Outreach, Engagement & Lab Events

Celebrating our people, partnerships, and community impact.

Led by Dr. Chengyi Xu, a 2022 NNCI Accelerating Impactful Scholarship participant, X-Lab broadens participation in STEM through open lab days, school visits, research experiences, and community partnerships.

Interested in visiting the lab or collaborating on an outreach event? Contact us at cxu@uab.edu.

Chloe Mondido Earns Third Place at the UAB Expo · NSF REU (2026)

Harun Completes His M.S. and Joins KUET as Faculty (2026)

Dr. Xu Receives the SOE Community Engagement & Service Award (2026)

Welcome Back, Ashima Brijesh Joins Google in Sunnyvale (2026)

Summer Get-Together & 2026 X-Lab Alumni Send-Off

X-Lab Senior Design Team at Media Day · All A’s (2026)

Greeshma Wins First Place at the Alabama Science & Engineering Fair (2026)

Greeshma Wins First Place at the Alabama Junior Academy of Science (2026)

Albert Chen & Greeshma Vinoy Compete at CARSEF (2026)

CARSEF Engineering Judging Service (2026)

McWane Science Center Engineering Showcase · February 27, 2026

NSF Noyce STEM Teacher Program Visit · February 18, 2026

Open Lab Day · February 3, 2026

X-Lab New Year Gathering · January 29, 2026

NSBE Future Engineers of America Outreach at UAB · November 8, 2025

Major Discovery Fair · October 2, 2025

School of Engineering Open House · September 20, 2025

UAB MME Open House · September 16, 2025

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) · Summer 2025

Heritage Festival with Southern STEM Center · May 16, 2025

Central Alabama Science & Engineering Fair · March 1, 2025

FIRST Tech Challenge UAB Qualifier · January 18, 2025

Google Minority Serving Institutions Summit · January 16, 2025

Open Foundry at MPAD · November 16, 2024