UB Engineers Week 2025 Schedule
Check out the complete listing of this year's Engineers Week activities and events.
Monday, February 17
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| 9am - 11am | Paper Boat Race (SHPE): Students build and modify their own paper boats and prepare to race! | 235 Student Union |
| 10am - 12pm | The Carnival Challenge (TPEC) : A carnival-inspired game of felling “geese” instead of ducks. To gain advantages, players must correctly answer amusement-ride design trivia. | 145 Student Union |
| 11am - 3pm | Name that Car Part (SAE): An educational challenge to test knowledge of car parts, their functions and the mechanical components in automobiles. | 210 Student Union Landmark Room |
| 5pm - 6pm | 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. | 145 Student Union |
Tuesday, February 18
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| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| 4pm - 6pm | Lift Off (SEDS): Join SEDS for a bottle rocket competition! Students will be provided with empty plastic bottles they can modify and decorate in order to be more aerodynamic. | 145 Student Union |
Wednesday, February 19
TIME
| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| 12pm - 3pm | Bots Maze (ASCE): Bots race to navigate their way through a maze made up of 2X4s. | 145 Student Union |
| 3:30pm - 6pm | Drone Race (AIAA x UB Drone Club): Drone racers maneuver through cones, rings, poles and other obstacles on their way to the finish line. | 145 Student Union |
| 3:30pm - 6pm | 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 Flag Room |
| 4pm - 6pm | Life Size Operation (BMES): Join BMES and play Life Sized Operation. There will be a large table representing the human body with removable “organs.” Be careful not to touch the metal edges or the buzzer will go off! | 235 Student Union |
| 5pm - 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 Woldman Theatre |
Thursday, February 20
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| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| 2pm - 5pm | Dream Lab and Engineering for Kids Workshops: Have you ever considered working with kids to teach them the engineering concepts you have learned? Join us for engaging hands-on workshops to see how these concepts are taught to children! Register for one of our three workshops on our SEAS DREAM Lab page on UB Linked. | 118 Bonner Hall |
| 4pm - 6pm | Rube Goldberg (SASE): Teams will have 1.5 hours to build a Rube Goldberg machine using different types of movement using the provided materials. The team that has the longest possible machine will win! | 145 Student Union |
| 5pm - 6pm | Liquid Nitrogen Icecream (AIChE): AIChE will partner with the Chemical and BIological Engineering Department to make edible ice cream out of liquid nitrogen 🍦 | Student Union Flag Room |
Friday, February 21
TIME
| EVENT
| LOCATION
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| 8am - 5pm | Battle Bots: Come watch as each engineering club goes head-to-head in a battle bots competition! | 145 Student Union |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | Demystifying the Tesla Recruitment Process | 210 Student Union Landmark Room |
| 11:00am - 2:30pm | Tesla Tabling Event in Engineering Building | Bansal Atrium Davis Hall |
| 12pm - 4pm | DREAM Lab X Mini Battle Bots: Tinker with and battle mini battle bots as you watch engineering clubs go head-to-head in competition. | Outside 145 Student Union |
| 2pm - 4pm | TechBuffalo Tabling: Learn about summer internship opportunities and their PowerUp Tech program. | 145 Student Union |
| 6pm - end | Pledge to Professionalism Ceremony MAKE-UP (UB SEAS): Graduating Seniors only, registration required. Reception following the ceremony will be in the Davis Hall Atrium. | 101 Davis |