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    Thursday, February 10 Iron Warrior

    A FORUM FOR ENGINEERING CONCEPTS

    UW Engineering Admissions:Who Are Accepted?

    Over the past 15 years, the average maries ofOntario secondary school students enteringengineering at the University of Wa terloo haveclimbed steadily. This increase is caused partlyby the gradual inflation of grade 13 promotionaverages. More important is the factthat, withincreasing numbers of students applying forthe co-op program, the University's admissionstandards for Year I have undoubtedly risen.However, with these growing acceptancemarks, what type of students are beingadmitted these days? Many believe that withincreasing acceptance marks, the incomingfrosh will be overemphasizingacade mic worlewhile ignoring the tremendous variety ofuniversi .y extracurricular activities. Theengineering profession involves more thanju thigh marks in mathematics and science. Realworld engineering requires effective writtenand oral communication and the ability toworle harmoniously with a wide range ofpeople. Therefore, one might wonder aboutthe extent to which nonacademic achievements are considered when admitting studentsto the university .Although admissions are largely based onmaries , they are not inflexible because theytaleeinto account the qualityofthe high schoolsandthe activities of the individ ua .Students applying to engineering nowsubmit an "Engineering Choice PreferenceSheet". On it they indicate which of the sixEngineering departments are theirfirst,secondand third choices. This form also enables thestudent to list any extracurricular activitiesthey are intensively involved in. Since in thepast there has been a tendency for GeneralEngineering students to crowd into Mechanical and especially Electrical Engineering, theenrollment for each department is now limited.Consequently, Electrical Engineering, whichreceives the highest number of applicants, hasthe highest cut-ofr mark (which will beexamined later). Applicants who are rejectedby their first choice of department may beaccepted by their second or third choices.In many cases, the applicant's Grade 13average (ADM) must be adjusted twice beforeadmission is offered . Firstly, all marks arereduced by a factor which depends on thequality of the applicant's secondary school.The University determines this quality byexamining the drop in marks from Grade 13 toYear I Engineeringof other students from thatschool over the last eight years. This drop inmaries has an average value of about-I 5marksbut a range of about 20 marks. After thisadjustment No. I, Grade 13appJicantsforeachof the six departments are ranked. Themajority of admissions are based on theseadjusted averages. A second adjustment isapplied to students with an adjusted averagebetween 2 marks above and 5 marks below theCut off% ofthedepartmentsappJiedto. This

    adjustment No.2, which ranges from 0-5

    Table of Admissions DotaADMRange Chem Civil Eled. Geol. Mech. Syst.Des.95 100 1 8118 3 3 13 13 010 16 12/12 52/5290-94.9 73/72 17/17 94/91 5/5 45/45 43/43 277/27385 89.9 133 109 6(1 /62 160/90 9/10 107 88 71143 5 2 / ~ 1 0eD 84.9 103 1'19 8 ~ ~ b:r 181)/17 36113 1 6 5 ~ 8 M 9 625/1807579.9 63 1 6b/24 158 0 1912 130/9 4610 0482/3670-74.9 39/0 36/0 97/0 11 0 6410 29/0 276/065-69.9 1010 22/0 43/0 81 39 0 12/0 134/0SO-64 .9 3/0 14 0 27/0 510 15 0 510 69 0

    442/219 309 189 780 211 103 38 571 1962621107 2467/900ConfirmedApplicants 17 22 51 3 36June 1July TargetEnrolment 137 167 167 32 167Sept. TargetEnrOlment 130 160 160 30 160Combined Effect of 1st and 2nd Adjustments

    Cut-oH iRanked byADMNumberrejectedabove cutoffNumber~ d m i t t e dbelow cut off

    Chem. . Civil Elect. Geol. Mach.

    85.2 78.8 86.5 62 .8 84.0

    21 12 36 7 38

    22 12 36 7 37

    ADM - Grade 13 average beforeadjusrmemFor entries in top chart ratio: applications /acceprance offersreprinted from UW Guidelines Fall 1982Vol. 10 No.3

    16 145

    eo 75080 720

    Syst.Des .TOTAL

    86.5

    17 131

    17 i 131

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    marks, talees into account the individual'sbackground and extracurricular activities.These activities may include part-time jobs,athletics, student governments and ' community activities. Furthermore, Principal'scomments, maries in grades II and 12, participation in science fairs and public speakingcontests and evidence of entrepreneurial instincts can be used in this second adjustment.After this adjustment No.2 , applicants withinthis 7 marks range are then re-ordered in theranking. The effects of these two adjustmentson the e s h u m i n g o f ~ p p t i c a n t s a r o u n d thecutoff mark is shown in the Table of AdmissionsData . Over 260 students are affected by thesemark adjustments. While . 1 ? i c a n t ~ wit " - -.lverages over 90 were turned down fromElectrical Engineering, mafle adjustmentshave enabled the admission of36students withless than 80%.These figures indica te that offers ofadmission often depend on much more than aGrade 13 average.In addition, in examining the backgroundsof individual Grade 13 students, UW mustevaluate the non-Grade 13" applicationswhich come from mature students, Community College graduates and students fromother provinces. About 18% of Year I classeswill be filled by these people whose applications cannot be ranleed using formulae ofstatistics. Furthermore, admissions officerstake the effort to advise unsuccessfulapplicants on alternatives to Engineering atWaterloo . For example, jUdging from the information sent by the applicant, they mightrecommend applying to one of the many otherengineering schools.

