Outstanding Engineering Accomplishments
There are several student competitions each year that allow you to present your hard work and compete with students from other schools. Entries include design projects, academic papers, and research conducted with faculty members. Students also enter their entrepreneurial inventions in the Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards to vie for prize money to fund their own business or product or incubate their own idea through the Western Mass Innovation Jam. With a growing interest among engineering students to work in the automotive industry, the Golden Bear Racing Club was established to design, develop, and produce an off-road vehicle that competed in the national Baja SAE® competition. Mini-Baja racing is a form of off-road “dune buggy” style racing on dirt or sand courses.