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RJ Hamster

2 months ago

The College of Architecture & Environmental Design

Connections e-Magazine | Summer 2024

Design Village brings 500 students from Cal Poly and other California universities together to design, build and live in novel structures for a weekend.

In This Issue

This edition of Connections e-Magazine features the annual preparation and remarkable achievements of our Structural Engineering Students for Humanity (SESH) and the inspiring work of Tanzania Build, Verifying Everyone’s Safety Together (VEST) Hackathon and Design Village. Additionally, featured are CAED’s new senior director of development, the latest Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts by the CAED DEI club, Cal Poly’s Los Angeles Metropolitan Program
in Architecture and Urban Design and a compelling alumnus story about finding small miracles in health science, tech and the built environment.

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_{Above: Design Village: Modular brought students from Cal Poly and other California universities together to design, build and live in novel structures for a weekend. Click on the photo above to watch Learn by Doing in action!}

Putting Our Heads Together to Reimagine Head Protection

“The problem with safety equipment is that people don’t use it the way that it’s intended if it’s uncomfortable,” Stacy Kolegraff said. “So, it’s creating what we call a gender-based hazard.”

New Life and Legacy of CAED’s DEI Club

The high cost of education, including material costs within the CAED creates education barriers for many students; providing food at DEI club events is a way to help students who may be struggling.

Transforming Education and Communities

The student design-build project in Tanzania aims to establish a polytechnic college in Same, Tanzania, to equip residents with valuable employment skills.

Digital Twins: Brain and Building

Through his journey in both the building industry and medical sector — which act in separate silos — Todd Lukesh has recognized the opportunity for technical cross-pollination.