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Thank you!

Thank you to the hundreds of UW engineering students, staff and faculty who came together to create an unforgettable Discovery Days experience for the 10,000+ middle school students who visited from across the state. Your energy, creativity, and leadership helped inspire the next generation of engineers and innovators.

A special thank you to our 2026 sponsors Xbox, OTIS, and Amazon for your generous support of this important event and for helping strengthen and grow our engineering community.

Engineering Discovery Days

At Engineering Discovery Days, students and faculty from all UW engineering departments share their work with students, teachers, families and the community.

This free, two-day event is designed for 4th through 8th-grade students and features hands-on activities that showcase the exciting work of engineers. The event will be held at multiple locations across the University of Washington, Seattle campus.

Exhibitor resources

The resources for exhibitors page has more details on registering for space, deadlines, and requirements.

Discovery Days in action

Watch event participants try out fun engineering concepts at Discovery Days. Exhibits from across the College of Engineering include making ice cream, creating colorful earrings from titanium metal, building a mini edible bridge, and seeing demonstrations of drones, robots, cars, trucks and aircraft.

Discovery Days photos