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ONWMay 1986 The Engineering Society's Student orum May 1986

Dial Mor Money

Story on page 14.

Feature Interview:

Dr Tom Brzustowski



2 IRON WARRIOR

The Same, Oilly DifferentWelcome to this term 's Iron

Warrior. With all the recentattention being given to Waterloo'sstudent publications, a lot of people

are watching the Warrior to seewhat we're going to do with it.Well, here it is - we've got a lot ofnew people, and a lot of new ideas.

Much of our time has been spentfinding ways of making the Warriorlook better, improving the way it'slaid out. We've returned to the fullfront page style, instead of themagazine-style half page that wehad last term. However, we'vekept the idea of not having a frontpage, using a photograph and shortintroductions to what's inside thepaper.

The Iron Warrior is basically infour sections-editorials andviewpoints, technical articles,education and the University, andhumour and lifestyles. We've alsoadded a Feature interview, withsomeone in the administration,government, or industry. Thisissue the Feature interview is withDr. Torn Brzustowski, the

Academic Vice-Preside nt.- We arealso making a conscious effort toobtain submissions from outsidethe Engineering Faculty, so we can

get an idea of what's going onelsewhere on campus.

On the whole, most of our newideas have improved the IronWarrior, but we still have a fewrough spots . With only threeissues there's not much time to getall the kinks worked out. If you seesomething we could do better, letus know. Send us a letter to theeditor. The wonderful thing aboutletters to the editor is that they onlytake ten minutes to do, and get yourname into print, causing instantfame and fortune .

Waterloo's student newspapershave been getting a lot of attention,mostly for things they've donewrong. With any luck, and asmuch skill as we've got, the IronWarrior will get a lot of attentionfor the things it has done right.One might even call it the

n e ~ s p p e r that tastes better.

Your Education-What s It Worth?Wow, my very own editorial.

Imagine: I can say whatever I wantabout about anything - even if I

an thing about it(especial1y i I don't know anythingabout it, judging by the last editorialI read), and I don 't have to be anice guy any more, because Henrihas that job now. Sure it's a bigresponsibility - the Free Worldwants to know what's in the IWeditorial - but I promise to becareful and not start anyinternational incidents, and I won'tbe a one man show either. I'm surethat I'll enjoy working with Mr.Studley, or Stumbly,or whateverhis n m ~ is .

OK, that's about enoughintroductory stuff. Let's talk aboutsomething more important - which,judging by the headline, is moneyand education and like that: I figurethat my iron ring will set me backabout $10,000 in tuition and books.

I. haven't figured in rent, food,etc., because I assume I'd probablyhave to have paid those costswherever I was liviQg, eating, etc. Ialso didn't account for lost wages:

just before I came here, I wasclearing about $18,000 per year;

since then, my average income hasbeen, say, $7,500 per year. So, thetotal cost, in real terms over fiveyears will be about $62,000. Nowfor the real ' kicker: what am Igetting in exchange for giving up allthat cash?

Well, now . get to be a P .Eng.,with a minimum starting salary ofaround $30,000 and careeradvancement opportunities that youcan't find in many other places(assuming I'm any good at all,which is something else again. Idon't want to talk about it). On topof that, I'll be doing the kind of

work I want to do, instead ofhaving to be a hospital orderly orsome such. Finally, I'll have apiece of paper that says I'm smart,and you can get into some of thebetter restaurants with one of those.

Well, I've had my fun; now it'syour turn. How much are you

putting into being here, and whatare you getting out of it? (nocheating, please) Now for the hardpart. Is it worth it?

RON· W RRIOR

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presented by the Engineering Societies of the Iron Warrior which reserves the

the University of Waterloo. Views right to refuse publication/circulation of

expressed in the Iron Warrior other than materi al which it deems unsuitable. The

editorials. are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the opinions of the Iron Warrior also reserves the right to

editors or the Engineering Societies. edit grammar , spelling. and portions oftext that do not meet University standards.

The Iron Warrior welcomes all

submissions from students. faculty, and

other members of the university

community. Articles, letters, and artwork

should reflect the concerns and intellectual

level of the University in general.

Authors will be contacted for any major

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All submissions must be legible and must

include the author's name, class (if

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All submissions should be forwarded to:The Engineering Society

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May 1986 IRON W RRIOR

From The Dean s Office

Welcome back for the summerterm. I have a number of items toreport.

