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At Cal Poly, Aerospace Engineering isn't a department - it is an industry.

05/29/2026

Learn by doing in action! Today in the TVAC Chamber, student Arjan Reyes led an awesome pipe fitting demonstration, showing the class the skills, precision, and teamwork that go into the trade.

05/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to the yard yesterday to celebrate the end of the year with the 2026 Aero Bbq! We hope you all enjoyed as much as we did.

05/21/2026

Congratulations to Sohail Sharma on receiving the ACEC & ASCE Scholarship! 🎉
A well-deserved recognition for standing out among your peers and exemplifying the true character, professionalism, and dedication of an engineer while achieving great success. We are proud to celebrate this accomplishment and all of the hard work behind it.

And proof that it pays to read the Aero newsletter 😉 — this opportunity was posted there! Keep an eye out… you never know what doors might open.

05/20/2026

Shoutout to for putting on such an awesome spring Airport Day! 🛩️

05/13/2026

Future aerospace engineers in action.

Students are performing a composites wet layup, adding protective tabs to carbon fiber test specimens so the samples don’t fail inside the jaws of the testing machine during tensile testing. Hands-on learning from fabrication to testing — where classroom concepts meet real engineering practice.

05/12/2026

Aerospace students assembled for a little launch-break adventure — catching a rocket ripping into the sky from Vandenberg Airforce Base at 7:15 PM 🚀🌅

05/08/2026

This week, Dr. Abercromby’s Introduction to Human Spaceflight (AERO 455) did a simulation of astronauts on mars with gloves on getting instructions from Mission Control on how to build structures. Each group had a time delay with communication to simulate the delay in sending information to both the Moon and Mars. The purpose was to determine methods of communication that worked best and understanding that certain tasks are much more difficult with gloves on than you might
Fun was had by all!

05/07/2026

Check out our students in our wind tunnel lab, taught by Dr. Nandeesh Hiremath!

05/05/2026

Senior Design is hitting the road! Students in our Aircraft Senior Design class were split in half to present their projects to industry. A group of students presented their designs to General Atomics, and the other group presented to Northrop Grumman.

Both groups were able to gain critical industry feedback as they get closer to the design symposium in June!

05/01/2026

Jason Wallace, the founder of subspace industry, and Chris Cretel an electric propulsion engineer, came to share with our students today about trending electrical propulsion and working in a startup company. This was a great networking opportunity opportunity for them. Thanks for all the great information!

Address

1 Grand Avenue, Bldg 41A
San Luis Obispo, CA
93407

Website

https://linktr.ee/calpolyaero

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