May 18, 2026 Cal Poly CAPED Team Wins First Place, Impact Award at National Ride Engineering Competition (opens in new tab)

Contact: Emily Slater, 805-266-0208; emslater@calpoly.edu Student-built attraction earns top West Division honors in Hershey SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly’s student organization Cal Poly Amusement Park Engineers and Designers, or CAPED, earned first place in the West Division and the Impact Award at the national 2026 Ride Engineering Competition, held April 11 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Members of Cal Poly’s CAPED team pose with Round Table Twirl: A Knight’s Ascension at the 2026 Ride Eng...