operations. His presentation was titled, 'Global Misperceptions – Challenging the Deterrents of Engineering Opportunities Abroad in Developing and Under-developed Countries."

ARCE Shines at SWE Banquet

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On Jan 22 , 2015 several ARCE stars shined brightly at the almanac Order of Women Engineers (SWE) banquet known every bit "An Evening with Industry".  This annual banquet celebrates the many accomplishments of the 400 member strong Cal Poly SWE chapter, and information technology brings in major industrial partners such as Boeing and Flour who provided generous scholarships to some select SWE members.

1 highlight of the evening was the announcement of the Most Supportive Professor Award, it is noteworthy that ARCE had three nominees in the pool of ten professors.  But one professor rose above the rest, that was John Lawson, whose tireless efforts as SEAOC advisor and whose dizzying free energy in the classroom differentiated him from the others.  We salute and congratulate John!

The major honor of the evening was Outstanding Woman Engineering science Student. Five women were honored this year and our own Nicole O'Hearne was i of the 5 recipients.  It was noted that she had extraordinary organizational abilities and a stellar academic record.  We are proud of Nicole and offer our sincere congratulations to her.

It was a great night of CAED and our Dean Christine Theodoropolous was happy to meet that our College was so wonderfully recognized.

ARCE Autumn Graduation

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The Fall graduation ceremony took place on December 13th.  The ARCE graduates included Isabel Al-Abed, Christina Chilin, Caleb Dunne, Nick Ingwers, Michael Jensen, Callahan Lieb, Mitchell Nesheim, Kim Ota, Nick Pajak, Mandy Pederson, Hiei Rose, Jason Serda, Ricky Stewart, Shane Sveiven, and Jonathan Wong.  In add-on, Florian Barth was awarded his Master'south degree.  The ceremony was held in the Cal Poly Recreation Center is a articulation ceremony with the Higher of Architecture and Environmental Pattern and the College of Engineering.

ARCE Christmas Party

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The ARCE department Christmas political party was held at the home of John and Lydia Lawson on December 14th.  The faculty celebrated the end of a busy quarter and officially entered the holiday season.  Along with a fine meal and good company, the group conducted an ugly-mug exchange.

ARCE Gives On-Line Coures an Attmept

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The ARCE department made its first attempt at on-line learning this quarter offering the advanced structural constituent pre-stressed physical taught past male parent and son squad Dirk and Ken Bondy.  Both are renowned national experts on the subject.  Dirk is currently President, Seneca Structural Technology in Laguna Hills and graduated from the Cal Poly ARCE program in 1988.  Ken Bondy has personally been responsible for the design of over two thousand existing elevated post-tensioned concrete building structures and more than ten thousand residential post-tensioned physical foundations congenital on expansive soils.  Over his 50 twelvemonth career, Ken has won many prestigious awards and served on the well-nigh prominent national-level professional society committees.
Students watched the taped lessons on-line and the instructors travelled to Cal Poly every Friday for a iii-60 minutes in-course session with the students.  Seven graduate and three undergraduate students took the course and the reviews were all very positive.  The department thanks both Ken and Dirk who volunteered and received no salary for teaching this class.

Abe Lynn Retires

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The ARCE department held a bye / retirement celebration for Abe Lynn who is retiring from Cal Poly at the end of Fall Quarter.  Abe is a 1985 graduate of the Cal Poly ARCE programme and arrived on the faculty in 1995.  He is currently the longest continuing faculty in the section.  Abe had been on difference-in-pay get out with the Oakland role of Degenkolb Engineers for the past three years.  He returned to Cal Poly to teach Fall quarter and will exist working total time for Degenkolb upon retirement.  The celebration was well-attended by ARCE faculty and Abe was presented with a watch to award his service at Cal Poly.

AEI/SEAOC Prepared Thanksgiving Dinner

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The AEI/SEAOC chapter prepared their annual Thanksgiving dinner on Nov 20th every bit function of their weekly meeting.  Students cooked 8 turkeys and provided all of the trimmings to include mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, etc.  Kinesthesia helped carve the turkeys and nobody were away hungry.

ARCE Halloween

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The ARCE programme underwent its six-twelvemonth Advocate accreditation visit from 26-28 October.  The final accreditation results will not be official until July, only the department was pleased with the visit.  The process began with the creation of a self-written report last June which documented the curriculum, students, faculty, facilities, resources and plan outcomes and objectives.  The cocky-study records the section assessment and continuous improvement processes.  The ABET plan evaluator was likewise sent sample transcripts of contempo graduates.  After a detailed dialogue between the department head and the evaluator throughout the Fall, the evaluation culminated with a two and a half day visit from a team of ABET evaluators led past a squad chair.  The ARCE faculty celebrated the completion of the process at Charlie's Place when the visit was ended.

