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    IRON ~ I R R I O R ~ l o n d a y . ov. 29. 982

    A FORUM OR ENGINEERING CONCEPTS

    C BandusAccreditation

    The Canadian AccreditationBoard is a standing committee ofthe Canadian Council of Pro-fessional Engineers (CCPE). theunifying body for the provincialassocat ion of professional engi neel's. This commi lIee was creat edin 1965 to proll1ote unifol'lnity ofeducational qualifications on anational scale : to equa li ze the ac-creditation procedures in theprovinces and territories to thegreatest degree within reason. Inaddition. th e committee. alongwith theedueational instilutions(;oncerned, seeks. to raise th egeneral standard of engineeringeducation in Cana da. It alsopromotes the interchange ofideas between engineering pr o fessionals and t he uni versi ties toprovide feedback as to theusefu ln ess of the education. Alas t but eq uall y important role isthe assessment of the qualifi c

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    IRON WARRIORiView from the topBefore I begin rambling on about other things I

    would like to, in this third and final edition of fronWarrior this term. thank all the people who workedon the IW and made it such a great success. BRAVaIf the paper continues to grow in the fashion it has sofar, it won't be long before IW becomes international. Look out New York Times, WashingtonPost and the rest

    our terms in order to keep the results reliable andthat we would advise our successors to follow suit.

    J later spoke with the civil class representativesabout this development and they agreed to hold thecritiques out of class, if need be, in order to ensurethat program continue and to show the civildepartment that engineering students are indeedserious about the program .

    While I am thanking people, I would like toexpress my thanks again to the executive - all thedirectors that make sure our pu bs run smoothl y andso on. I would also like to thank the classrepresen tali ves for wha t [consider, a job wflll done. Ithink on the whole, everyone did a good job BUT Jthink we all have some room for improvement. Forexample:

    As we are all aware. the Engineering Society runsthe Course Critique program flach term. Usingcomputer cards to respond to a questionnaire andusing comment sheets, we all get achance toexpressour feelings about our courses and our professors,both good and bad. [recently received a memo fromthe Associate Chairman for Undergraduate Studiesin the Civil Engineering Department. Dr. Koewen,who stated that "due to previous inconsistenciesand the ad hoc mannerin which the course critiquesare administered, the Department of Civil Engineering is withdrawing its support for the program."Upon speaking with Dr. Koewen about the problem,he cited that there have been changes to thequestionnaire and the rating system in the last fewyears so that some of the results were suspect. Iagreed that there had been some inconsistencies inthe past but assured him that both myself and MarkLiddy (Eng Soc B President) would be adhering tothe same questionnaire and rating system during

    I also spoke to Dean Lennox about the CourseCritique program . He pointed out that he has alwaysand will alwilys continue toendorse the program as 'it is indeed one of the most useful tools in makingdepartmental decisions on promotions and tenure.He also cited specific examples of professors whohad received several bad ratings and w ho since thengreatly improved in their teaching abilities. Whenasked about the questionnaire itself, the Dean notonly endorsed it but reminded me that he was one ofthe individuals who helped put together thequestionnaire. The main problem in his mind thatwe currently have with the program is that we needto get greater I'esponse from the classes for thecritiques. I pointed out to him that that had been ourmain thrust with the program all term long. Heconcluded that "the course critique program washere to s tay and would continue to be a fact of life inthe engineering faculty". So where does that leaveus? Well, fill out those cards

    One final note: Rememberall thefervourab outthechange of work term sequencing for the 8 monthstream? Recently in an Undergraduate AffairsCommittee meeting, Dr. Peter Roe, the AssociateDean, recomme nded that the proposed streamchange be indefinitely shelved due to oppositionfrom both the s tud ents and someofthedepartments.

    e g e t u ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' : ~To the editor: workload and competition weThe recent failure of the QEMF often forget why we are here.may be a blessing in disguise. We Under these pressures we beas engineering students are now come preoccupied with survivalarmed with a new awareness of at the expense of OUI vitality. Wethe declining funding of our ed- stop asking why as the systemucation. Our efforts seem to have domesticates us into docile embeen aimed at replacing tubes ployecs.with chips and teaching TAs to Oneoflh ironiesofthes st mteach. bUI Ih e qu a lity oJ edu - is that even jf we were Irulycation is more, much more than learning, what we would learn isthis. nol what we need 10 learn. MostThe qu,llity of our education is of our courses teach us how toa measure of how well we Arc think analytically and how toeducated. Are we tminf d tn perform design type cakulntboldly It'nd, to npply creative ions. These analytical technisolutions und to relatr 10 people'{ ques will always he valuable,Or arc W I ~ t rained to quietly how(wt,1' for most engine rs onlyfollow, to apply standard sol- the fil'st portion of their careerutions and to relate only to involves applying principles andmachines and numbers? laws It'arned at university. AftcrThe longer r study here the the first five or ten ycurs most ofmore r am convinced thAt the li S will hi managers.latter case more r.losely repl'e- As managers we need interpersents the truth. lust take a look at sonnl skills as well as an analthesystemwelearnin. ytir:al mind. ManagementOne of the first things we SClencc is one of our options. Annoticed as frosh was the incred- option; thnt is H pretty funnyibly heavy workload. As png- place for B discipline in whichineering students we work most of liS will spend more thanharder than any other students half nul' c,ucel's.on campus. We know that it is il11- When we uo begin our careerspossible to complele all the we will be exceptional numberassignments on time. crunchel's who knuw little of the

    T ~ e l ' e are iwolsolutions to the humanitics. Wilhinoursystemo[~ o h l e m . One is to study in- educlltionwehavl fewopportun

    t ~ s a n t l y sacrificing our social ities to examine basic issues conlife. Although SOI C of our c1ass- fronting society. For example,mates have chosen this option, which of our COUI'Sf'S even conclearly it is absurd. The other siders the anti-nuclear movcsolution is to hand in partially ment,amovementthatcouldprocomplete assignments, but this is foundly affect one of Canada'snot learning. largest engineering employmentSo, then, why do we have such sectors.a heavy workload? Doesn't ittrain us to work under continuous pressure? Yes it does. Forthe few of us who will somedaymake important decisions daily,the workload is beneficial. However it is difficult to justify theheavy workload on this basisalone.

    Combined with this heavyworkload, the competition formarks promotes docility. Eachterm someone will fail. Not manyof us want to fail. So, we do whatwe have to to stay in the system.Our focus on marks becomes

    more intense for each new classas admission standards rise.

    As a result of this lack ofeducation we have little appreciation of the social impact of thetechnologies we work with. Howcan we, as engineers, be expecled to find appropriate solutions without understandingt he human side of the problem? Itis this lack of a better groundingin humanities that often places usin an adversarial position withthose people without a technicaleducation.

    In short, our educational system lacks quality. Granted, itdoes teach us to learn underpressure and to methodically

    Jeff Coxanalyze problems . Also, a university engineering degree is themost convenient path to becoming a P. Eng . The doors that thispiece of paper opens will alwaysbe the biggest reason to put upwith an engineering education.But the enginer in g educationwe endure to reap the finalrewards is defective. The burdenof endless work forces us to studywithout learning. The lack of ahumanities training bli 1ds us tosocial issues. The man desi na nd ew manage ri a l co ur ses a repOOl preparation for even ourmost typical career path. Theconstant pressure and competit ion mould us into docile employers. Clearly the quality ofour education can be dramatically improved.

    What can we do? Not much. Asstudents wedon'thavethepowertn change the system. But armedwith a new awareness we mustapl)J'oach our education lessnaively. We must stop deifyingourselves and our education. Wemust realize that engineers likethe rest of the world are notperfect.We must minimize the deficiencies in our education by nottaking it so seriously and byredirecting some of our energy toextracurricular activities (suchas this paper Ed.), activitiesthat teach us to manage, thatexpose us to social Concerns, thatrelieve t he unceasing pressureand that restore our vitality. Totruly improre the quality onoureducation is our only choice, ouronly chance.

    Reply

    Stephen ThwailesCLIMECHS

    Maybe [ shouldn't. but [ feel Ihave to add comments to this.Several good points are raised inthis letter, although I certainly donot agree with all of them .Firstly, I ask you: can you teachcreativity? One can teach thenecessary background, show thestandard methods, but a new innovation, a creative solution,that cannot be taught. Certainlyit can be developed, since manystanding technology. More oftenthan not, new processes areregarded with open hostilityuntil after they become familiar,and sometimes even after. Technophobia, I believe it is called. No

    Monday Nov.29 l982 2

    Je f f Cox hamming it up.

    emoe speaksAs the end of this term ap proaches rapidly , I would like tolook back reflectively upon another busy term. With this term,A Soc saw a fun-filled Orientatlon, a number of great engineering pu bs, the defeat ofQEMF, the APEO conference andengineering week and weekend.The Orientation this fall was, tosay the least, an arresting (cardiac???) experience. The eventswere well planned and attendance was great from probablythe most energetic frosh classever to hit the University ofWaterloo.A man who has been behind thescenes of virt ually every pu b inthe past few terms should not gowithout reco nilion. At this lim1 woultllik e to con gl a tu la le oursocial evenl mastermind, TonySwierkot, as well as everyonewho helped or attended theseevents.

