The Mechanical Engineering Society is a leading organisation within the UCL Mechanical Engineering department, working closely with academics, staff, alumni, and current students. It consists of 4 Executive Divisions: Marketing, Finance, Sponsorship, and Events.

We aim to reach our main objectives by offering a balance between the following: 

• Career Events
• Engineering Projects
• Social Events

MES' social events aim to strengthen the sense of community within the student body. It gives members a chance to take a break, meet students from different years and spend an enjoyable time with classmates.

Last year's events

• F1 screening
• Go karting
• Various sports tournaments
• Game nights
• Student staff dinners
• End of year celebration
• Bounce

Our society provides students with an insight into the professional working environment.

The MES orchestrates a diverse array of career-oriented and networking events. This has given students the opportunity to discover a range of potential careers and allowed sponsors to attract students for their early career programs.

Panelist Events

These are panel and networking sessions where we invite speakers from many different companies (Rolls Royce, BlackRock, Williams Racing, and more) to present their companies. The students that take part  have the opportunity to network with the speakers during dinner.

Industry Talks

Annually, we hold numerous industry talks, which consist of graduate mechanical engineers presenting the industry they work in and introducing their company, followed by a Q&A and networking session.

Engineering Fair

One of the largest events each year is the engineering fair. We provide companies the opportunity to come to UCL and present their relevant internship programs, industrial placements, graduate schemes, types of work, etc. This event attracts more than 200 students every year.

In 2024, MES collaborated with the UCL Mechanical Engineering department to organise the largest ever Mechanical Engineering Careers fair at UCL, with over 15 companies attending.

We collaborate with sponsors like Autodesk and Dyson to host annual engineering events and competitions. These inspire students to collaborate, design, and manufacture  solutions for different challenges.

Autodesk Mechathon

In the past two years, our society has hosted a ‘Mechathon’ competition sponsored by Autodesk where 80+ students from the Mechanical Engineering Department participate. 

	For the third iteration of the Mechathon event, with the largest number of participants to date, students had to design and test an elastic band powered airplane.
	In 2022, students designed and built, in two days, a syringe-operated hydraulic arm to move a load.
	In 2021, students designed and built, in three days, an autonomous vehicle to transport a load across a track.

Dyson Workshop

In this workshop, students heard from James Dyson Engineers. In teams of six, they then engaged in hands-on build workshops to design sustainable solutions using Dyson products.   

Our 2^nd Dyson Event

MES teamed up with the Dyson Foundation for a workshop on March 13^th, 2024. Students used their creativity and design skills to prototype solutions that address global challenges, such as sustainably protecting bees, writing with a hand disability, cooking with a visual impairment, and more.

• Fares Debs – President – 3rd year 
• Alexander Hustad – Vice President – 3rd year 
• Lynn El Haddad – Sponsorship & Outreach Director – 2nd year 
• Rustam Toshov – Social Events Director - 2nd year 
• Elmeeza Bazillah - Marketing Director – 2nd year
• Huge Valade – Finance Director – 2nd year