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As-974-24 Resolution On Consolidation Of Ge Area C Subject Guidelines And Modification Of Ge Area C2: Humanities Prerequisites, General Education Governance Board

Academic Senate Resolutions

Approves the attached GE Area C Subject Guidelines which includes removing GE Areas A1 and A3 from the prerequisites of GE Area C2 in the Template for General Education; and it further resolves that the GE Area C Subject Guidelines be used for the review and implementation of pre-existing and proposed General Education courses from Area C2 starting in the Fall 2026 academic term.

As-979-24 Resolution On Guidelines For Academic Graduate Certificate Programs For Semester Conversion, Academic Senate Graduate Education Ad Hoc Curriculum Committee, Academic Senate Curriculum Committee, Graduate Education Certificate Program Working Group

Academic Senate Resolutions

Resolves that the Academic Senate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo supports the University Guidelines for Academic Graduate Certificate Programs, and it further resolves that the Academic Senate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo acknowledge the attached FAQ on Academic Graduate Certificate Programs.

As-976-24 Resolution On Sustainability Learning Objectives, Academic Senate Sustainability Committee

Academic Senate Resolutions

Replaces the Sustainability Learning Objectives and Statement on Sustainability with the attached as written; and further resolves that this change takes effect in the next catalog cycle.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 6/4/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

As-978-24 Resolution To Sunset The Custom Of "Cal Poly Time" Effective Fall Term 2026, Academic Senate Instruction Committee

Academic Senate Resolutions

Resolves that the Academic Senate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo supports sunsetting the custom of “Cal Poly Time” for class scheduling thereby putting the campus on the same clock; and it further resolves that classes scheduled to begin on the hour or half hour will preserve at least a minimum of a 10-minute passing period between classes where possible; therefore it also resolves that additional scheduling patterns with starting times that vary from the hour or half hour time pattern will preserve a minimum 10 minute passing period between classes where possible; therefore it also resolves that …

A Study On The Effects Of Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty Implants’ Surface Morphology Via Finite Element Analysis, Scott Hazelwood, Peter J. Hunt, Mohammad Noori, Naudereh B. Noori, Wael A. Altabey

Biomedical Engineering

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most commonly performed orthopedic surgeries, with nearly one million performed in 2020 in the United States alone. Changing patient demographics, predominately indicated by increases in younger, more active, and more obese patients undergoing TKA, poses a challenge to orthopedic surgeons as these factors present a greater risk of long-term complications. Historically, cemented TKA has been the gold standard for fixation, but long-term aseptic loosening continues to be a risk for cemented implants. Cementless TKA, which relies on the surface morphology of a porous coating for biologic fixation of implant to bone, may …

Development Of An Advanced Step Counting Algorithm With Integrated Activity Detection For Free Living Environments, Paige M. Dolan

Master's Theses

Physical activity plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health and reducing the risk of various chronic diseases. Step counting has emerged as a popular method for assessing physical activity levels, given its simplicity and ease of use. However, accurately measuring step counts in free-living environments presents significant challenges, with most activity trackers exhibiting a percent error above 20%. This study aims to address these challenges by creating a machine learning algorithm that leverages activity labels to improve step count accuracy in real-world conditions. Two approaches to balancing data were used: one employed a simpler oversampling technique, while the other …

Education And Land Management On The Pacific Crest Trail Phase 4, Ben Sherman, Emma Perry, Cade Cappello, Hattie Cahill, Anna Macklyn, Aidan Tull, Tristian Xu, Augrey Gregg

Baker/Koob Endowments Awarded Projects

This research is a continuation of research collected on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The purpose of this study was to investigate land ethics and education, Leave No Trace principles, and hiker experiences on the PCT. From July 2023-January 2024, interdisciplinary students collected qualitative and quantitative data through interviews and surveys with hikers on the trail. Past phases of this project have determined that this research is necessary, but due to Covid, the team has only been able to gather data remotely via online surveys and interviews prior to this study. The Baker Koob grant funded travel and research equipment …

A Screening Life Cycle Analysis Of One-Way And Reusable Crate Designs – Estimating Environmental Impacts Via Lca Software, Nicolas R. Corona

Master's Theses

A comparison analysis conducted via COMPASS life cycle analysis software has indicated that a one-way crate design, rather than a reusable crate design, is in fact the more environmentally friendly packaging system. These results can be interpreted differently, however, as the manufacturer of said crate designs must confirm what impact indicators they would like to reference as environmental goalposts. The conducted analysis provides insight into what the environmental impacts of each packaging system look like as packaging at all three system levels has been identified as a means of reducing environmental impacts globally. As such, the manufacturer of said crate …

