Day at the Beach: Engineering Showcase 2025

Saturday, April 12, 2025
10:00AM - 3:00PM
CSULB Engineering Buildings & Quad

As part of the campus-wide Day at The Beach, the College of Engineering Showcase is a free opportunity for Fall 2025 first-time, first-year and transfer students. For one day only, participants and their families are invited to take an in-depth look at the college. It’s a chance to meet some of the faculty and students, learn more about our degree programs and possibly even tour a couple of our cutting-edge laboratories. This is an open house experience and is not considered an official orientation.

Please RSVP with Day at The Beach to attend the campus-wide event. No additional RSVP is required for the Engineering Showcase.

10:00AM-3:00PM

Over 100 different CSULB resources will be tabling at the Resource Fair. Come walk down Friendship Walk and explore all of these resources:

  • Engineering Student Success Center
  • BeachXP
  • Career Development Center
  • Student Life and Development
  • University Honors
  • CSULB Housing
  • Student Health Services
  • Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
  • CSULB Basic Needs
  • Financial Aid
  • Plus many more!

10:00AM-3:00PM

Representatives from the following engineering student organizations will be out showcasing some of their projects and talking about what their organizations do as well as the knowledge they’ve gained by participating in their organization.

  • American Institute of Chem. Engineers (AIChE)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Am. Soc. of Heat., Refrig., Air Cond. Engr. (ASHRAE)
  • Associated General Contractors of America (AGCM)
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Beavers
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
  • Embedded Applications Technology Society (EATS)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
  • Theta Tau
  • Video Game Development Association (VGDA)
  • Beach Launch Team (BLT)
  • Women in Computing (WiC)
  • Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)

10:00AM-3:00PM

All of our COE Departments will be available in an informal setting to answer your questions and help you learn about the programs they offer. You can expect to meet representatives from the following departments and programs:

  • Biomedical Engineering (BME)
  • Chemical Engineering (ChE)
  • Civil Engineering (CE), Construction Management (CEM), and Environmental Engineering (ENV)
  • Computer Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) and Applied Data Science (ADS)
  • Electrical Engineering (EE), Electronics Engineering Technology (EET), and Computer Engineering Technology (CET)
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

11:00AM-11:50AM: 
Biomedical Engineering (BME) Presentation in VEC 115.
Chemical Engineering (ChE) Presentation in EN2 103.
Civil Engineering and Construction Management (CECEM) and Environmental Engineering (ENV) Presentation in VEC 110.
Mechanical Engineering (ME) Presentation in ECS 105.

12:00PM-12:50PM: 
Aerospace Engineering (AE) Presentation in VEC 115. 
Computer Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) in ECS 105.
Engineering Technology (ET) Presentation in VEC 110.

1:00PM-1:50PM:
Applied Data Science (ADS) Presentation in ECS 105.

The departments listed above will be hosting an overview presentation of the programs they offer. Faculty/Dept. Chair Presenters will be available to answer your questions and help you learn more about their programs.

Note: Seats are limited. If you aren’t able to attend a department overview presentation, you can meet the department faculty in the VEC Quad during their Meet and Greets.

10:50AM, 11:50AM, 12:50PM

The following College of Engineering departments will be showcasing one or two of their labs during lab tours. Guests can sign up for tours at the corresponding departments' stations in the VEC Quad. Due to lab capacity restrictions however, tour reservations will be limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis.

  • BME
  • ChE
  • CE, CEM, ENV
  • EE, EET, CET
  • MAE

Note: The Lab Tours are extremely popular. Please arrive 10 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out!

10:00AM-3:00PM

Students from different COE disciplines will be talking about their engineering experiences in the College of Engineering at CSULB. They will also be available to answer questions from the audience. Panel discussions will be rotating every 30 minutes, so guests are able to take in more of the College's events!

10:00AM-3:00PM

Representatives from COE's Beach Engineering Student Success Team (BESST), or BeachXP, will be promoting their year-long program, fostering community and supporting academic, developmental, and social success. This program has been around for over ten years and has had many graduates credit their success in engineering to this program. Stop by to learn more about what this cohort program has to offer and apply today!

Before the Event

Your college experience will be more than just going to class. Before coming to the event, we encourage you to explore the opportunities available at Cal State Long Beach, where you will be able to immerse yourself in faculty-mentored research, join other students in clubs and organizations, and much more. 

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