    As everyone knows by now theQEMF proposal was defeateuduring this term's referendum.Although it was defeated in ourstream, the awareness ofuniversity underfunding was greatlyincreased among the studentpopulation, which is, in amannerof speaking, a success in itself.Since the proposed solu lion is notbeing implemented, the problemwill still exist and alternativesmust be approached.

    During October we hosted anAPED undergraduate conferencehere at Waterloo. Another wellrun event, thanks to the group of

    enthusiastic organizers, whiChproved to be both educationaland a large pat on the back forengineering at Waterloo, sincemany of the other universitiesinvolved expressed their admiration of our well run society.

    As usual, the engineeringweekend and week came offwithout a hitch, with great participation in numerous eventsrun by lots of enthusiastic organizers. The semi-formal ending engineering week was a funaffair for those people whoattended, but unfortunately, toofew attended. This poor attendance has lead to a new format fora semi-formal event in thesummer which will hopefully beappealln to more people thissumm e r.

    Looking back, I think that eachand every member of our societyshould congratulate themselvesfor their efforts of this term.Hopefully , this summ er will

    see increased participation bothin ENG SOC and in our eve nts,and t his means all of you froshout there (the hard term is overand done now ).

    As for those whiners graduating this spring, take note ofthe fact that you will be in B Socand then you will realize howgood things really were in A Soc.(Editor's note this is justDemoe's cheap shot at me forbitching so long that he wrotesomething .. .J

    The Right HonourableMr, Brian Demoe, Esq,

    r ian emoe g i v i ng us the good lord_

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    IRON WARRIORAssociation of Professional Engineers ofOntario - the A.P.E.O. A number of trees havegiven their Ii ves in order that we could pass on a

    bit of information on the APEO to you in thisand other issues. Outside of understanding thatregistration with the APEO is mandatorybefore one can practise as an engineer, howmany of us have thought about what the APEOstands for (and I don't mean the letters), andwhy it is there?

    Engineering is a self-regulating profession,and necessarily so . This is due to the fact thatour work is largely esoteric; the majority ofpeople do not possess our special skills orspecific knowledge. This is coupled with thefact that engineeringactions and decsions havefar-reaching effects on everyone's life in ourincreasingly technologically-oriented society.Realizing this, Society through its elected representatives allows engineers to have theresponsibility of regulating themselves, implicitly accepting that engineers are the bestjudges of their own competence, integrity andloyalty to the public.Let's dwell for a moment on the term "professionalism". Professionalism implies that skilland knowledge should be applied with honesty,integrity, and effort. Professionalism implies aconcern for public welfare, and a commitmentto quality in one's work. Professionalismmeans accepting the responsibility conferredupon us by society to serve as the vanguard inour efforts to keep pace in a fast-changingworld.

    Walter Light of Northern Telecom said in arecent speech:I t is not very apparent that Canadians -

    ditorialinside and outside of government - do not, ordo not want to, understand that tomorrow'sjobs, their continued high standard of living,the health of the economy and the real fut uresecurity of the country rest upon the successor failure of our technologies, and /orourskillto create and develop them faster and better

    than other countries."In this scenario, professional engineers mustassume the mantle of leadership. We are thepotential architects of Canada's industrialfuture. We must recognize that we have the responsibility to lead technological advancement, to improve our economy and therebysociety. It is our responsibilit y as we've alreadyestablished that the nature of our work isforeign to society in genera l - thus nobody elseis able to lead us.Many of you must be wondering by now justwhat all this lofty talk has to do with usanyway. Well, as engineering students at theUniversity of Waterloo, the best school in thecountry, aren't we soon to be at the forefront ofthe Canadian technological revolution?Shouldn't we start preparing ourselves toaccept our responsibility to provide leadership? Shouldn't we be cultivating our professional qualities by interacting with the university community., getting involved, and developing the necessary communication and leadership skills? If .so, then why are so manyuniversity and engineering society events andendeavours characterized by apathy ratherthan enthusiasm? We should try to avoid taking

    Monday, Nov. 29, 1982the veg-o-matic route through our five yearshere. rf we are going to be prepared to lead, weshould get out and become active - freewheelin the real world, Chasing elusi ve economic andsocial goals requires active and involvedpeople.Well it's probably about time that I climbeddown from the soap box; I apologize forlambasting you so liberally with all the heavystuff about responsibility and leadership withfinals looming so large on the horizon, but itbears remembering, especially conSideringthat in a month, most of us will be out there inthe real world, even i f only [or four shortmonths.I cou ld wl'ite a long list of thank yous for somefine efforts this term, but that is not what thispaper is for. On the other hand, here are a fewpeople I feel I have to mention, for somestalwarts. Those of you who didn't make thelist, don't feel bad . . . I haven't forgotten you.

    Firstly, thanks George, for some fancyfootwork with the ads. You made a hard joblook like a piece of cake. And Andrew "Crisis"Patterson, who always had what I needed. AndJeff, one of my principal sources of ideas, whobelieves better late than never, right Jeff?My clutch man had to be Don, who oftenbrought along extra personnel to ease thestrain. Much obliged Don. Last but not least,I've got to hand some laurels off to Bill, my indefatigable lab partner, who is getting videoeyes on my account. Someday Bill, I'll makegood . . . someday.To everybody else, a great big thank you. Dome a favour and support Duncan next summeras well as we got supported this term . . .

    ommittees each of their areas. and meetingsoften featured a guesl speaker.such as an Onlario Governmentofficial discussing the SILOThe Studenl Advisory Councilmeets every second Tuesday. Re cently. they have discussed jobavailabil i ty, getting co-opcourses in the summer for facult ies not as well geared to co-opas engineering, and arranging forstudents to receive official grad

    school transcript s.udentin utinprogram, or a Co-ordinationspeaker outlining job prospectsfor engineers. Rob says thatstudenl opinions were considered seriously. but that FacultyCouncil of len cOtlld do lillIe moretban rubber stamp decisionsmade in olher committeesng neerlng Anybody interested in passingalong ideas or suggestions to Ihe0('llIlrI0l1'111 nf Cn Ill'dillatilll1,lllc Plllcl'llll'nt' Thl' St udpl1t Advisury COlillcil IS I Ill' chillllwi 10go through ThIS (.nllllllittl1 III

    Th e Co -ordination Depart ment ts inferettl.d j p studen'inpul and the Student AdvisoryCouncil acts to advise them ofstudent concerns.Evidl'lltly s l l 1 d l T 1 I ~ h IVl tip -pOI'I 11111 t 11'11 10 Illil 0.1 t 1I1HIhll' (:on II'ihullOl1N to n dl'l.ISllIlI- lllilkilllo\pl'III.I'HS wl\ll:h IlIn'Llly nfl 'ctHtlWIll 'I'll ' vllriOll l ( . ( ) m l 1 l i l l ' ~ Hpruvlll., II fO\,1I111 for Nllul"J11ViHWS to hI' hpnl'd, Hnd il nlpehunism til Iwlp t w ('ugiIH HrilJH('Jlviro[lTIII'nl rl sfHllld to ) Iudl'ntIlPI ds. NOJllIIIHtinJls fOI stud.JOIpusitions 011 hUlh tht' EnginIH'rin,\( FII(;ulty Council and Ihnllndt.r)4I'ndulIll' Affairs Coltlmitlee for Ihl' n c x ~ Y('ilJ' jllsl

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    IRON WARRIORudio

    Speakers forthe layman

    With the work term approaching it's time to think about how tospend those megabucks that we(those of us who find work) willbe earning. One of the ever popular student purchases is astereo. Increasingly the world ofhi - fi is becoming cluttered withglossy pictures and intimidatinglingo. lt is more and more difficult for someone to buy a goodsounding system without get tingburnt.

    There are dozens or interrelated variables that are considered when designing a speaker system. It is impossible tosimultaneously maximize all theparameters. This fact combinedwith the fact that no one knowswhat perfect reproductionmeans, has lead to a great varietyof speakers available today.Putting the Pieces TogetherThere are many devices avail able for converting eleetr'kalsignals into sound. By far themost popular is the cone speaker .II consists of four main elements.They arc the diaphragm or cone ,flexible edge, voice coil andpermanent magnet. A metalbasket surround s these clements.