Engineering An Injectable Hydrogel With Self-Assembling 3d Vasculature, Kendyl Cohn

Master's Theses

This research developed methods for culturing self-assembling capillaries in an injectable gel as a potential method for vascularizing tissue-on-a-chip models to mimic physiological drug delivery. Additionally, a mathematical model was developed as a tool for understanding nutrient delivery and comparison of potential delivery systems. Organs-on-a-chip provide novel platforms for studying biology and physiology in 3D, allow exploration of tissue engineering on a manageable scale, and serve as models for drug screening and drug-delivery testing.

Methods were first developed for co-culture of endothelial cells and fibroblasts (3T3s or HDFs) in 2D, evaluating culture time, seeding density and ratio of HUVECs and …

Assessing The Efficacy Of Hydraulic Pumping As A Remediation Method Of A Subsurface Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid Spill In Arroyo Grande, California, James M. Raney

Master of Science in Environmental Sciences and Management Projects

The efficacy of hydraulic pumping as a remediation method of a petroleum, or Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (LNAPL) spill in Arroyo Grande, California will be assessed by determining aquifer properties, assessing the chemical properties of the contaminant, recovering the contaminant from the subsurface, and proposing alternative remediation techniques. Soil, groundwater and contaminant characteristics, cumulative volume of LNAPL skimming test data, pumping rates, and LNAPL thicknesses in wells installed within the contaminant plume were collected. Sediments around the LNAPL source are contaminated with hydrocarbons in the gas and diesel range. Pumping efficacy is expected to continue to decrease at the site, …

Thermal Preconditioning Effects On Perforation Propensity Of Transvenous Implantable Cardiac Leads Used For Pacing And Defibrillation, Diane Muff

Master's Theses

Thermal preconditioning to simulate shipping, handling and storage conditions did not affect distal tip stiffness values for permanently implantable cardiac leads used for pacing and defibrillation. Leads that were subjected to extreme temperatures and temperature cycling did not show changes in buckle force values compared with control specimens which were maintained at ambient room conditions. Absolute differences between all measurements were small, generally under 0.05 N and were attributable to measurement variability.

Buckle force values are used to assess the propensity of leads to perforate the heart, a rare but potentially serious complication of implantable pacing and defibrillation systems. Since …

Fire Protection And Life Safety Analysis Of The Carlsbad Village Lofts, Nathaniel Cheung

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

This culminating project has been submitted as part of the graduate program in Fire Protection Engineering at Cal Poly. The building is a 221,000 square feet mixed-use residential apartment building comprising of 106 units. The report is split into two sections. The prescriptive based analysis considers the building’s compliance with the requirements found in the 2016 California Building and Fire Codes. The performance based section evaluated design fires to verify that the final building design and operating procedures met the life safety needs of its occupants.

The prescriptive based analysis was split into four main parts. The four parts were …

Fire And Life Safety Evaluation Western School Of Science And Technology, Brian Mosberian

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

This report evaluates the fire and life safety systems of the Western School of Science and Technology utilizing the prescriptive, and performance-based approach.

The Western School of Science and Technology is located in Phoenix, Arizona. The two- story building is 41,896 square feet and was designed and constructed with Type VB per a prescriptive based approach. The primary use of the building is for educational purposes for students grades 7 through 12 and classified as Educational (E) Occupancy.

The prescriptive based design evaluated the provisions of the building code and compliance with the egress, fire suppression, fire alarm, structural, and …

Fire Protection And Life Safety Analysis Report California State University Of Dominguez Hills, Jung Sub Kim

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

This report provides detailed fire and life safety analysis of the California State University of Dominguez Hills, Innovation and Instruction Building. The building is 4 stories high, accommodating an auditorium, classrooms, labs, and office spaces. Type of construction for the building is II-A. The building will have an aggregate floor area of 83,539 square feet of across four floors.

First half of the report includes prescriptive fire and life safety analysis conducted in accordance with 2021 Edition International Building Code and the applicable Standards, such as National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, 2022 …

Project Buildings, Anthony Pamintuan

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

This report analyzes the prescriptive based design of a government-use high-rise building whose primary use is a business office building in California utilizing the California Building Code 2022 Edition. For security purposes, the name of the project will be the “Project Building.” The project site consists of a common podium underground parking garage with two high-rise buildings and an auditorium built on the parking garage. The project buildings that were analyzed consisted of the underground parking garage, the auditorium, and one of the high-rise buildings.

