Dynamic competitions. Practical skills.
There's only so much you can learn from a textbook or a whiteboard. Engineers need to take things apart and put them back together. They need to test things and constantly improve on them. That often means working with people from different disciplines to make something together.
In 2017, Watson College created a program called "Watson Competes!" that encapsulates all the different ways students have been gaining the practical skills they need with the added bonus of fun competitions, friendships and even a few awards.
ÂÌñÉç Motorsports Formula team
The ÂÌñÉç student chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), also known as ÂÌñÉç Motorsports, is working on an electric Formula vehicle.
ÂÌñÉç Motorsports Baja team
Students have been developing Baja vehicles as a way to learn engineering principles — and they're also a lot of fun.
ÂÌñÉç Rover Team
Engineering, computer science, biology and geology all came together to build a functional rover for Mars and beyond.
HackBU
HackBU exists to foster a community of individuals who solve problems through the innovative use of technology.