    This article addressed only onecomponent of a system ,speakers,but shou Id provide a basic understanding of them. It is intended tohelp non-audiophiles begin nav igating through the often intimidating jargon jungle.

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    The diaphragm is usuallymade of paper. It creates soundwaves by oscillating in and out. Aflexible edge holds the cone inplace while allowing free movement. The voice coil and permanent magnet together drivethe diaphragm. The electricalsignals that are the audio information travel through the coil.The diaphragm movement iscaused by the electrical signals.An electrical current in the coilinduces a current in the magnet(just like we learned in IB E&M).An attraction or repulsion force,depending on the direction of theelectricity is created by the twocurrents. The diaphragm is at tached t o t he coil and movesaccording to the forces on the coil.It is centred on the magnet by aflexible structure called a spider.The amplitude of its motion iscontrolled by the change in theamplitude of the current.

    When youremovethecoverofaspeaker you will see at least twocones or drivers . The reason forthis is simple. We can hearsounds from about20 Hz to about20 kHz and there isn't a driverIhat can produce quality soundover th is ra nge.T he lo we r por ti on of t he ra nges ha nd l ed b y th e woofe r. It i s th elargest driver and produces thebass notes. If there is a mediumsize driver, it is ca lled the midrange driver. The highest tonesare produced by the tweeter.Inside the speaker is a fre

    tjuency crossovel' net work. Itsorts the audio frequencies anddirer.ts them to the appropriatedrivers. The frequency whereone drivp.r is near its upper limitnnd another is nearits lower limitis known as the crossover frequency. Actually the r.l'ossoverfrequency is a range and naturally varies from model to model.As mentioned earlier t he woofers have the largest cones. Theyare big because they must pushIflfge amounts of air to producenormal sound levels. This is dueto the faGt that our ear is not assensitive to lower frequenciesand they have to be more intensethan mid-range freq uencies.There art' several design stl'ategies In increase the amount ofacoustical power produced by a\ oofel'. The fil'st is to make awuofer with a large diameter.Alternativelv, the diameter canbe kept small but the cone travelon each oscillation can be increllsed. The final alternative isto use more than one woofer. Mostbookshelf speakers utilize in creased cone travel or throw toimprove Ihe bass response. It isImportant to remember Ihat bigwoofers do not necessarily generate more bass.

    The next question is how muchbass is enough? We can heardown to about 20 Hz. A wooferIhat even comes dose to this limitis quite expensive. Most musicextends only to 50 or 60 Hz andspeakers with this kind ofresponse are adequale for mostlisteners.Jn IllCiny ways I he tweet er is anexact opposite of the woofer. Inorder to vibrate up to 20 kHz thet\,eeter must be small and light.

    It may seem that a small diame tertweeter would have difficultypushing large amounts of air toproduce high sound levels. Actually it's high frequency andlight weight make it a moreefficient radiator than the heavylow frequency woofers.Tweelers often have domeshaped diaphrogms to increasesound dispersion by radiatingsound waves at wider angles.Some designs may use horns orshallow cones to assist dispersion.Enclosures

    The drivers, whether tweeters,woofers or mid -ranges, arehoused in a cabinet. The cabinet's main purpose is to improvethe sound levels of the woofer.When the diophragm vibrates itproduces a sound wave from bothsurfaces. A woofer 1110 ing outward creates an area of highpressure in front of it and an areaof lower pressure behind it . If itstands alone the air flows fromthe front around the rim to theback. This reduces the intensityof both waves and thus the intensity of the sound.The cancellation problemdoesn't exist at higher frequencies because the diaphragmmoves too quickly. The solutionto this problem is to baffle -extend the rim of the woofer.There are three major types ofbaffles or enclosures.Sealed enclosures prevent therear wave from escaping and areof two sub-types: infinite baffleand acoustical baffle. An infinit e baffle enclosure is used wi th alarge diameter short th row woofer. The enclosure contains acoustical insulation (fluff) to absorbthe rear wave. It requires a largeenclosure to prevent the trappedair from acting as a spring redut:i ng the throw a nd response ofthe woofer

    Nov 29, 1982 4

    An acoustical suspension orair suspension speaker has asmaller enclosure and wooferwith a larger throw than aninfinite baffle encloSllre . Thewoofer cone is attached to thebasket with a flexible half-roundtype suspension to permit longth,ows. Like the infinite bafflethe real' wave is absorbed 'byacoustical insulation.

    Dented enclosures, also calledbass reflex, tuned port or phaseinverters increase the bass byducting the rear wave forward.By carefully placing a tube in anenclosure (mostly t rial and error)the rear wave will be in phase butlate. This delay increases theintensity but doesn't affect thequality of the sound. Front andrear waves don't cancel al higherfrequencies because the ports aredesigned to emit only the lowerfrequencies.

    The third lype of enclosure is ahorn enclave. A horn dispersessound more efficiently than asealed or vented enclosure. Thedisadvantage of a horn is that ithas a cut off frequency, belowwhich it can not reproducesound. This frequency dependson the horn's geometry. Thelarger I he horn the lower the frequency it can reproduce, bUI toreach 40 Hz a horn would have tobe 5 metres in diameter and 3 to 4metres long.Specifica tionsSpecifications abound in theaudio industry. One of the mostcommon specs is the minimumrecommended power rating. Anunderpowered speaker producessofter sound. To

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    as cymbal crashes , and th is re- goo d s peak ers are within 4d Bsuits in a phenomenon kn own as I f being fl a t. A prope rl y expresclippin g. The dist orted pe aks se d fr equ ency res ponse wo uld begenerate a lot of high harmonics. written a s 40 Hz to 16 kH z 4dB.The high harmonics are rout ed to Without spec if yin g th e fl a t-the tweeter and can damage it. ness a spe aker manufac tur er isThe effic iency of a speaker is really stating th e fr eq uencyclosely related to its minimum range. This number is almo s tpower rating. Th e more efficient meaningless.a speaker the lower its minimum Sound waves' dispersion de power rating will be to produce pends on the frequency. Becau set he same sound lev e l. of diffra ction, tow fr eq uencyThe maximum pow er rating is wa ves sp rea d out mor e than h ig hal s o important. If the amplifier fr equ ency waves. A speakercan exceed this rating, obviousl y di spers ion would read 120 degreethe drivers can be blown out. Th e dispersion , 6dB bet we en 50 Hzpower rating of the amplifier and 16 kHz . T his mea ns th a t th eshould fall between the minimum sound level basic ally does n' tand maximum rating for the change w ithin 60 degrees of th espeakers. It is very important to spe aker's axi s. If any of the th reenote that there is no correlation pieces of information is miss ing,between sound quality and this spec also becomes mean -power ratings. ingless .The sensitivity rating is a Speaker Placementmeasure of the sound intensity, Speakers are greatly affectedin dB, for a specified input power by the room and where in theat a specified distance . A larger room they are located . However ,sensitivity indicates that the there are no placement rules tospeaker will sound louder, but follow. Live rooms have littlenot necessarily better . sound absorptionandarecharac -

    Frequency response indicates terized by hard smooth surfaces.how well, over which range the Dead rooms are exactly the op speaker produces sound. A per- posite. Naturally either extremefectly flat speaker response re- is not desirable. Live roomsproduces exactly the same sound bounce the sound around evenintensity at all frequencies. Most after the speakers have slopped

    producing iI, blurring the music.~ u s i c is dull and lifeless in adead room.Placing a speaker in a cornercan create the acoustical image oftwo speakers. The bass tones areeasily reflected from the wall andthe floor. The listener hears directsound and Iwo reflected ources.The mind thinks the sound iscoming from two other speaker,one below the floor and onebehind the wall. As a result, theroom sounds larger than it is.Keeping speakers on the floor improves the bass response, because of the acoustical imageeffect.If speakers are suspended toohigh the trebel notes don'tdisperse well. may pass over thelisteners head. If speakers mustbe mounted high on the wall Iheyshould be angled downward.The best way to get the bestsond from your peekers is toexperiment with th eir placement.

    Design

    Nov. 29, 1982 5Hints on Buying Speakers1. Have an idea of what youwant before o i n inlo a hi-fistore or you will be at themercy of the salesman.2. Make side by side comparisons using a comparator . Itlets the listener switch between speakers while playingIhe same music.3. Ensurethestore'samplifyingystem is similar 10 t he oneyou will be using.4. Bring Afamiliar recording to

    test the speakers.5. Compare only two speakersat a time . Compare thewinner with the thirdspeaker.6. Be sure the speakers Are atthe same sound levels.7. Listen to each speaker for anequal period of time.B Ask to take your first c hoicehome as room acousti .s ca ngreatly affect sound.9. Buy th e spl'akers that youthink sound th e best.

