Cal Poly SLO "Hands On" Concerns

osdad
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:20:26 +0000

Granted I’ve been away for a while but here’s how I illustrate the difference:

If asked about a wind turbine, the Cal Poly student like his Theoretical U counterpart will study the theory of aerodynamics, power generation, etc. from essentially the same sources. Then they’ll sit a similar CAD stations and work up the design.

So what’s “hands on”?

When asked if it will work the Theoretical U student will put the design into a super-computer to model the performance. The Poly student will build the dang thing and measure the output.

Have no fear. You’ll get a great engineering education at a highly respected school in a fantastic location.