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Student Groups and Teams

Clubs, teams, and more chances to explore

Students at CSE are driven by a commitment to serve the common good through solutions that push the bounds of what is possible. Extracurricular programs available through the department, college, and university reinforce this commitment based on the belief that innovation is born out of exploration. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, check out the U-M Maize Pages for more club and event listings.

Student groups and clubs

Alternate Reality Initiative
Fostering the next generation of XR innovators at U-M and in the Midwest

ArborHacks
Students working to increase participation in computer science

CSEG
Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Student Organization

ECSEL
The Ensemble of CSE Ladies supports graduate women and gender minorities in CSE

GEECS
Girls in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

HKN
Eta Kappa Nu – Honor Society for Electrical and Computer Engineers

Michigan Hackers
Programmers who like to build and break technology

MSAIL
Michigan Student Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a student organization for discussion of artificial intelligence and machine learning

Project Music
Design and build experimental musical instruments and join a band with your classmates

Wolverine Soft
Video game development

U-M Solar Car Team Head Strategist Leda Daehler (CSE ’16) and Business Lead Edina Lee (EE ’17) work to remove part of the mold from Aurum’s recently cured carbon fiber chassis. Aurum was the team’s 13th generation solar car.

Competitive teams

Michigan Aeronautical Science Association
Learn the basics of rocketry while getting hands-on exposure to the design, build, and test phases of engineering.

Michigan Autonomous Aerial Vehicles
Design, manufacture, program, and test every aspect of a small, autonomous drone.

Michigan Baja Racing
Design and build for an off-road racecar competition series.

Michigan Data Science Team
Compete against professional and amateur data scientists from around the world in online prediction challenges.

Michigan Electric Racing
Design, build, and test a formula-style electric race car.

Michigan Hyperloop
One of 20 selected teams to build and test the first set of Hyperloop prototypes.

Michigan Mars Rover
Design and build a rover for the exploration of extraterrestrial environments.

M-Fly
Design and demonstrate an unmanned aerial system capable of autonomous flight and navigation and execution of challenge tasks.

MRacing Formula SAE
Build formula-style racecars for entry in a collegiate motorsport racing series.

Solar Car Team
Design, build, and race the world’s fastest solar cars.

SPARK Electric Racing
Design and build a race-ready electric motorbike.

STARX
Design and build a robotic exoskeleton.

UM::Autonomy
Design and build a fully autonomous marine vehicle.

Electric violin — Constructed out of acrylic, this violin by Project Music includes an inbuilt microcomputer for dynamic effects including reverb and phaser along with a distortion effect based on the player’s movement, guaged by an IMU sensor.

Breadth opportunities

Immersed experiential learning

Look into a number of design, team, business, artistic, and socially focused projects to take your education out of the classroom.
Michigan Engineering Immersed >

Opportunities abroad

Get hands-on experience with engineering projects around the globe.
U-M International Center > M-Compass > GRID Alternatives Solar Spring Break >

Business and entrepreneurship

Turn your ideas into innovative projects ready for the market.
Center for Entrepreneurship > Innovate Blue >