    Hi -F i Clini csAt regular intervals. about 3 or4 times a term the Physics Department sponsors a hi-B clinic.The experts will answer questions. whether basic or complex.Th e Department encourages participants to bring their components in for testing. You alsocheck out freq uency responsecurves for the many speakersthey have tested at the clinic. Ifyou wa nt to design your ow nspeakers they can help you testyour drivers and will leI you usetheir computer program todes ignt he crossover. The sign up s heetappears in advance of the clinicon the door of room 130 . in t hePhysics bui lding. The clin ics areover for this term but will returnnext term .

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    Competitionrevisited

    As w as rather expansive lyela borated in the previous edit io n , th e O n tario EngineeringDesign Competition is acceptingentri.es unt il Dece m ber 1st for the4th ann ua l competition, to behe ld in Kingston in Ma rch.Mos t of you are scared off m ythe im minence of the e ntry date.but fear not. sin ce a t that t ime. inthree of the four cat egories youneed only have );ubm illed a onepaf?e proposal oli lli nin yOllrentry, and in the fonH categor y, yo u need onl y pick a des ignp roposa l fro m th ose offered.

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    PEOConference"In thecomplex world of today ,what is the place of the engineer?How do others perceive the roleof the engineer and how weH doeshe fill it? Is our educationalsystem adequate for producingengineers to fill this role? Whatdo engineers think of their work?How do they communicate withthe rest of society?To whom doe she owe a duty and what is itsnature? How can engineeringstudents prepare to fill their rolein society?" These were the questions, presented to the delegates,by Chairman Dave Craig, at theFifteenth Annual Association ofProfessional Engineers of On tario - Undergraduate Engineering Societies (APEO-UES)Conference, held from October29-30. The theme of this conference was "The Social Impactof Engineering".Thirty-one engineering students representing nine differentOntario Engineering Schools andseven APEO delegates spent"Hallowe'en Weekend" listeningto various speakers addressingthe topic of the social impact ofengineering and partaking of theimpact of social engineering.Friday afternoon was a sessionopen to the engineering studentsat the University of Waterloo,Grant Boundy, P.ENG., Assistant Registrar for the APEO spokeon the procedure for registeringfor the APEO. He discussed thenew compulsory ethics exam andsuggested reading material forstudy. Various literature was

    available for those in at t nd anceA bdef question period was heldand of course the question aroseregarding equating six workterms to one year's experienceupon graduation. Mr. Boundysuggested that a greater pushfrom Waterloo Alumni as opposed to Waterloo Undergrad uates would be needed. However,presently the APEO is very firmin the attitude that work term experience is insufficient in devel oping the technical maturity required.

    The weekend for the conference delegates began Fridayevening with a dinner. Thespeaker was Mr. A. Kobelak, P.Eng. who is the Immediate PastPresident of the APEO . Mr. Kobelak spoke on the nec essity ofengineers being involved in thepolitical process, from municipalto federal levels. He was pleasedto see attempts, spec ificallyQEMF, made by th e undergradsto change their environmentthrough the political process.Saturday morning's sessionbegan with a speech made by Professor Sally Lerner of the De partment of Man EnvironmentStudies at UW. She spoke on "TheSocial Impact of EngineeringProjects" . Ms . Lerner suggestedat the start of her talk that"engineers have always beencaught between science andSOCiety." t was her opinion thatengineers are indifferent to un forseen effects on societ y and unintended consequences of theirwork. However this is due to lackof formal study of the effects ofthe r work. She felt that engineenng education trained students to be first rate technicians,not responsible engineers. This

    ~ e a d s to a. fear that perhaps engmeers ill not question whatthey do, they will do as they aretold . Hence a problem of assemlbly line engineering arisesallowing the engineer to neglectthe social effects of their projects. She suggested a need forl wo governing bodies {or makinengineers and scien ti sts more responsible: she recognized thatone must come from within theengineers and that a governingbody external toengineeringandscience must also be sct up. Thislattel' body would have to beinformrd about engineeringwork in order to function prop erly .Dr. Bill Lennox , Dean of Engineering at UW then lead a discussion on "The Impact of theFunding Crisis on EngineeringEducation". He discussed fund-

    ing and various sources offunding. Jeff Cox, President ofEngineering Society "A", alsospoke on the QEMF referendumwhich was defeated two daysprior at UW. Gus Rinella, a U ofTdelegate talked about the pos- itive results of t he addtional $100fee that U of T students pay .The afternoon speakers wereDr . J n Carr, Director, Engineerium, Niagara Falls and Dr.Tom Brzustowski, VP Academicat UW."The Engineerium - DirectCommunication with the Public"was the topic of Dr. Carr'saddress. He spoke on the newEngineerium and its role both as amuseum and a science centre.The theme is to preserve the past,think on the present, and toproject on the future.Dr. Brzustowski discussed"The Social Responsibility of theEngineer--. t was suggested thatwe as engineers are unique asprofessionals because our work(and failures) are highly visible.We cannot bury our mistakes likea doctor. We cannot blame thejudge like a lawyer. We cannotblame our opponents or hope the World). His speech offered littlepublic forgets , like a politician. in the way of consolation for theWe cannot cover our faults with displaced and it left the questiontrees and vines like architects. of what to do with these peopleWe must be competent and wide open, perhaps for futurerealize the limitations of our conferences.expertise. We must also beaware "And in future, even more thanof our duty to the public welfare. in the present, will the secrets ofDr . Frank Maine, Consulting power be in his keeping, and more

    Engineer of Frank Main Con- and more will he be a leader andsulling Ltd . Guelph was the benefactor of men . That his placekeynote speaker for SaturClay in the esteem of his f lIows anevening's dinner. He addressed of the world will keep pace withthe topic of "Engineering in the his growing capacity and wide-80's and 90's", stressing th e ' ning achievements is as certainincreased importance of and as that effect will follow cause."dependence upon microelectron- - Robert Moore,ics and microbiology. His speech President ASCE. 1902was quite frank (excuse the pun) Anita Van Den Hurkfor he spoke on how machineswill soon displace thousands ofworkers. As if robots weren't Message from the Chairenough, soon organisms will begrown to perform specific functions, again displacing the unskilled worker (a la Brave New

    I thought that October 19would never arrive when I firstlooked upon it way back inMarch. But it has come and gonein such a flurry that I evenwonder i it happened at all (Mymarks say it did though )t all started as an idea in theback of my mind. Then in March1980 I was given the opportunityto suggest that Waterloo holdAPEO-UES in 1982 to coincidewith the 25th Anniversary Cele

    ~ r a t i o n s t seemed like a goodIdea at the time, but it was a longway off and confirmationwouldn't have to be given untilMarch 1982. The idea waspresented to "A" Society council,under Don Heath's reign, and wasgiven approval. The result of thisapproval was that on March 290fthis year, Waterloo "A" wasselected as the host of theOctober '82 conference: theme"The Social Impact of Engineering"..Before leaving campus lastwmter, we had to procure accommodations for the delegates. This

    was not an easy task as most ofthe larger hotels were booked bySkate Canada. But the ValhallaInn could squeeze us in and thatgave us the footing we needed toget started.Several meetings were heldover the summer between DonHeath, Jeff Cox, Brian Demoeandmyself to establish a timetable,director's responsibilities andthe required funds and speakers.The APEO executive wasn't

    formed until the first week ofSeptember. At that time we had abetter grasp of the situation andwe weren't scattered throughoutthe province as we had been in thesummer. Some directors volunteered and some were appointed,but the breakdown was:Bill Lennox / Jeff Cox - Hon -

    ourary Co-chairmen- Chairmanave Craigona ld f1eath - ProgramDirectorPaul Stevers - Accom-modation/Food DirectorAnita Van Den Hurk - Pub-licity DirectorJohn MacRitchi e - Finance

    Marni McVicarLiz Fritsch

    Director- Transportation Director- SecretaryExtraordinaireAlthough the schedule wasvery tight for all directors,everyone pulled together thoughthick and thin (and midterms)and the program came off verywell. Iggy Pop/Nash the Slashprovided entertainment onFriday night and The Raise aLittle Howl Pub ( LakeheadUniversity Rocket Fuel) did mostdelegates in on the Saturday.We at Waterloo were given theadded responsibility, by theAPEO, of ensuring that the conference was of such quality thatthe APEO would be willing tosponsor another conference inthe future. I have heard nothingbut rave reviews from the APEOreps and engineering societydelegates, which I can onlyassume is a vote of confidence forfuture programs.

