Center for Experiential Learning

The Center provides students who wish an opportunity to practice the engineering profession in a number of different contexts. These include national and international competitions in programs like the Society of Automotive Engineers Mini Baja event, the Department of Energy’s Solar Car racing, and the Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine team’s creations in synthetic biology. These activities bring together students, faculty, and technologists from a number of different institutions, industries, and agencies providing experiences that are not available in the traditional classroom. These events clearly add to the existing formal engineering classes being offered at UVa and provide topical matter for senior theses and departmental capstone projects as well while providing hands-on opportunities that bring insight to the many topics taught in the engineering curriculum. Experiential activities help students to recognize their true passion in engineering and give them a head-start when entering their careers. For more detailed information please go to the following website: http://www.seas.virginia.edu/students/experiential/.