Sessions For: College of Engineering

Come hang out and watch the Michigan Men's Soccer team take on Penn State! We have 40 tickets for grad students, and they’re free (spots are limited, first come, first served). Make sure to sign up on sessions to claim your ticket.

It’s a great chance to take a break, meet other grad students, and watch some Friday night soccer together.

Event Details:
Date: Friday, October 9, 2026
Time: Meet up at 6:15 PM
Game starts at 7:00 PM
Location: U-M Soccer Stadium (2250 S State St)
Meetup Spot: Outside the main entrance gates

Meet us outside the main entrance gates at 6:15 PM so we can hand out the tickets. We’ll all head inside together around 6:45 PM to find seats as a group.

2027 Recruitment Open Labs

You’re invited to join us for the U-M Chemical Engineering Fall Undergraduate Open House!

This event showcases the field of chemical engineering and the student experience in our department, and it's a great opportunity to explore what it's like to be a chemical engineer. You'll have the chance to meet faculty, connect with current students, learn about undergraduate research and career pathways, and get a feel for the ChE community. Whether you’re interested in energy, sustainability, biotechnology, materials, pharmaceuticals, or the many other areas where chemical engineers make an impact, we hope you’ll join us to discover the possibilities within ChE.

Drop in anytime between 3:30 and 5:30 pm. We hope to see you there!

RCRS Workshop B: Acquisition, management, ownership, and sharing of data; Avoiding research misconduct.
Please arrive 10 minutes prior to start time. If you arrive late for any reason, you will not be allowed to attend the workshop.
Bring your Mcard. Your card will be swiped at the end of the session through a card reader to record your attendance. If you don't have your Mcard swiped, you will have to attend another session of this workshop.
If you cannot attend this workshop, please drop your registration and register for another option.

**Please note: Masco Commons, including the kitchen and lounge areas, are for faculty use only.

Be sure to watch the video that was linked to you and be prepared to ask questions.

If none of the available times work for you, please email me-aso@umich.edu to find an alternative time to declare.

Celebrate Homecoming with Mechanical Engineering! Join us for a day of festivities on Friday, October 16.
Please visit our event and accessibility document for more details about the day's schedule and activities.

RCRS C: Personal, professional, and financial conflicts of interest; supervisory and mentoring relationships and responsibilities; responsibilities of collaborative research.


Please arrive 10 minutes prior to start time. If you arrive late for any reason, you will not be admitted. Similarly, if you leave early, you will not receive credit for your attendance.
**Bring your Mcard.** Your card will be swiped through a card reader to record your attendance at the end of the workshop. If you don't have your card swiped, you will have to attend another session of this workshop.
If you cannot attend this workshop, please drop your registration as soon as possible so that a waitlisted student may be able to attend.
**Please note: Masco Commons, including the kitchen and lounge areas, are for faculty use only.

RCRS D: Ethics


Please arrive 10 minutes prior to start time. If you arrive late for any reason, you will not be admitted. Similarly, if you leave early, you will not receive credit for your attendance.
**Bring your Mcard.** Your card will be swiped through a card reader to record your attendance at the end of the workshop. If you don't have your card swiped, you will have to attend another session of this workshop.
If you cannot attend this workshop, please drop your registration as soon as possible so that a waitlisted student may be able to attend.
**Please note: Masco Commons, including the kitchen and lounge areas, are for faculty use only.

Date: October 22, 2026
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: Blue Lounge (Room 1280)

In this workshop, CEW+ staff will go over strategies to help make networking an effective tool in reaching your career development and/or personal achievement goals. Attendees will learn foundational skills around establishing connections, adapting to different settings, and networking do’s and don’ts.

Gabriella Boufford is a Counselor at CEW+ at the University of Michigan, where she provides educational and career counseling to students, staff, faculty, and community members. She designs and facilitates workshops that strengthen career-building skills and leads initiatives focused on financial empowerment and student support. Gabriella holds a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan.

Madalyn Alexander received her bachelor's degree in Health and Human Services from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She is a current MSW candidate at the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor. Madalyn’s work experience involves working with vulnerable teens and young adults in mental health settings, providing community living services assistance and emotional regulation services, and working with school-aged children to support their advancement into society. She serves as the CEW+ programming intern, assisting Counselors and Program Managers with various programs.