    However, it was only throughthe co-operation of such peopleas Dr. Wright, President UW, Dr.Lennox, Dean, the APEO representatives Dr. B. Cory of Kingston and Grant Boundy, theAPEO-UES executive, the Valhalla Inn detecti ves. the Feds and"A" society in general. Withoutthe iupport of these people andorganizations nothing couldhave been accomplished.I must extend a special thanksto Don, Paul, Anita, John, Marni,Jeff and Liz. for without theirsupport and guidance this conference would most definitelyhave been the last

    David CraigChairman, APEO-UES '82 m

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    ngineering and the Occult A fine article in February'sIEEE Proceedings describesmicroscopic scale experimentsusing optical interferometry, adual thermistor transducer. andan electronic random event generator. This last one, after anaccumulation of a large data base,has indicated a significant shift inexpected results. The authorpoints out several possiblesources of error, but the data isremarkable for its consistency.

    No field of scholastic endeavour has been more maligned, misinterpreted or abused than reosearch into psychic phenomena.Much of this can be blamed uponthe fact that this often deals inaesthetic evidence; impressionsmore commonly than analysiswhich are often coloured bystrongly subjective and numenistic overtones. All manners ofsensationalists, con artists andlunatics have abused and fantasized occurences and results ofresearch have been almost uniformly rejected by the scientificcommunity.

    All through t his history clouded in doubt and suspicion one cantrace a pattern of legitimateattempts to understand and evenapply these phenomena. Thequestion remains: Is there enough evidence, after hoaxes andlunacy have been removed fromthe evidence to justify researchin the field?

    The study of the unexplainableis as old as man himself. Rel-

    IglOns of ancient societies areliberally laced with formalismsbased on psychic phenomena.Numerous examples can be citedfrom the classical civilizations ofEgypt, Greece and Rome. Takefor example the Delphic Oracle,which was consulted by theancient Greeks in all manners ofdecisions. from curing diseasesto locating new colonies. Aristotle, who has been classified anempirical philosopher, examinedcausal links in prophetic dreams.The Bible is also well endowedwith psychic processes, a lmos tas a matter of routine. Virtuallyevery ~ t e g o r y of effect on recordcan be found there in one form oranother. Accounts of psychicphenomena appear frequently irtmuch of the Christian literatureup to the Reformation andbeyond.The first scientific observations seemingly. from Sir FrancisBacon, originator of the "scientific method", appear near theturn of the 17th cent ury. Aftertheperiod of religious persecutionscame to an end, the I responsible ensure thl' student partlGipates",(ell-known program is now for the program, and individ- in courSf'S which deal with somerunning under t he dean of Eng- usls or groups of facult y of the ( Bn tl'al iSSlJcH. mot hod -members. I I h h fineering's surveillace at Prince- 0 ogi('S am t (Jug t processes l)c) interviews with senior slu- I I . I ' I 'ton, to cite one example. t1t' lunHlndl a aile Sf/ew SClen-dents, studies of eXAm paper >, ces at J Illv 1 which chllilengesAs yet, no reputable investi- fahs, 8t udellt prOfects and t hI st ud( ot s."gator has claimed. much less other ( vitlence of teac:hinM "II is also desirable thut thedemonstrated any replicable competence. course selection he such that thescientific experiment in this dl tOllrs of physical facilitll's to student is provided with anfield . An assortment of inex- de te rm in e thei r effl c:tiveness intl'oductory capability to applypllcable observations with com- and more. ( ~ c ( l l l ( ) m i c s and social sciences tomon features is at hand which "he pr()(lram content souaht by l h dd .. . " tll('"sYJlt IlSISan cSIgn actIvitymay conceivably have some im- the CAB is for us pf'rhaps theplications for physical theory most interesting aspect of the AC- Six months ure left open to theand practical applications. credilatlOn pruCIlSS, since this is discretIOn of the program direcThat's the way it stands today. the portion most dil'eGlly felall'd t()I'S. and is lIeen as an opportun-

    Psychokinesis has been played to what we as students study i\y to o f f ( ~ 1 a degree of specialup as macroscopic disturbances here at Waterloo . In addition toof objects, such as a levitation. those guidelilltlS which one ex-Ex treme cases of recurrent s pon- ' ~ ' ; ; - - - ~ ' ~ d r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -t h k letters cont As such too. we have moreaneous psyc 0 IneSIS, pop amount of ergonomics will helpularly known as poltergeist er- input to the system than most offects, involve vibration. tele- some cases. us realize. You might be sur-

    d l d . ( d.ol1'l qui.te se. e eye-to-eye on (Jrlc.ed to fInd (Jut where we hav( .portation an ooject est ructIOn. ., ,Sucheffectshavebeenattributed the I ~ s u e 01 b e l ~ g > . b ( ~ a t c n Into influence orer OUI learning en-inthepasttomanifestationsofthe d o c d ~ t y r l k l ( lUI vironment. There is an articlespirit world and haunted houses, studies g . oc IS a pnme ex- elsewhere in this issue to thatwhich have inspired so much ample . of that. acknow- effect. We're not running theliteratureandmany movies along lr.dged In the ImprInt of Nov- sho'w but I w Id k . Idember 11. Eng Boc is the most ' nu as you,wouthe same line. Documented cases you really want t ( ) be? B tpowerful. (;ohesive student unit . u , youhave been examined and re- raIse some thought k'on campus, bar none. Where else . -provo Ingto 50% of eligible voters t urn out, POlOtS, no question about it.

    for whatever reason. cont'd on page 11 TheEd.

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    PE - What does it mean?Mo s t o f u s registere d in Engineer ing he re at t his un i ve rs ity ar ework ing towards the same goal,

    specifically that of graduatinga nd going out into the "RealWorld" to work in an enRineeringposition. Most of us are reallynot aware of what being a "professiona l engineer" involves.Engineering is not just a job, bu t aprofession, similar to the professions of medicine, law or accounting. As a profession, engineering involves not only our

    spec ial education bu I a great dealof experience and training (notnecessarily the same thing) aswell as a lot of responsibility. Themain thing that distinguishesany profession, including engineering, from other jobs in asimilar vein is a code of ethics.Tn Ontario, the engineeringprofession is regulated by the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. The APEO wasformed by an act of the Ontarioleg islative assembly in 1922, the

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    Professional EngineeringAct. Asdefined in tts soon-to-be effective new statutes, the objects ofthe association are as follows:i) to regulate the practice ofprofessional engineeringand to govern its numbers

    and holders of certificates ofauthorization and licences inaccordance with this Act,the regulations and the bylaws of the Association);iiI to establish, maintain anddevelop standards of knowledge and skill among itsmembers;iii) to establish, maintain anddevelop standards of qualifications and practice for thepractice of professional engineering;iv) to establish, maintain anddevelop standards of professional ethics among its members;v) to perform such ot her dut iesand exercise such other powers as are imposed or conferred on the associatiQn byor under any act,

    and the most important"in order that the public interest be served and protected" .

    What immedia tely concerns uson graduat ion is obj ective iii), th estandards of qualificatio n andpractice. To become a reg isteredprofessiona l enginee r in On ta r io,one must serve a t wo yeartraining period under pl'ofess ional gu idance. This per iod issimilar to, but not thesameasaninte rn ship for an M.D. or theperiod of articling for a lawyer. Itdiffers in th at to be permitted topract ise as a doctor or lawyer inO n ta r io, one must be registeredin the College of Ph ys icians andSurgeons or the Bar Association,respectively. whereas drawingsand desig ns must be approved bya li ce nsed and regis tered profess ional engi neer. Article 19,section 3 of the r:urrent ProCessional Engineering Act states:

    "All drawings, spec;ifications,plans, reports and other documents invo lving the practiceof professional engineeringwhe n issued shall bearthesigna ture and seal of the professio nal engineer who prepa red or approved them"An interes tin g statistic is tha t

    wit hin 5 years of graduation,only 40 to 60 of the grad uates ofa gi ven year have reg is tered. T hismay re fl ect a n umber of fac tors:peo pl e w ho have lef t the provi nce, peop le wh o are not do inge ngin eering wo r k, a nd o th erswho fo r some reaso n or an o therha ve no t bo th ered to regis ter .Aft er t he tr a ining period , eac hpros pect ive ca ndid a te is re quired to w rit e two adm iss ionsexamin at ion s , one cover in g thela w as it aff ec ts a n engin eer a ndthe oth er cover in g engi nee rin gethi cs.T his code of et hics, w hic h. mak es our pro fessio n di s tin ctive, is n ot so m uc h as e t of rul es a sa gu idi ng phil osop hy. T hi s isdifferent for engi ners who a reus ed t o wo rk in g in th es t ru c tured

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    world of science and technology,, where real problems are modelled and solved analytically.The area of ethics is mJIr.h j p c rdefined and cannot be laiddown in terms of "Thou shalt" or"Thou shalt not

    Ethical questions are usuallyin the form of a dilemma; "whatshall r do?" Engineers often haveconflicting obligations to theemployer and to the public (or toth e ir consciences). The obligation to the em p loyer as an em ployee or a consultant is clearlydefined, whereas the engineer'saccountability to the public is alittle more difficult to pin down.