It is easy to write about theproblems of underfuncling. I havestacks of equipment requests andpersonnel requests fromdepartments all over my desk.Eleven years of below - cpr(Consumer Price Index) fundinghas taken its toll on our equipment.There has been no budget line forreplacement or even maintenancefor several years now, and the recentprovincial budget does not seem toinclude any of the positive aspectsreported in the Throne Speech.However, in spite of this, there aremany positive items to report and I

only have room for a few.

- Professor Elmasary of theE.E. department has been awardedan NSERC Research Chair. The

industrial partner is BNR and thefunds will provide for two newfaculty members in E.E.

- Professor Schey has beenelected a Fellow of The Society ofManufacturing Engineers. (Hepreviously won The Gold MedalAward from SME.)

What do you think of whensomeone mentions the WaterlooEngineering Society, the U. of T.Engineering Society, or any otherEngineering Society in the country?What do others think of us?

Almost everyone has a friend ortwo from high school that went tosome other uni versi ty forengineering. The Waterloo Engi

neering program is typically seen asa demanding program with some of

the best and most currenttechnology available in anyuniversity. Other impressions maybe that this is'a big engineeringprogram; it also does not do thingsquite the same way that moreestablished programs do, mostnotably the co-op program and theagressive nature of our 'technologyembrace.

But what does this mean toundergraduate societies? Some ofthe interesting facts about Eng Soc,

and other societies, were revealedto me over the last six months at acouple of conferences, a trip, andsocial gatherings.

Some things we take for grantedas an engineering undergrad societyare the Orifice, POETS, the C D,and three full-time employees(Marg, Rita, and Sherry). Incomparison, the Engineeringsociety at Guelph (the smallestenrollment in Ontario) has a closetfor an office, and the concept of afull-time secretary is almost

- Professor Yovanovich hasbeen elected a Fellow of TheAmerican Society of MechanicalEngineers.

- The Davis Building isprogressing satisfactorily and itshould be enclosed by October. Wewill finally be able to get rid of ourportables and reclaim several of ourhalls that we have converted torooms.

- This is admission time andapplicati<?ns are up once again,

even though the over all system inEngineering is down. Our advancedadmissions to Year Two are up by45% over last year People seem towant to transfer to co-op fromother programs.

- Engineering received $350,000from the Ontario GovernmentExcellence fund for teaching

rom thinconceivable. Larger societies likeQueen's have a Pub and an office intheir own building (Clarke Hall),and the U. of T. Eng Soc is a legalcorporation w ~ i h handles theirown pub, bookstore, and office.

The three big societies mentionedhave annual operating budgets inexcess of 100,000 providing

non-profit services; other functions

sUl;:h as conferences, OEDC,CEDC, and various foundations,with the other social services, makeundergraduate societies a resonableforce to be dealt with. Theadministration surrounding theDeans of Engineering around thiscountry realize this and it is largelythrough their support, thatEngineering societies are allowed toexist.

Our university, and our Eng Soc,is certainly one of the newest in theprovince, but with the oldest co-opprogram. As a result, we have dealt

with problems and benefits ofco-op better than other schools, butin other aspects we are still learningto walk. Expounding on thesepoints will clarify them.

Only a few universities (BC,Alberta, Memorial, Ottawa) haveco-op programs. In comparison toregular system societies, co-opsocieties tend to have a greatersense of apathy. Why that happenscannot be directly determined butextra pressures of jobs orconstantly moving from place to

place may be part of the answer.Our experiencc with this systemplaces us in a better position thanthe other co-op societies in the spiritcategory, but not at the same levelas regular societies. We seem tohave dealt with a two -societysystem and, working together withA-Soc, we can productively take onprojects such as the C D, andPOETS on a year-round basis and

have them work profitably andefficiently. Again, the other co-opschools seem to be adjusting to thetwo-society· system and their

capabilities to provide moreambitious services are limited rightnow.

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equipment. This was the largestinternal distribution with theuniversity and reflects our needs.

- Alumni donations of over$150,000 last year have helpedpurchase needed teachingequipment. This was the largestinternal distribution with theuniversity and also reflects ourneeds.

- Student computer feescontributed $147,000 last year tohelp Engineering enhance itscomputing environment. This hashelped substantially.

IBM has seconded toEngineering a senior executive, Dr.

Mel Marple, for two years to helpus develop a Centre for IntegratedManufacturing. This is an excitingproject that involves nearly alldepartments. A section of the newDavis Building will be devoted toManufacturing. see next issue -Ed.

In the next issue of Iron Warrior,I will gi ve a breakdown of theexpenditures against the computerfee income.

W C. Lennox,Dean of Engineering.