    Moreover, efforts may be made to increasethe effect of adjustmentNo. 2 on admissions.Although the average drop in marks fromsecondary school to Year 1 engineering isabout -15 . the drop is smaller for thoseaccepted withmarksinthelowerrange. Hence,the effort put into makingad'missions based onadjustments due to extracurricular activities isworthwhile. Professor Louis Bodnar, admissions officer, inform s us that the reliabilityandimportance of mark adjustments based onstudent background and activities should beimproved in the future. For example, someToronto area applicants are now being askedto submit two forms which outline the person'scharacterand activities. One form is to be filledout by the applicant and the otherisa referenceprovided by an adult friend. With more information available on the activities of eachstudent, an increase in the range of the No.2mark adjustment can be considered.Therefore, although academic acceptancestandards will likely remain high, efforts willcontinue to be put into closely evaluating themany borderline students in terms of extracurricular activities. Bob Costen, 3B EE

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    2 Iron Warrior Thursday, February 10

    From The ImageThe President's Desk of the Engineer

    These mid-term editorials are always the most difficult to write. Most ofthetypical topics such The word engineer brings to mind the image of the beer drinking, rowdy, egotistical, andas course critiques, elections, thank you's, jobs etc. just don't seem to apply. However, it seems perhaps even obnoxious person. Yet this is notat all what an engineer is like. Although it perhapsperhaps that wecan't sce the forest . through the trees. Let's take acouple of steps back and havea does describe some engineering students, it does not describe the professional engineer. Where,look trom the outside Instead of from the all too familiar insider's view then, does this image of the engineering student come from?Ever wonder. . . This view is certainly not how we see ourselves, yet this image is still present. Why is it here? InI. Who gives you this paper and Enginews every month . .,some cases the descripti on does fit, yet this is only a minority. The stereotyped version of what an2. Who puts up those banners and posters advertising events. engineer is like still exists across campus.3. Who 1 runs C&D and the POETS Pub . Part of this image comes from the way the Engineering Society projects this image. Take for4. Who presents some of the best special and athletic events on campus. example, the EngSoe handbook. To go along with this, also consider what the frosh are told5. Who stands up in front of your class every second week and takes 5-10 minutes of verbal abuse during orientation. The Engineering Society gives a description of what an engineer should bejust to tell his/ her classmates what's going on . like. Then they encourage the frosh to Jive up to that image. The question that we should askEver think that that's all there is to Engineering Society? Are we more, should we be more? Is ourselves is, Is this really how we want the rest of the world to see us?"Eng Soc a bunch of thirty people who think they're better than everybody else or does Eng Socdo There is nothing wrong with considering ourselves the best; but the best what? In terms of inwhat its members want it to do? Do we know what's going on in the classes - academically and class behaviour , the engineeringstudentscertainlyare not the best. Infact,engineersare probablysoc ially? Do you know? I'm supposed to b.e in charge and sometimes J wonder?? among 'the rudest students on campus. They are possibly the only group that throw paperEng Soc is at a cross-roads with about five directions (do nothing alternatives not included) airplanes. (although that does not seem to be occuring as much lately). Consider the differenceavailable to pursue. Which way we go in the next while is anybody's guess. Eng Soc has been between a class filled with engineersand one with very few engineers. Inanengineeringclass , if thegrowing for a long time and won't be able to grow much farther unless we change a few things lecture gets boring(orpeople begin to lose interest) they starttalking to each other. This is not onlyaround. rude to the professor, but also to their fellow classm ates who are still tryingto listen . Inaclass withAs an example look at the C&D stand. Currently the sta nd grosses approximately $ I 100 a few engineers, even thoug h the lecture may get boring, the people still listen. Even if they are notday in the winter and fall and about $1,000 a day in the summer. A few quick calculations show interested, they at least show the amount of respect and courtesy that is due the professor.that its per annum gross is in the order of $200,000.00. That's a lot of coffee. Five years ago the The engineer's image also appears to be presented in Enginews. Although we do not takeC&D stand was a shoestring operation outside the Eng Soc office door. We've hit the limit unless ourselves seriously here, we still must be aware of the fact that there are those who take this imageradical changes are made. What aboutenlarging the C&Dinto the CP H foyer?$IO,OOO - $15,000 seriously and believe what is printed.has been bantered about what do you think? What about Rob Cooper, the guy who runs it? The description of the engineer as the beer drinking, rowdy . egotisticaland obnoxious personThink he should be paid it is pretty much of a small business and he does a good job at it. perhaps describes a minority of he engineering students. Yet this minority is the most visible andSimilar questions can be raised about Eng Soc itself? Are pubs and profsall there is to UW? Why the most heard. Perhaps it is time for us to considerthe image we wish to present to the rest of thecan't Eng Soc get going on this or that. IS the WBS out. Should Enginews stay - some poeple campus. After all, the picture painted here is not ve ry pretty, is it?think it should go do you?We've got to start talking about these things. Not just in the halls between classes but also as agroup. Let's all talk (frosh, I'm gone in three months, you've got four more years), about what todo now , for the future.