    The engineer is responsi ble forthe public safety, as he sees it. Itis when these two obligationsconflict that di lemmas arise, andth is is where the code of et hics isrequired.

    The problem in training potential engineers is to ensure thatthey not only know, but feel thiscode . It is on ly rare ly somethingthat ca n be learned on a workterm. since the student is seldom

    actually responsible for hisactions. It requires a "baptism 01fire , so to speak, and thepotential engineer is not a professional until this occurs.

    The students at UW have beenworking towards having our probationary period reduced to oneyear, since our last three workterms are often engineering workunder profess ional gu idan'ce, butthe crux of the issue is that thest udent engineer is not responsib le for his actions, w hereas thegraduate engineer-in-trainingmust be.TheAPEOislook in gat waysoffurt her ensuring this "e thicaleducation". One idea currentlyunder cons ide ration is requiringa ll trainee engineers to keep ajournal or notebook. to be evaluated along with their admissio ns at the end of the trainingperiod. Other ideas are alsounder co ns iderat ion , so thatadm iss ion requ ire men ts may beq uite different by t he time wehave graduated. Lindsay Hughes

    Plummer's ForumQuestion: Do yO\ feel that the general studiesrequirement is worthwhile?

    Sco tt Staffen2B CivilIt can't hurt, besides the extraload is trivial. It helps you learnabout some other matters.

    Jim Hamilton2B ElectricalTh ey 'r e a good ide a. To o man ytechni ca ls is ju s t t oo mu ch. Th eyget yo u b ac k t o rea lity .

    Ted Cooper2B CivilIt gives you a break. It's nice to beable to go into a class and nothave to co ncentrate about math _Besides, it pulls up your marks .

    Paul Elmo Woroncha k2B ElectricalIt's useful. It makes you moreaware of what others deal with.

    Kevin Price2B Mechanical .We ne ed somet hing more thanjust th e techn ica L Wh en yo u ge tout it 's not a ll t ec hn ica l

    Suzan Salo2A ChemicalThere is a need to broaden ourperspective, but I think thesystem as it is , is a feeble attemptto provide this. The problem isbasically time . We can't increasethe general studies requirementsor expect students to participatein more extra-curricular eventswith the time we now haveavailable.

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    British civil law (and Canadian, I might add) reigns here,one is presumed innocent untilguilt has been established. If oneis charged, and it is deemedserious by the Chairman of theFaculty Advisory Committee onAcademic Discipline then thematter goes before the requisitecommittee. ifthematlerisjudgednot to be serious enough towarrant a hearing the studentand faculty member(s) are advised to resolve the matter ontheir own and report the resolution to the Chairman. If noresolution is possible, the hearing will take place.

    An informal resolution mayresult in the following disciplinary action: a student may bereprimanded, re-examined, required to resubmit an essay,project or work report or he maybe given a failing grade in anexam, test, assignment or acourse. An informal resolution

    cannot result n pr obati on. suspension or expulsion. The Chairman also has final judgement onthe suitability of the de cisionreached.

    For students who becomerowdy (delicately termed dis ruptive behaviour in the report)the matter mayor may not go tQ ahearing, but if necessary security may be called in if necessary to establish order. Facult yand students are urged to remainaway from said disruption.For a formal hearing, thechairman informs the parties involved of their procedures. Thestudent may be accompanied bythe grad or undergrad student ofhis choice for the hearings, whichwill be held in camera before thecommittee. If after the hearings,the st udent is cleared. the case isclosed. If the student is foundguilty, the process gets into highgear .

    Firstly, a report is made to theDean . The student has a right toappear before the Dean. who

    after hearing the s t r ~ mayuphold the committee findings orchoose a more lenient punishment. He may not call for a morese \ 'e re punishment.

    The student also I1ppralthis decisIOn to the PreSIdent . by\\'rittng to him within thirty daysof the Dean's judgement. ThePresident is also not permitted 1invo "e a harsher penalty thanthat recommended by the Dean.This, howe\er. is where the bue "stops.

    The Uni\'ersit\ it elf has certain fundament'al respon ibilities in the control of the situat ions leading up ta infractions ofthe regulations. The most obvious of those is the provision ofadequate pror.toring and far.ilities for an\, and all examinations. It has been pointed outthat under crowded and otherwise neglected conditions thatinadvertent cheating may evenbe difficult to a aid. That's a realtwist to the regular routine, isn'tit?

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    along with the Iron Warrior will,ponsor Rn Idea Comer. Here'show it w r , lfyou havean idea(say a calculator with a stereoheadset or a ne\\ event forengineering wee " or what(' er)just drop it in the box insideoflheIEEE office (E2-2339).We judgp tht'm an will award

    really cheap prizes for the bestsubmissions, which will appearin future editions of the IronWarrior along with yuur name(and possibly your picture), atruly mind-blowing ego t 'ip, andthe satisfaction of a job welldone.

    o one \'vould disagree thatWaterloo is the toughest sr.hool inthe country or that engineering isthe t o u h t ~ s t faculty. Beause ofthese facts. it comes as no surprise that w( plummers are themost crea tiv e. inventive, intelleclual, original Anc industriousmembers of the human race (seethe Hif'rafC of Life. EngSochanobook) so there should be noproblem getting enough materialto use, Remember - we use yourdescriptions and drawings andthese will Hppear in the papel'. Allideas that we like will beprinted.

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    On the roadycling across Europe

    Two of us started in Amsterda m . We'd brought out bikes withus, but it seemed to be a runningjoke all over Europe . . . How didyou get here? "By bike.Where are you from? Can

    ada . . . which invariablybrought peals of laughter. Thesame two of us finished in Am -sterdam 3 2 months later, 2800poorer but a lot richer .Eigen, my companion (nick-name), was a graduate mechie, sohe had lots of time . There were nojobs for mechies last spring. Thetwo of us managed to pack sleeping bags, a tent, tools, spare partsand a minimum of clothes intotwo saddlebags and 1 carrier bagon each of our bikes, and then wehit the road.

    Our first 5 easy days took usalong the coast and we ended upin Lille in France, just past theBelgian border. From there wetook a train to Paris and caughtthe Paris-Lisbon express. That'swhere the show really got on theroad.I did have some problems withmy bike in Lisbon and had to seekout a bike s hop . It was a goodthing too, because it must hav ebeen one of the few in all of Portugal. At least we knew whereone was to be found. From Lisbonwe cycled leisurely down the Atlantic coast towards the Algarve.The Algarve is the tourist spot inPortugal, with a virtually con -tinually warm climate andeternal sunshine. The coastline isdotted with little beaches (andbi ones too), between tow rincliffs and marv elo us crystal clearwater. It has become the newestregion, the place to go for thecrazed RunSllllkers of nC)It hC'1'nEurope.The Algarve is a long way fromLisbon though, and ev(>n thoughthe tourists crowrl along thiscoost, that doesn't mako theAtlantic any less impressive. It ismerely undeveloped. Alentejo

    province is the poorest in Portugal, and the prices are evenlower than the fantastic bargains available elsewhere. Thecliffs are just as high, the beachesjust as big, but they are emptier.Some appear to be virtuallyforgotten . .

    One particular town sticks outin my mind . When you first rideinto the main part of Odeceixe,the vision is not impressive. Butride down to the beach, a littlefurther on, and you've hi tnRradise . Another humons: ous,beautiful beach, with all the freecamping imaginable , and a tinyvillage with a coup le of restaur-ants. Our stay there provided, inaddition to the usual cerveja(beer), an introduction to thelocal firewater, a distillate of theremainders of the wine pressingprocess .

    Since this portion of thecountry is deserted, our communication with the nativesmade life interesting. The secondlanguage in Portugal is French,and in this region, there weren'ttoo many who cou ld handle eventhat. Hands and feet proved to beuseful though.

    The eating and drinking inPortugal, in addition to beingcheaper than anywhere else inEurope, is some of the mostincredibly good tasting that I'vecome across. Fresh fruits andvegetables (since they don't evenknow what frozen means J isoutdone only by the seafood,fresh caught the mornin of themarket.

    Eventually we did reach Lagos,the most westerly of the biggertowns nn the AlgflrvP COIlSt. ItW S anot t ~ r 30 km . out to Sagrcs,the rocky rugged cliff town surrounded by 300 degrees of At -lantic Ocean; almost all around,it se('ms. We didn't get quite thatfar though . I'd henrd of PrineHenry the Navigator's school.