So what else do we do thathappens with some consistency?OUf Scunt is wcll known. It usuallydraws 12 to 20 teams, making t apopular event, certainly a tradition.Our Engineering Weekends can belooked for every term, along withthe BN AD Beer in POETScontinues to draw a regular crowd,and the C D maintains thecaffeine levels of hundreds of

people. There are other things thatwe routinely do as a society whichcan be counted on every term.

Activities that have faded over the]ast few years are the Iron WarriorCar. Apparently it runs, but thereare problems with insurance andsafety certificates. Enginews is nolonger a regular publication. Eventshave come and gone, sometimes incycles: participation dictates thefuture of most events.

Finally, what will be happening?Iron Warrior will continue toexpand and develop its format,which has changed significantlyover the last three years. A hotissue that should really be resolvedbefore the Fourth Decade planningis history is Engineering leatherjackets. Someone recentlysuggested that even if we don't sellthem through the Orifice, weshould at least set a recommendedstandard for when you order ajacket on Leather Jacket Day.Feedback would be appreciated.New ideas and ~ o n t i n u e d supportwould also be appreciated.



4 IRON WARRIOR May 1986

POINT COUNTERPOINT

Creationn

Engineeringby Dr. J. Schroeder,

Civil Engineering

The renowned rocket engineer,Werner von Braun, has beenquoted as s a y i ~ g ~ i t h regar.d t.oCreation: man m hls complexlty IS

a design and not an accident.

Creation means, in accordancewith the Bible, that the eternal,almighty God, who is a Spirit,planned, made, and. a s ~ e ~ s e d . the

universe and everythmg m It. Smceengineering is the ingenuity to

design, construct, and evaluat.e, o ~ emay think of Biblical Creation mterms of divine engineering.

For example, the creation of manis described in Genesis in threestages: And God said, let us makeman · in our image, after ourlikeness' and let them have

, hdominion ..over all the eart ...-- So God created man in His ownimage, in the image of God createdhe him' male and female created hethem. ',,- And God saw everythingthat he made and it was very good.

A detailed making of the firstman, Adam, is given in G e n e s ~ s . 2 :And the Lord God (a Spmt)

formed man of the dust of theground, and b r e a t . h e ~ into hisnostril the breath of hfe.

Thus, man became a living s . o ~ lby a unification of matter and spmt,and woman became a living soullater when God made her from a ribwhich He had taken from man.Thus God man, and woman wereunited in their spiritual faculties.The spirit made man and woman

free for it allowed them the art ofr e a ~ o n i n g . H o w ~ v e r in t.heapprenticeship of lIberty, the fITstwoman reasoned with the serpent,and as a result, man disobeyed Godand fell.

N ~ v e r t h e l e s s it must be said inthe defence of womanhood that theserpent was Satan in disguise--a liarfrom the beginning--and in defenceof manhood, that the first manfollowed the first woman, Eve, indisobedience to God. Through thefall, man separated himself fromGod. Furthermore, the human racelost grace and became mortal andsinful.

God left the dominion over theearth to fallen mankind, but man'srecord of management without Godis not good. Today men, womenand chidren still have the

God-given freedom to reason,which ultimately results in a moralchoice between evil. The latter isdisobedience to God'scommandments.

/ .

The art of human engineering isas old as mankind. In accordancewith the Bible, man, created in theimage of God, soon began. todesign and build thinf?s. The fITstincredible constructIOn, whosedesign was given by God to Noah,was Noah's ark--a huge, threestorey boat about 500 feet ~ o n g 80feet wide and 50 feet hlgh, thedimensions of which were roughlythat of modern ocean liners. Godbrought a flood of waters upon theearth to destroy all flesh, for the

thoughts of man's heart were onlyevil continually, but the ark savedNoah, his family, and a male andfemale of every sort of fowl andland animal.

A megaproject of constructionwas the city of Babel which was tohave a tower built from brick andmortar to reach unto heaven. WhenGod saw the city and tower, Hesaid: now nothing will berestrained from them, which theyhave imagined to do. And He

scattered them upon the face of allthe earth by confounding their

language, and they stoppedbU c t

One of the most noted engineersof antiquity was the Greek

Archimedes, and in the MiddleAges, the most famous engineer,paintor and sculptor was e o n ~ d oda Vinci who lived before Gahleo.the father of modern science.Today, engineering involves puremathematics, computer programming, and science, but does notdepend on them.

Mathematics is an abstract art of

geometry and algebra. t isrestricted by deductive reasoningfrom general rules to particularresults in order to arrive at uniqueanswers.

The computer is a machinedcalculator. t is an engine whichcan be programmed to performautomatic processing.

