Student Teams and Organizations

How engineers are applying their expertise for future planning.

WECE is a student-run, diversity-focused organization dedicated to the personal and professional growth of those committed to innovation and excellence in electrical and computer engineering fields.

Despite a delay due to COVID-19, U-M fielded four teams in the annual programming competition.

The games were conceived and developed by teams of students working remotely during the summer of Covid.

In observance of the holiday that marks the end of chattel slavery, faculty, students, and alumni performed music, shared personal stories, and presented a proposal to the EECS chairs for initiatives to enhance diversity and equity and realize systemic equality in the department.

The College of Engineering recognized Pierce with the Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award for his support and commitment to the U-M student chapter of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.

From outreach programs for local kids to events that bring the U-M Engineering community together, the Optics Society exemplifies leadership and service.

U-M continues its tradition of competing hard in the world of programming, with its team competing at the ACM-ICPC National Finals.

At the largest convention for Hispanic STEM students and professionals, U-M students attended career panels and workshops while networking with a variety of big-name companies.

The team of twelve students is one of ten worldwide working to give Amazon’s Alexa more human-like conversational skills.

Student programmers from Michigan are competing in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, the world’s most prestigious student programming competition.

Team bets on revamped electrical system in the outback.

Breaking the all-time record for highest cumulative season score, the team took home the 1st Place Mike Schmidt Memorial Iron Team Award.

For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, U-M ECE takes a look back – and a look forward – to how our professors, students, and alums have made their mark on the field.

From Long Beach, CA, to a Nepalese national park and world heritage site, undergrads Ashley Gee and Camille Burke came away with unforgettable experiences and a greater appreciation for how engineering can change the world for the better.

The STARX suit helps first-responders bear greater weights and spend less energy.

MRover placed 7th overall at the annual challenge where rovers use AI to navigate tough terrain while collecting soil samples to practice testing for evidence of life in the universe.

U-M’s amateur radio club, headquartered in ECE, offers engineering challenges and a chance to network with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and strangers both on the other side of the world and those orbiting it.

This summer, Michigan Electric Racing will race their first all-electric car in Formula-style competitions they plan to win.

The Optics Society at U-M hosted an Industry Spotlight event, which brought academia, industry, and community together to celebrate all things optics and photonics.

The Society of Women Engineers took students to the Women Engineers conference, where engineers from diverse backgrounds shared their stories to inspire and encourage young engineers to break barriers and advance the field.

This year the team tackled their first autonomous aircraft.

This year’s model, “Phoebe,” received a major design overhaul that gave her a speed boost and new codebase that can be used for years to come.

Five college teams test robotic suits that could enhance humans’ abilities.

Students put up solar power systems and learned the local issues of a Native American reservation while on spring break.

Student leads team that programs the future of boats.

Student prototypes new transmission for four-wheel fun.

Michael Benson reelected as student governor for HKN, the national honor society for electrical and computer engineers.

Meet 3 members of the solar car team: a battery engineer and two race micro systems engineers

The national champions celebrate the most successful world race finish in team history.

The UM::Autonomy team brought their latest autonomous boat, called Flying Sloth, to participate in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation Roboboat competition.

The U-M Baja Racing team took first place in the U.S. national competition for the third year in a row, making them the first team to ever three-peat.

The University of Michigan Intelligent Ground Vehicle (UMIGV) student team has spent much of its first year organizing and fundraising, and is now building a prototype autonomous vehicle.

The Michigan Hybrid Racing (MHybrid) team took their latest creation to the Formula Hybrid Competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in May.

Student team STARX (STrength Augmenting Robotic eXoskeletons) completed its second year, focused on making practical powered exoskeletons that increase the effective strength of the user.

The Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA) won the first ever Spaceport America Cup, an intercollegiate rocket engineering competition with over 110 teams from colleges and universities in eleven countries.

Sam Tenka traveled to Ecuador with the Honors GO team to aid the Street Children Work project.

The Optics and Photonics event showed a thriving industry in SE Michigan

Kit Ng becomes president of one of the oldest amateur radio clubs in the US

Liz Dreyer works with Prof. Steve Rand to understand how a new interaction between light and matter can generate electricity.

The event highlighted the projects and work of several student teams and labs, giving kids and adults alike a chance to see ECE’s ingenuity in action.

Four EECS students part of the Michigan Men’s Rowing team that won their 9th consecutive national championship

The University of Michigan Solar Car team has successfully defended their championship – winning the 2016 American Solar Challenge for the sixth consecutive time.

Thurman, this year's UM::Autonomy vessel designed by EECS students, took 6th place in the RoboNation RoboBoat Competition.

The Baja Racing team, which designs and manufactures a new off-road race vehicle every season, won its second consecutive overall 1st place finish and the Mike Schmidt Memorial Award, the season’s highest honor.

MHybrid team members took away memorable experiences and have turned a positive eye toward the future – with graduates anticipating new careers.

A team of undergraduates across majors, called Project Music, collaborated to design and build musical instruments. Recently, the team crafted a bass guitar made partially of LEGOS.

The group will hold a once-a-year hackathon for local high school students in addition to other events.

MHacks: Refactor, v7 of the nationally-renowned U-M hackathon, drew many more women, underrepresented students and first-timers.

This semester the creators are focusing less on numbers and more on the experience.

Over 1,300 students were represented at this 36 straight hour event to produce creative and impactful projects.

This will include seven intro-level workshops and a new event entitled Women@MHacks, which is an 8-hour long event directed towards female engineers.

55 U-M engineers attended the convention, themed “Reimagining Your Future,” and developed vital connections in their field.

For this year’s competition, UM::Autonomy performed a complete hull redesign, motivated by instability in their previous designs.

Cheng Zhang and Elizabeth Dreyer are both Ph.D. students in electrical engineering, and Lauren Bilbo is an undergraduate senior majoring in electrical engineering.

Cameron is intent on using her major to benefit others as directly as possible.

Isabel envisions a future working in the aerospace industry.

Mai has served as Community Service Co-chair of the Graduate Society of Women Engineers since arriving at Michigan in 2011.

“IEEE opens up many doors for students – professionally and socially.”

The entire team pulled together and finished the race in ninth place, with their morale high.

The International Aerial Robotics competition requires teams to build a flying bot that can self-navigate.

The Michigan Hybrid Racing team’s Spark took home a 4th place finish.

The MAAV team, which was founded in 2009, was one of only two to successfully maneuver and map the set course with their unmanned aerial vehicle.

The interdisciplinary team went into the competition with a new electrical and vision system, and an advanced control system.

Listen to Michigan Hybrid Racing team members talk about their work and upcoming competition.

This was the first year Freescale opened up the competition to U.S. students—teams from U-M, U-M Dearborn, and Penn State competed against teams from Mexico and China.

Taking first place in acceleration and second place in endurance and autocross, this is one of the team’s best international finishes to date.

The Autonomous Surface Vehicle Competition is a student robotics competition in which teams race ASVs of their own design through an aquatic obstacle course.

As one of the only non-mechanical engineers on the team, Oberlin was responsible for all of the electrical systems on the vehicle.