Cal Poly graduate Matthew Eggers and the team at Magictecture were asked by YouTuber Mark Rober to design and build a backyard roller coaster as part of a Make-a-Wish request for a young boy. Listen to his interview with Interim Dean Robert Crockett here.

Watch Mark Rober's full video at tinyurl.com/backyardcoaster.

Learn more about Magictecture and the company's backyard roller coasters at magictecture.com.

Learn more about Matthew Eggers at mattheweggersportfolio.com.

On this episode of Dean Digs Deeper, Interim Dean Robert Crockett sits down with computer engineering student Caitlin Osorio, Professor Javier Gonzalez-Sanchez and Professor Rafael Guerra Silva to talk about the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Cal Poly.

In the inaugural episode of Dean Digs Deeper, Cal Poly's College of Engineering Interim Dean Robert Crockett sits down with Nick Mackechnie (ASCE Championships Host Chair) and Ryan Hanlon (ASCE Championships Host Vice Chair) to talk about this year's ASCE Championships hosted at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California.

When:

June 26-29

Where:

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Learn more about the 2025 ASCE Championships:

https://www.cpslosce.com/championships

Volunteer:

https://www.cpslosce.com/volunteer

Civil Engineering Student Championships Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/cesc2025/

For questions, email Nick Mackechnie at nmackech@calpoly.edu.