AROUND CENG
CENG Kicks Off New Student Recognition Program Cal Poly Engineering students are changing the world around them, one project, class and club at a time. To help students showcase their accomplishments both inside and outside of the classroom, the College of Engineering kicked off Engineering, by Design, a new CENG recognition program focused on helping students receive credit for all the good things they do. “We partnered with Preciate, a peer appreciation platform where anyone can give and receive recognition, and created six custom badges,” Eric Mehiel, associate dean for diversity and
student success, said. “The badges correspond to the Engineering, by Design value areas, including work experience, leadership, civic engagement, inclusion, professional skills and cultural context.” Engineering, by Design allows students to tap into something valuable: peer- and faculty-verified recognition, further valued by recognition by the Engineering Dean’s Office. n For more on the Engineering, by Design program, visit www.ceng.calpoly.edu/engineering-by-design.
A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERING After much discussion among college leaders, the College of Engineering is excited to announce that the Computer Engineering (CPE) program will become a department. “This promising new direction comes as the college seeks to provide more value to CPE students and will ultimately strengthen the structure, system and culture of computer engineering,” said Dean Amy S. Fleischer. While this is a major development that will take time
to implement, the goal is to have the department operational for the 2021-22 academic year. The department will have a dynamic, flexible and adaptive, interdisciplinary Learn by Doing curriculum that
will prepare students to become industry leaders, all with even stronger collaboration between the CPE, Computer Science and Software Engineering, and Electrical Engineering departments. n
The Cal Poly Computer Engineering Program had 459 students in 2019.
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