Recognized IRA Programs

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

CAFES IRA Programs

Program (click on name to read description)	IRA Program Coordinators / Contacts	Department
agBot Challenge Team	Bo Liu	BioResource & Ag Engineering
Ag Communications Boot Camp	Scott Vernon	Agricultural Education & Communication
Agricultural Media Summit	Scott Vernon	Agricultural Education & Communication
AMP'D Experience	Erin Gorter	Agricultural Education & Communication
Animal Science Academic Quadrathalon	Zach McFarlane	Animal Science
Applied Ecology	Nicholas Babin	Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences
ASABE 1/4 Scale Tractor	Mohammad Sadek	BioResource & Ag Engineering
ASABE Robotics Competition	Matt Haberland	BioResource & Ag Engineering
Cal Poly Eventing Team	Lou Moore-Jacobsen	Animal Science
Cal Poly Reined Cow Horse Team	Lou Moore-Jacobsen	Animal Science
Cal Poly Vines to Wines	Shohreh Niku	Wine and Viticulture
Dairy Challenge Consulting Competition	Julie Huzzey	Dairy Science
Dairy Quiz Bowl Team	George Gallagher	Dairy Science
Dressage Team	Lou Moore-Jacobsen	Animal Science
Equestrian Team	Lou Moore-Jacobsen	Animal Science
Food Science Scholastic Competition Teams	Luis Castro	Food, Science and Nutrition
Friends of the Farm	Ashraf Tubeileh	Horticulture & Crop Science
Future Fuels	Sara Kuwahara, Gregory Schwartz	BioResource & Ag Engineering
Innovation Sandbox (joint with all colleges)	Christiane Schroeter	Agribusiness
Judging - Dairy Cattle	Morgan Wonderly	Dairy Science
Judging - Dairy Products	Vincent Yeung	Dairy Science
Judging - Horse	Laura Young-Baldwin	Animal Science
Judging - Soils	Gordon Rees	Natural Resources Management
Judging - Livestock	Morgan Wonderly	Animal Science
Logging Team	Samantha Gill	Natural Resources Management
Marine Mammal Rehabilitation	Heather Harris	Animal Science
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related Sciences (MANRRS)	Ann De Lay	Agricultural Education & Communication
Mustang Zymurgists	Luis Castro	Food, Science and Nutrition
NACTA Professional Research Conference	Ann De Lay	Agricultural Education & Communication
National Ag Marketing Team (NAMA)	Lisa Cork	Agribusiness
National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE)	Cyrus Ramezani	Agricultural Education & Communication
National Collegiate Agriculture Conference	Haley Marconett	Agricultural Education & Communication
National Collegiate Landscape Competition	Benjamin K. Hoover	Horticulture & Crop Science
National Grocers Association Student Case Study Competition	Richard Volpe	Agribusiness
Nutrition Aces Program	Kari Pilolla	Food, Science and Nutrition
Polo Team	Megan Judge	Agribusiness
Poly Range & Wildlands	Marc Horney	Animal Science
Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit	Cyrus Ramezani	Agribusiness
SAIFD American Institute of Floral Designers Convention & Design	Melinda Lynch	Horticulture & Crop Science
Sustainable Agriculture/Eco-Farm Conference	Claire Balint	CAFES Center for Sustainability
Tractor Pull Team	Gregory Schwartz	BioResource & Ag Engineering
Vet Science	Kim Sprayberry	Animal Science
Young Farmer and Rancher Collegiate Discussion Meet	Scott Vernon	Agricultural Education & Communication