    Aaron Sandler

    New Ideas for the QEMFUnreachable Government

    Canada is governed by a remote unreachable government in Ottawa. Our political lawsMoi;l ;__ trItborlawyersforlawyers. Therefore,only a select few are making the decisionsabout Canada's future; the constituents areVrtuall y excluded from this c e s ~ Thesebureaucrats often makc deCisions (especiallythescdays)thatare unwanted by the populanccthey govern. [hey fling our money around tovarious programmes and groups as theyplease, under the false pretence that thegovernment knows best to do with our hard-earned money. The people of Canada and of

    other democratic countries are skeptical of abureaucracy over which they exercise so littlecontrol.

    QEM imilarThe Quality of Ed ucation MaintenanceFund committee was to be just anolher suchunreachable government. I he committee wasto take fifty dollars from each eligiblecnglOcering student and to allot the money tovarious,engineering projects as they saw fit.The common student (the majority)had nosayas to where his money was spent; there existedno democracy . The QEMF formal draftprepared by the then Eng Soc president stated

    The Iron Warrior is a publication of the Engineering Society liB at theUniversity of Waterloo, It's purpose is 10 promote professionalawarenes the Engineering Faculty and to inform Engineers of theSociety Activities.Mailing Address: Iron Warriorc/o Eng Soc BUniversity of WaterlooWaterloo. Ontario

    Director of PublicationsManaging EditorEditorProduction ManagerAdvertising Managers

    Photography

    Dave WilliamsAaron SandlerScott SorliNorm KummerFrank GerencserRod' Van KessenichMike ThomasHerb ChongPaul Gabber

    Layout Bob CostenEric DormerKen JonesRuth HigginsonCathy SterleLarry BorsatoLarry LeMesurier

    The Iron Warrior is typeset at Imprint and printed at Webman Press.

    that the members of the QEM F committeewere to be selected by Eng Soc . If there weremany that ad aspis'ations to sit oq the QEM Fco te , then the committee would bealmost impervious to them; Eng Soc may evenhave patronized friends (let's hope not,though). Those that were not willing to investtheir time on a QEMF committee, which isreason enough, were to resign themselves tohaving 7ero domination over their own fiftydollars (indeed, the QEMF proposal never didrequire equal representation, nor did it requirethe committee members to reflect theirconstituent's views as opposed to their ownpersonal views).

    Proposal fo.rHelping Engineering FacultyIt has been estimated that engineeringstudents only pay 16% of the university'S

    expenditures for our education. If t is true thatthe Faculty of Engineering lacks funds forworthwhile equipment and projects, then forus to pay a little more is not unreasonable. Thewriter proposes thefollowing funding arrange-menent.AFTER approval of the Faculty ofEngineering's annual budget, both Eng Socsshould evaluate whether financial assistanceshould be extended to the facultyforthat fiscalyear. Students should each contribute theirfifty dollars under the same exemption rulesaswith QEM F (they were fair) except tQatex.empted students need not paytheirdonation

    at registration (maximum number of accum-ulated donations per student - 7). Thedepartments should submit to the studentsproposals of programmes they would likefunded, stating purpose and desired dollaramount. Each desired amount becomes theceiling for its project's account. Contributingengineering students should have one month toanalyze the proposals. The students shoulddecide to which project accounts their fiftydollars are to go, and assign their money in theproportions they please (democracy). Once theceiling is reached, students yet to assign theirmoney should be notified the account is full (ashort real-time computer programme caneasily perform all the bookkeeping functionsrequired), but should still bcable to-contributeto that account. Unassigned money should beappropriated according to the assigned moneyproportions (extrapolated democracy) untilaccount ceilings are reached. There should be a

    formal ceremony, open to the public(especially the contributors), at which thestudents' representattves hand over the moneyto the beads of all the programmes assisted.Conditions of financial assistance:a) money handed over in cash ordraft so thatno amounts enter university finance sheetsb) the programme heads agree to spendmoney as per their proposals (within reason)c} at the end of the term the programme headsfurnish to Eng Soc and all students a listing ofhow their money was spent, detailingequipment bought and serial numbers, as wellas a listing of their university fundedexpenditures.The idea of this action is to help our Facultyof Engineering when in a tight financialsqueeze, but to do so in a way that caters to thestudents' interests (it's our money ). May wecall this the Engineering Faculty AssistanceProgram (EFAP)?

    Ideas for Improving EducationThe above proposal contains no guaranteeof improving Waterloo's engineering education. Below are ideas which may be consideredfor action towards actually improving edu-cation.1) Restrict projects in above proposal to thosethat upgrade undergraduate laboratories orclassrooms (including building costs andequipment).2) Halve class sizes. Fiftyorso people perclassis plenty. This can be accomplished two ways:a) hire double as many teaching professors(that are interested in teaching),b) have simultaneous instruction of two halfclasses by the professor and a (good) teachingassistant, alternating the professor and theteaching assistant every class period.3) Construct a building containing short wideclassrooms without lighting nor acousticalproblems; use the Engineering Lecture Hallonly for tutorials.4) Assign pointed homework assignmentsthat gradually develop understanding ofmaterial, as opposed to requiring completeunderstanding before questions can be started.5) Change tutorials to workshops (of longerduration, maybe one per afternoon orevening)with time and atmosphere for doing usefulquestions, and a teaching assistant to helpindividuals overcome difficult points(likeGenE 114). Michael Jensen38 EE Workterm

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    Thursday, February 10 Iron Warrior 3No one can predict realistically h o ~ long this rece sion will last and I will not hazard a guess.Ho\\.e\"er, it i obvious it will not turn around overnightand we may have to seriously review ourrequirements further to reflect the realityofthe ituatio n.1 willcertainly keep you informed of ouridea and di cu ions.I appreciate the concern you indicated for the faculty by the large turnout and support of the