ARCE Undergoes ABET Accreditation

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The ARCE program underwent its half dozen-yr ABET accreditation visit from 26-28 October.  The terminal accreditation results will not be official until July, only the department was pleased with the visit.  The process began with the creation of a self-study last June which documented the curriculum, students, kinesthesia, facilities, resource and program outcomes and objectives.  The cocky-study records the department assessment and continuous improvement processes.  The Advocate plan evaluator was also sent sample transcripts of recent graduates.  After a detailed dialogue between the department head and the evaluator throughout the Autumn, the evaluation culminated with a two and a half day visit from a team of Advocate evaluators led past a team chair.  The ARCE faculty celebrated the completion of the process at Charlie's Identify when the visit was concluded.

NUCOR Steel Visits campus

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Representatives from Nucor Steel were on campus on 21-22 October to provide information on the various Nucor subsidiaries and develop a relationship with the Cal Poly engineering programs.  Nucor Fabricated Products Group includes: Verco Decking, Inc., Vulcraft, Nucor Building Systems, American Building Systems and CBC Steel Buildings.  Nucor is a unique company that has many opportunities for engineers. They took a tour of the Architectural Engineering, Construction Direction, Civil Engineering science and Manufacturing Applied science departments.  Verco Decking has already sponsored an ARCE laboratory.

Saliklis, Students Nowadays Newspaper

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From Sept xiv to Sept 19 2014, Prof. Ed Saliklis and two Cal Poly students, Jared Parker and Evan Gerbo presented two papers on their research at the International Association of Crush and Spatial Structures World Conference in Brasilia, Brazil.  Jared Parker sh owed his research on the Maney-Goldberg Method and Evan Gerbo discussed his inquiry on optimization of a frame geometry using genetic algorithms.

In the photos, Jared is presenting his piece of work and in the other photo Evan and Jared are talking with Prof. Ashley Thrall of the University of Notre Dame (where Evan is currently pursuing his PhD) and with the world'south preeminent structural engineer Bill Bakery of SOM's Chicago role.

Estes served as a Program Evaluator

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Al Estes served as a Program Evaluator (PEV) for the Architectural Engineering program at the Missouri University of Scientific discipline and Technology in Rolla from October five-7.  The Abet Accreditation visit of an engineering science program occurs once every half dozen years.   For this visit, Al was a member of a 16 person evaluation team.  This was his xiii ^th  visit as a PEV for either an architectural or ceremonious engineering science program in equally many years.  The Cal Poly ARCE program volition undergo a like accreditation visit in late Oct.

Lawson gives ii presentations at the Annual TCA Convention

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On September 30^th and Oct 1^st, 2014, Associate Professor John Lawson was invited to give two hour-long presentations to the attendees of the 2014 Tilt-up Physical Association's Convention in San Jose, California. His showtime presentation: " The Design of Tilt-up Concrete Buildings for Earthquakes:
Ever a piece of work in progress?" explained the troubled past of this building type, oft used in big-box retail and big logistic warehouses; and his second presentation " A More Rational Approach to the
Seismic Design of Tilt-upwards Concrete Buildings " provided engineers with contempo results of inquiry Lawson has been involved foreshadowing the management of futurity building codes. The convention presentations and total-calibration outdoor demonstrations attracted attendees from effectually the globe. The TCA is collection of Engineers, Architects and Contractors who specialize in the tilt-up concrete wall method of building design and construction.

Nelson Presents at Third International Briefing on Urban Disaster Reduction

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In late September at the Third International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Associate Professor Jill Nelson presented her paper regarding her work in collaboration with Assistant Professor Jim Guthrie on implementation challenges for the Cal VIVA program. The Cal VIVA plan goal is to reduce the seismic vulnerability in those California state endemic buildings that are vital to response and recovery efforts after an earthquake.

The conference, sponsored by Earthquake Engineering Research Establish, builds on an established exercise of international collaboration and knowledge-sharing after disaster events in Japan, U.S., and Taiwan. In this third conference, New Zealand joins the three collaborating countries. The mission for this conference is to develop, integrate, and promote new noesis and best practices in sustainable disaster recovery, with a particular emphasis on urban environments.