Science was originally amathematical approach to theobservable wor:ld. For example,Pythagoras predicted in antiquitythat the earth was spherical in shape

because a sphere is the most perfectof geometrical shapes. But thephilosopher Plato pointed out that,in general, science has no uniqueanswers, for the same observablephenomenon can be represented bynumerous mathematicalapproaches.

Since Galileo, science has beenrestricted by experimentalvalidation, which is inductivereasoning from particular data to ageneral hypothesis, theory, or law.

(see Creation , page 5)

Damian L. Hanel4A Electrical Engineering

1. Platitude - n. a flat, dull or triteremark, esp. one uttered as if itwere fresh and profound

2. Pedant - n. a person whoadheres rigidly to book knowledgewithout regard to common sense

3. Irrational - n. without thefaculty of, or not endowed with,reason

4 Rubbish - n. nonsense as inwriting, art, etc.

5. Huh - interj. (used as anexclamation of surprise,bewilderment, disbelief, contempt,or the like)

6. Brain Damage - n. traumasuffered by the cerebrum as a resultof excessive efforts to makeobservable reality fit unlikelymodels .

7. Anthropoid Ape - any tail-less

ape of the family Pongidae,anatomicall resembling man

When I agreed to write thecounterpoint to Dr. Schroeder'spoint (which he has yet to make)

in the CreationlEvolution debate, Idecided to refrain from passing anydisparging remarks concerning theProfessor's intellectual capacity,ancestry, or his ability to present acoherent argument. However, justbecause I decided not to stoop tosuch a low level in responding tothe Professor's article is no reason

why you cannot. You may usenone, or all, of the above list of

words (said list by no meanscomplete) to personally critique thelearned Professor's article oncreation and engineering.

In no way does science ingeneral, or evolution in particular,make any attempt to deny theexistence of God. What scienceattempts to do is provide a·modelthat explains the wonders of theuniverse in a consistent manner.What evolution attempts to do isprovide a model that c 6 n s i s ~ e n t l yexplains the development of life onearth. The use of the wordattempts is not accidental. All of

our scientific explanations are bestfit models that are constantly beingreviewed (and sometimesdiscarded) as our knowledge of theworld around us ' increases. Thatthese models a,re not in accordwith the Bible should be no causefor concern, nor come as any greatsurprise.

The Bible cannot fix with anaccuracy of more than a few years

the birth and death of one of themost important figures in history (ifnot the most important ), yet Dr.Schroeder, and others, insist onusing a literal interpretation of thistext as the incontrovertible accountof the origin of man.

Literal interpretations of ancienttexts are d a n g ~ r o u s at best being, asthey are, difficult to disprove. Forexample, disprove Von Daniken'scontention that Ezekiel saw hisWheel within a Wheel from a

spaceship high above the earth, or

Velikovsky's contention . that anearthly collision with a cometstopped our planet's rotation, thus.causing the sun to appear to standstill in the sky.

Another danger inherent inancient texts is translation error.Errors in Hebrew Greektranslation resulted in the Hebrewword for young being translatedas fresh . The word fresh when

applied to a women becamevirgin and a tradition was born -

Immaculate Conception. Think ofthe fun countless Catholic girlscould have had, were it not forerrors in translation by some 3rdCentury A.D. scholars. Otherscholars applied a phonetic

translation to Yaweh ( I am ),and came up with Jehovah.(Remember this little tidbit the nexttime someone knocks on your doorat 10:00 a.m. on a Saturday withtheir family in tow.)

The Bible is intended to reveal thenature of God and man's

relationship to God. When used forthis purpose the Bible remains asimportant and relevant as ever.

Attempts to interpret the Bible as anincontrovertible scientific accountof man's origin only serve toillustrate the interpreter's completelack of understanding of the intentof the Good Book .

f anything positive can arisefrom the CreationlEvolution debate,it will be an increased awarenessthat science is by no means perfect.Incidents such as Challenger andChernobyl all too graphically

attest to science's fallibility.Scientists and engineers (all peoplefor that matter) should be unafraid

to question our current models andtenets, but let us not do so at theexpense of reason (we are, after all,masters of reason ). f we do

question without reason, we willfind ourselves arguing about thenumber of angels that can sit on thehead of a pin, or asserting (as didsome early 20th centurymethodists) that God's willordained that the first century have99 years, because it is moreperfect for new centuries to beginin years ending in 00 than 01 .



May 1986 IRON W ARRIOR 5

Creation In Engineering(trom page 4)

The induction of modern science isnot unique and has led tomathematical uncertainty about thetrue nature of things. In spite ofthis, today's science has been

extrapolated into the past in searchfor an origin of the world whichcontradicts Genesis.