    QEMF proposal. By now ou know that the Fall stream, while obtaining a majority vote forQEMF. failed to obtain the nece sary66% required to ratify the proposal. There is nodoubtthatthese fund would have ea ed the bottleneck that the faculty (as well as the universityis facing).Thee i obviousl struggling to limit thegrowth of ts expenditures and this policy is not local norisit temporary. Tuition charges will be held to a 5% maximum increase this year as a result of theWage Re traint Act. but they will obviouslyri ethefollowingyear. Theminimumyoucanexpectwould be at lea t equal to the co t of living index, which i difficult to forecast. However, evenUition hikes will only marginally help the faculty as the fee are paid to the university.It is obvious that the impact of the microproce sor on all engineeringdi ciplines is tremendous

    and engineering school everywhere are grappling with the problem of providing hands onexperience. Ho\ ever, the cost of this technologyi expensive and universityfundingdoes not takeinto account thi rather dramatic new requirement. everal institutions in the U.S. are nowrequiring all students to buy their own minicomputer just as they require tex tbooks . Othersareputting in placea special u er fec to pa_ for maintenance and materials,elc. associated with thecomputer equipment - a nominal amount. 1am not sugge ting we do either at this time, but Iwelcome your sugge tions.In order to fo ter more communication between students and m self. I will set up severalgeneral meetings per term to discus current concerns and issues.New Co-operativeWork Term Requirements

    The employment situation for this winter term has been the worst we have ever experienc ed andthere doesn't appear to be any indication that the situation will improve for some time. Wi nter is,historically, more difficult than spring or fall, but we have never experienced a situation such asthis. As of mid-January, there were still nearly 300 of 1410 engineering students without co-opjobs. Canada is facing its most difficult period in over thirty years.

    Many students have asked what willhappen if, through nofaultoftheirown , theydo not obtaina co-op job this term and / or next term - how will this affect their degree program? It is obviousthat students should not be penalized for circumstances over which they have no control and wemay, out of necessity, reduce the number of required work terms, This will be handled on anindivid ual basis involving this faculty and the Department of Co-ordination. We will still req uirefour satisfactory work term reports, so it maybe necessary for you to research a topic onyourowllrather than write about a topic related to your work experience.I can assure you that the Department of Co-ordination is making an all-out effort to findjobs.Many faculty are using their research funds to employ students. Eve'ry possibility is beingexplored. The Co-ordination Department has adopted a policy for hard times" involving thefollowing:1. The most important resource the Department has for the development of jobs is the 8,800names on the co-operative employer file. The co-ordinators will continue to blitz thesepeople by phone or visit them to round up as many obsas possible. Included in this number

    are 1,700 actively participat ing employers. The remainderemployed students at some time inthe past or are potential employers for the future.2. To ensure enough time to contact all prospective employers, co-ordinators will be makingstudent visits only where necessaryor wherejobdevelopmentcanbe com :tined witha studenl Ivisit. ,

    3. There are literally hundreds of federal and provincial government aid schemes to assist employers in hiring people. Most of these are notappropriateforco-op students; however, wehave sifted through the various schemes and basic information kits have been provided to theco-ordinators on those that seem applicable forthe hiring of co-op students. Ashort write-u pwrovided with appropriate telephone numbers forfollow-up . The number of aid schemesinthe kit is fifteen. Information on government funding program has been sent to over 50employers who have expressed an interest in these aid schemes.

    4. Until now, the contract hiring" of co-op students by employers has not been promoted bythe co-ordinators. We have developed a procedure which simplifies the handling of suchcontracts. All co-ordinators have been provided with a kit of information to assist them inpromoting this concept. A number of government agenciesand departmentshaveexpres edan interest in this concept. By mid-January, more than 80 students are working through thecontract route.5. The Co-ordination Department has hired two student co-ordinators for the winter term.

    Their prime duties will be to directly contact unplaced students. This will relieve theplacement specialists and co-ordinators in this area.6. The Waterloo Advisory Council has offered its solid support to the University in our searchfor jobs . A special sub-committee of the Advisory Council has been formed to assist us. It isexpected that the committee will provide us witha perspective that we may miss. In addItion.the committee has taken an active role in approaching employers at a very senior level.7. Notices of advertisements have been placed in several professional magazines advising thereaders that co-op students will be availa ble fort he winter work term. This was done ona verylimited scale in the past, with positive effects. Such magazines include the APEODimensions, Chemistry in Canada, the Chartered Accounting Monthly Newsletter and the

    Northern Miner.8. A meeting was held with the Directors of the co-operative education programs fromMemorial University, Universite de Sherbrooke and Ecole de Technologie Superieure,Universite de Quebec. Ideas were shared on solutions to findingjobs for co-op students.9. Where it appears appropriate, co-ordinators have suggested the possibility of job sharing.Some employers have already expressed an interest in this. The possibilities suggestedinclude two students sharing a single job for two month periods of the term, two studentssharing a job mornings and afternoons for the entire term, or four students working in alocation sharing three pay cheques. Obviously, many other combinations are possible .10. Students who have personal connections for finding jobs are being encouraged to pursuethis option. Normally, we wait until the end of term before we suggest to students that theyalso look for ajob on their own, as well as using our resources.

