The 104th Engineering Open House (EOH) at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign was held on 10-11 April 2026. This is the nation’s largest student-run STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fair with 210 exhibits, 19 special events, and 15 engineering startups, most of which were designed and built entirely by current students. The theme, “Forging the Future”, highlighted the central role that the Grainger College of Engineering’s students hold in creating and shaping the technologies that define tomorrow. The EOH Central Committee was composed of 29 student leaders who spent nearly a full year transforming ideas into reality. Click here for the 2026 EOH visitor’s guide.
Each year this event draws thousands of students, families, teachers, and science-lovers to campus to partake in a truly unique experience celebrating all types of engineering. On Saturday, RailTEC hosted a group of 37 middle and high school students and their chaperones from Hanson Professional Services in Springfield, IL. This tradition originally started in 2014 and RailTEC is honored to continue it. Visitors that stopped by the Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory during EOH had the opportunity to view four different rail exhibits.
