MEGA Coffee Chats
Hi MEGAers, Please join us this week February 16, from 1-3pm for the second edition (this semester) of our monthly coffee chat series! Get ready for coffee, tea, baked goods, and most importantly socializing with your fellow grads. It will be held in the Grad Lounge, CEME 2204. We look forward to seeing you there […]
Halloween Teahouse – MEGA/ECEGSA/BMEGA
MEGA has an exciting new joint Halloween party coming up next week, together with ECEGSA and BMEGA! This is our first collaboration with other engineering departments’ graduate student associations, and we hope it will be the beginning of more inter-engineering friendships and events. There will be pumpkin carving and a costume contest, as well as […]
MECH Grad Student/Faculty/Staff Halloween Party
MEGA is hosting a Student/Faculty/Staff Halloween party! There will be a pumpkin carving contest (with prizes!), free food, and lots of fun! Come take a break from your research or classes and get to know your peers and faculty/staff in the department. You must RSVP for this event as we have limited space and pumpkins. Date: Thursday, […]
Abaqus Workshop
We have invited Hubert Courteau-Godmaire, our resident Abaqus expert and Civil Engineering PhD candidate, to give us an intro to Abaqus workshop next Friday, October 7th. This event is open to all MECH students, but if any other students would like to attend, just send us an email and we’ll see if we have space. […]
Welcome Back: Pizza + Board Game Night
Welcome back to UBC for the start of hopefully a great year! To celebrate the start of the term and give everyone an opportunity to meet the other new and returning grad students, MEGA is hosting a board game night tomorrow! There will be pizza (including a vegan option), soda, and fun! Feel free to […]
2022 Annual MEGA Summer BBQ
It’s time for our annual Summer BBQ party! This will be happening July 22nd at Spanish Banks, and we’ll be providing yummy food and drinks. You must RSVP so we know how much food to get and what dietary restrictions we should accommodate. This event is free for MECH grad students, and you can bring […]
EIT and P.Eng. Info Session
Next week we are welcoming a representative from EGBC to give a presentation and answer questions regarding the path to EIT and P.Eng. This event will be over Zoom on May 4th from 2:30-3:30pm. If you would like to receive the Zoom link, please RSVP here. The EGBC presenter will be Caroline Westra, see her bio below: […]
MECH/MEGA Student-Alumni Speed Networking Event
If you’re a current grad student in the Mech department, you should have received an email from Mech Eng Communications about our upcoming Speed Networking Event. This is your reminder to register before the remaining spots fill up! This will be a casual in-person event, catered with appetizers and drinks (one free drink ticket and […]
Pub Night @ Koerner’s
We’re currently planning an exciting series of social and academic events as we get MEGA up and running again, and the first one will be a Pub Night at Koerner’s to celebrate the end of classes! When: April 7, 5:30pm – 8pm Where: Koerner’s Pub What: an evening of socializing with your fellow Mech grad students, and free […]
Announcing New MEGA Executives 2020
After three weeks of nomination process, we have received 8 nominations, including one for each of the President, VP Academics, VP Communications, VP Social, VP Internal, GSS Representative, and two candidates for VP Finance. Update: one of the candidate of VP Finance decided to retract their nomination, therefore the position will be given to the […]