    II. Our recent participation in the recent local Industrial and Business Show had some positiveeffects. Although the attendance was not large, a number of individuals made enquiriesabout the possibility of hiring students for their organizations.12. Although our major effort is devoted to seeing that it does not become necessary, we haveaccumulated information regarding unemployment insurance. At the appropriate time, wewill advise unplaced students when, and how, to apply for this governmentassistance.

    13. An article was published in the lastedition of WEAL, which is the newsletterfor the Engineering Alumni. This article gives a rundown on the job situation for Engineering studentsduring the fall term as well as prospects for the winter term. The article asks the alumni toadvise us of possible jobs for co-op students.14. We are receiving a great number of suggestions from around campusand weare following upon them all to determine their feasibility in our present situation.15. All departments within the University community have been encouraged to hire co-op students wherever possible for temporary, part-time or full-time positionsandjobsare opening

    Best wishes. W. C LennoxDean of Engineering

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    4 Iron Warrior Thursday, February 10The Sandford leming oundationThe Sandford Fleming Foundation is namedin honour of one ofCanada s greatest engineers. Bornin 1827, he was the inventor of theStandard Time Zone System, the

    designer of our first postal stampand the chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway. His involvement in education included 3 1years as Chancellor of Queen sUniversity and his activities in theRoyal Canadian Institute. SirSandford Flemi ng's many ac-complishments and work typifiedthe blending of practice andtheo ry which is a t he heart of co-operative engineering education.The Sandford Fleming Foun-dat ion was formed with theoverall goal of encouraging co-operation between industry anduni versities in the training ofengineering students. The ul-timate intent of all of the Foundation s acti vities is to improvethe quality of engineering inindustry by promoting co-operative education and by developing new modes of interactionbetween industry and the educational institute.

    The Foundation was set up by agroup of senior faculty membersand students of the Faculty ofEngineering at this university.The three major contributors offunds to the Sandford FlemingFoundation are: the engineeringstudents at Waterloo, through aper term fee; the faculty and staffat the university; and industry .Funds obtained from Waterloostudents, faculty and staff areused to support the Awards and

    Grants Programme while theIndustrial Visitors Programme isfinanced from industrial don-ations.Graduate Tuition Grant

    Awarded to outstandinggraduates of a co-operative en-gineering programme who areproceeding to a M. A. Sc.programme in engineering.Travel GrantsIn order to encourage students to present papers at tech-nical conferences, the Foundation makes available twotravel grants per year.Loan FundsThe Foundation administersan emergency student loanfund which provides short-term, interest free loans tostudents in financial need.AwPtl'd for TeachingMsistantship Excellence

    The presentation of thisA wal'd is to acknowledge ex-cellence in the work of Teaching Assistants in Engineeringat Waterloo. This 300 awardwill be given to a teachingassistant involved with courses for each of the Departments:Chemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSystems Designand from First Year Engineering. The period for choiGfwill be from September foAugust 31.Each term, the EngineeringSociety will ask each class inTIDE

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    each department and in FirstYear to select one of its currentteaching assistants as a candidate for the Award. Eachmember of the class will beasked to f i l l out a commonquestionnaire intended to assess the candidate s performance and commitment to teaching. The Professor being assisted by the candidate willalso be asked to submit a statement on behalf of the candidate. The information aboutall candidates will be compiledby Eng Soc and submitted to theappropriate Department and tothe Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the case ofFirst Year so that a winner canbe selected from each list ofcandidates. Candidates mustbe enrolled as either graduatesor undergraduates in Engineering at Waterloo and mayreceive no more than oneaward.The EngineeriumIn 1978, the Foundation re-ceived a grant from OntarioHydro, the Niagara Parks Com-mission and Wintario to in-vestigate the use of the ElectricDevelopment Company s generating station at Niagara Fallsas an engineering museum. Thedonated funds were used to de-termine the feasibility of a selfsupporting public educationalcentre and museum to trace theindustria and technologicalhis tor . of anada.

    The actual exhibit is currently in the planning stage andis intended to be a combination

    of active displays and archivalcollections including some ofthe writings of Sir SandfordFleming. The museum is ex-pected to foster study andresearch into the growth andsocial impact of engineering aswell as presenting a variety ofexhibits designed to e n c o ~ r g emaximum public participationfor education and enjoyment.

    SandfordEducational PressThe Press is a self-supportingancillary enterprise of the foun-dation and its purpose is topublish educational, technical and

    engineering materials. These maytake the form of texts, conferenceproceedings, works for the en-gineering profession and researchmonographs. The immediate ob-j ecti ve at Waterloo has been toprovide technically current in-structional material that appliesdirectly to the courses taken bystudents.Industrial VisitorsIndustrial visitors are shortterm resource people who ~ r t -pate in tutorial sessions andclassroom presentations. Theirgoal is to provide the studentswith some exposure to industry sapplication of the knowledge andskills that are taught in theclassroom. t is an important partof their visit that they interaotwith undergraduates , graduatesand faculty in order to relate realworld experience to the lectureroom setting.

