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Published on October 29, 2026

CPP Engineering Professor Receives IEOM Distinguished Educator Award

Shokoufeh Mirzaei, professor and chair of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, received the 2026 Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Distinguished Educator Award.
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Published on October 27, 2026

Tarkington Business Futures Institute Launches Speaker Series on the Future of Business

The College of Business Administration’s Tarkington Business Futures Institute (TBFI) has launched Tarkington Research Horizons, a cross-disciplinary monthly speaker series that brings scholars from across ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog into conversation with the business community.
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Published on October 2026

Automation, Hurricanes, AI Ethics, and Two Student Fellowships

This issue recaps our inaugural Tarkington Research Horizons talk and follows our faculty to a climate finance conference in Montréal, an AI ethics panel on campus, and the pages of Inc.
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Published on September 17, 2026

CPP Faculty Receive Inaugural CSU LIFT Awards to Advance Career-Ready Learning

Two ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog faculty members among the inaugural recipients of the California State University’s Learning Innovation for Future-Forward Teaching (LIFT) awards.
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Published on Spring 2026

Where Machines Talk to Each Other and Industry Listens

In a bright, humming lab inside ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s College of Engineering, a robotic arm lifts a freshly machined part from a conveyor belt.
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Published on December 23, 2025

Smart Manufacturing Market Set to Revolutionize Industry 4.0

The Smart Manufacturing Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10% during the forecasting period 2024-2031.
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Published on December 22, 2025

LABJ Insider: Bar Association Lands Scholarship Gift

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog has received a $7.5 million National Science Foundation grant — one of the largest in its history — to launch the Center for Research Advancement in Smart Manufacturing (CREST-RASM).
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Published on December 23, 2025

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog awarded $7.5 million grant to launch center for research advancement in smart manufacturing | Los Angeles Business Journal

Today’s CSU media roundup includes an LA Business Journal article that mentions CREST-RASM. It is the leading entry under CSU News.
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Published on December 11, 2025

$7.5M grant will fund AI research center at ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog

The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog a $7.5 million grant for the creation of the college’s Center for Research Advancement in Smart Manufacturing, or CREST-RASM, which will help budding engineers and scientists understand manufacturing systems, according to a news release at cpp.edu/news.
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Published on November 18, 2025

CPP aims to reach forefront of digital intelligence manufacturing technology with $7.5M grant

The Center for Research Advancement in Smart Manufacturing received a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to place ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog at the forefront of research for digital intelligence manufacturing.

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Published on November 7, 2026

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Receives $7.5M NSF Grant to Launch National Smart Manufacturing Research Center

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog (CPP) a $7.5 million grant, one of the largest in the university’s history, to establish the Center for Research Advancement in Smart Manufacturing (CREST-RASM).

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Published on November 6, 2025

Cal Poly Pomona’s $7.5 million boost for smart manufacturing leadership

One of the largest research grants in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s history is set to transform both the university and the future of American manufacturing. With $7.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, the university’s College of Engineering will launch the Center for Research Advancement in Smart Manufacturing, known as CREST-RASM.
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Published on November 3, 2025

CPP Awarded $7.5M to Launch National Smart Manufacturing Research Center

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog has received a $7.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation — one of the largest research investments in the university’s history — to establish the Center for Research Advancement in Smart Manufacturing (CREST-RASM).