Engineering is unrestrictedingenuity as long as it providesreliable results. Engineers dependmore on intuition, imagination andanalogies than on scientific

methodologies, and employs anytype of reasoning in design,construction, and management.They may use the experimentalmethod, but rely on past experiencewhich is written into codes.

The uncertain mathematical

framework of science on earth hasbeen extrapolated into the distantheavens where experiments areimpossible. Furthermore, today'sastrophysics relies on both theassumption that the vast universehas the physics of the earth and thesynthesis of two contradictions:Einsteinian relativistic mobility andNewtonian fixity .of points in space.The results of all this are vastnumbers for times and distances oftoday's cosmos, which from theengineering point of view areunreliable results because theygenerate a cosmos so vast that n0

,... • I t _ . _ •

n v r v ar noufrom the " earth t verify 'itsex is tence. Furthermore, theassumption that the speed of light isa constant throughout time and. \,

space as It is measured today onearth has cradled the concept of

cosmological evolution over vastages, which makes even anobservation of evolutionary

processes impossible. Thus ,today's cosmogeny is science

fiction and may be accepted by faithin mathematical virtuosity, whichreplaces God by an infinite series of

improbable accidents.The Bible gives no age for

heaven and earth, but indicates thatlight, the firmament, dry land, theseas, the plant life, the sun, moonand stars all animals, and man are.recent creations, which contradictsan hypothetical evolution over

immense time periods.

It is obvious that theextrapolations of the uncertainty of

scientific methods into the heavensare religious in nature, as well asthe extrapolation of vast radioactivedates from nonradioactive isotopes,

which are assumed radiogenic at theconvenience of cosmological

evolution.

It is again the responsible natureof engineering to replace

mathematical uncertainties of thenature of things with religiousbeliefs. Engineers are heldresponsible for their work, butevolutionists are not heldresponsible for their irrationalteachings.

Today, man's reasoning hascome full cycle. In _ the

apprenticeship of reasoning man

disobeyed God, and God se aratedfrom mankind until He sent HisSon Jesus who was obedient toGod even until death. Now thatman has mastered the art ofreasoning , he uses irrational

arguments to deny the existence of

God so he can disobey God'scommandments and live without

moral choices.

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High Tech on the Highways

by Mark Driedger

An old barn near the banks ofthe Grand River is one of the lastplaces you would expect to find ahigh technology engineering firm.

Yet, that is exactly where HighwayProducts International is located.HPI has its home on a farmsteadbetween Paris and Glen Moris,Ontario. The barn has beenconverted into two floors of lab andoffice space which provides a novelwork environment for the

twenty-five or so employees. Themost obvious sign that somethingout of the ordinary takes placeinside the barn is the conferenceroom which sits atop the silo.

The company was foundedabout 10 years by Don Kobi todesign and manufacture data

aquisition equipment for thepavement testing industry. An

afftliated company does a variety oftesting and survey work.

While testing pavement maysound like pretty dry stuff (uhlessyou re in Civil ), the productsproduced by HPI involve some

very interesting instrumentation.

HPJ's main product is theAutomatic Road Analyzer, orARAN. It consists of a customizedvan loaded with roughly $200,000worth of instrumentation. This

product is the result of a lengthyevolution of data acquisition

systems. The newest version usesan industrial quality IBM AT

comput-er system and a real timesoftware system to control andcoordinate the acquisition tasks.The computer system must bemodified extensively. For example,DC-DC power supplies replace theusual AC supply so the vehicleelectrical system may be used.

The most essential (althoughthe least interesting) of the dataacquisition tasks is termed thedistance measuring instrument(DMI). A military grad optical shaft

encoder is connected to the powertrain and senses vehicle motion.This signal is the "heartbeat" fromwhich most other tasks are timedand synchronized.

While the ARAN doesn t

quite fly, it does have three aircraftgyroscopes. These provideinformation regarding the 3-

dimensional attitude of the vehiclewhich is processed to yield

measures of the Grossfall of theroad surface (the slope from the

centre of the road to the sholJlder)and curve geometry. A real timemodel of the gyroscope response isused to predict their motion and

dynamically change their mode ofoperation to minimize error.

Another interesting piece ofequipment is the video loggingsubsystem. A studio quality TVcamara is used for road inventoryand also to allow features andpavement distresses to be viewedlater for closer study. A portion ofthe computer CRT screen issuper-imposed on the video signal.This provides'a continuous displayof the location (road section andtravelled distance) on the videotape. A new addition to this systemis the inclusion of a second camera

to take a close up view of thepavement surface. A shuttered CCDtyne camera is being used to freezethe image at 80 kph. This cameradoes a very good job; in fact, in onetest a dead skunk was clearlyvisible in single frame playbackmode.