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    Thursday, February 10

    Apple Oones and6502 Generics Advances in Road DesignONe of the hottest topics for micro

    computer hobbyists these days is the wave ofApple clones that are hitting the market. Theexperts in the area know all about them, but tothe rest of us it isstill somewhat ofa mystery. SoI looked around to find out more about them.and this is what I found:The First AppleThe first Apple computer was designedabout 8 years ago by Steve Wozniak and SteveJob in California. Since that time, the basicde ign has changed only triviallyand the Applehas become a synonym for home-computer.The Apple uses a 6502 micro-processor to doall of its thinking and is usually programmed inBASIC. It provides for a pleasant computerenvironment and has nice looking high resolution graphics.

    The EurAppleAfter the Apple had been put on the orthAmerican market, it didn't take long before aEuropean model was developed. The European model, called the EurApple has essentially the comp.uting capabilities but adifferent video output. European TV sets havedifferent signal requirements and the differentvideo output provides the correct format.The First Hobby CloneA couple years back, a number of EurAppleprinted circuit boards were disposed of verycheaply in California. These were blankprinted circuit boards for the EuropeanApples, but withoutanycomponentsmountedon them. Some hobbyist soon modified theseboard so they could be used in North America,and after adding all the required components,they built the first Apple clones. Legally, therewas no problem as these were completelylegitimate boards, which were sold as scrap byApple.The First Commercial CloneAt approximately the same time, Franklin,aUS company, produce the first commerical..Apple emulator". The ACE loo could runall Apple programs and could accommodateall Apple peripherals (optional components).The first ACE machines were in black andwhite, but after some more work they alsoma naged to prod uce a colour version .The onlyreal difference between the real Apple and the

    ACE was its external appearance. Legally.there were some lawsuits against Franklin. butbecause the ACE had made ome trivial modifications. Franklin i likely off the hook .Eastern ClonesIn late 1982, a number of newer clones cameon the market which not only had the sameinsides as the original Apple, but which alsohad virtually the ame outside appearance.These were generally imported from the Eastand the Golden II is typical of them. Representatives of these firms indicate that legalinvestigations have uncovered no infringements on Apple's claims by this system .Local ClonesRecently, a number of different people ha vegotten on the band wagon. and Apple lookalike printed circuit boards arc being builteverywhere. Some are imported from the FarEast, but others are produced in Ottawa, Scarborough and in some Toronto basements.Right now there are a variety of sources for theboards and a hobbyist has the option of tryingthe individual components on his own, orgetting complete kits which already haveall thecomponents together in one bag . Morerecently, packages have been sold which arealready partly assembled and need only be putIOto a case WIth a power supply and keyboard.Prospective CustomersThe idea of putting together one's ownApple is very appealing to most, but acouple ofwords of caution should be given. The varietyof sources of equipment have an equallyvarying range of quality. Some clones are asgood , when constructed, as the original.Others can cause a lot of headaches, to say theleast. Building an Apple clone is no task for abeginner and can be somewhat of a challenge,even to a regular amateur.A Final Word

    If this article has inspired ou o take afurther investigation of the subject: tlere are anumher of studentsoncampus who have eitherbuilt or are selling clones. Carefully consultwith them. In addition, find a copy of Elec tronics Today International and read moreabout clones, as I did . The Canadian magazinecarries numerous clone advertisements andprovides some detailed articles on the subject.Michael Van Aerde4B Civil

    While the field of tran portation encompasses all mode of travel and goodmo\ements. generally, tran portation engineer arebe tknownforthelrinvol\'ementinthedesign. maintenance and operationofhighwayfacilities. This article de cribes how n.'ccntchanges in oureconomvand environment ha\ cchanged the empha i. 'of theIr actl\ itie. fromfacility design to facility management .

    Traditionall). transportation engineerscalled upon to design ne", highways whene\erthe traffic demand had. or was expected. toexceed the limits of the present network . Boththe financiaL land and building materialre >ources ,\ere \ irlllally unlimited. and newhighwa}s were buIlt on demand. Recently.however, finances have become morerestricted and additional land to build new. roads is becoming scarce. Similarly. the onceunlimited supply of asphalt is rapidlydepletingas oil wells run dry. This changing economicenvironment has changed the role of he transportation engineer from a designer ofhighways to a manager of highway facilities.

    On rural roads, the traditional trend was touprade 2-lane highways to 4 lanes, for theentire length, even when only one section wascritical. More recent trends have been towardsless costly solutions. Passing lanes wereprovided in critical sections or pa ed shoulderswere introd uced to provide improved trafficflows. Also considered was the addition of onlyone lane in each direction. In thiscase the extralane was alternated between the two directions. It was only when no intermediatesolution was possible. that the twinningofbothlanes was considered, ane: even then dual laneswere only provided for sections.In urban areas, land is even more at apremium. Here improvements in trafficoperations are preferred to construction asthere is usually no room for any addition oflanes. As traffic in cities is controlled by traffic

    l i ~ h t s operations are most commonlyimproved through the use of traffic lightsynchronization strategies. It is the aim of thetraffic engineers to offset the green phaseofthelights, along a given roule, an such a manner II. 'to allow trafftc progre sion. LJnder idealconditions, vehicles encounter only greenlights, once they have ynchroni/ed,and delay,stops, fuel consumptions and accid nts areminimized.Traffic progression is very complicated as it

