Iron Warrior: Volume 3, Issue 4

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Fridav Novem b er 5,1982

A FORUM FOR ENGINEERING CONCEPTS

M ND TE ENIE

EMF fall s throughEngineerin g Soci e ty "A " has

failed to approv e the Quality ofEducati o n Maintenance Fundproposal in the second andd ec idin g r ferendum held Octob e r 27 and 28.

St ephen Yip. Chief ReturningOfficer for the QEMF refer e ndum. announced the out com eearly in the evening of Octob c r28. This result represents thecunclusion of a c ampai g n whichbegan last March.

QEMF was to have beenestablished "in order to mai n tainthe quali t y of eng ineer in g education". QEMF was seen by itsproponp.nts as a cunstructivemeans of responding to declininguniversity funding.

Beca usp stud e nts w e re beingaskl'd to I;onstribu te ;I n ad

al ;) a a ,m wlwo we a lraci ng large tui ti o n in

creases. st ringent rules wereapplied to the referendum toe n ~ u r ethe QEMF would beimplcmen ted only if t he st udcntswert' strongly in favour of it.

Th ese requirements were a 50 %vot er t u rnou tin both st rea ms anda two-th irds majority plus one.again in both streams. need ed forapproval.

Engine e ring Soci e ty "B" he ldIheir re fer e ndulll in Ju ly. Th eyhad a 7 8 % vo ter t urllout . o f w hi ch81 % w e re in ~ v o u r o f Q E M F63 %of the eligible voters turned outfor the Engineering Society "A"referendum. 55% of them cameout in favuur of QEMF - lessthan the requircd two-thirdsmajolity. This resulted in thedefeat of the proposal.

Dean Lennox was also disappointed in the referendumresult. He saw. QEMF as having

more thall dollar value. To him itwas also a potential cntalystwhich n l a ~ Ihl\C t l i ~ W l dincrease d contribut ions from alumni. Certainly the money wouldhave been handy in som e situ ations. but QEMF was to havebeen only a temporary measure.Perm,lI1ent solutions to university underfunding would hilve to

Facts about Co opCo-op. what do you really

know about it. othe r than thestuff t halt hey told youcluringtheco-ordinat ion sessions t hilt youdidn't listen to? Here is someinf(lI'mation that you mayor maynol recall.

Co-operative education StR 'ted in Canada in Waterloo in 1957.wi th sevpnty-fjve engineeringstudents. Sincr then the systemhas grown to aCl:oll1modate almost eight thousand students.ovpr three thousand of whom areIn engi neering. Waterloo is 1)I' e-

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sently thr second largest institution. in t{'rms of the numberof s t u c l l ~ n t sill,yllived in thesyst em. in t he world. For n t erest.the lilrgest is Northeflstern College in Mass . with about tenthousflocl students in co-op. Coop educiltion has not only grownat Waterloo. since 1957 thenumber of schools offrring co-ophas grown from one t i l t wen tv-seven. ill Canada. Although theco-op progra m began wit h e ngineering. it has grown to coverIl1nny more filculties. During the

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Thr co-op s ys tclII is populardue to it's benel'its not (lnly to thestudent bllt to the i n ~ t i t u i i o n .aswell


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Editoriaow it's my turn. Maybe you think it 's too many times Ihat you've

heard Eng Soc begging for assistance, maybe you're tired of hearing usnagging at you for a liltle help.

But that is, in my opinion, nol the way the story reads. There's no"WE" and "YOU" here, or at least Ihere's not supposed to be. Remember,I'm a st udent, so is everybody else around here in t his office. We all haveassignments, midterms.labs and project s like t he rest of you, and I'll put20 on the line saying we're no smarter or more organized Ihan therest ofyou.