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    right out on the promontory,which was later converted into ayouth hosteL but preoccupationswith bike problems prevented usfrom biking out there to visit. rn-stead we holed up in one of thecaves in the cliffs east of Lagosand vegged out for a while. Thatwas pretty easy to do under thecircumstances.We went throu gh a similar sortof routine near Faro, the largestcity on the Algarve coast, beforewe headed forHuelva in Spain. Inaddition to finding considerableproblems in exchange of Portuguese escudos for Spanishpesetas (don't exc hange anymore money than you need inPortugal) we found the city ofHuelva a dingy, depressingplace, so we jumped on the firsttrain out of Spain.That of course, is easrer saidthan done. Firstly, there is thewell deserved repu tation of theSpanish train system. Then tocompound matters we had to payall kinds of surtaxes on top of ourrailpasses because it was rightnear the time of the World Cup inSpain. Definite bad news. Theyskinned us for everything theyco uld, so we got out as fast as wecould. It took us fully two days toget to Port Bou, the little borderpoint on the Mediterranean between France and Spain, and itseemed like forever.

    From th ere it was a 6 day ride"along the Mediterranean cost toSan Remo in Italy. Sometimes wecovered quite a good distance and) remember one da in particularwhen we covered 130 km in spiteof a fair headwind. That's calledearning your dinner.

    We found the French, particularly when you get away fromthe coast a little bit, quitefriendly. They appreCiated ourattemp ts to communicate, andone evening, after having had afew brews in one particular pub,the bartender plopped a roundont he t ab le "on the House". He thensaw to it that our bikes werebrought in, he closed the shop,and then took us upstairs, fed usand then we had a party with himand a few of his friends. It was notas if it was an everyday happening, but it was a nice touch.

    Except for that one incident,we spent all our nights in Francecamping under the stars. Franceis emptier than one might expect,esp,ecially away from the coastline.

    We had some minor bikeproblems in northern Italy, butthere, of all places, parts wereeasy to get. From San Remo wetook a train across the top of theboot of Italy to Trieste, and bikeddown into Yugoslavia. It was myfirst trip into a communistnation. but we couldn't see anydifference between it and itsneighbours. Once we saw a cophassling somebody, but thatlooked like home to me haveyou ever been to Sauble Beach?The ride down the Dalmatiancoast and to Dubrovnik was awesomely beautiful. but I'd neverbike it again. It is a verymountainous coastline. Theroads are very narrow and theyhave no gual'drails. The dropsdirectly beside the road wereoften several hundred feetstraight down and the busdrivers would often careen theirvehicles by us at terrifying vel-ocities with inches to spare. We

    also happend to arrive in a heatwave . One day we figured thatwe'd each drunk 8 litres ofliquids, and in Yugoslavia youcan't even buy bottled water; allthat is available is that carbonated stuff, which only makesmatters worse. I tried drinkingthe local water once, and had theruns for 3 days afterwards for myefforts.We camped free in Yugoslaviatoo, in spite of the fact that we'dheard you can get locked up for it,but nothing eventful happened inthat regard. From Dubrovnik wetook the ferry to Corfu, thenorthernmost island of Greece.Standard fare for th e backpacking crowd there is to rentmopeds and go tearing aroundall over the island. I wouldheartily recommend this routine.We took a couple of days restfrom the bicycles and terrorized not a few old ladies on theirmules. In spite of th e fact thatCorfu is the least Greek of theplaces we visited, and ratheroverrun with tourists too, it wasthe cheapest place we found inGreece.

    We left our bikes on Corfu, tookthe ferry to Patras on the mainland, and a train to Athens.Athens we found to be a large,extremely dirty city with verylittle in the way of attractions.We took off on one of thenumerous little ferries fromPiraeus, Athen's port, to los, oneof the more well known islands.

    los in fact is so well known thatthe letters of its name might justas well stand for Irish, Others,and Swedes. It seems that 8o %o fthe people on the island areSwedes. The island is one hugesuccession of singles bars, and acommon sight just at closing timeis couples exercising theirconnubial rites in the middle ofthe street. Nobody every accusedthe Swedes of being bashful.

    The Greek police had recentlybegun to crack down on toplessand nupe bathers, but that didn'tseem to dampen too many spirits.

    From [os, we took anotherpathetic little ferry to Crete, thesouthernmost island. It is a largerisland, and in spots it is overrunwith tourists too. If you throwyour kit on your back, head fOthe southwest coast andgetoutofthe towns though, it is deserted. . . and beautiful. Wespent quite awhile living in a cave, once againjust vegging out.

    After we got back to Corfu wespJi t up for a while. Eigen visitedhis girlfriend's relations inYugosiavia while I toured bytrain around central Europe. Icertainly had no trouble meetingpeople enroute, but I sure wouldnot have wanted to cycle alone.

    We'd had ' our bikes shippedfrom southern Italy to Innsbruck, and my part ner got the bigidea that he wanted to ride upthrough Brenner Pass, one of thehighest in the Alps. f you're everstupid enough to tackle something like that, get a bike with 15or 18 gears to make sure youhave the low ranges necessary.We ended up alternately walkingand riding. t was cold, too, evenwith all our clothes on.

    On the Italian side the road hada lot of switchbacks, and evenmore potholes . Suspense isriding along behind somebody ir.a dark tunnel. as he gruntsUMPH and OOH at everyunseen pothole. Agony is being',e lead rider .

    When we got back to Innsbruck we decided to take a sidetour to Switzerland and hungaround Interlaken for a while.There are lots of Americansthere, but it is still an impressiveplace.

    After we'd shipped the bikesfrom there to Stockholm, we leftthe bikes a while again and took amonstrously long tour throughFinland up to the Arctic Circleand back down a Norwegian railway. The ride from Narvik toOslo took days . . . it must havebeen 2 2 or 3 days, [ can't reallyremember anymore just for-ever.

    Back in Stockholm we visitedwith some Swedes we'd met inPortugal and then took off withthem . to axjo in southernSweden for a festival. TheSwedes like to drink like fish, andthis festival was no exception, inspite of alcohol prices more prohibitive than even ours here inOntario.I'd had a workterm in Copenhagen quite some time ago, butwhen we went back to visit, I

    didn't find a soul I recognized.The airline gave us a good scarewhen we ca lled in by tellin g usthat all flights were booked outfor a month, and by this time wewere financially over a barrel.After 4 days of riding andcamping in the rain, we werethoroughly annoyed and ca ught atrain back to Amsterdam, wherewith a piece of good luck, wegot aslot to come back home the nextday.

    Am I a good cyclist? I didn'tthink so when I started, but I'mlots better now. We tended toseldom push it more than 100 km.a day, but that is enough. If I wasto do a bike trip in Europe again, Iwould avoid this circularrouteofbike / train / bike / train. I'd start inone spot, bike somewhere andtake a train back.

    Some places we had no hasslestransporting bikes. Most placeswe had at least some hassle, butthere is a great deal of inconsistency from one nationalrailway system to another. InHolland, you can wait as long asthree weeks to ship a bike. InFrance the wait is only 4 or 5days. [n Italy it can becomerather expensive . Curiously thecountry with the most problemridden rail system , the Spanishsystem. posed no problem at all.

    One certainly loses track oftime on such an expedition, and Ihad some difficulty adjustingwhen I got back . After ridingyour bike through all kinds ofterrain in fantastic weather itwas hard to come back to reality.Riding in the sun with the windsoaking up the sweat is exhilarating, to say the least. InYugoslavia we once went 6 dayswithout a shower. We took a lot ofswims along the route, and wereliterally glistening with salt, butthat was part of the feeling.

    I Sullivan

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    another letterTo the Editor:I am extremely disappointed,angry and ashamed to read thefeedback from the QEMF Referendum in the las t publication. Iam sorry to see the sad state ofmind of th e Mech and Elecstudents who seemed bent ontelling the world all about theirdire disappointments. I amshocked at the one sided implications of the article MandateDenied", and at the inconsiderateattitude of Jeff Cox in light of theresults .l should also say that I ama bit mad at the student whodared to even state that his fellowstudents who voted NO , arenothing but asses . I suggest hetake a good mirrored look atself. To think that we could eventually be working together aspr ofess ionals scares the hell outof me. All these shameful revelations makes me think thatmaybe, just maybe we are truly abunch of egotistica l, immatureindividuals w ho care little foranyo ne but themselves.I t hi nk tha t one of t he QEMF'sdownfalls was to assume t hat beca use peop le in high s ta tus, inpar ti cul ar Dean Lennox, had supported the idea, the majority ofengineers wo ul d con fo rm It ismy opinion that Dean Le nn ox,apart from other reasons, had tosuppor t the YES s ide. However,it was abhorr ing to see theblata nt and public support thatLi ddy, Cox and the Eng Soc executive gave to the YES side. Tome this was usurpat ion of power.It accomp li shed lit tie; it showed adisgrace for th e posit ion theyheld, an d it w,as a di sregard forfairness to all t he peop le t hey represente d. Mr. Cox et al s houldstand back a nd look at th e damage they did, and a re co nt inuingto do, to a supposed ly cohesivegro up.

