Cal Day
The best way to know if Berkeley Aerospace Engineering is right for you is to meet us! Imagine seeing the most exciting, outrageous, informative aspects of Berkeley and the College of Engineering, all in one day. Join us for Cal Day, our annual admitted student event where the Berkeley community welcomes you, the newly admitted Aerospace Engineering students (Class of 2029) and families.
Cal Day, Saturday, April 19, 2025
Welcome and Information Session 1:00pm – 2:00pm | 310 Jacobs Hall | RSVP
Presented by Professor Panos Papadopoulos, Faculty Director, Aerospace Engineering Major. Learn about the Aerospace Engineering major and hear an overview of the aerospace program’s focus on emerging technologies, including sustainable aviation, autonomous flight and space exploration. Also, hear from a panel of current Aerospace Engineering students about their first year experience in the major with Q&A session to follow.
Aerospace Engineering Lab Tour in Hesse Hall 2:10pm – 2:40pm | Meet Tour Guides at the Aerospace Engineering Table in the Etcheverry Hall Breezeway.
Cal Day Event Contact Information
Name: Karren Bautista Tanisaki
Email: aero@berkeley.edu
Student Groups
Student groups will be located in the breezeway between Etcheverry Hall and Soda Hall.
AWA – Association of Women in Aerospace
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
The Association of Women in Aerospace at Berkeley (AWA) is an association dedicated to empowering and supporting women who often find themselves in the minority within aerospace. We are here to create a welcoming and inclusive space where you can thrive academically, grow professionally, and build lifelong friendships. We are not limited to Aerospace majors; we welcome anyone interested in aerospace! Come visit our table and talk to us about joining!
Berkeley Formula Racing (BFR)
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Berkeley Formula Racing – BFR is UC Berkeley’s premier engineering club and Formula SAE Internal Combustion Engine team. With a 24-year history of designing and manufacturing race cars from the ground up, we compete each summer against top teams worldwide. Last year, we placed 2nd worldwide out of 120 teams at FSAE Michigan and secured 1st place for the second year in a row at the SoCal Shootout. BFR isn’t just about racing—our network includes alumni and industry contacts who have gone on to work at Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1, Tesla, Rivian, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Motors, and SpaceX. Join us and be part of our continued success! We have nine subsystems you can get involved in: Aerodynamics, Brakes & Driver Interface, Business, Chassis, Drivetrain, Electrical, Engine, Suspension, and Vehicle Dynamics.
Bike Builders of Berkeley
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Bike Builders of Berkeley (BBB) is a student club that designs and builds bicycles from the ground up! Come stop by our table to see our latest projects: a lugged carbon fiber DH bike and our own carbon fiber filament winder.
Cal Aero SAE
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Aerospace SAE at Berkeley – “Largest RC Electric Aircraft Club on Campus!” Come visit Aerospace SAE during Cal Day to learn more about the largest competitive electric aircraft building team on campus! Talk to members from our design teams and see previous competition aircraft components! In addition to the competitive nature of the team, we also focus on educating engineers in the skills necessary for not only building an aircraft, but for a future career in engineering.
CalSol
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
CalSol has been designing, building, and racing fully road-legal solar vehicles since our inception in 1990 (we are on our 11th vehicle!). Come talk to us to learn more about our competitions or any of our 6 subteams: Mechanical, Electrical, Solar, Strategy, Battery, and Operations. Feel free to follow us on Instagram @berkeleycalsol or reach out to calsol-me@berkeley.edu to connect!
Design for Emerging and Nanoscale Manufacturing
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Computed Axial Lithography 3D Printing: Instant Ship in a Bottle. Description: Join us for a mind-blowing demo of the future of advanced manufacturing at Berkeley using Computed Axial Lithography (CAL)! Watch as we 3D print a ship inside a bottle within minutes without any support structures or layering, showing the UC Berkeley Department of Mechanical Engineering’s status as a world leader in Volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM) research.
EnableTech
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
EnableTech aims to design, prototype, and manufacture assistive technologies for project partners from Berkeley and the surrounding communities. Our goal is for engineering students to collaborate with designers, public health students, business students, and anyone else who can offer insight into the development of assistive technology projects. We are working with the Disabled Students Union and Disabled Students Program to see what the Berkeley community needs in order to improve their ease of access. Students can choose from one of these projects, or they can start their own assistive technology project. We provide space, materials, and group peers to turn their idea into a prototype, then into a product that could improve the lives of people with similar disabilities in the world.
Formula Electric at Berkeley
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Formula Electric at Berkeley is a student organization that designs and builds an electric Formula 1 style racecar every year. From robust mechanical design to advanced PCB layout, cutting-edge autonomous software, and world-class business organization, FEB has a diverse set of skills to learn and master for all. Come by and check out our new car for the 2025 season!
Pi Tau Sigma
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Join Pi Tau Sigma for an eventful Cal Day! We are a Mechanical Engineering Honor Society that promotes the professional development of high achieving Mechanical Engineering students. Come by to learn about what it means to be a mechanical engineering student at UC Berkeley, gain insights into engineering life, and hear about club opportunities such as resume review, review sessions and more. Don’t miss this chance to ask MechE students questions and win cool prizes!
Space Enterprise at Berkeley
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Space Enterprise at Berkeley is a premier liquid rocketry team focused on becoming the first collegiate rocketry team to send a liquid-fueled rocket to space. We will be showcasing our hardware and seeking prospective members at Cal Day!
Space Technologies and Rocketry (STAR)
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
STAR is Berkeley’s only competitive rocketry team, with more than twenty successful launches over the past decade. STAR competes annually in the Intercollegiate Rocketry Engineering Competition (IREC) at Spaceport America in New Mexico. With over 100 members, STAR works on both solid and liquid rockets. We are currently developing our third liquid vehicle, improving on our most recent liquid vehicle ALULA which flew to 6,126 feet and was successfully recovered, becoming a winner of the Friend of Amateur Rocketry Dollar Per Foot Challenge.