Every workshop, tournament, and social MCU has run so far — logged and catalogued in one place. Open to all Mechatronics students at TMU.
MCU's very first event — catered with pita and hummus, 4 full teams battled through a mixed double-elimination bracket, with the Catalyst Learning Centre doubling as the spectators' lounge and a cooldown area between games. A great way to kick off the course union, and a staple event ever since.
Led by Velocity TMU, this 2-hour hands-on session covered ROS2 fundamentals — nodes, interfaces, and real robot communication — and ended with students programming a moveable robot of their own.
Held during midterm season as a cooldown and mental-health break, this Big Hero 6 screening came with popcorn and snacks for a relaxed night off. Turnout ran lower than usual, but as MCU's second-ever social event, it was a solid, easygoing intro to the community.
A three-tier SolidWorks series — the first session covered the basics and sent every participant home with a free SolidWorks license, while the second and third built toward CSWA and CSWP certification prep respectively. Industry-standard CAD skills for your résumé.
Run in collaboration with MECU, this carnival-style event on Gould Street raised money for CAMH — Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital. Inflatable games, refreshments, face painting, and our signature mechanical bull ran on a dollar-a-ticket system, with every cent going straight to the cause. The event was packed.
An evening full of prototyping, debugging, and learning the basics of electronics. Over 50 participants learned how basic circuitry works — from connecting and blinking an LED, to reading digital input through a push-button, to wiring an LCD for a visual text display.
Students designed and programmed autonomous sumo robots to compete head-to-head in the ring. Pure engineering chaos. Absolutely iconic.
A collab with the Mechanical Engineering Course Union (MECU) for Valentine's Day. Engineers can absolutely be romantic — or at least try.
Hands-on soldering fundamentals — iron technique, component placement, and inspection. Students left with a working board they built themselves.
A deep dive into building your own voice-activated AI assistant — hardware integration, natural language commands, and embedded control. Tony Stark would approve.
Getting started with Linux, GPIO, Python, and real hardware on the Raspberry Pi. From blinking LEDs to sensor interfacing — the gateway to embedded Linux.
The MCU welcomed a group of high school students from the United Arab Emirates for an opportunity to explore TMU's engineering design teams. Through presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on displays from TMFR, MARS, and MetRocketry, students learned about the innovative projects our teams work on throughout the year while gaining insight into student life and the opportunities available.
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