College of Architecture and Environmental Design

CAED IRA Programs

Program (click on name to read description)	IRA Program Coordinators / Contacts	Department
American Planning Association Conferences	Amir Hajrasouliha	City & Regional Planning
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meetings	Beverly Bass	Landscape Architecture
ARCE/ARCH/CM Annual Field Trip	Peter Laursen	Architectural Engineering
Architectural Engineering Institute Student Competition	Allen Estes	Architectural Engineering
ASC Region 7 Student Construction Management Competition	Al Hauck	Construction Management
Bank of America Low Income Housing Challenge	TBD	Architecture
Chumash Show	Doug Jackson	Architecture
Collaborative Design Studio: ACSA/AISC Steel Competition	Kevin Dong & Tom Fowler	Architectural Engineering
Developing Nations Design Build Consortium	Kevin Dong & Tom Fowler	Architectural Engineering
Innovation Sandbox (joint with all colleges)	Clare Olsen	Architecture
International Seismic Design Team	Anahid Behrouzi	Architectural Engineering
LA Design Week	Joseph Ragsdale	Landscape Architecture
NAHB Residential Construction Competition	Stacy Kolegraff	Construction Management
Poly Canyon Days	James Mwangi	CAED Dean's Office
Structural Engineering Annual Convention	Allen Estes	Architectural Engineering
Structural Engineering Students for Humanity	James Mwangi	Architectural Engineering
Student Leadership in Green Infrastructure	Ellen Burke	Landscape Architecture
Workshop for Student Leaders	Allen Estes	Architectural Engineering

Orfalea College of Business

OCOB IRA Programs

Program (click on name to read description)	IRA Program Coordinators / Contacts	Department
American Marketing Association (AMA) Competition	Greg Steinberger	Marketing
Business Plan Competition and National Conference	Thomas Katona	Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Cal Poly Real Estate Challenge	Hamed Ghoddusi	Finance
Field Studies	Bruce Greenbaum	Orfalea College of Business Dean's Office
Industrial Technology Professional Conference	Rafael Guerra Silva	Industrial Technology
Innovation Sandbox	Thomas Katona	Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
MBA Field Studies	Benjamin Alexander	Orfalea College of Buisiness Dean's Office
Mulroy Real Estate Challenge	Pratish Patel	Finance
Pack Expo	Koushik Saha	Industrial Technology
Sales Development Program	Danielle Epstein	Marketing
Student Competitions	Bruce Greenbaum	Orfalea College of Business Dean's Office
Transpack Forum	Koushik Saha	Industrial Technology
VentureWell (Formerly National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Open)	Thomas Katona	Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Women's Business Leadership Academy	Mallory Stoffel	Orfalea College of Business Dean's Office