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    is difficult to obtain perfect synchronizationfor both mainline and opposing directiontraffic when cro s-street need to be providedfor As are. ult, current work is focussed onimproving computer algorithms which willcalculate the optimum offsets for large trafficnetwork. Work is also conducted on trafficcontrol computers. which must execute thecalculated ~ t r a t e g i c s and send the signals to thetraffic light in the field .The design t)f actual road surfaces is alsoundergomg major changes. For new roads,thin pa\cments with plastic reinforcementsarcinvestigated as r e p l c c m c n t ~ for the traditionall, much thid..er de igns made of onl}a phalt. Reinforced pavements, In a fashionsimilar to reinforced concrete. aid in the conservation of construction materials. Even inthe maintenance of old roads has the use ofconservation become an important challenge.Traditionally old pavements were broken upand disposed of, but now these materials arerecycled . Old asphault is reheated, and whencombined with some new materials, can be reapplied.A review of the changes in the /lrea ofhighway design, indicates that the role oftransportation engineers has altereddrastically during the last decade. The designers of new highways have become themanagers of existing facilities in viewoflimi tedresources. While their tasks might havebecome more difficult, they have definitelyal 0 become more challenging.Michel Van Aerde

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    StudentS Don't Write GoodThe lack of basic skills and knowledgeexhibited by many of the young men andwomen ente ring university has given rise to realconcern among educators. Scores of learnedtreatises have appeared attempting to shedlight on the sources of his malady. Some have

    denounced the school system for failing tostress fundamentals. Others have pointed anaccusing finger at the decline of the NorthAmerican family or at the baleful influence oftelevision. Perhaps it would do better to listento these students themselves . Manyofthemarenot adept at verbal expression, but few of hemare deficient in creativi ty. Ignorance shouldnot be confused with foolishness. As anintroduction to their thought there is no betterguide than that they have written themselves.To wit, I submit a compendium of theirwisdomform of a brief sketch of WesternCivilization since the Middle Ages. I havetaken the liberty of arranging their sentencesinto a coherent whole, but the words belongentirely to them . They ahve been culled fromfreshman history essays handed into meand tomy colleagues at the University of Alberta andat McMaster University. But I have spokenenough. Shall we listen to a rather differentdrummer?History is always bias, because humanbeings have to be studied by other humanbeings, not be independent observers ofanother species.During the Middle Ages everybody wasmiddle aged. Church and state were cooperatic. Middle Evil society was made up ofmonks , lords, and surfs. It is unfortunate thatwe do not have a medivel European laid out ona table before us, ready for dissection . After arevival of infantile commerce slowly creepedinto Europe, merchants appeared. Some weresi tters and some were drifters. They roamedfrom town to town exposing themselves andorganiz.ed big fairies in the countryside.Mideval people were violent. Murder duringthis period was nothing. Everybody killedsomeone. England fought numerouslyforlandin France and ended up wining and losing. TheCrusades were a series of military expad-itions made up Christians seeking to free theholy land (tije dome Town" of Christ) fromthe isJams.In the 1400 hundreds most Englishmenwereperpendicular. The class of yeowls arose.Finally, Europe caught the Black Death. Thebubonic plague is a social disease in the sensethat it can be transmitted by intercourse andother etceteras. t was spread from port to portby infected rats . Victims of the Black Deathgrew boobs on their necks. The plague alsohelped the emergence of the English languageas the national language of England, Franceand Italy.The Middle Ages slipmered to a halt. Therenasence bolted in from the blue. Life reekedwith joy. Italy became robust, and moreindividuals felt the value of their human being.Italy of course. was much closer to the rest ofthe world, thanks to northern Europe. Manhas determined to civilise himself and hisbrothers. even if heads had to roll It becamesheik to be educated. Art was on a more

    associated level. Europe was full of incredablechurches with great art bulging out theirdoors.Renaissance merchants were beautiful andalmost lifelike.The Formnation happened when Germannobles resented the idea that tithes were goingto pa.pal France or the Pope thus enrichingCatholic coiffures. Traditions had becomeoppressive, they too were crushed in the wakeof man's quest for ressurection above the not-just-social past that had become. An angryMartin Luther nailed 95 theocrats to a churchdoor. Theologically, Luther was into reorientation mutation. Calvinism was the mostconvenient religion since the days of theancients. Anabaptist services tended to bemigratory. The Popes , of course, were usuallyCatholic. Monks went right on seeingthemselves as worms. ThelastJesuitpriestdiedin the 19th century.

    After the refirmation were wars both foreignand infernal. f the Spanish could gain theNet herlands they would have a strongholdthrough northern Europe which would includetheir posetions in Italy, Burgangy, centralEurope and India thus serrounding France.The German Emper s lower passage wasblocked by the French for years and years.Louis XIV became King of he Sun. Hegavethe people food artillery. If he didn't likesomeone, he sent them to the gallows to rowforthe rest of their lives. Vauban was the royalminister of flirtation. In Russia the 17thcentury was known as the time of he boundingof the serfs. Russian nobles wore clothes onlyto humour Peter the Great. Peter filled hisgovernment with accidental people and builtanew capital near the European border.Orthodox priests became government. an-tennae.The enlightenment was a reasonable time.Voltare wrote a book called Candy that gothim into trouble with Frederick the Great.Philosophers were unknown yet, and thefundamental take was one of religioustoleration slightly confused with defeatism.France was in a very serious state. Taxationwas a great drain on the state budget. TheFrench revolution was accomplished before ithappened. The revolution evolved throughmonarchial , republican and tolarian phasesuntil it catapulted into Napoleon. Napoleonwas ill with bladder problems and was verytense and unrestrained.History, a record of things left behind bypast generations, slarted in 1815 . Throughoutthe comparatively radical years 18151870 thewestern Europeancontinentwas undergoingarampant period of econ"omic modification.Industrialization was precipitating in England. Problems were so complexicated that inParis , out of a city population of I millionpeople, a million able bodies were on the loose.Great Britain, the USA and other Europeancountrys had demicratic leanings. The middleclass was tired and needed a rest. The old ordercould see the lid holding down new ideasbeginning to shake. Among the gols of thechartists were universal suferage and an analparliment. Voting was to be done by ballad.A new time zone of national unification