I'm prel ~ proud of my, tarf of stalwarlS here, ,,\'ho ' ve done a bangupjob of rescuing me \'\' hrn [was running oul of sleam. Aflel' slaving 0 el'Ihis hot typewriter like thi , I 'm not so proud of Ih(' folks who kind ofwilted . The~ t ' ( ; f l l l dSPt'"I..t'I, 1 \'loIdlldlt' 'illltlt'lll III ,1t'I,It.1I11I ,t 1, Il)olIIl"I' 11i1 ,011 l t 11\ ,I i l i ( I I ~ I '.1 S\ . 1 llltlllll4h h,s tIlP1l: \\ ,I',

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How then is th is spreadaround, say. in our case. Engineer ing? As can be clear ly seenfrom th is second diagram sa laries take up far anu


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People in ProfileLarry Atkinson

II's hard to believe that engin- wealth GilnH'S f l \ p years "Ieel's ha\e anv time for ver\' hard IhrOl'\'ing before ~ ; l USl' ' aserious a t h l e t i ~ sbut for some o'r noticeable Il11pro\ 'p menl 10 makeus Ihe thrill of competition is it 10 Ihe ne,,1 Jump."paramount . L a r r ~Atkinson is an In his firl;1 n ' a r ill Waterloo .excellent example of this SOI'l of Larr\ p n c o u ~ t e r e dhis mainfellow. He recently won Iwo oppl;npnt and teamlllntp. Robmedals in the OUAA Trilck ilnd TI)\\ n . wholl1

hI'pralS(,S as being

Field Championship including a IIn(' IIf Ihe besl alhleles in allgold in Ihe discus. of Canada." Rob \\ as C : ( l n s l a n l l ~

Larry graduated from ewton- winning and \\hl'n il CdllH' downbrook Secondary School in Tor- 10 thp OlJAA rinals. Larryonto in 1978 where he enjoyed a Ihoughl hI' could I)('al him. But ilsuccessful grildl' 13 year cul- was not to bl' Ihat \'I'Hr. Ouringminating in two medals ilt Ihe warm up. I.arr\ ' ~ p r H i n p dhisOFSAA finals: a silver in Ihe ankle whIm he sll'PJwd in a plltdiscus Clnd 11 bronze in the hole . Although he slill clIlllppleci.shOlput. He spenl Ihe summer in he didn'l place wl'll.the Irack clubs Hnd won Ihl' T h i ~ palll 'rn conlinul'd rorOntario junior discus chal11pion- Ihr( l' 11101'1' ' e ;I I ' s wilh Robsh ip . winning and Larry placing SI -

Arter gradual ion. Larry t;on- cllnd. This year Rllb gradualedsiclered slime orr ers or alhll tic


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Design Competitionst ut

This year the annual OntarioEngineering Design Competition is bping held at Queen'sUniversity in Kingston . Well.what of it?

You as an engineer will mostlikely become an element of theinterface bet ween the theoriesand discoveries of science Clndthe layman population of whichour world consists for the mostpart. And technology seems to bemoving ever further Clnd ev e rfCistel. increasing this information gap. [n addition to our

practical applications we willalso have to be able to communicate these new ideas andtechnologies in a manner that isacceptable to the general public.

The OEDC has three maingoals, and I quote:a) the establ ishment of a com

pe t i t ive forum th rough

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yourwhich engineering studentsmay focus their strengths inproblem solving and communication - two key abilities in successful engineers,

b) the promotion of interactionbetween engineers from various sectors - government.industry and academics -with each other and withstudents to increase bondsbet ween these sectors.

t: the minimization of differences between the scientificcommunity and the public.To make technical issuescomprp.hensi hie to t he public. communicat ions must beincreaseu bet wee thesegroups. Public concernsmust also be heard andunderstood by members ofthe scientific community.

you

stuffThis is the fourth year of this

competition, and these goals ofthe original competition are stillthe driving force behind thewhole concept.

How, What , When?The OEDC is open to all under

graduate engineering studentsregistered in a full t ime programat an Ontario university. Eachteam I'vhich enters is required topost a fee of $25 per student onthe team and this must be submitted with theapplicat ionform.This application form, availableat the Orifice. must be receivedby t he firs t of Decem ber. This isnot to say that the project is to befinished by that time (whichwould eliminate all t hose without something on the go already)but rather just that the proposalfor the project must be submitted.

