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 camp aimed at inspiring high school 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 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.

The EnQuest 2026 Day Camp for students exiting 8^th, 9^th, 10^th or 11^th grade will be held July 13-17, 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.

The Day Camp fee is $325.

The EnQuest 2026 Overnight camp for students exiting 9^th, 10^th or 11^th grade will be held July 26-31. The overnight group will get first-hand experience with UWM engineering research – where scientific inquiry and engineering problem solving meet! This group will have a special focus on biomedical engineering, investigating how digital models can advance medicine. This camp includes a dorm stay.

The Overnight camp fee is $585.

Any student may request a camp fee scholarship as part of the application form.

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.”