Undergraduate Student Organizations

Get involved outside of the classroom in one of the various engineering student organizations listed below! Besides the chance to apply your engineering skills, participation in student organizations will provide you with invaluable leadership experiences and will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference in your community!

Project Competition Teams

Many student organizations organize and participate in project competitions around California and throughout the country. Getting involved in a project team allows you to directly make use of what you are learning in class on a tangible product, which you will then get judged on compared to peers at other institutions.

Current Undergraduate Student Organizations

The Triton Engineering Student Council (TESC) serves as the voice of almost 4,000 Jacobs School undergraduates and is a liaison to the Deans of Engineering. TESC coordinates school-wide student events such as E-Week and the Ring Ceremony for graduating seniors, hosts various engineering outreach events for K-12 students, and provides support to the undergraduate student organizations.

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  Past Project Teams:
  AUVSI UAV
  Design/Build/Fly
  Microgravity
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)
  Past Project Teams:
  Chem-E Car
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  Past Project Teams:
  Human-Powered Submarine Team (HPS)
  Human Powered Vehicle (HPV)
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
• Computer Science and Engineering Society (CSES)
• Engineers with out Borders at UCSD (EWB)
• Engineering World Health
• Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering honor society)
• iBotics at UCSD
  Past Project Teams:
  AUVSI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
• International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE)
• International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE)
• Innovative Design and Engineering Applications (IDEA)
• International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  Past Project Teams:
  Micromouse
  Natcar
  Robomagellan
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• Phi Sigma Rho
• Professional Engineering Society / Theta Tau Interest Group
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  Past Project Teams:
  Formula SAE
  Formula Hybrid
• Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (SCSE – ASCE)
  Past Project Teams:
  Concrete Canoe
  Steel Bridge
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• Students Achieving, Guiding, and Enriching (SAGE)
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
• Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society)
• TIES Ambassador Corps
• Triangle

For a list of graduate student organizations please visit, http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/student/student_grad/