In the Cockrell School, we offer several programs, organizations and initiatives that are focused on broadening participation in engineering and providing a Texas Engineering community in which all members are supported to achieve their full potential.
Texas Engineering Belonging and Engagement
The Texas Engineering Belonging and Engagement Office is comprised of three units — the Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program (EOE), the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) and Engineering Student Life (ESL). The three offices foster a sense of belonging within the Cockrell School of Engineering.
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Outreach Programs and Events
K-12 Outreach Programs
The Cockrell School of Engineering hosts events and educational programs for K-12 students and teachers to ensure that every aspiring engineer has an opportunity to pursue an engineering path.
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Future Engineers Day
Future Engineers Day is a daylong event for students (grades 7-11) to learn about engineering through hands-on activities led and taught by students within their own community.
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World of Engineering
World of Engineering is a free, open house-style outreach event for K-12 students and their families. Attendees can participate in engineering-based activities led by current UT engineering students and faculty.
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Curriculum and Educator Programs
The Cockrell School has programs for K-12 educators to teach young people of all backgrounds about the impact engineering has on the world:
Engineer Your World
Edison Lecture Series
Student Organizations
Below are organizations that promote belonging among Cockrell School engineers:
- Cockrell School Cares (in the Student Engineering Council)
- Graduate Society of Women Engineers (SWE - Graduate)
- Graduates for Underrepresented Minorities (GUM)
- LGBTQ+ Engineering (LGBQT-ies)
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- oSTEM (LGBTQ+ STEM students)
- Pi Sigma Pi (PSP — Minority Academic Engineering Society)
- Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
- Society of Women Engineers at UT Austin (SWE)