Centers and Institutes

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE	DIRECTOR/LEAD PERSON
Agricultural Safety Institute (inactive)	Richard Cavaletto, Agricultural Engineering
Dairy Products Technology Center	Phillip Tong, Dairy Science
Irrigation Training & Research Center	Stuart Styles, BioResource and Agricultural Engineering
Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute	Rich Thompson, Natural Resources Management

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Collaborative-Agent Design (CAD) Research Center	Jens Pohl, Architecture
Design & Construction Institute	Richard Zweifel, College of Architecture
California Center for Construction Education	Barbara Jackson, Construction Management Department

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Cal Poly National Pool Industry Research Center	Damian Kachlakev, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Center for Sustainability in Engineering	Linda Vanasupa, Materials Engineering Alypios Chatziioanou, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electric Power Institute	Ahmad Nafisi, Electrical Engineering

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Central Coast Center for Arts Education	Susan Duffy, Liberal Studies
Graphic Communication Institute	Harvey Levenson, Graphic Communication

INTERDISCIPLINARY
Coastal Resources Institute	James Vilkitis, Natural Resources Management
Environmental Biotechnology Institute	Raul Cano, Biological Sciences
Institute for Policy Research (inactive)	Vacant
Renewable Energy Institute	Margot McDonald, Architecture

COLLABORATIVE UNITS
Brock Center for Agricultural Communication Colleges of Liberal Arts and Agriculture	Richard Gearhart, Agricultural Education
University Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education Colleges of Education and Science and Mathematics	Susan Elrod, College of Science and Mathematics

Proposed Centers and Institutes (In Development)
Cal Poly Center for Global Automatic Identification Technologies Interdisciplinary	Tali Freed, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Center for Coastal Marine Sciences	Mark Moline, Biological Sciences
Energy Technology Applications Center	TBD
Project-based Learning Institute	Zahed Sheikholeslami, College of Engineering