The other main subsystem.are the rut bar and roughnessmeasurement. The rut bar is used to



6 IRON WARRIOR MayJ986

THE PHYSICS OF FUSIONBy Shayne Smith

This series of articles isintended to bring the reader a basicconceptual understanding of fusionenergy, and to discuss the currentdevelopmental activity in a science

that is quickly becoming anengineering reality.

The material is presented inthree parts: the first serves as ageneral discussion of what fusionenergy is and what it involves. The

second part deals with the

mechanics of a fusion system, andthe associated engineeringproblems. The final article in theseries puts the fusion research

effort in perspective and detailssome of the political and

international issues, the ethics of

fusion energy, and a look at thecurrent achievements and potential

developments in this field.In many ways, the mysticismassociated with the development of

fusion energy as the inexhaustibleenergy source of the future has hadmore appeal in science fiction thanin bona fide public interest updatesfrom the scientific community.

Future engineers souId be made

aware of the substantial effortsbeing made on an international scalein fusion research anddevelopment

CONCEPTS I

Fission is the process whereby

heavy atoms such as uranium, arebombarded with neutrons withenough energy to split the atom intolighter constituents. The mass

difference, or mass defect, betweenproducts and r e a c t ~ n t s appears asenergy in accordance with E=mc .

In the fusion process, however,light atoms (e.g., hydrogen) must

be brought near enough to one

another so that the nuclear attractionwill fuse them together. This

process requires high temperatureand pressure, since the nuclei of theatoms carry a like charge aridtherefore electrostatically repel one

another. The fusion reaction createsan atom of increased atomic weight,although some mass is converted toenergy. The energy produced fromthe fusion of one gram of hydrogenis almost ten times greater than thatproduced by the fission of one

gram of uranium.Table 1 describes the three

isotopes of hydrogen that constitutethe most commonly-used fusionfuels. Deuterium and tritium arebeing studied for their potential asfuels in the first generation offusion reactors.

As shown in Table 1, protiumis the most abundant of the

isotopes. Deuterium oxide (D20),

or heavy water , is the principalcoolant in the CANDU (CanadianDeuterium & Uranium) fission

reactor. Deuterium gas is easilyproduced by electrolysis of D20and is therefore readily available asa fusion fuel. '

Tritium must be produced

artificially by either irradiatingdeuterium with neutrons or byneutron bombardment ofLithium-6. Tritium is an unstableisotope and decays radioactively to

, produce Heliurn-3 (a rare and

valuable gas itself) and a beta

particle. Gaseous tritium does notrepresent a hazard, as it is alow-energy beta emitter (maximum18.6 keY) and is not readily

absorbed in the body because of thelow solubility of hydrogen in

water. Its oxidized form (i.e.,HTO, DTO, or T20) behaves verymuch like water, however, and isthus more radiotoxic by

approximately four orders of

magnitude. In a CANDU reactor,tritiated water is produced byirradiation of the coolant,

deuterium, and contributes as muchas 20% to the total on-site radiationleveL It is important to realize that

OHM Ie HEATING

PORTS FOR NEUTRAL

'NJECT'ON

The two main approaches to plasmacontainment are magneticconfinement (trapping the plasmaalong magnetic field lines) andinertial confinement (compression

of fuel pellets to very high densitiesby focused implosions).

Most public-sector research hasbeen done in the field of magneticconfinement, the most common

method of which is the Torus

Concept (fig. 1), whereby theplasma is trapped within a magnetictube which is bent back upon itselfto form a toroid or doughnut shape.This method, proposedindependently in 1950 by Lyman

Spitzer of Princeton University and

• a-IAHHOlE· FOR

ACC(SS TO VACUUMPLASMA VESSEl

VACUU VESSEL

{WINOINCiS

small pellets of fuel (usually adeuterium-tritium mixture) 500

times smaller than a grain of rice.The surface material is vapourizedand ablates off at a high velocity. A

strong recoil force is generatedwhich compresses the remainingfuel to the densities required forfusion. While inertial forces hold

the compressed fuel together, thetemperatures created in the process(lOa million degrees C.) start athermonuclear burn which

propagates outward. The result isthat the energy released exceeds theenergy that was required tocompress the fuel.

Although inertial confinementactivity has been quite limited, it isgenerally suspected that a good dealof research progress is being made

under classified military programs,such as the American Strategic

Defense Initiatve. To date, thefeasibility of inertial fusion has notbeen established outside of themilitary i'nterests .

