Robin Draper
Materials Engineering, ’80
Location: Ecuador
“When I began my career in the early 1980s, environmental protection and industrial safety were secondary concerns on construction projects, with little attention paid to these critical activities,” Draper said. “In my opinion, I’m proud to say this industry has come full circle with environmental and safety considerations now playing a primary role, supported by strict legislation and mandatory compliance standards.”
Madeleine White
Environmental Engineering, ’19; Civil Engineering, ’20
Location: Ventura, California
White credits Cal Poly for teaching her how to conduct research in an age of an overwhelming amount of information. Her education gave her a solid foundation in core concepts and taught her to identify quality resources amid the noise.
Ernesto Portillo Jr.
Mechanical Engineering, ’22; Engineering Management, ’23
Location: San Diego, California
“I feel very connected to Cal Poly,” Portillo Jr. said. “I look back on my time there with great fondness and can attest that a lot of who I am today is due to my growth as a Mustang.”
Kelsea Clays
Mechanical Engineering, ’24
Location: Seattle, Washington
Clays says that the Learn by Doing motto is what brought her to Cal Poly’s engineering program.
Saurav Gupta
Computer Science, ’24
Location: Lehi, Utah
Gupta chose engineering at Cal Poly for its strong computer science program and hands-on, Learn by Doing philosophy. While earning his master’s degree, he worked on challenging and meaningful research that helped prepare him for his career.
Diana Koralski
Computer Science and Business Administration, ’24
Location: Seattle, Washington
Koralski says the competitive computer science program and hands-on philosophy of Learn by Doing drove her to study engineering at Cal Poly.
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