Ready to enhance your courses and simplify your teaching workflow? This comprehensive workshop series equips U-M faculty with the practical tech skills needed for the modern semester. Across this track, you will dive into interactive classroom tools (Poll Everywhere, Ed Discussions), advanced grading and lab platforms (PrairieLearn, Vocareum), and critical digital accessibility strategies (Grackle, Siteimprove).
Additionally, a dedicated GenAI pathway will guide you from AI basics to advanced prompt engineering using U-M’s custom tools, including U-M GPT, Maizey, and NotebookLM. Join us for individual sessions or the entire series to build a more engaging, inclusive, and tech-forward classroom.

The Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series (RPCSS) invites professionals working in robotics to come talk with current undergraduates about their career path, how a background in robotics has impacted their professional growth, and what they hope to see in students looking to enter the profession.
The 90-minute format of the event will consist of a 30-minute presentation from the invited speaker and up to 40 minutes of moderated Q&A and discussion. Students will be able to participate in person or remotely.
All undergrads are welcome! Please RSVP with the link below.

Join the U-M Robotics community for the 2026 Robotics Undergraduate Research Symposium, a showcase celebrating undergraduate research, creativity, and innovation in robotics.
Undergraduate researchers will share projects spanning areas such as autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, sensing, control, mobility, and robotic design. Attendees can meet student researchers, learn about their work, and connect with members of the robotics community.

These sessions are only for students eligible and ready to declare BME as their major.
For students interested in BME but not yet eligible or ready to declare, please meet with one of our Peer Advisors to learn more about our program!
What to expect:
You are signing up for a group declaration session for the U-M Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program.
All sessions will be held in person at LBME (view map).
In this meeting we will go over the curriculum, discuss your 4 year plan, review the BME Student Advising Agreement, and share the various resources you can engage in as part of the BME department.
Please bring a personal computing device (laptop or tablet). A phone will not suffice. In order to officially declare, students must:
Attend the full registration session.
By the end of the session, complete a draft of their 4-year graduation plan and send it to bme-advising@umich.edu
By the end of the session, complete the BME Advising Agreement form.
If students do not attend the full session and/or do not complete items b and c, they will either need to register for a new declaration appointment or submit items b and c to bme-advising@umich.edu as soon as possible. Failing to complete these items will delay your declaration!
If you need to cancel or reschedule, please do so within Sessions@Michigan so students on the waitlist may attend (if applicable).
Eligibility:
Students are eligible to Declare the BME Major after completing at least one full term of courses on the U-M Ann Arbor campus (we do not declare students early).
Have an overall U-M GPA of 2.0 or better in courses taken at the U-M Ann Arbor campus and are in good standing.
Have completed or earned credit by exam or transfer for one or more courses in each of these categories:
Calculus (e.g. Math 115, 116, 156)
Calculus-based physics lectures (e.g. Physics 140, 160) or chemistry lectures (e.g. Chemistry 130)
Required engineering courses (Engr 100, 101, 151)
Contact Us: If you have further questions about this meeting, please email bme-advising@umich.edu.

Stop by the International Programs in Engineering office- IPE- office (245 Chrysler Center/ Behind the EAC) Friday Oct. 30 between 1-4 pm for Cider and donuts! Talk with our Peer Advisors about studying abroad!

RCRS Workshop A: Appropriate citation of sources and avoiding plagiarism; authorship and publication practices and responsibilities.

IPE will host a STUDY ABROAD FAIR- for engineering students on Tuesday, November 3 in Pierpont Commons.
Stop by and talk with advisors and students who studied abroad to learn more!
Plus Games & Prizes!
ATtend to Win a $1,000 travel grant

Dow, Inc. is a world-scale producer of innovative and more sustainable materials science solutions. This session is an opportunity to learn more about the roles that mechanical engineers can hold throughout their careers in the process industries and at Dow, and to meet members of the Dow recruiting team.

IPE will host a study abroad funding information session where students can find out how to fund programs abroad using Financial Aid or other funding options.