From Curiosity to Impact
The Aggie Engineer Experience
Showcases Makerspaces Research & Internships Student Orgs & Teams Networking
Design, Present & Learn
Explore building on your great ideas. In project-based design courses and mentorship experiences, students tackle open-ended challenges, prototype solutions and present their work in public showcases. These experiences spark creativity, build technical and communication skills and help students proudly identify as Aggie Engineers from the very beginning of their UC Davis journey.
Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center
The ESDC is a hub for hands-on engineering and prototyping at UC Davis. This 23,000-square-foot facility equips students with cutting-edge tools, expert guidance and collaborative space to design, build and bring ideas to life.
Hands-On Skills
- Prototyping & Fabrication
- Design Process
- Technical Tool Mastery
- Collaborative Engineering
Student Startup Center
Located within the ESDC, this center promotes innovation and entrepreneurship. Students connect with mentors, shape business ideas and gain practical experience bringing their innovations to life. The SSC is open to all majors.
Hands-On Curriculum and Programming
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- Launching a Company
- Startup Speaker Series
- Innovation for Impact
- Certificate in Entrepreneurship
- PLASMA
- And more!
Conduct Research & Get Career Experience
Do meaningful work as an undergraduate student. Undergraduate research opportunities and internships allow students to apply classroom learning to unsolved problems, explore career paths and contribute to discoveries that advance society and industry.
Undergraduate Research
Internships
Join a Club
Experience the heart of the Aggie Engineer identity. Student-led engineering organizations offer opportunities to design, compete, serve and lead — while building collaboration across disciplines. Whether you're building rockets, designing AI-powered apps or mentoring peers, clubs help engineers find belonging and purpose.
Academic & Professional
These clubs bring students together to collaborate on coursework, projects and professional development while building academic confidence and peer support.
Competition
Competition teams challenge Aggie Engineers to design and build real-world solutions that are tested on the national and international stage.
Culture & Identity
These organizations create welcoming spaces where students find community and strengthen a sense of belonging in engineering.
Design, Make, Hack
These clubs give students space to code, build, experiment and bring creative ideas to life beyond the classroom.
Fraternity, Sorority, Honors Society
These groups foster connection and lifelong peer networks within the engineering community.
