Student engagement and enthusiasm is key to a successful program. It is crucial that new students feel connected to the profession early in their career; that they should have opportunities where they "Feel Like an Engineer".
The Pearl Sullivan Engineering IDEAs Clinic hit a home run with Engineering Design Days, which are multi-day events that immerse teams of students in large, hands-on, open-ended engineering design problems. Modeled on the concept of a “hackathon”, students embrace the intensity and bring their best to solving these challenging real world problems.
Students working on scanning tunneling microscopes in Nano Engineering Design Days
Students working on water clock project for Mech Days in spring 2019
Student bridge designs from Civil Engineering Design Day, Fall 2023
Management Engineering students presenting their work in a first year financial technology Case Day.
