Centers, Institutes, and Specialized Laboratories/Facilities
Centers and Institutes
- List of Centers and Institutes
- Link to Center or Institute Status Change Request Form (For centers requesting to reactivate, transition to inactive status, extend inactive status or to dissolve center or institute.)
Establishing a Center at Cal Poly
- Policy for the Establishment, Evaluation and Discontinuation of University Centers and Institutes (pdf)
- Flow chart for proposal and approval of a new center or institute (pdf)
Periodic Review of Campus Centers and Institutes
- Periodic Review Policy (pdf or Word doc)
- Please email research@calpoly.edu for Periodic Review Schedule
Name Change Requests/Updates to Mission or Internal Organizational Protocol
- Procedures and Sample Requests for Name Change Requests/Updates to Mission or Internal Organizational Protocol (pdf or Word doc)
Specialized Equipment Available for Use
The Shared Equipment spreadsheet (Excel file on OneDrive) contains a list of equipment avalable at Cal Poly that the owners are generously open to sharing. Contact the person listed on the spreadsheet for sharing requirements, which may include contributions for consumables and maintenance.
Specialized Laboratories/Facilities
Those who wish to engage in research collaboration with Cal Poly (including tenants of the Technology Park) may access a variety of specialized, on-campus facilities and equipment, including:
- Analytical instrumentation
- Specialized research databases and search services
- Earthquake simulation equipment
- Geographical information systems (GIS) centers
- Irrigation practice field
- Rapid prototyping laboratory
- Remote technologies laboratory
- Scanning electron and atomic force microscopes
- Traffic control simulation center
- Transportation electronics laboratory
- Usability testing facilities
- Videoconferencing facilities
- Wind tunnel
Additional information on research and faculty expertise in the academic departments can be accessed through the College or Department home pages. In addition, the following projects/laboratories have provided direct links to their web pages:
