The Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Graduate Students Association (CPEGA) exists to facilitate interaction between CPE graduate students, and to represent the graduate student body to department staff and faculty

Our Missions

• Improving the overall quality of graduate student's life experience while they are at the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department of the University of Calgary.
• Providing information on procedures and helpful tools available to students, organizing social events, field trips and sport activities, facilitating graduate students’ conferences, inviting speakers and lecturers from academia and industry, staying in touch with alumni, and giving feedback of student concerns.

Our Rules

CPEGA takes part of the University of Calgary Graduate Students Association (GSA) as a Departmental Graduate Association (DGA). Our main by-laws are based on:

• Departmental Graduate Association Handbook (DGA Handbook 2014-2015).
• CPEGA Position Descriptions (See here)

CPEGA Programs for Graduates

CPEGA objectives include improving the overall quality of graduate student's life experience while they are at the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department (CPED). This includes providing information on procedures and helpful tools available to students, organizing social events, field trips and sport activities, facilitating graduate students’ conferences, inviting speakers and lecturers from academia and industry, staying in touch with alumni, and giving feedback of student concerns to the CPED faculty.

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Technical and non-Technical Talks

Every year, we invite professionals to present various aspects of the chemical, oil & gas industry, give technical talks, and share their academic and work experiences with students. These topics range from the non technical but interesting subjects such as "what industry expects from graduate students once they recruit them" and "how one could be a good candidate attending in different job interviews" and "how diversity could help students learn from each other" to technical and outstanding focuses such as "how to write a technical paper for peer reviewed journals.

Many of our speakers present on subjects not offered in the current university curriculum. This gives our members a chance to learn about topics beyond the classroom from some of the most knowledgeable minds in the industry. Furthermore, it allows students to attach a human face to the company name. Students seeking future career opportunities within the organization can then correspond with the speaker.

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Field Trips and Fun Programs

Each year CPEGA organizes out of town trips and provides a chance for many students to travel out of Calgary and enjoy the activities. Most of graduate students do not have any experience of working in Oil and Gas industrial fields and consequently, are not familiar with upstream and downstream equipments. The aim of these trips is to let students observe the massive infrastructure that is associated with the industry and also enjoy activities that are being provided in and out of Calgary.