Picnic Day

Come get your hands sticky and create your own slime! Whether you're a slime enthusiast or a first-timer, this interactive activity is perfect for all ages. Bring your friends and family to join us to see the reaction happen!

Watch current UCD Chemical Engineering Students prepare sorbet with liquid nitrogen, for both the public and alumni to enjoy!

Learn about our club and the process of water Treatment by building your own mini water filter!

Navigate your way through a maze made entirely of laser beams. Sure to be one of Picnic Day’s most popular attractions. Get there early to avoid long lines!

Experience cutting edge research conducted by the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and learn about how we are working to make the world more sustainable. Meet undergraduate and graduate students to support them and watch them showcase their amazing work.

Relax, recharge and reconnect with fellow engineering alumni. Join us for shade and snacks, participate in a gyroscope spinning competition, and snag some College of Engineering swag. Family members and friends of the college are welcome!

Travel the realms of medical menaces. Watch Biomedical Engineering save the day. 

Future Engineers, Designers, and Creatives Unite! Have you ever seen a 3-D printer in action? We are sure these are the "droids" you are looking for. Who needs a Light Saber when you can cut with a Laser!

Check out the Steel Bridge: Team Chrome Ollie's Bridge on Exhibit!

Learn about earthquakes:

1. Build your own K'Nex structures (the taller the better!) and test them with real earthquake motions on a shake table. 

2. Create your own earthquake by jumping on a shake pad as we record these! 

UC Davis Civil and Environmental Art Gallery

Engage with our engineers, rev up with hands-on activities, and cruise through the future of mobility. Get charged up for fun, innovation, and a spin in the electrifying world of Electric Vehicles!

Come all to S.E.M.'s magic show to see wondrous feats that perplex the mind and make one believe in magic! That is, unless MASC has something to say about it.

Come and interact with senior students in Electrical and Computer Engineering demonstrating amazing robots racing around a complex track.