Changes

Every semester, the [[#Social Committee|MAME Social Committee]] hosts a bluesy brunch in the [[Common Room|Engineering Common Room]] where you can hangout before blues pub and buy pancakes, bagels, coffee and special drinks. This event should be back in Winter 2022.

Tea Times are an opportunity to come enjoy some of the finest tea in the whole of McConnell while conversing with your fellow Mechanical Engineers. It’s a great opportunity to kick-back for a second, meet friends outside of the library and take advantage of the beautiful MAME office. For the 2019-2020 academic year, they are taking place on Thursdays from 2:30-4:00 in MAME. This activity was postponed indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Held at the end of the each semester, MAME’s banquets are an event not to miss! Student have the chance to join their fellow mechies at a fancy restaurant and celebrate the end of the semester and the end of our sleep before exams start! There’s a holiday banquet (in Fall) and an end of the year banquet(Winter). They are usually fancy event, where teachers are also invited to attend (mostly in winter).

Alright, this may not be a social event but it may as well be! What’s more social than showing off our McGill Mechanical Engineering Pride? Students can do so by purchasing McGill Mechanical Engineering adorned hoodies, crewnecks, sweatpants, tanks, hats, scarves, patches and much more at our MECH Swag Sale every semester! Furthermore, MAME has migrated fully online. Everything can be bought online at [https://mechanicalengineering.secure-decoration.com/]. Free shipping and 15% off coupons are also common!

Held towards the end of every semester, the [[Academic Forum]] is a great platform to relay questions and concerns about courses or the mechanical engineering curriculum in general to the department. The department chair and MAME Council are in attendance to hear students out!This event is back in person since Fall 2021.

MAME hosts several FREE software tutorials such as VBA, MATLAB and LaTex to provide learning skills to our students outside of the classroom. Some of the coursepacks for these tutorials are available [https://mame.mcgilleus.ca/Resources.html on our website]. These tutorials should resume in the 2022-2023 academic year.

With the help of professors and graduate students, MAME hosts lab tours in order to expose students to the different research projects being worked on in our department. These lab tours are very useful to get a glimpse of the research projects available before applications for the [https://mame.mcgilleus.ca/Resources.html SURE program] during the summer!This event should resume in the 2022-2023 academic year.

[[CAD Madness]] is a weekend long design competition organized by MAME. With the help of a team of 3 2 or 4 members, students have 36 a given number of hours to complete a design problem presented at the start of the weekend. The design competition concludes with the team presenting their CAD drawings and solution to judges. The top 3 teams have the chance to win cash prizes with , and the possibility of the 1st place design being manufactured.competition is open to students from all faculties !

MECH talks is a week-long event with each day constituting of our esteemed professors and some professionals sharing their journey in the field of mechanical engineering. MECH Talks is a great way to get insights on the different opportunities a degree in mechanical engineering can lead you to and hear directly from the people who made it!This event should resume in the 2022-2023 academic year.

Speed Networking is a terrific event for students to talk to company representatives in a more casual yet professional setting. Each table is hosted by an industry rep who talks to about 6-8 students for a certain amount of time. When the time is up, the students switch tables to then converse with the following professional at another table. It is the perfect event to learn about different career paths out there while practicing your communication skills. This event should resume in the 2022-2023 academic year.

MAME organizes various industry tours in Montreal throughout the year to expose students to different companies. Company representatives give a tour of their company and describe their daily activities as mechanical engineers at said company. These events should resume in the 2022-2023 academic year.

MAME’s award winning Industry Dinner is a unique opportunity for students to engage with company representatives. Students are matched with industry professionals that they have showed an interest in with 6-7 other students. The three-course meal allows students and company representatives to interact in a comfortable social environment. Moreover, each company will have the opportunity to make a presentation about their organization during the night. The night concludes with a casual networking session that allows students to interact with companies they have not yet had the opportunity to meet. It a great event to network and learn about different companies interested in hiring future engineers!This event should resume in the 2022-2023 academic year.

The '''''Academic Committee''''' helps resolve and/or improve currently existing academic issues within the mechanical engineering department. They also come up with new initiatives to benefit the mechanical engineering student population. The Committee is led by the VP InternalAcademic.