You may read all of Jill Nelson'southward paper here.

Estes Attends ASCE Annual Instruction Committee Weekend in Denver

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Department Head Al Estes attended the American Guild of Civil Engineers annual Education Committees Weekend in Denver on September 26-27.  Al is the Architectural Engineering Institute liaison to the Department Head Coordinating Council.  The committee is actively planning the almanac Civil Engineering science Section Head briefing that will take identify in Blacksburg, Virginia in May.  Al is the contact fellow member for the Commission on Faculty Development which is planning two ExCEEd teaching workshops for the summer and the tertiary iteration of ExCEEd Two.

ARCE Welcomes New Freshmen Classs

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The section welcomed its newest freshman course to the ARCE program on September 17th.  All of the CAED freshmen were welcomed by the Dean, Acquaintance Deans and section heads in Chumash Auditorium.  The ARCE freshmen visited the department where we gave every freshman an ARCE t-shirt,  took the almanac group photograph and gave them an orientation.  Section Head Al Estes provided the annual program briefing and answered questions while SEAOC educatee President Nicole O'Hearne offered a spirited welcome and orientation to the SEAOC student chapter.  The SEOAC officers cooked a WOW calendar week BBQ lunch for the new freshmen students.

ARCE Promotes McDaniel, Saliklis, Nelson, Lawson

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This was a expert year for ARCE faculty promotions as Cole McDaniel and Ed Saliklis were both elevated to Full Professor effective September 15th.  Congratulations likewise are extended to both Jill Nelson and John Lawson who both received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.

ARCE Holds Annual Retreat

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The ARCE department conducted its almanac retreat on September 18th at the Avila Lighthouse Suites.  The topics for the retreat included the annual program cess by the department head, an update on accreditation visit preparation, guidance on academic advising every bit nosotros enter a new itemize bike, initial piece of work on the analysis sequence, and some thoughts on the ideal interdisciplinary course.  We had faculty presentations on the pupil trip to Republic of haiti (James Mwangi), the faculty visit to assess post-earthquake impairment in Napa (Jim Guthrie, Abe Lynn, James Mwangi), and a project visit to Tanzania (Kevin Dong).  Part time faculty were invited to bring together us for dejeuner. The retreat was followed past the almanac faculty dinner which was held at the Custom House.

ARCE Reception at SEAOC Convention

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Every bit part of the almanac Structural Engineering Association of California (SEAOC) annual convention, the ARCE department hosts a reception for the alumni and friends of the ARCE program who attend the conference on September 11th.  This year'southward reception was organized by ARCE authoritative assistant Erika Clements and was attended by over sixty people. The grand door prize was won past Michael Cochran from Wiedlinger Associates who too happens to be the approachable SEAOC President.  Attendees included: Jeff Ellis, Jim Stenger, Omar Garza, Dan Fox, Steve Kerr, Fred Turner, James Lai, Dave Breiholz, Tom Harris, Steve Pryor, David Van Volkinburg, Joe LaBrie, Darrell Mardell, Gary Tiedgen, Tom Parrish, Larry Kaprielian, Gary Blackness, Doug Thompson, Garrett Mills, Scott May, Raymond Lui, Tim Kaucher, Ken O'Dell, Kristen Zeydel, Mark Gilligan, Alan Hanson, Matt Mlaker, Janice Chambers, Diane Tobin, John Scroll, Kevin O'Conner, Dave Nelson, Damon Ho, Jason Coray, Brain Cochran, Fred Schott, Jeff Haight, Michael Cochran, Samantha Kersting, Ryan Kersting, MaryAnn Phipps, Rawn Nelson, Dick Dreyer, Joe Venuti, Scott Breneman, Andrew Parker, Grace Kang, David Johnson, and James Bela.  Nosotros extend our thanks to vintner and structural engineer Jerry Lohr who donated the wine for this outcome.

Estes, Others Visit Barth'southward, More than

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Department Head Al Estes joined Dean Christine Theodoropoulos, Architecture Section Caput Margot McDonald and Assistant Dean for Advocacy Natalie Schaefer for a Cal Poly reception at the home of Florian and Lori Barth in Los Gatos on September 5th.  Cal Poly President Jeff Armstrong and Dean Theodoropoulos spoke along with two contempo CAED graduates.  The ARCE plan was represented past David Martin (ARCE 2009) who spoke on how the ARCE program prepared him for graduate school at Berkeley and his current position at Degenkolb.  It was a cracking evening attended my many alumni, parents and prospective students in the Bay Area.