The parking garage is approximately 135,000 square feet consisting of mixed occupancies throughout. The mixed …

Fire & Life Safety Evaluation Of The Goff Health Sciences And Technology Building, Philip Bond

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

The purpose of this report is to practically apply the information conveyed in the Cal Poly Fire Protection Engineering Master of Science program by selecting a building and analyzing prescriptive and performance-based design features that accomplish the building’s life safety strategy. The selected building is the Goff Health Sciences and Technology Building located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The Goff Health Sciences and Technology Building is a three-story educational facility with business, education, and assembly occupancies. The fire safety strategy of the building depends on a fire alarm communication system, wet pipe sprinkler system, structural fire protection components, and egress elements …

Office Building, Grant Iwamoto

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

The purpose of this report is to conduct a prescriptive and performance-based fire and life safety analysis of a building. The chosen building is a five-story building with a basement and uses construction type IB, primarily with steel framing with concrete fill over metal deck. The use of the building is manufacturing, assembly area, open concept office space, and storage, and the total area is approximately 104,000 square feet.

The prescriptive analysis covers the building and fire code requirements such as allowable height, stories, and area and all the fire protection systems in the building including the fire sprinkler system, …

Community Multipurpose Center, Cristian Cohen

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

This report is an analysis of fire protection and life safety features required for a Community Multipurpose Center (CMC).

Governing the construction of the building was the International Building Code (IBC). Throughout this report there are justifications for a call to redesign the CMC conceptual drawing.

The fire and life safety features were organized into five areas, otherwise known as the FPE core areas.

The first four core areas consist of (1) Structural Fire Protection, (2) Water-Based Fire Control and Suppression Systems, (3) Detection, Alarm and Notification Systems, and (4) Means of Egress System. These come straight out of codes …

Training Facility, Andrew Kuharski

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

The Training Facility is a two-story, 142,500 sq. ft. building constructed in 1994 at the Savannah River Site DOE complex. The facility primarily contains training rooms, office space, and a cafeteria. Fire protection features of the Training Facility are detailed in this report, including key life safety, suppression, alarm, and structural features. The building has several deficiencies; the second floor has an occupant load of 911 occupants but is only provided with an exit capacity of 800, and occupancy size per floor exceeds what is allowed for assembly occupancies on the first floor. The travel distance from the records storage …

Cal Poly Masters Program Projects, Caslyn M. Weidenbener

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

Through participating in an agricultural education master's program and competing on the university rodeo team, I gained valuable leadership experience that will benefit me in my future career. I learned how to motivate and engage students of diverse backgrounds and learning styles in the classroom setting. I was also responsible for producing projects that required facilitating, researching, and reaching out to different groups from Cal Poly.

The agricultural education master's program and rodeo team provided a fertile training ground for leadership growth. The skills I cultivated in communication, organization, emotional intelligence, and responsibility to self and others will allow me …

Cultivating Agriculture - Cultivando Agricultura: Content Creator, Sophia L. Garcia

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

Agriculture is rooted in culture, yet we rarely discuss the people who drive the industry today. Many voices have yet to share their stories of influencing or making a difference in the agriculture industry. As a result, the idea of a podcast arose as a free, convenient, and accessible way for everyone to hear and communicate stories. During the project, my co-host, Daniela Ramos, and I will work together to address this issue. To diversify and separate the workload, we will each host three episodes individually. As part of my role, I will also be responsible for marketing, including creating …

Ag Ed 539 Graduate Internship Report - Tulare High School Farm, Samantha Day

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship and project report includes documentation required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture. The documents are concurrently used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Tulare High School Farm conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The supporting material includes information to receive state and local funding, outline the goals and objectives of the program, along with an overview of Tulare High School Farm, the agriculture program and the community.

