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Dr. Nicole Johnson-Glauch is the Director of General Engineering and a professor in Materials Engineering.  She has been at Cal Poly since 2019 and started as Director for General Engineering in September of 2025. Dr. Johnson-Glauch’s immediate goal for the program is to create community that is inclusive and emphasizes the wellbeing of staff, students, and faculty.

Her research is in an area of engineering education called participatory action research. Student participants are active members of the research team alongside staff and faculty. This style of research seeks to create institutional policies and activities that help students of varying backgrounds succeed in engineering. Dr. Johnson-Glauch is part of a group developing the EPIC + SURP program, which synergizes the existing EPIC and SURP programs at Cal Poly. Students in this program give back to the community by guiding middle and high school students through engineering activities. Additionally, these students gain critical research skills through studying the effectiveness of the EPIC program.

Campus Location: Building 192, Room 320

Email: njohns66@calpoly.edu

Office Phone: 805-756-6339

Administrative Support

Meredith Rubin

805-756-6368

mgrubin@calpoly.edu

Affiliated faculty

Megan Schuler-Jones MEP Advisor: mcschule@calpoly.edu

Thomas Katona Assoc. Professor, Orfalea College of Business Asst. Professor, Biomedical Engineering: 41A-227 tkatona@calpoly.edu

Lily Laiho Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering: 13-260A llaiho@calpoly.edu

Lynne Slivovsky Professor, Electrical Engineering & Director, Computer Engineering Program: 20-313 lslivovs@calpoly.edu

Jim Widmann Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering: 13-252A jwidmann@calpoly.edu

Karla Carichner Lecturer: 92M-103 kcarichn@calpoly.edu

Vladimir Prodanov Assoc. Professor, Electrical Engineering: 20A-308 vprodano@calpoly.edu

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