MAE Graduate Student Council – Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

The MAE Graduate Student Council (GSC) was formed during the Fall 2007 semester by a group of seven student volunteers, with the mission to provide social and professional networking opportunities for graduate students in MAE. Our mission: To increase the level of interaction within our student body by providing both social and professional networking opportunities.

In addition, we have pledged to fulfill three objectives:

Serve as a liaison between graduate students and department faculty.
Solicit and analyze feedback from graduate students regarding suggestions for improving the Department, as well as criticisms of current policies.
Organize, promote, and support events which lend themselves towards fostering a cohesive, collaborative, and professional department.

What We Do

We are a group of MAE graduate students dedicated to improving our department in a number of ways. It is our belief that investing in the graduate program translates into a stronger department, which benefits both students and faculty.

Our responsibilities include:

Orienting new graduate students
Organizing the department picnic each fall
Hosting social events for graduate students
Promoting research awareness within and outside of our department
Hosting professional development and networking events
Represent MAE at the college-wide graduate student council

GSC operates with its own budget which is approved each year by the department chair. We also hold regular meetings. We are always looking for volunteers to facilitate in our activities. You can reach us at chair.maegsc@gmail.com.

We welcome any suggestions for future events as well as improvements on past events. We are here to make graduate life as a gator in the MAE department a rewarding experience.