Club Spotlight: Engineering Club
By Chengyue Zhang and Ryan Manley
The Engineering Club meets Sunday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Instructor in Science Wendy Stallings’s room across from the Design Lab. This year, the club decided to focus on studying electrical components in the fall, 3D Computer-aided design in the winter, and proposing their own project ideas in the spring.
“Engineering Club is focused on getting students into real experience with engineering,” upper and co-head Brenda Romero-Torres explained. “The club provides a[n] environment for designing, building, sourcing materials, and learning how to make projects.” As B. RomeroTorres pointed out, the club is also “a community where people can brainstorm together about the silliest or goofiest ideas.”
The co-heads encourage people to share their ideas and try to make the club interactive. “If you have something that you wanna make, engineering club is a space where you can do that and propose a project and really make that vision come to life. It can be something as simple as making a shirt or something that takes several months,” upper and co-head Alinne Romero-Torres said.
Participants of the club agree that the club is open to all. “[The co-heads] are really informative with their presentations,” lower Masaki Muneyoshi said. “I didn’t have any engineering knowledge beforehand, and I could still fit in. At the start of the year, I learnt to make circuits with a breadboard.”
“Take a break on Sunday and be creative. Like, get your brain juice flowing. It’s only one hour, but I can promise that it’s worth it.” B. RomeroTorres said.
One of the common things that the coheads of all three clubs mentioned is that they wish more people would move past the intimidation and come to their meetings. The clubs are open to people to all levels of experiences. Instead of being rigorous, clubs are places meant to help you explore your interests and have fun. If you are interested, go join these three clubs to learn more!
A student works in the design lab.
Courtesy of @peadesignlab
