MME Grad Orientation

Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Department

Monday January 8, 2018

CPH 3679

MME Graduate Office - E5 3019

Cecile DevaudAssociate Chair Grad StudiesE5-3047x31406

Graduate Administrator MASc ProgramKaren Schooley x33385

Graduate AdministratorMEng and GDip ProgramsAllison Walkerx33341

Graduate Administrator PhD programJian Zoux32019

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MME Graduate Office - E5 3019 Services

Course enrolments:QUESTIssue permission numbersAdd and Drop (500-level, AUD, Extra)- Week 4OVGS AdmissionProcess request for course transfer

TA assignments (Karen Schooley)

GRS payments (Jian Zou):Issues all GRS payments well in advance of the payment date

Issuing Keys and Assigning Offices (Allison Walker) Grad Mail Room: E3 2111C, pass code: 43215 (Zoe E5-3001)

Scholarships and awards:Informs students of available opportunitiesIndorses qualified award applicationsAwards internal FOE’s and UW scholarships

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MME Graduate Office - E5 3019 Services

Program requirements and graduations:

UW Grad Calendar, FOE , and MME Websites

Available to answer all questions

Approval of examination committee members (PhD Comp,

defence, and MASc readers)

Assess progress (SAR)

Process request for program extensions (MASc 6, PhD 12, Comp 4)

Review request for program completion

MEng Grad Diplomas enquiries

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Courses: Adding, Dropping, and

Auditing

• Adding/dropping courses during enrollment period done through Quest

• Graduate courses available for each term found on Graduate Schedule of Classes

– 500 level courses found on Undergraduate Schedule of Classes

• Changes to courses must be done in the first FOUR weeks of the term

– Changes will not be approved after this without a very strong rationale

To add 500-level courses, audits, or add/drop courses outside of enrollment period, students

will complete a Course Add/Drop formAll forms are found on our departmental website

Why can’t I add a course?

RESERVED for a specific program. If this is not your program, then you will not be eligible to enroll in the section

Graduate Milestones

All Grads:

The academic integrity Milestone (AIM) (tutorial and quiz)

Waterloo LEARN will go live on Sept 8, 2016

MUST complete within the first 8 weeks of the term

highly recommended: visit https://uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/

Complete following three online safety modules

SO1001 Employee safety orientation (requires 30-60 minutes to complete)

SO1081 Workplace violence awareness (requires 30-60 minutes to complete)

SO2017 WHMIS 2015 (requires 45-60 minutes to complete) This online course is available by self-registering on LEARN.

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Graduate Milestones

MEng students only:

Must take two core MME graduate coursesMust attend at least four research seminars

Details: https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies-academic-calendar/engineering/department-mechanical-and-mechatronics-engineering/master-engineering-meng-mechanical-and-mechatronics-engineering

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MASc and PhD Students only:

Safety (in-class and on-line)In-class session scheduled for Thursday January 11th from 12:30 – 1:30 in E5 3101On-line https://info.uwaterloo.ca/infohs/hse/online_training/MME/MME.html

All new student MUST complete in the first term

Scholarships- NSERC(open to Canadian citizens and PRs/ Research Students)

NSERC (1 year)- MASc:CGS-M 17,500 + 10,000** = $27500 /yrAverage ~90%Waterloo CGS-M web site ~December 1st, 2017 by 8:00 p.m. (EST): tentative deadline for submitting online application.

NSERC (2-3 years)- PhD:PGS-D 21,000 + 10,000** = $31000 /yrCGS-D 35,000 + 10,000** = $45,000 /yrAverage ~90% + publications/awardsWaterloo GSD web site October 9th, 2017 by 8:00 p.m. (EST): deadline for submitting online application to NSERC portal.

**UW President’s Scholarship 1/2

check this website Mitacs’ Accelerate for Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships

Scholarships-OGS (also open to Int. Students / Research Students)

OGS (1 year)- MASc and PhD:

15,000 + 10,000** = $25,000 /yr

Average ~85+% (Int. upper 90’s + publications)

Waterloo OGS web site

Deadlines, Oct. 13, 2017 for Int. Students (transcript request – Oct.4, 2017)

February 1st, 2018 for domestic (transcript request – Jan 15, 2018)

This is submitted to the Department. There are interim deadlines.

**UW President’s Scholarship 2/2

TA Assignments (MASc and PhD Students)

• 55-65 TA units per term

• On average around 100 students will be awarded /term

• A full TA task is ~130 hours/term

• TA currently at $4147

• Provisional list will be out Oct, Feb, June for W, S and F terms

• Must attend ExpecTAion workshop (runs usually in April and December)

• Must apply- need supervisor approval

• TA is a job and not a privilege

• Instructors recruit their TA’s

• Max of 2 full TA per year

• Aim is at least 1 TA per year

• Best TA’s are selected by students– Letter of Recognition and $50 Award1/1

Student Activity Reports (SAR)(MASc and PhD Students ONLY)

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• Must submit SAR each term (starting from term 2)

• Reminders will be sent out in Sept, Jan, and May

• Student’s responsibility to fill out form correctly and provide all necessary documents

• Supervisors evaluation

• Report publications

• Term awards (average above 80% and have not exceeded term limit)

• Accepted full journal article - $1000

• Accepted full conference paper - $750

• Maximum of $1000 per term, per student

MME Graduate Diplomas(MEng Students Only)

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• Three Graduate Diplomas can be selected in

conjunction with MEng degree

• Green Energy (4 courses) –see Prof Mather

• Design (4 courses) –see Prof Nespoli

• Coop option available

• Application required, information here

• Coop option, admit only in Fall terms

• Fire Safety (6 courses) –see Prof E. Weckman

• Can only select one