Inspire 2025: E³ Mission: Engineer (July 7-11)

About the Program

Many students don’t fully understand what they’re signing up for when they enroll in engineering programs. Mission: Engineer is designed to help incoming students unlock the secrets of the engineering world, and understand what it means to operate as a responsible, conscientious engineer in today’s fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Participants will be divided into specialized teams and tasked with a series of covert challenges over the course of the mission. These include digital modeling of a team insignia, design operations, and even basic code manipulation. Alongside these hands-on assignments, guided discussions will expose agents to key principles of engineering: the design process, ethical decision-making in the field, and an exploration of how their unique skills and passions could align with the engineering world. By the end of the mission, participants will have a clearer picture of their potential engineering path in this high-tech, high-impact world.

This class is part of E³ : Exploring Engineering Essentials. The UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a series of classes that can be taken individually or together to help aspiring engineers learn more about the foundations of engineering and what is possible when you apply the same framework to different topics.

This is an in-person course that meets daily in Fairfax, 9am – 4pm EST. Tuition cover materials, meals (lunch/snacks), and transportation to any offsite excursions.

Payment

If you have registration questions, contact: inspire.northern@virginia.edu. Your credit card statement will read “UVA NORTHERN VIRGINIA” for this purchase. 

Refund Policy

Registrants can get a full refund until 60 days from the program start. No refunds will be available after that date. To cancel your registration and request a refund, please contact inspire.northern@virginia.edu.   

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