Fig 1 The Toroidal Plasma Containment Device

Current developments are aimedat improving the abilities of thelaser and particle beam facilites,improving the target shape, and

achieving even compression acrossthe target. Because of the problemsassociated with the non-uniformityof laser-induced. compression, atechnique called indirect drive isbeing investigated. w h ~ r e b y the

fusion energy is not without a

significant radiation a z : a r d ~ In theinitial investigation of fusion 'energy, many herald it to be aclean, radiation-free source of

electricity.Protium-Protium fusion is the

main energy-producing process

inherent in most stars. It has beenestimated that, in our sun, fourmillion tonnes of hydrogen areconverted to heat, light, and

radiation every second. While

extreme pressures are commonplacein the gravitational field of a star, it

is doubtful that similar conditionscan be produced on the earth. For

this reason, fusion reactors must

rely on extremely high temperaturesto drive the fusion reaction. Table 2lists some of the fusion reactionswith less stringent requirements

than the protium-protium reactionthat occurs within the sun. The

deuterium-tritium reactionrepresents the greatest energy yieldat the l o w ~ s t reaction temperature,and is the subject of world-wideefforts to produce affordable fusionenergy.

At or near the reaction

temperature, the atoms collide withenough energy to remove their

outer electrons. The result is a

cloud of positively charged atomsin a sea of electrons - a state of

matter called plasma. This materialis a very good electrical and thermalconductor, owing to the presence of

free electrons, and can be containedby a magnetic field.

PLASMA CONTAINMENT

Superheated plasma does not

possess enough heat energy to meltits container; however, any contactwith the walls of the container

would cool the plasma below thetemperatures required for fusion.

Lev Artzimovich of the KurchatoV'Institute in Russia, forms the bas' 'of several reactors which serve asexamples of progress in fusionresearch. The three most recent

projects include the TFTR

(Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor),which became operational in

December 1982 at Princeton

University, the JET (Joint

European Torus), which started inCulham, England, in June 1983,and the JT-60 in ~ a k a - M i c h iJapan, which started in April 1985.These projects are expected to break:

even by the early 1990's, althoughthis time-frame could be reduced to

2-4 years by using more radioactivefuel.In the simplest example of

inertial confinement, laser or

particle beams are focused onto

: lqse.r; belllltj&: £ i j ; § t p ' q n v & 1 i t ~ s t to

• ~ h - - t h o n ~ i r r a G t i a t e t h ~ f u dn P . . n ~ \ u n l f d n n r v : - ' - ; ~ ; ~ - I .--~ r r • ,,' , t I r ia l ,l l h . . .. One of the mam a ,-:antages of

inertial fusion is that the actualdriver for the reaction (the laser or

particle beam) can be removed fromthe target site at whcih the energy isproduced. Isolation of the targetchamher is particularly importantbecause removal of the radiationhazards associated with the fusionprocess allow maintenance of thelaser or particle beam assembly tobe performed.

The second part of the ~ e r i e swill detail the systems associatedwith a working Torus reactor anddiscuss some of the engineeringproblems associated with such aproject.

Isotope Mass (AMU) Abundance Nuclear Components

Protium 1.008142 99.985% 1 proton

Deuterium 2.104735 0.015% 1 proton + 1 neutron

Tritium 3.016997. 1 proton + 2 neutrons

.... Tritium is a man-made isotope with a half-life of 12.3 years.

TABLE 1. The Known Isotopes of Hydrogen

Reaction

D + T 4-He + n

D + D 3-He + n

D + 3-He 4-He + p

Released Energy

(GJ/gm reactants)

351

97

TABLE 2. Typical Fusion Reaction Conditions

,

Reaction Temp.(Degrees C

77 X 1o '6

366 X 10· 6

773 X 10 ...6

620 X 10··6



May 1986 IRON WARRIOR 7

uilding The Ultimate Video Gamesby Peter Stubley

You are the pilot of a 747,coming in on final approach. The

ship is settling beautifully, just a

few hundred metres from the end ofthe runway. Suddenly all fourengines flame out and the plane

drops sickeningly, the cockpit filledwith ringing alarms. You re goingto crash .. and then the ground

stops moving. Fortunately youwere s till firmly attached to theground in one of CAE ElectronicsLtd. s flight simulators, the next

best thing to being there.