On the same trip, Al joined Christine, Margot and Natalie for lunch with Ashraf Habibullah at his CSI office in Walnut Creek on September 4th and discussed the time to come of the structural applied science profession.  Afterward, Al visited the Oakland role of Degenkolb Engineers to run into with Abe Lynn who will exist returning to the Cal Poly in the fall quarter earlier retiring from the faculty.  Al besides stopped by the new San Carlos function of ZFA to see with Principal Colin Blaney who is also a member of the ARCE Advisory Lath.  The new role is 100% Cal Poly graduates who included Daniel Espino (ARCE 2003), Joel Pancoast (ARCE 2005), Joey Williams (ARCE 2008), Steve Patton (ARCE 2004), Derek Sereno (ARCE 2013), Willie Rosenblatt (ARCE intern), and Zac Burns (ARCE intern).  Al also visited Geoff Neumayr (ARCE 1984) who is the Deputy Airport Managing director for Pattern & Structure and San Francisco Aerodrome.  Geoff is likewise a fellow member of the ARCE advisory lath.

ARCE Welcomes Jenna Mitchell

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The ARCE department is pleased to welcome Jenna Mitchell to the department as our new Administrative Coordinator.  She is a graduate of the Cal Poly SLO ARCH program. She worked at the Business and Human Resources Manager for Etna Interactive for eight years prior to returning to Cal Poly in 2014. She has worked since 2007 as volunteer co-director of trip the light fantastic for the Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble. Jenna takes over from Christine Cobb who left in Oct.  The department extends its thanks to both Kathy Lehmkuhl and Lori Ann Walters who filled this position so admirably in the interim.

Three ARCE Professors Assess Napa Earthquake Harm

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Eager to visit the stricken area and bring lessons-learned dorsum to the classroom, ARCE Faculty James Mwangi, John Lawson and Jim Guthrie surveyed the earthquake impairment in the Napa area just days after the 6.1M earthquake which struck on August 24^thursday. While well-nigh of the Napa remains intact, 170 buildings were scarlet-tagged and an additional 652 were yellowish-tagged providing valuable opportunities to compare and contrast what performed well and what did non in this moderate earthquake. Meaning damages to unreinforced masonry buildings and cripple-wall forest frame residential were common, and a surface fault rupture was traced through residential neighborhoods nether homes. Several instances of more modern structures with significant damage was observed too.

While surveying the in downtown Napa, the faculty found themselves briefly working alongside Cal Poly alum David Martin (ARCE, 2011) of Degenkolb, and later that evening coincidentally met Bryant Burleigh (ARCE 1962) whose home unfortunately sustained chimney damage. The opportunity to quickly visit disaster areas to larn valuable engineering lessons is very special. Travel funding was obtained from a donation by C.K. Allen (ARCE, 1964).

Saliklis Gives Introduction to "Unfinished Spaces"

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On Monday Aug 18 2014, Prof. Ed Saliklis was invited to give an introduction to the film "Unfinished Spaces" which was shown to a packed auditorium at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Artworld wide web.sloma.org   The moving picture focused on the unfinished Fine art Schools in Havana Republic of cuba which are Catalan vaults, an expanse of Prof. Saliklis' expertise.  After the film, a lively question and reply session was conducted by Prof. Saliklis.

Evelyn Carpenter and Family Visit Campus

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Evelyn Carpenter (ARCE 1991) and her husband Sean visited the ARCE section onAugust 18 ^th with their three children.  Evelyn is currently the President of Solas Energy Consulting in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Saliklis and Students travel to Lithuania

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From June 23rd to Baronial 2nd 2014, Professor Ed Saliklis conducted a Study Abroad Experience designed for ARCE students.  For the second year in a row,he took ARCE students to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania for an intense six week bookish and cultural feel.  This year, eighteen ARCE students went on the trip, where they were joined by 6 VGTU (Vilnius Gediminas Technical Academy) students.  Prof. Saliklis taught the 24 students ARCE302 and ARCE352 in both English language and Lithuanian, and Prof. Darius Popovas of VGTU taught them BRAE237.  The entire group studied together, traveled together and often danced till dawn together.  The cultural component of the plan was very rich, students traveled to the Baltic resort towns of Nida and Druskininkai, they visited the Common cold War Museum in an abandoned nuclear missile launch site, they visited the KGB museum and the US Embassy and they saw the world-broad meeting known every bit the Vocal Festival which is held every 4 years. This was a life-expanding trip for all.  The eighteen ARCE students were:

Jennifer Briggs

Patrick Brutzman

Madison Busby

Isaac Cameron

Jessica Ellis

Ashley Gaur

Natalie Gibbons

Nathaniel Hall

Jay Hinshaw

Nick Lewis

Geehyun Park

Nick Petrarca

Priscilla Rodriguez

Dani Rustagi

Kaele Snapp

Paul Truong

Sheela Vedula

Sean Westphal


Cal Poly ARCE has huge presence in Alaska for 10NCEE

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For a calendar week in belatedly July, v ARCE kinesthesia members and a group of students attended the Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering science (10NCEE) in Anchorage, Alaska on the 50th ceremony of the Not bad Alaska Earthquake of 1964. The conference included five days of cut edge convulsion hazard research along with appearances by the Governor and Mayor. The ARCE faculty were not mere spectators, only instead central presenters of personal seismic research conducted within our department.

Associate Professor Jill Nelson presented her paper regarding her work in collaboration with Assistant Professor Jim Guthrie on Cal VIVA, which assesses the seismic vulnerability of California'southward land owned buildings through planning and technology. Associate Professor Peter Laursen presented his paper on the seismic performance of interlocking compressed earth-block infill when used in confined masonry construction, which holds much hope in developing countries. Professor Cole McDaniel presented inquiry conducted with Professor Graham Archer on detecting convulsion damage using a process developed experimentally at Poly Canyon's Bridge House outfitted with removable steel braces. Associate Professor John Lawson presented his paper on the development of new design methods for buildings with flexible roof diaphragms supported by rigid concrete or masonry walls. Additionally, 2 other papers Lawson co-authored were presented by others on the subjects of big wood roof diaphragms and the development of a numerical model for rigid wall - flexible diaphragm buildings.

The papers can be accessed at:

Operation of Interlocking Compressed World Block Infill in Confined Masonry Structure

Numerical Framework for Seismic Collapse Assessment of Rigid Wall-Flexible Diaphragm Structures

Cal Viva: Assessing the Seismic Vulnerability of California's State-Owned Buildings Through Planning and Engineering

An Experimental Study of Impairment Detection Using Removable Braces

Development of Seismic Design Methodologies for Rigid Wall-Flexible Diaphragm Structures

Examining the Applicability of Blueprint Methods for Large Panelized All-Wood Roof Diaphragms under Seismic Loading

Also the active participation by kinesthesia, Architectural Engineering students were likewise present (forth with their co-advisors Graham Archer and John Lawson) as part of the almanac EERI Seismic Design Competition. See the separate story on this exciting event.

Former Educatee Lucas Hogan Visits Campus

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Quondam ARCE student Lucas Hogan visited campus on July 31 ^st along with Simpson Potent-Tie representatives Alan Hanson and Darwin Waite to offer support to the renovation of Poly Canyon.  The college has recognized that Poly Coulee is a university treasure but it has been allowed to deteriorate.  As a former Poly coulee caretaker, Lucas is looking to organize support to improve and maintain the structures on display in the canyon.

Seismic Design Squad Competes

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The Cal Poly Seismic Blueprint Squad, consisting of x students (Yoshitaka Tamiya (ARCE), Adam Stevens (CE), Derek Avrit (ARCE), Willy Rosenblatt (ARCE), Bricklayer Hahn (ARCE), Farhan Lilani (CE), Michael Jensen (ARCE), Awaaz Patel (ARCE), Ted Park (CE), and Blake Reeve (ARCE)) led by advisors Graham Archer, John Lawson, and Bing Qu, recently competed in the EERI Undergraduate Seismic Design Contest in Anchorage, AK from July 21st - July 25th. 30 teams from universities across the US and around the world competed in this year's competition. Each team designed a complex tall building model made from balsa wood (weighing no more than 7 pounds) that was tested on a shaking table. Student teams were then judged on their oral blueprint presentation, their summary affiche, the model'southward architectural design, their ability to fit within the design criteria and constraints, their analytical prediction of their model operation, and the response of their model during shaking table testing.

Through this competition, the team was exposed to opportunities to develop leadership and interpersonal skills, applied experience, and exposure inside the earthquake engineering fields. Furthermore, this contest not only served as a great opportunity for teams from all over the world to showcase their structural design, but it was also a great educational and social experience for the students to be able to network with professionals and scholars alike.