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    likely that they would havesucceeded since thev were noDavid and they had neither asling nor stone.We should realize that this wasa democratic political process.

    Each person was en titled tosupport the view(s) of any individu al or group, for whateverreason(s). Therefore, irrespective of the irregularities of theQEMF proposal , of the tendency to isolate particular sentencesand paragraphs , of the abstainment from voting the fact is : Avein was touched in the 45%eng ineers w ho sa id NO I can'thelp asking all who were disappoin ted , what wou ld it have beenif the voter turnout was 100 ,a nd the YES got 100%1 Would itbe a referendum? or just anapprova l process? Commonsense te lls me that a referendumn that hypothetical case wouldhave been use less.

    As Jeff Cox s ta ted , the under-

    funding problem won't go a, ay .However , up to this point, thistopic has been talked about longand hard enough . Any moremention of this idea will eitherprovide an indifferent responspor add volatile fuel to an alreadyburning fire. Again. think of thepossible damage that may behappening.I suggest that the idea ofmeeting with 0 CO 1MITTEEmembers in order to seek alitrational suggestions be postponed. One can't help bu t wonderwhat will be gained. That is,apart from appeasing and indirec tlv coercing the 0 membersinto' the YES camp. I do think th ata careful re-evaluation of thebasic structure and aims of theQEMF proposals would eventually be undertaken over thenext four to eight months. How ever, to be e ffective in its address to the underfunding problem , the job should be done by aninhomogeneous group of indiv iduals who represent the different views of the majority. Inthis way, a well thought oul, lesscontroversial decision will beattained. Maybe then, a questionnaire (ins tead of a referendum) wi ll prove to bean effectivefeedback and the final vote wi llon ly be an approval process.S imon P. Bi rch , 2B EE

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    He is also a believer in thephilosophy that say ph;sicaland mental activltv should bekept at pa r wit h each other. Heplayed \arsi ty rugby for threeyears. some of that time on firststring, Hft enjoys the tours andparties the team has had especially last year's trip to SI. Louis.

    Daryl Diamond, 4A Electrical,has accomplished much in hisfour years at Waterlo o. He hasbeen involved in technical societies, deba ti ng a nd rugby as wellas the standard fare of workterms and academics.

    At Moira Secondary School inhis hom e town of Belleville hetook three years of e lectronicsand was the schooJ'sou ts tandingscience student. As a result ofthis exposure to science, electronics and computers, hos onlydifficulty in first year was thelarge workload.In his first work term, Darylworked for a chemistry professorat R.M,e. in Kingston co nstruct ing a power supply for a laserbeam, He en jo yed t his experiencebecause the job included trips tothe National Research Counciland was conveniently lo cated inKingston where his girlfriendattended Queen's,

    He spent his next two terms at

    Bell orthern Research in Ot tawa working on powersuppliesand computer programmi ng wi thregard to simu lation and testingof remote telephone li nes, Darylliked the open e nvironment a tB . and the many contac ts hemet there, He also recommendsliving in Ottawa in the summerbecause of the magnificent parksth ere. His first session at B R.produced an outstand in g workreport.

    For hi s fourth workterm Daryldeci ded that he wa n ted a re search or iented job in chemis try,a sub ject he h ad en joyed in highschool. He research iron o re properties and found out that hewasn't really th at interested inc he mical research although it didinvolve computer analysis andmodeling. This is a feature ofCoop th a t he found to be goodbecause it enabled him toconfirmhis interests without making anycommi tm e nts. As expected. his

    interviewers for the next sessionalso thought it was a bit strange.His senior work terms were

    spent with Electrohome in Kitc hener working on cable communications and the are ofsec uri ty for Pay T, V. Both simp lea nd complex scrambling and unscrambling systems were considered and "competitive" cheatin g systems were examined tofind ways to tighten any leaks inthe sy s tem. Daryl's reasons fornot enjoying Electrohome asmuch as he would have lik ed wasth a t th ey had too smallacommitment to R&D and they were toolarge a t the same time to h ave adynami c structure like that ofMitel. He feels that they havebeen stag na t ing for aw h ile butthefaet that theycelebratedt heir75t h a nniv ersary this pas t summer is quite an accomp lishmentin his eyes.

    to Canada Council in Toronto,was the acquisition of the IEEEmicrocomputer. a Superbrain,with theaidofthe IEEEand fundsfrom the department of electricalengineeri ng. The computer ar rived after the end of his term ofoffice. t can be used by anymember of the IEEE society.

    As ch a irm an of the IEEE ,Darylorganized events and publicizedthem with the goal of a goodturnout. "People need a littleprodding to go and do activities, , , we have to say , ' look, this isavailab le', and 'w hy don't youcome out and ge t involved.' ' ' As aresult of his efforts, those termswhen he was c hairman havebeensome of t he most successful in theIEEE's past at UW,

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    Daryl a lso participates in theSandford Fl emi ng Debates ''I'mreally interested in debate, itgives you g rea t practice and ithelps relieve pressure . . ,speaking in front of many peopleisn't as bad as you think itmentally. Debating is one of thebest things an engineer can getinto because engi neers in genera ljust si t behind t h e backlines andon ly come ou t if something reallybugs them enou gh,"

    C.S.C.E.C,S,C.E. has recently spon

    sored tw o very successful seminars. Professo r Bor g Madsenfrom the University of BritishColumbia spoke on "TimberEngineerin g o n November 4 ,This se minar was part of th ee.S,C.E, ational Lecture Tour,On Nove m bel' 18, Professor Pe terKneen from Australia spoke on"Fabric Structures". Both lectures were well attended and provi ded int cres ting information forthose who a tt ended. They wereclear a nd relat ed well to practise, with em p hasis on satisfying t he genera l level of curiosity without being too vague.

    C.S.C .E. hopes to hold one moreseminar before th e term ends. sokeep an eye out for the noti ces.

    C.S,C.E, is pr ese ntly holdin g apapers compe titi on. There aretwo catego ri es, one for und ergradua te students in their finalyear or those who comp letedtheir final year of undergraduate s tudy in 1982 and anot herfor grad Uate students with "research in progress", Awards willbe prcsentpd for the best papers ,For more information , check theun dergraduate or graduate notice boards in the c ivil engineering department.

    The U of W student chapter islooking for new members for1983 . For a small fee a studentmember will receive two civilengineering publications, theCanadian Journal of Civil Engineering and the EngineeringJournal, for the period ofl year, Astudent membership also allowsspecial discount rates for othercivil engineering publicationsand conferences, Applicationforms are available in the civilengineering computer terminalroom (E2-2340) , A C.S,C,E. representative will also visit theclasses within the next twoweeks to inform students aboutthe student chapter here atWaterloo.

    IEEEInterested in co mput ers? Havea n urge to ge t involved? Like towork with electronics? Want to

    make new fri end s? Cot so meideas of your ow n? Well t he IEEE(Institute of Elec t rical ana Electronic Engineers) StudentBra nc h A is for you,The I- tripl e-E o ffers you opportunities that are limited only

    by the boundaries that yo u s e t -almost literally. For starters,members h ave exclusive use ofan In tertec Superbrain micro compu ter with Basic , Pascal ,Wo rd star (a lVord processingprogram), and acc;ess to all majorcampus computers through thePACX (Candalf) system. Formore hardware oriented types,we have an old DEC line printerthat is ju st wa iting to be rewired(this thin g is built like I bricks hit h ouse but has - would youbelieve? - discrete componentsand core memory ) What if youhave an idea of your own t hat youwould lik e to build? Come in andwe'll help, Would you like toseeauser group for yo ur personalcomputer Of programmable calr:ulato r ? Why not start vourown?We would be more th an g lad tohelp support you, Wh et her youwould lik e to gain organizational and leadership experienceor just come down and s hoot thebull, the I- triple - E is the place foryou,Bu t. you say, I'm not in Electrical Engineering and don'tknow anything about computers01' electronics, Well , it doesn ' tmatter which department you'rein, There is no better place tolearn about whatever int eres tsyou (as a matter of fact, thecurrent treasurer is a Mechie) .And the really neat part is thathere is an opportunity to developthose hidden leadership skills(bet this would look good on a jobresume) on a project of your own.

    Interes1ed? Just drop by theoffice (E2-2339 , most afternoons)and say Hi to Cord or John. Theseguys would be more than happyto answer all your questions.

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