College of Engineering

CENG IRA Programs

Program (click on name to read description)	IRA Program Coordinators / Contacts	Department
Aircraft Construction Activity	Paulo Iscold	Aerospace Engineering
ASCE Concrete Canoe & Steel Bridge Team	Garrett Hall	Civil & Environmental Engineering
ASME Human Powered Vehicle	Ramanan Sritharan	Mechanical Engineering
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Student Section	Hans Mayer	Mechanical Engineering
Associated Schools of Construction	Hani Alzraiee	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Baja SAE	John Fabijanic	Mechanical Engineering
Cal Poly Amusement Park Engineers and Designers	Melinda Keller	Mechanical Engineering
Cal Poly Bicycle Builders	Andrew Kean	Mechanical Engineering
Cal Poly Formula SAE Electric	John Fabijanic	Mechanical Engineering
Cal Poly Hyperloop and Tunneling	Xi Wu	Mechanical Engineering
Crafting Textile Games	April Grow	Computer Science and Software Engineering
Community Service Operations Research	Tali Freed	Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Computer Engineering Society - Autonomous Robot Showcase	Lynne Slivovsky	Computer Engineering Program
Design/Build/Fly	Paulo Iscold	Aerospace Engineering
EMPOWER	Lily Laiho	Biomedical & General Engineering
Engineers Without Borders - Local Projects	Lizabeth Thompson	College of Engineering
Engineers Without Borders, Thailand	Jane Lehr	College of Engineering
Engineers Without Borders, Nicaragua	Lizabeth Thompson	College of Engineering
Engineers Without Borders, Kenya	Jane Lehr	College of Engineering
Engineers Without Borders, Fiji	Lizabeth Thompson	College of Engineering
Engineers Without Borders General	Lizabeth Thompson	College of Engineering
ENVE Competitions	Tracy Thatcher	Civil & Environmental Engineering
EPA Campus Challenge Design Team Competition	Stefan Talke	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (Formula SAE)	John Fabijanic	Mechanical Engineering
GeoWall Competition	Nephi Derbidge	Civil & Environmental Engineering
HSTAR-Human Space Technology & Research	Peter Schuster	Mechanical Engineering
IEEE Student Branch	Dale Dolan	Electrical Engineering
IME Research Presentation Experience	Mohamed Awwad	Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Innovation Sandbox	Thomas Katona	Biomedical & General Engineering
International Seismic Design Team	Anahid Behrouzi	Architectural Engineering
Medical Design	Ben Hawkins	Biomedical & General Engineering
Metal 3D Printing Research	Xuan Wang	Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Micro Systems Technology	Hans Mayer	Mechanical Engineering
Motor Car Electric Porsche	John Ridgely	Mechanical Engineering
NASA Exploration Engineering	Peter Schuster	Mechanical Engineering
oSTEM Hackathon Competition	Lizabeth Thompson	General Engineering
PACED Performance Automotive Communication Engineering and Design	Kevin Williams	Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
PolyGAIT RFID Center	Tali Freed	Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Prototype Vehicle Laboratory (PROVE Lab)	Paulo Iscold	Aerospace Engineering
Robotics	John Seng	Computer Science and Software Engineering
Seperatrix	Eric Mehiel	Aerospace Engineering
SLO Propulsion Technologies	Dianne DeTurris	Aerospace Engineering
Society of Automotive Engineers	John Fabijanic	Mechanical Engineering
Solar Regatta	Joy Lane	Mechanical Engineering
Cal Poly Space Systems	Dianne DeTurris	Aerospace Engineering
Student Fabrication Labs	James Widmann	Mechanical Engineering
Supermileage Vehicle Team	Alan Zhang	Mechanical Engineering
Team Tech	Helene Finger	Women's Engineering Program
Transportation Student Projects	Anurag Pande	Civil & Environmental Engineering
User-Centered Design, Research, and Development	Jenny Wang	Computer Science and Software Engineering
VentureWell	Thomas Katona	Biomedical & General Engineering
Water, Energy, and Sustainability Training Team (WESTT)	Tryg Lundquist & Caitlin Putvin	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Wind Power Design	Andrew Kean	Mechanical Engineering

College of Liberal Arts

CLA IRA Programs

Program (click on name to read description)	IRA Program Coordinators / Contacts	Department
Book Arts Lab (formerly Byzantium)	Shanae Martinez	English
Central Coast PRspectives (CCPR)	Yan Shan & Cassandra Sherburne	Journalism
Debate	Christopher Skiles & John Patrick	Communication Studies
Film Festivals and Entertainment Expositions	Emily Ryalls	Interdisciplinary Studies in Liberal Arts
The Forum: Journal of History	Lewis Call	History
Innovation Sandbox (joint with all colleges)	David Askay	Graphic Communication
Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl	Jacob Sparks	Philosophy
Media and Communication Research Initiative	Hocheol Yang & Aubrie Adams	Graphic Communication & Communication Studies
Mock Trial	Todd Porter	Political Science
Model United Nations	Craig Arceneaux	Political Science
Phoenix Challenge	Dina Vees	Graphic Communication
Political Science Journal "Paideia"	Anika Leithner	Political Science
RAW (Journal showcasing the work of Art and Design students)	Lana Z Caplan	Art and Design
Soundings (formerly RSVP Productions)	Julie Herndon	Music
Shakespeare Press Museum	Ken Macro	Graphic Communication
Sprinkle: An Undergraduate Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies	Elizabeth Adan	Women's & Gender Studies
Student Opera Theater	Scott Glysson & Amy Goymerac	Music
Teach English in Mexico	Tanya Chroman & Nancy Rucci	World Languages and Cultures
Technical Association of the Graphic Arts	Ruoxi Ma	Graphic Communication
University Graphic Systems (UGS)	Xiaoying Rong	Graphic Communication

