Engineers Week

The UC Davis College of Engineering, joining colleges and universities across the country, will celebrate Engineers Week (E-Week) with an ambitious schedule of activities and programs that focus on engineering accomplishments.

The week-long event is designed to enhance the public perception of the engineering profession, while also encouraging outreach efforts to promote pre-college interest in STEM education.

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E-Week 2023 Events

Space Kahoot Trivia

Join us for Space Trivia with Space and Satellite systems hosted by the club leads. Learn about CubeSat development and engineering!

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Club Fair

Destress with CALESS

Join us and take a quick break to destress and have some fun with CALESS!

Trivia Night with WiCS

Join Women in Computer Science for a fun trivia night on Tuesday, February 21st from 6:30-7:30pm in the TLC 1010! Topics include Computer Science concepts, women in STEM, Davis fun facts, and more! We will also be providing dinner, we hope to see you there!

Feb 21, 2023 @ 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teaching and Learning Complex 1010
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Los Alamos National Laboratory: Creating the Future

Join the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in celebrating Engineers Week with their presentations on how engineers impact the world. Engineers play a vital role in innovating solutions to global challenges that impact future generations.

Coffee with College Leadership

Mini Build/Paint Workshop with WMC

Join the Women Machinists' Club (WMC) for a fun creative building and painting workshop! Make a desk organizer, small planter, or whatever sparks your imagination with the provided wood, wood glue, and painting supplies.

Bowling with SWE and BMES

Have some fun bowling with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at the MU Arcade!

Four members of the Society of Women Engineers club at UC Davis

Tea with SWE

Grab a mug and join us for some tea at our E-Week event: Tea with SWE on February 22nd from 6-7 pm at TLC 2218! This is a fun and relaxing opportunity to drink some nice, hot cup of tea while meet other engineering students. Everyone is welcome!

Feb 22, 2023 @ 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teaching and Learning Complex 2218
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Los Alamos National Laboratory: Creating the Future

Coffee Needs Research: UC Davis’ New Coffee Center Dedicated June 25th

Breakfast Break with COFFEE

To align with their mission to create a deeper connection within the Electrical Engineering department, join COFFEE and interact with fellow students and staff of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. Bagels and coffee will be provided!

Get to know the EUO! Q&A with Engineering Undergraduate Office Peer Advisors, Music and Chill FREE FOOD and MERCH RAFFLE!

Peer Social with Peer Advisors

Engineering Undergraduate Office peer advisors are holding a meet and greet with engineering students. Hang out with fellow engineers and enjoy free food and drinks!

Dean’s Distinguished Speaker: Linsey Marr Presents “An Engineering Perspective on the Secret Lives of Airborne Viruses”

Join us for the launch of the College of Engineering Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series. Our winter quarter edition features Linsey Marr, the Charles P.

Feb 23, 2023 @ 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Student Community Center Multi-Purpose Room
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Engineering Intern Panel

Join Davis Undergraduate Engineering Network (DUEN) to hear from UC Davis students of various engineering backgrounds about how to apply to internships and their firsthand experience at companies like HP Inc., Bayer, Docusign, and more!

Movie Night with OneLoop

Join us for a movie night and a quick intro to OneLoop! Dinner and snacks will be provided!

Game Night with Quantum Computing Club

Game night with food, board games, digital games, card games and even a demo of a computer game the club has created!

Feb 23, 2023 @ 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Teaching and Learning Complex 1214
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Roast Your Own Coffee

Come learn how to roast your own coffee with equipment provided by the coffee lab, learning how to take a bean and produce your own black coffee. You will also be able to drink your own creation!

Water Filtration Workshop

Join Engineers Without Borders at a technical workshop event that will teach you about water filtration and be able to use these skills in a real-life situation (like our project in Peru!)

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Creating the Future

In honor of National Engineers Week 2023, the University of California is highlighting the achievements and contributions of UC engineers in the areas of Health Engineering, Sustainability, Cybersecurity and Privacy and Inclusive Engineering.

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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

We are celebrating Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day) on Feb. 23, which aims to show girls how engineers change the world.

Speaking of introducing girls to engineering - last September, UC Davis hosted 40 Black/African American middle and high school students for Ujima Day. The Ujima Girls in Robotics Leadership (GIRL) Project is a mentoring collective that aims to address the significant challenges of inclusion and equity for Black/African American middle school and high school girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.

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UC Davis Engineers
Creating the Future

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Health Engineering

Cyborg Cells Could Be Tools for Health and Environment

Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created semi-living “cyborg cells.” Retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate, the cyborg cells could have a wide range of applications, from producing therapeutic drugs to cleaning up pollution.

Professor Ruihong Zhang, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering works with student in lab

Sustainability

Farms to Fungi to Food: Growing the Next Generation of Alternative Protein

A solution to world hunger might start with boba and caviar.

Using an innovative process, engineers at UC Davis are growing “myco-foods” — small balls of edible fungi that can be processed into products like boba and lab-grown caviar with a wide range of textures, colors and flavors.

Cybersecurity and Privacy

Good AI vs. Bad AI

Online life has become increasingly mediated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Nearly 70% of all videos watched on YouTube are recommended by its AI algorithm, and that number is even higher on social media services like Instagram and TikTok. Though these AI algorithms can help users find content that’s interesting to them, they raise serious privacy concerns.

Inclusive Engineering

Engineering AvenueE

Five years of guiding community college students to success at the UC Davis College of Engineering.

AvenueE is a program within the College of Engineering that is designed to help community college transfer students smoothly transition to UC Davis, and ultimately, a career in engineering or computer science.