MEGA GKE Info Session 2016
Hi There, You are a first-year PhD student and have GKE? Come and join GKE info session to learn more about it. Our grad adviser, Dr. Rogak and some examiners of this year’s test will give you some information regarding the exam and you can also ask your questions from them. Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/XQyB1hbYLGtACyOz1 […]
National Instruments LabVIEW Boot Camp
MEGA is sponsoring National Instruments LabVIEW Boot Camp at UBC this summer from June 14-17. What is LabVIEW Boot Camp? LabVIEW Boot Camp is a free on-campus training course designed for educators, researchers, and graduate students. This four-day hands-on course introduces attendees to graphical programming with LabVIEW. At the end of the course, all attendees […]
Short Talk about Dantec’s New Technologies
MEGA invited Kai Xiang, the Fluids Applications Engineer of Dantec, to give us a short talk on the new technologies that Dantec offers on fluid visualizations and also answer the technical questions about experiments. It was held on Monday September 28th at 12:30.
MEGA visits Mercedes-Benz Canada Fuel Cell Division
On March 23rd MEGA organized a one-day filed trip to Mercedes-Benz Canada Fuel Cell Division at Burnaby. The visit was for the students who were participating in the Mechanical Engineering advanced Fuel Cell course . During the visit, students became familiar with one of the most advanced fuel cell production line exists.
3MT is back!
Three Minute Thesis is a research communication competition. Mechanical engineering is participating in the CHBE and MECH Multi-Departmental Heat prior to the G+PS competition in March. Have you ever thought about preparing yourself for job interviews? Have you ever felt stuck trying to give an elevator pitch about your thesis? 3MT is one way of preparing talking […]
MEGA LaTeX Workshop
On December 4th (Thursday) 2:30-4:00pm Graham Hendra, PhD student at UBC, will lead a workshop on LaTeX. This workshop is aimed at graduate students who want to use LaTeX for their thesis and other publications. This workshop will cover all the basics you need to get you started. No prior knowledge of LaTeX is required. […]
MEGA GKE Info Session
MEGA will be hosting a GKE info session to get the first year PhD graduate students ready for the GKE examination. Dr. Chiao and Dr. Cripton will be there to talk about the GKE study guide and the examination requirements. They will also answer any outstanding questions you might have. Here is more information about the […]
Simplifying the Thermal Conductivity Characterization of Materials
Continuing MEGA’s invited academic speaker series, there will be a talk this Thursday from C-Therm Technologies Ltd. on simplifying the thermal conductivity characterization of materials. Where: CEME 1204 When: March 27th from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
MEGA Invited Talk: Innovations in LDV and Micro Optical Sensors
Abstract: The availability of solid state lasers, and enabling MEMS (or MOEMS) technology, provide the opportunity to create novel optical sensors. In many cases this would not have been feasible with the use of standard fabrication techniques. In recent years, optical MEMS sensors have been developed to measure variety of parameters, including surface speed, flow […]
GKE Survey Report
Due to concerns expressed by students over the current implementation of the GKE, the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association created a survey to investigate the attitudes and opinions of students who had written the GKE. The report based on the the MEGA executives’ analysis of the survey results can be found here. The report has been […]