Engineers Week 2026 Schedule
View the complete listing of this year's Engineers Week activities and events hosted by student clubs and other campus units.
Monday, February 23
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| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| 2 pm - 4 pm | Paper Boat Race (SHPE): Build and modify your own paper boat—then prepare to race! | Student Union 145 | |
| 4 pm - 6:30 pm | Life-Sized Operation (BMES): Try your hand at the operating table with removable “organs.” Be careful not to touch the metal edges or the buzzer will go off! | Student Union 210 | |
| 6 pm - 8 pm | Dodgeball (SEDS and AGC) | Student Union 210 |
Tuesday, February 24
TIME
| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| 10 am - 1 pm | Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Career Fair | Center for the Arts |
| 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Pinewood Derby (SAE) | Student Union 210 |
| 1 pm - 3 pm | Minigolf (AGC) | Student Union 145 |
| 3 pm - 5:30 pm | Styrofoam Car Building & Racing (ASME): A hands-on, creative workshop where participants design their own styrofoam cars. Students use electric foam cutters to shape styrofoam blocks into car bodies, with an emphasis on safety and precision. | Student Union 210 |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Egg Drop (IEEE): Students will compete to see who can keep their eggs from breaking as they drop them from high above the ground. Each round, students will have a limited amount of time to build their very own contraption that will not only keep their egg from breaking but be cheaper than everyone else competing. | Student Union 210 |
| 6 pm - 7 pm | Aquaponics (ESW): Come help us to set up an aquaponics system! Lab Safety Training is required. | 212 Jarvis Hall |
Wednesday, February 25
TIME
| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| Various times | SEAS Graduate Programs Virtual Info Sessions (Register here): 8:00 am - Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 9:00 am - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 10:00 am - Sustainable Transportation and Logistics 11:00 am - Biomedical Engineering | Online |
| 10 am - 12 pm | SEAS Information Session and Tour: Attend a brief presentation, followed by a tour of various SEAS departments and labs. Students will have the opportunity to explore different spaces and gain a general overview of the school’s environment. Register via Navigate | 112 Capen Hall |
| 12 pm - 1:30 pm | Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream (AIChE): AIChE will partner with the Chemical and BIological Engineering Department to make edible ice cream out of liquid nitrogen. | Student Union 145 |
| 1 pm - 3 pm | Newspaper Bridges (ASCE): Participants will be tasked to build a bridge out of newspapers. Each bridge will be tested to failure, earning points for how much weight it can withstand before failure. | Student Union 210 |
| 2 pm - 4:30 pm | Bottle Rockets (WoAA and SEDS): Students will be provided with empty plastic bottles they can modify and decorate in order to be more aerodynamic. | Student Union 145 |
| 4 pm - 5 pm | Tote Bag Painting (ESW): Decorate a reusable tote bag. | 377 Student Union |
| 5 pm - 7 pm | Spoon Catapult (SAE) | 210 Student Union |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Pollinators (ESW): Come help us create and take care of our pollinator gardens that are set up around North Campus! | 6 Clemens Hall |
| 6:30 pm - end | Pledge to Professionalism Ceremony (UB SEAS): Graduating Seniors only, registration required. Reception following the ceremony will be in the Davis Hall Atrium. | 190 Norton Hall (Woldman Theatre) |
Thursday, February 26
TIME
| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| Various | SEAS Graduate Programs Virtual Info Sessions (Register here): 9:00 am - Engineering Science, Robotics 10:00 am - Artificial Intelligience & Data Sciences | Online |
| 11 am - 2 pm | UB Graduate & Professional Schools Fair: Stop by to learn more about any of UB’s 300+ graduate programs. | SU Theater/Lounge |
| 12 pm - 3 pm | Engineering Hiring Summit (Career Design Center): Meet employers pushing boundaries in technology, infrastructure, energy, and beyond. Register via Bullseye powered by Handshake. | Davis Hall (Bansal Atrium) |
| 12 pm - 3:30 pm | Carnival Chaos (TPEC): A carnival-inspired game of felling “geese” instead of ducks. To gain advantages, players must correctly answer amusement-ride design trivia. | Student Union 145 |
| 3 pm - 5:30 pm | Pasta Towers (ASME): Compete to make the most sophisticated tower out of pasta! | Student Union 210 |
| 3:30 pm - 8 pm | Bots Maze (ASCE): Bots race to navigate their way through a maze made up of 2 by 4s. | Student Union 145 |
| 5:30 pm - 7 pm | Lego Building (IISE) | Student Union 215 |
| 6 pm - 7 pm | Aquaponics (ESW): Come help us to set up an aquaponics system! Lab Safety Training is required. | 212 Jarvis Hall |
| 7 pm - 8 pm | Algae (ESW): Come help us make biofuel out of algae! Lab Safety Training is required. | 212 Jarvis Hall |
| 8:30 pm - 11 pm | Battle Bots Arena Setup | Student Union 145 |
Friday, February 27
TIME
| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| Various | SEAS Graduate Programs Virtual Info Sessions (Register here): 8:00 am - Materials Design and Innovation 10:00 am - Industrial and Systems Engineering | Online |
| 8:30 am - 5:30 pm | Battle Bots: Come watch as each engineering club goes head-to-head in a battle bots competition! | Student Union 145 |
| 5 pm - 6 pm | Precious Plastics (ESW): Come help us turn recycled plastic into eco-bricks! Bring any plastic bottles you have. | 4 Clemens Hall |
| 6:30 pm - end | Pledge to Professionalism Make-up Ceremony (UB SEAS): Graduating seniors only, registration required. | 101 Davis Hall |