By Celia Hameury Aerospace is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and significant fields of engineering. While McGill may not yet have an engineering bachelors dedicated to aerospace engineering alone, it does have McGill AERO, an innovative design team composed of over 60 members, which unites undergraduate students of all disciplines sharing the passion for…
Design Spotlight: McGill Formula Electric
By Celia Hameury If you’ve ever set foot in the McConnell Engineering Building, then you’ve seen the small, sleek race car sitting in the middle of the lobby. Ever wondered who built this fine piece of engineering? Enter the McGill Formula Electric design team. This student-run team designs, builds and races a formula-style vehicle prototype…
Indigineering
By Kelly Ma Indigenous perspectives in STEM? Indigenous engineers? Indigineering? These terms may sound awkward and unusual for the typical engineering student at McGill, but they form a part of a broader problem that affects our faculty. McGill University, like many top-tier schools in Canada, lacks diversity in the makeup our student population. While 29.4%…
Why I am Planning on Leaving McGill
By Humairaa Tarsoo The educational system in McGill, in math and engineering, does not adequately train a student for a high-end profession in business consulting. There is such a strong focus on passing engineering courses that engineering students typically do not, or cannot, opt for general interest courses, which I feel are important for self-development…
Electronic Dance Music
By Kelly Ma Trashy EDM music is always a crowd-pleaser once in a while. Between Despacito and Everytime We Touch, the lonely student “DJ” sitting on their laptop streaming Spotify will insert a song by the Chainsmokers to spice up the playlist. But this year, POWE, EUS Equity, and Materials have teamed up to render…
EngGames: Adventuring Outside the McGill Bubble
By Luke Ma We all know and love the comforts of Schulich 4th or MC10. They’re homely, close, and familiar. But, as the proverbial baby bird is pushed from its nest, we need to explore our surroundings and go further than just St. Denis. This can be daunting when you don’t know anyone or if…
Ringing in the New Year with E-Week: A Unique Perspective
By Fariha Hassan A lot of you might have noticed a different vibe in the engineering buildings after coming back from your well-deserved break. You can almost feel the excitement, the adrenaline, the tension and the hype radiating off some of our engineering students. If you have seen students wearing different coloured Pirate of…
The Better Semester
By Jacob Owen Sawyer A new year has begun, and with it an entirely new semester. After an all-too-brief winter break, classes have inevitably started once again. Syllabi have been read and ignored, and the first samosas of a new term have been sold. While many may have mixed feelings about the start of…
Students compete in McGill Engineering Competition
By Nick Brunt The 17th annual McGill Engineering Competition (MEC) was held the weekend of November 4-6 in the Lorne M. Trottier Building. This year’s edition of the interdisciplinary engineering event saw 122 students competing in seven categories over the course of the weekend, each with its own rules and guidelines designed to test…
The Smartest City in the World
By Brytan Mendes It is fashionable at this time of year to leave Montreal for someplace warm – usually in the form of some Mexican or Caribbean locale – to hide from the snow. Yet Montreal has become arguably the hottest city on earth. For decades, such topics as deep learning and machine learning…
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