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    Thursday, February 10 Iron Warrior 7roared over the horizon. Founder of the new . _________ _____ ~Italy as Cavour an intelligent Sardine from thenorth . Nationalism aided Itallv becausenationalism is tlie growth of an r r ~ y We cansee that nationalism succeeded for ltallybecause of France's big army. 'apoleon Ill-IVmounted the French thrown . One thinks ofNapoleon III as a live extension of the late, butgreat Napoleon. Here too was the newGermany: loud , bold, and vulgar and full ofreality.Culture fo mented from Euro pe's tip to itsto p. R ichard Strauss, who was violent butmethodical li ke hi s wife made hi m, plungedinto vicous and perverse plays . Dramatizedwere adventures in seduction and ab ortion.Mus'c reeked with reality. Wagner wa s masterof music and people did not forget h iscontribution . When he died the labeled is seat"hsitorical" . Oth er countries had their ownartist s. France had Chekhov.World War I broke out around 1912-1914.Germany was on one side of France, andRussia was on the other. At war people getkilled , and then they aren' t p eople any more,but friend s. Peace wa s proclaimed at Versigh,which was attended by George Loid, PrimalMinisterof England. President Wilson arrivedwith 14 pointer s. In 1937 Lenin revoltedRussia. Communism raged among thepeasant s, and the civil war"team colours" werered and white.Germany was displaced after WWI. Thisgave rise to Hitler . Germany was morbidlyoverexcited and unbalanced . Berlin becamethe decadent capital , where all forms of sexualdeprivations were practised . A hugh anti-semantic movement arose. Attractive sloganslike "death to all Jews" were used by governmental groups. Hitler remilitarized theRineland over a squirmish between Germanyand France. The appeasers were blinded by thegreat red of the Soviets. Mossealini rested hisfoundations on 8 million bayonets and invitedHi Lee Salasy. Germany invaded Poland ,France invaded Belgium, and Russia invadedeverybody. War screeched to an end when anukuleer explosion was dropped on Heroshima. A whole generation had been wipedout in two world wars, and their forlornefamilies were left to pick up the peaces .According to Fromm, ind ividuation beganhistorically in medieval times. This was aperiod of small childhood. There is increasingexperience as adolescence experiences its lifedevelopment . The last stage is us.

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    Snow BowlSunday's Snow Bowl was actually a Slush Bowl held in the rain on Columbia Field. Theconditions nevertheless added to the fun and the usual numberofcasualtiesand injuries were keptto a minimum. The eventual winners were4B Physical Systems who looka bruising8-2finalfromthe 4B Mutants. 2A Chempagne took the consolation division for third place. A truck load ofobscenities go out to those who wimped out by not making a show on Sunday.

    EngineeringEngineering Wee kend I was heldonJanuary27 to 30 undertheclpudyskies ofa slushy January .The weekend began on a dark note when crosso

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    Weekend IPinball Tournament

    The pinball tournament has to go on record as the longest event in Eng Soc history After amechanical failure (there's never a mech.\' around when you need one) the tournament wasconcluded one week later with a sweep by the 3A Civil class. Fi rst place went to Graham Archerwhile Dan Joyce and Sam Sidawi took second and third. An ho nourable mention goes out to PeteCliff of 3B Mech who tallied up the tournment high, 539670 points .

    Pub RallyChris Carter again managed to provide a great tour of the Waterloo Region and the localdrinking holes. Despite some objection the route was possible (the objectors must have been

    drunk) because Drool and McCrudy of 3A Mech) managed to ace the route and win (again ).Congratulations to all for finishing as well as all the others who made it to Baily's to find ourpickled Prez and his entourage. P.S. Mark, can I move into your place next term?

    Rubik s CubeThe masters of manual dexterity tookto the POETS pub on Friday to show their mastery of themulti-coloured cube. The eventual winner with a time of 37 seconds was A Nappi, a chern grad,closely followed by Greg Czuppon of IB Civil with 38 seconds. Third place went to DaveBlacklock of 2A Elec with a time of 55 seconds.

    Chicopee Ski PartyAbout forty skiers made it down to Chicopee, and despite the lack of nurses (sorryabout that)agreat time was had by all. At the conclusion oftheskiinga heartyfewwalked.limped.andcrawledto the lodge to put back a few brew to the sounds of that great country duo "Verd and Lillian".Thanks to all those who drove down to Chicopee.

    Paper AirplaneOver one hundred pseudo aeronloutical n i n e e r ~ gathered in the aeronautics EL 10 I) to hurlall orts of paper creations (and other trash) into the air. The eventual winnerb for duration wereRob Harvey of 48 S.D. with a time of 6.2 seconds followed by Kent Paris of 2A Elec with a 5.5

    econd night. In the accuracy division, Ken Besser.of 3A Mech came closestlothe markfollowedby Jack McCuaig of 2A Mech. Desijlns are on the next page.

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