Nominate Yourself for MEGA Executives (2020)
We are going to hold the elections of the new executives for the upcoming year (summer 2020 – spring 2021) and it’s now the time for you to nominate yourself for a MEGA executive role! The open positions and their simplified descriptions are: President (lead the whole team) (Must be a previous MEGA executive to […]
LaTeX Workshop
Update: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this event is now taking place on Wednesday July 22, 1-3:30 pm. If you registered for the old event, please RSVP again for the new event. The Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants one day before the workshop. We have invited Dr. Graham Hendra to give […]
Preparing for Post-Graduation life – Panel Discussion with Dr. Ahmad Mohammadpanah
Hi MEGAers, We are glad to have our next Panel Discussion about ” Preparing for Post-Graduation life” with Dr. Ahmad Mohammadpanah. Please join us at CEME 2202 on Tuesday (Nov 19th) at 4:30 pm. Light dinner will be served. Please RSVP in the link below: https://forms.gle/Bk4NR1bhKk1aQZLW6 Event details: Ahmad Mohmmadpanha (PhD. P.Eng.) is UBC […]
MEGA AGM and End of year party
Hi everyone, We are having our general meeting on April 20th. The president will present a summary of the events of 2017-2018. We will also hold our elections!! MEGA has open executive positions for the upcoming year: President VP- Internal affairs VP- Academic VP- Communications VP- Finance VP- Social GSS representative Please contact Mega executives […]
MEGA Academic night
MEGA Academic night held on Feb 26 was the first time MEGA organized an event related to career in academia. We would like to thank Dr. Boris Stoeber, Dr. Gwynn Elfring, and Dr. Mauricio Ponga for agreeing to attend the session and answering the questions asked by the students. The event had 35 attendees and […]
MEGA Annual Thanksgiving dinner
As is tradition, MEGA organized the Thanksgiving dinner for the graduate students. We were delighted that Dr. Sheldon Green and Dr. Gary Schajer could attend the dinner as well. Including guests the attendance was around 40. October 13, being a Friday resulted in the attendees having high spirits as the week was coming to an […]
MEGA Kayaking
MEGA organized the second event of the summer – Kayaking right in the middle of the beautiful summer. The event was organized for a group of 22 students which was the maximum possible keeping safety in mind. The students had options of either a single Kayak or the double Kayak. The Kayaking equipment was rented […]
MEGA Summer BBQ – 2017
The weather here in Vancouver can sometimes leave you asking for more. However, this summer the weather has been pleasant and we decided to make the most of this by organizing the annual Summer Barbecue. We were very excited as this was the first event organized by us, the executive team of 2017. It is […]
MEGA Annual General Meeting (2017)
The Annual General Meeting is one of the most important events of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association (MEGA). This year, it will take place on April 28 (Friday) from 4pm to 8:00pm at the conference room in CEME. If you are interested in being a part of the MEGA executive team, please nominate yourself with […]
A research funding and commercialization program
Ideascout.ca has connected with MEGA to spread out the words to prospective students. Ideascout.ca works directly with the student and professor to provide private seed funding, Mitacs matching, advisors and business partners to coach an inventor in entrepreneurship, oversee the business development and minimum viable product testing, and link your startup to sales channels for […]