Out of xxx teams, Cal Poly placed in the height 10 for all of the sub-categories. Well-nigh notably, 1st in Presentation, second in Poster, and ninth in Seismic Price even with the big punishment due to the collapse during the third ground move. Unfortunately, due to the collapse during the concluding x seconds of the third and concluding ground move, the squad was not able to attain a high overall standing in the competition. More importantly however, the whole squad benefited every bit students and hereafter structural engineers engaged in such an intriguing contest, which allowed them to design, construct, and analyze a building in a creative manner.

Estes Attends ASEE Teaching Workshop

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Al Estes attended the American Order of Civil Engineers Excellence in Civil Engineering (ExCEEd) Teaching Workshop from July 20 – 25 at the Us Military Academy at Due west Point.  The almanac workshop invites 24 faculty members from around the nation for an intense one-week educational activity preparation experience.  Al served as a senior mentor for a pocket-sized group of four kinesthesia members.  He presented several seminars and taught a demonstration class.  Al has been an active leader in the ExCEEd plan since 1999 and this was his 25th iteration of this workshop.

Baltimore Attends Masonry Conference in Portugal

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Craig Baltimore attended the 9th International Masonry Conference in Guimaraes, Portugal ( July 7th  - 9th), where he presented a paper on Sustainable Self-Consolidating Masonry Grout.  The paper is a event of the research at Cal Poly sponsored by the Physical Masonry Association of California and Nevada.  The conference was well attended with well-nigh 500 in attendance from over xx dissimilar countries.

Guimaraes is considered the birthplace of Portugal and is a city rich in history and the use of masonry.  Buildings appointment back to the tenth century.

It was another Epic Summer!

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For the 7^th consecutive year Professor Pamalee Brady joined College of Engineering faculty in instruction an engineering army camp for junior high and high schoolhouse students.  Epic - Engineering Possibilities in College – has get a popular summer engineering experience for students beyond the land. Professor Brady introduces students to structural systems – specifically truss systems – using activities employing the West Betoken Bridge Designer figurer program and the K'NEX building organization. This year 4^th year pupil Kenneth Alcazar and graduate student Briana Hatfield joined Professor Brady in the classroom.   Over 240 students experienced 'Spanning the Possibilities' through span structures this year.

Estes Assists in One Day Teaching Workshop

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Al Estes assisted with a one-day teaching workshop at Santa Clara Academy on July 2nd.  Working with ARCE grad Tonya Nilsson (ARCE 1991) from the Civil Applied science Department, Al taught a demonstration course and several seminars as part of this one-24-hour interval workshop.

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As soon as the Leap start concluded on June 15, 2014, eight ARCE students nether the auspices of the Structural Engineering Students for Humanity (SESH) embarked on a two week community service learning project in Haiti.  The trip was organized by Cristina Chilin and Shannon Abeling and coordinated through Kit Miyamoto and Bob Glasgow, Miyamoto International, Westward Sacramento; Sabine Kast, Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief, Haiti, and Kristin Farquharson, Mennonite Central Commission (MCC), Haiti.  The students were accompanied on the trip by Dr. James Mwangi.  While in Republic of haiti, the group shadowed Kit Miyamoto and Miyamoto International, Haiti, engineers on projects that included only not limited to:

• Hands-on structural investigation, as-builts and analysis of existing building structures that included all buildings of a professional schoolhouse in Carrefour.
• Taking field measurements and preparing REVIT structural "As-Congenital" plans of a large five-story reinforced concrete and unreinforced masonry (URM) hospital building in Port-au-Prince that was damaged during the January 2010 earthquake.  The nerveless information will be used to design a seismic upgraded and repair system for the building.
• Building construction site observation and wrote engineers' field trip report on the ongoing seismic upgrade of the large two-story URM National High Schoolhouse (Lycèe Nationale) in Cite Soleil.
• Building structure site observation and wrote engineers' field trip report on the ongoing seismic upgrade using base isolators of large historical URM catholic cathedral in Miragoane.
• Easily-on participation of construction of concrete masonry walls, plastering and installation of lite gage wall and ceiling framing for the new Children'south Academy reinforced concrete building under structure in Baocia.

The grouping was besides able to visit projects initiated by James 3 years ago while with MCC that included the Haut Damien Housing project in Cabaret and the Sakala youth community eye in Cite Soleil.  The group had detailed tours of the faculty of science at the State University of Haiti, the National Construction Materials Testing Laboratories and the offices of Build Change, all in Port-au-Prince.  Some members of the group were able to take a autobus ride to Santo Domingo, the Dominican Commonwealth capital.

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