Investigating The Relationship Between Single And Multiple Sersic Models Of Active Galaxies Using Galfit, Ellie H. Johnson

Physics

Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) can be found in the center of almost every galaxy, and in some cases, can form Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). AGNs are some of the brightest objects in our observable Universe and are distinguished from quiescent galaxies by accretion onto the central SMBH, which forms a disk where the luminosity is produced. Reverberation mapping (RM) of broad-line AGNs determines the mass of the SMBH by resolving the gravitational sphere of influence of the BH ``in time". In this study, GALFIT is used to fit 2D analytic functions to existing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images for 23 …

Identifying Ion-Scale Waves In Parker Solar Probe Sub-Alfvénic Intervals, Nicholas Henry Androski, Kristoff Paulson

Physics

Identification of coherent quasi-parallel ion-scale (1-32 Hz) wave activity in sub-Alfvénic regions of the solar wind observed by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during perihelion encounters 8 to 16. Wave activity is filtered computationally by coherency, circular polarization and propagation angle with respect to the mean magnetic field. Initial statistical results are presented with suggestions for future improvements and studies. A general overview of the heliosphere and the context of ion-cyclotron waves (an ion-scale wave) in the coronal heating problem. Along the way to identify ion-scale wave activity, tables of sub-Alfvénic intervals and current sheet crossings for encounters 8 to 16 …

Connected Palo Alto: Proposed Cycle Track For Enhanced Connectivity Between The San Antonio Corridor And Greater Palo Alto, Ca, Scott C. Richards

City and Regional Planning

The City of Palo Alto is located within Santa Clara County, in the heart of Silicon Valley. Palo Alto borders the city of Mountain View, the city of Los Altos, and the campus of Stanford University. Palo Alto is considered to be one of the most bike-able cities in California and is a Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly City which was designated by the League of American Bicyclists (https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Transportation/Bicycling-Walking#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Palo%20Alto,the%20League%20of%20American%20Bicyclists.). One program that Palo Alto is leading the charge on is theSafe Routes to School program, a local community partnership between the City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD), and …

Innovative Housing Solutions: A Toolkit To Utilizing Recycled Spaces As Transition Shelters For The Unhoused, Kristel Jened Alianza Mallari

City and Regional Planning

Increasingly, the challenges of homelessness in urban areas have necessitated innovative solutions that leverage existing infrastructure. This project explores how repurposing underutilized spaces, such as vacant offices and hotels, into transitional shelters can provide immediate relief and long-term support for unhoused individuals. By focusing on inclusive design and strategic planning, this toolkit offers a comprehensive approach to addressing homelessness through adaptive reuse of existing buildings.

Urban areas in the United States face a persistent homelessness crisis exacerbated by economic instability, lack of affordable housing, and systemic barriers. Traditional shelters often fail to provide the necessary support for long-term stability, highlighting …

Coastal Collective: A Cannery Row Concept Plan, Margo Ezcurra

City and Regional Planning

This concept plan proposes preliminary design and implementation measures to redevelop an area which holds potential to serve as an activated southern entrance to Cannery Row. This project provides an analysis of the existing conditions and subsequently offers a strategy to transform this site into the Coastal Collective, a community-oriented mixed-use development that showcases the area’s history, natural environment, and local residents and businesses. This strategy consists of preliminary design ideas supported by implementation goals, policies, and programs that establish a framework for future redevelopment of this significant, historic waterfront area.

Exploring The Effect Of Interactivity On Zoom Fatigue And Student Learning, Kendall N. Baebler

Communication Studies

The present study aims to address the immensely popular alternative to face-to-face classrooms in higher education that has emerged in videoconferencing, and the various challenges that it creates for students in comfort, enjoyment, and learning. While many cross-sectional studies have explored the evidence of and causes for this so-called “Zoom fatigue” (e.g., Aroaz et al., 2023; Castro & Tumibay, 2021; Fauville et al., 2021a; 2021b; Reidl, 2022), experiments testing potential alleviating factors to this fatigue are limited. The study used experimental design to evaluate the effect of interactivity in Zoom class sessions on the students’ perceived learning, Zoom fatigue, and …

Cheap Clothes And Costly Consequences: A Study On College Students’ Shopping Habits Surrounding Fast Fashion And The Theory Of Reasoned Action And Planned Behavior, Stella Rose Chamness

Communication Studies

This study investigates the impact of perceived attitudes and behaviors with regards to fast fashion and consumerism amongst Cal Poly students. Drawing on the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior, the research measures student’s perceived facilitation, beliefs, and the influence of subjective norms towards consumption of fast fashion. The literature review establishes the theoretical framework, highlighting the importance of the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behaviors. The study’s method involves a 17 item questionnaire administered to 108 participants. Half of the participants, 53, were randomly assigned to either a persuasive message or no message at all. The group …