EnQuest

UW-Milwaukee EnQuest Summer Camps

Do you like to solve problems? Create things? Want to tackle some of the big issues facing the world? Could engineering be a field for you? Find out at EnQuest—UWM’s engineering summer camps, to inspire girls to consider engineering. It’s offered only at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science.

Tackle a hands-on an engineering project with global impact
Meet women engineers who are changing the world
Explore our labs and engineering classrooms
Make new friends and experience the fun of campus life
Discover why engineering is a great career for women
No prior engineering experience needed

NOTE: While this program is geared to inspire more girls to consider careers in engineering, registration is open to all qualified students regardless of their sex or gender identity.

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The EnQuest Overnight camp for girls exiting 9^th, 10^th or 11^th grade was held July 27 – August 1 with check-in and an orientation on Sunday evening, July 27. The overnight group got first-hand experience with UWM engineering research – where scientific inquiry and engineering problem solving meet! This group had a special focus on biomedical engineering.

The EnQuest 2025 Day Camp for girls exiting 8^th, 9^th, 10^th or 11^th grade was held August 11 –15, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm each day with a central project customizing a solar power station for an off-grid community in Guatemala that UWM’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter will deliver, building on the experience of past EnQuest projects for other Guatemalan locations.

Image of two female students participating in the EnQuest camp who learned how to build a solar powered light. — ATC and UWM’s Local Partnership Is Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers (Click on photo to read the story from Milwaukee Magazine.)

Mahsa Dabagh, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, shows EnQuest campers about high tech imaging equipment. — *Mahsa Dabagh, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is pictured instructing students in the EnQuest program this past summer.*

What Our Campers are Saying:

“I learned so much and I really liked how there are so many different kinds of engineering that we learn about so we can figure out what we like.“

“I liked how all the people were so nice, the counselors were fun, and I loved doing all the hands-on stuff!”

“I knew I liked engineering, but I wasn’t sure what type and now I’m looking at and really interested in tissue engineering.”