Student-Faculty

Pumpkin Carving Contest

Pumpkin Carving Contest

MEGA is hosting our 2nd annual grad student/staff/faculty Pumpkin Carving Contest on Halloween next week! There will be food and pumpkins, and costumes are encouraged. Please RSVP at the link below. Date: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 Time: 12-2pm Location: CEME 1203 RSVP: https://forms.gle/gL69BDNUDvhwKQzx8 Hope to see you there!

LaTeX Workshop

LaTeX Workshop

We have invited Dr. Graham Hendra to give us a LaTeX workshop on Tuesday, April 18th, 2-4:30pm, at CEME 1203. Snacks, finger foods, and refreshments will be served with RSVP (register form below). This event is open to all UBC students, although MECH graduate students will be given priority. Please register in the RSVP form […]

MECH Grad Student/Faculty/Staff Halloween Party

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, […]

MECH/MEGA Student-Alumni Speed Networking Event

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 […]

MEGA AGM and End of year party

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

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

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 2016 Christmas Party

MEGA 2016 Christmas Party

  It is almost the end of the term and Christmas is just around the corner! MEGA is excited to invite all of the graduate students, faculty, and staff of Mechanical Engineering Department to this year’s Christmas Party. The Christmas party will take place at the gorgeous GSS Penthouse! Space is limited so please RSVP here, and […]

MEGA Annual Dinner Cruise

MEGA Annual Dinner Cruise

    The MEGA annual cruise party is the biggest event with more than a hundred guests which all Mechanical Engineering graduate students, post docs and faculty are invited to attend this cruise party and enjoy a great evening  of festive dinning, music, dancing  and fun with friends from the department. This year MEGA had a […]

MEGA LaTeX Workshop

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.   […]