CAS Drop In Centre – Faculty of Engineering

Computing & Software Drop in centre

Having problems with a course? Need to work out a problem? Want to meet great people? Room ITB 242 is the place for you.

Get assistance from our excellent staff

The Drop In Centre (ITB 242) is a place where students can get help, ask questions, seek knowledge and say hello.

The centre primarily helps students taking courses offered by the department of Computing & Software.

The current courses are:

  • COMPSCI 1MD3
  • COMPSCI 1JC3
  • COMPSCI 1XC3
  • ENGINEER 1P13
  • SFWRENG 2XC3

The staff will try and help students not taking any courses with the department if they can.

Teaching Assistants may also use the Drop in Centre to hold office hours.  Details of this would be from the given course.

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Hours of operation

The Drop In Centre is open Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Teaching Assistants may schedule hours outside the regular hours.

You can also schedule a virtual meeting::

  1. Contact the TA or John Nakamura ( ext. 27017, nakamura@mcmaster.ca) to set up a meeting time.
  2. Join the CAS Drop In Centre team on MS Teams. After you’ve joined, click on the appropriate channel for your course.
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Facilities

Also installed is whiteboard software, web browsers, MS Teams, and the standard Windows 10 applications.

Plug the monitor into a laptop via HDMI (full size connector) so that a group can view what is on the laptop.

There is a meeting table  that seats six in front of the monitor and touch screen monitor.

Along the back wall is seating for six people.  There are outlets available for laptop adapters.

Staff

John Nakamura is the main contact. Sebastian Rabiej handles network and systems for the dept.  If you are a student in one of our programs and are having connection problems, talk to Sebastian. Robert Li handles the labs for the upper-year courses (year 2 and up).

  • John Nakamura

    Instructional Assistant, Computing and Software
    Location

    ITB 242

    Email

    nakamura@mcmaster.ca

    Phone

    905-525-9140 ext. 27017

  • Sebastian Rabiej

    System Specialist. Computing and Software
    Location

    ITB 242

    Email

    rabiejs@mcmaster.ca

    Phone

    905-525-9140 ext. 21588

  • Robert Li

    Instructional Assistant, Computing and Software
    Location

    ITB 242

    Email

    lis3@mcmaster.ca

    Phone

    905-525-9140 ext. 23445