It is possible that some categories of pro posals recei ve willreceive more entries than can bepermitted, so it is best to applyearly.

The competit ion is divided upinto four categories, with separate judges for each category,selected on a basis of their comcompetence in engineering andbusiness. The judges will also bepermitted to ask quest ions freelyand seek any necessary information.

Everyone who enters receivesa plaque in recognition of theirinvolvement in the competition.Third place winners in eachcategory ta k e ho m e $300, secondplace winners $400 and thewinners. $500.

The first of t he four categoriesis En t repreneurial Design. Ent rants are to design a product orprocess not current ly of Canadian origin. Lest that not be allto clear. let merephrase t hat. Oneoften hears that Canada is a resource-based nation, dependentfor the most part on technologywhich has been imported. In this,categnry . students are encouraged to develop a product orprocess for Canadian industrywhich is not only technicallysound, but also economicallyfeasible.

Teams of four are permi t ted, toa maximum of 16 teams. A twopage ou tlin e must be submittedwith t he application. A display inthe form of a booth is expected atthe competition in March, andthis should include design drawing, a cost benefit analysis in itsapplication. and a prototype. Theprototype is not required, but isrecom mended.

Since cmnmunication is amajor portion of the compettition a one page explanat ion andan oral presentat ion (15 minules) are required with thedesign.

Judging is done on the following basis:

Originality 25Difficulty and Suit-abili ty of theChosen Problem 25Technical Feasibility 15Economic Feasibilitv 15Presentat ion . 20

The second category is in Corporate Design. Entrants are required to analyze and find asolution to an exist ing Canadianindustr ial problem. This category is aimed at pruviding practical experience through solutionof aut hentic technical problems.

Once again, a team may consistof up to four students, each oneselecting one of the problems


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from a list published by theOEDC committee. This list isavailable in the OEDChandbookin the Orifice, and makes someinteresting reading. A limit is setof three groups per problem. soonce again it isbest toenterearly .

Since information supplied isonly scanty . each team making asubmission will receive thenameof a person responsible for theproblem with the corporationconcerned. The name. address

and telephone number of this"consultant" will be returnedwith the acceptance of the application . Some supplementary information will also be provided.but entrants will be responsiblefor obtaining the remaining information and specifications ontheir own.

This tno must be displayed inthe form of a booth. incluuingdesign drawings and an economic analysis. A full descriptiverep(lrt she .dd be ;Jv.lilableas wellas a one page brief. Once agnin. afifteen minute oral present1:llionis necessary. and a prototype.although not required. is highl .recommended.

The e ntri es will be jud ged asfollows:

Originality andCre'ltivity 30%Tet;hnical FeHsihility 2 5 ' ~ ,Econllmir: Feasibility 5 Y..Presentation 20 %

The third category is that litEditorial COl1JmllnicHtions. Entrants Hre l " I ~ q u i l ' ( ' dto p l " I ' s ( ~ n tanopinion on a tpchni r.iti i s s u f ~thathas significant social impact.The recognition til' th( d ( ~ v ( ' l o p -ment of the "inl'ormat ion jiap"bet Wf en sciE'ncp and thE' nHin onthe street hns ll'd to this catf'gmy10 provide enginl'l 'ring sludfntswith Ihe opportunity 10 praclisfskills in communication withnon-technical persons. This alsooffers the opportunity to ( x"lIn-ine some of the socio-Ipc:hnicalprobll'llls in our society today .

In this catt 'gory. Iwo slutlf'nts_ ......._"' . OLP-C,.Ul.i.U....J t .eAfIR, 1014 I J I H X -

imum or I('n tpallls. A onl pagesUllll1lilry or the lopic musl bl'submitlld wilh thl' applicationand pach tf'dtll is to prep


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