College of Science and Mathematics

CSM IRA Programs

Program (click on name to read description)	IRA Program Coordinators / Contacts	Department
Innovation Sandbox (joint with all colleges)	Erik Sapper	Physics
Liberal Studies Arts & Teaching Program	Bronwyn Ciccone	Liberal Studies
Mathematics Competition	Jonathan Shapiro	Mathematics
Student Research Program	Emi Youngquist	College of Science and Mathematics Dean's Office

University Interest

University Interest IRA Programs

Program (click on name to read description)	IRA Program Coordinators / Contacts	Department
Annual School of Education Film Event	Tanya Flushman	School of Education
Appropriate Technology and People	Pete Schwartz	Physics
Arab Music Ensemble	Kenneth Habib	Music
ASA DataFest	Emily Robinson	Statistics
Bach Week	David Arrivee / Scott Glysson	Music
Cal Poly Food Day Planning Team	Anna Cahn & Kari Pilolla	Kinesiology
Cal Poly Lion Dance Team	Grace Yeh	Ethnic Studies
Cal Poly Plant Conservatory	Matt Ritter	Biological Sciences
Campus Community Garden	Jasna Jovanovic	University Honors Program
Chamber Music Ensembles	Alicia Doyle	Music
Combined Choirs	Scott Glysson	Music
Community Based Learning	Bradley Kyker	Student Life & Leadership
Concert Band Program (Wind Orchestra)	Christopher Woodruff	Music
CPTV Cal Poly Television	Richard Gearhart & Cassandra Sherburne	Journalism
Cross-Cultural Seminars	Caprial Koe	Dean of Students
Drama	Brian Healy	Theatre and Dance
Fitness Assessment Team	Christine Hackman & Julia Jones	Kinesiology
Green Initiative Fund	Claire Bailint	Architecture
Health Ambassadors	Suzanne Phelan	Kinesiology
Honors Service Group	Jasna Jovanovic	Honors- Academic Programs
KCPR Radio	Patti Piburn & Cassandra Sherburne	Journalism
Manzanar Pilgrimage	Grace Yeh	Ethnic Studies
The Masculinity Collaborative	Diana Ortiz Giron	Psychology & Child Development
Cal Poly Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)	Mark Haley	Campus Health & Wellbeing
Mustang News	Jon Schlitt	Journalism
Orchesis Dance Company	Diana Stanton	Theatre and Dance
Pilipino Cultural Night	Ryan Buyco	Ethnic Studies
Poly Canyon Days	James Mwangi	CAED
PolyFit	Cory Greever	Kinesiology
PULSE-Peer Health Education	Kimme Huntington	Campus Health and Wellbeing
Rodeo	Ben Londo	College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Science
Rose Float	Josh D'acquisto	ASI
Symphony	David Arrivee	Music
University Art Gallery	Garet Zook	Art and Design
University Jazz Band	Christopher Woodruff	Music

University Interest Student Affairs

Dean of Students

University Interest Student Affairs IRA Programs

Program (click on name to read description)	IRA Program Coordinators / Contacts	Department
Alternative Breaks	Bradley Kyker	Student Life & Leadership
Civic Engagement Programs: Change the Status Quo	Bradley Kyker	Student Life & Leadership
Civic Engagement Programs: Diversity Education	Caprial Koe	Student Life & Leadership
Gender Equity Programs	Diana Ortiz Giron	Student Life & Leadership
LGBTQIA Programs	Agustin Garcia Badillo	Student Life & Leadership
The Masculinity Collaborative	Diana Ortiz Giron	Men & Masculinity
Multi-Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Programs	Caprial Koe	Student Life & Leadership
SAFER Crisis Services	Kara Samaniego	Campus Health & Wellbeing
SAFER Education Services	Kara Samaniego	Campus Health & Wellbeing
Wellbeing Ambassador Program	Kari Mansager	Campus Health & Wellbeing