SIUE School of Engineering

06/23/2026

SIUE ARC wins the Gold Award in the Robotics and Engineering competition!

“The National Robotics Challenge is a nationwide robotics and engineering event held annually in Marion, Ohio. The NRC features 12 distinct competition categories and invites students from all academic levels to demonstrate their technical knowledge and problem-solving skills.

Specifically, Micromouse is a competition centered around designing and building a small, self-contained, fully autonomous robot ("Mouse") to negotiate a 100-section maze in the shortest possible time, without human intervention.”

06/19/2026

05/13/2026

Cougar Rockets attended LDRS, a large annual rocket launch in Pence Indiana. We had multiple members successfully gain their level 1 high power certification as well as one member successfully earn their level 2 certification. Additionally, we had some cool individual projects launch. See the footage taken from one of our rockets. The end shows footage and milage from where the rocket ended up.

6 likes. "Onboard Camera Extended Mach 2 on a K535"

04/24/2026

SIUE engineering students placed in top 3 at the IEEE Region 5 conference that brings together students from Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, parts of Wyoming, parts of Nebraska, and part of South Dakota.

(L to R) Cole Hellman won second place in the Professional Networking competition and Iretomiwa (Tom) Idowu won second place in Three Minute Thesis.

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04/18/2026

We’re proud to announce that SIUE Cougar Baja received a $3,000 donation from the Gene Haas Foundation of Ventura County, California. The foundation backs university teams in robotics and racing competitions where students design and manufacture the final product. Cougar Baja’s strong track record helped the team earn this honor. Congratulations to the entire Cougar Baja team!

Pictured left to right: Dr. Terry Yan (Chair, Mechanical Engineering), Carson Spies (ME junior, Cougar Baja President), Cole McGrath (ME senior, Cougar Baja Treasurer), Karmen Christlieb (SOE Dean’s Office Manager)