Aggie Challenge
Texas A&M University Engineering
AGGIE-CHALLENGE
Undergraduate Research
Opportunities Crossing
Majors / Classifications / Semester
Provide undergraduate students with opportunities to engage in multidisciplinary team-based projects associated with faculty research
Program offered every semester since 2012
3,724 registrations
Value to Students
- Engage in team-based research
- Collaborate with faculty
- Gain valuable experience
- Earn course credit
Value to Faculty
- Recruit students to support research eneds
- Recruit future graduate students
- Get value for future proposals
Team Approach
ENGR Section / project – ENGR 291 – U1 / U2 – ENGR 491 – U3 / U4
This Engineering Academic and Student Affairs (EASA) program is designed to provide engineering undergraduates opportunities to collaborate on multidisciplinary teams and work directly with faculty and graduate students in developing solutions for grand engineering challenges facing our society. The program is open to students from freshman to senior level and participants can pursue projects of interest to them and in departments outside their major. Students enroll in and ENGR 291 or 491 section specific to the faculty project. Since 2012, the program attracted more than 2,000 registrations. The program provides faculty an opportunity to identify students across the college with relevant skills to support their research.
Contact: Magda Lagoudas, m-lagoudas@tamu.edu
Website: https://engineering.tamu.edu/easa/areas/enrichment/aggie-challenge