CAE s flight simulators are a stepup from the video games likely tobe found in Wunderlich. For astart, from the inside, the simulator

looks exactly like the real aircraft -all the instruments, indicators and

Faster ThaD TheEye Can See

ACCELEROMETERPACKAGE

MODIFIED HELMET

FIBER-OPTIC CABLE

HelmetComponents

controls are present faithfully

reproduced down to the last detail.The cockpit is contained in a largebox that sits on six hydraulic jacks,which can move the cockpit to just

about any orientation, and providethe sensations of moving up anddown, accelerating and braking,

etc.

. There is also space just behindthe cockpit for the instructor. His .panel allows him to do all sorts of

nasty things including the

aforementioned engine flameouts,or freezing controls, starting fires,adding turbulence and fog, and

numerous other failures and

hazards. This is the real power ofsimulators, allowing pilots to learnto deal with problems without therisk of spinning a real (veryexpensive) plane into the ground.

One of the most difficult systemsto make realistic is the visual

system. Basically, high resolutionTV monitors are placed over thecockpit windows to simulate theview as it would be seen from a real

aircraft, using computer- generatedgraphks. However, there is a limitto the amount of realism that can beproduced, because a very wide fieldof vision must be created in highresolution, the limiting factor beingthe trade-off of resolution versuscomputer time. The image in a sidewindow must be produced, even if

nobody is looking there.

CAE s solution is the fibre:.optichelmet-mounted display (HMD).The scenery is fed from computerimage generators (CIGs) thr<?ughfibre -optic cables to partIally

reflective mirrors that hang in frontof the pilot s eyes, presentingwith a visual image but stIllallowing him to look through to theinstruments. As the pilot moves hishead and eyes, the image is updatedaccordingly (see inset). The visualgeneration software contains a

DIODE ARRAYI

C E ELECTRONICS LTD

IBEAMSPLITTERS

PANCAKE WINDOW'*EYEPIECES

OPTICAL ASSEMBLY

Helmet DisplayThe system consists of two 3 inch diameter FarrandPANCAKE WINDOW displays mounted in front of theeyes, with an optical interface to the fiber-optic cables.The PANCAKE WINDOW' is a compad, in-line,wide-field 80°) refledive infinity display, whichprovides overlapping, full-color imaqes to each eye.

cockpit mask which blanks the determined. The a c ~ e l ~ r o m e t e r isoutside world where the pilot sees u s e ~ to rna e predlcllons of thethe cockpit, preventing him from poSItIOn to account for any delayshaving X-ray vision. in the system.

An important part of the HMD The HMD system makes muchsystem is the head tracker, which more efficient use of the availableprovides feedback of the pilot s computer resources, allowing betterhead position and movement. The images to be produced. Althoughsystem uses an optical head tracker, the system is being developed forconsisting of a ring of six infrared military simulators, its use can be

LEDs, two infrared detectors and extended to many usefulan accelerometer. The six LEDs are applicatons. It is a big step forwardpulsed on in a sequence, and their f o ~ any t s ~ where it is n e ~ e s s a r y tointensity is measured by the two shIft the VIsual perspective of thesensors, allowing the orientation of operator, such as remote controlthe LED ring to be uniquely robots, or the Canadarm.

SEHSORfoIO.

Helmet PositionSensing System

Displayed Field of View

The Shot Heard Around The World

Next Meeting: June rd

Submission Deadline: June 6th



IRON WARRIOR

Feature Interview

by Peter Stubley

Dr. Tom Brzustowski is

Waterloo s Vice ~ r e s i d e n t(Academic). e is responsible/orall the teaching at Waterloo,including what gets taught, andwhy, and who does the teaching.

e is also chairing the committeewriting the Fourth Decade Report, astatement of the University s goalsand philosophies over the next tenyears. The Iron Warrior

interviewed him in his office on

Friday, May 16.

IW: What status is the fourthdecade report in now.? Are youworking on the final draft?

TB: I want to hand a 10-page

document to Senate in June whichwill identify the major thrusts andthe sort of balances the Universityhas to maintain. Quite a range ofbalances, you know ... researchversus undergrad teaching, high

academic standards versusc c e s ~

sibility, and specialized versusgeneral education. ... It's a verydelicate balancing act that theUniversity has to do.

IW: What hapens to thereport when t is finished?

TB: A draft report will be issuedand presented to Senate, it'll be sentto the faculty councils, to thedepartments for discussion, to thePeds, the student societies,

everybody. Feedback will be

solicited, and based on that, thecommittee will produce a finalreport which11 go to Senate.

IW: Do we have any specificplans for the improvement ofstudent/faculty ratios?

TB: That's limited by our financialresources. f we had theopportunity, we'd hire many morefaculty members. f we had thesalaries, we'd immediately run upagainst space, and labs for them. In

about the last 8 or 9 years, we'veincreased the number of full-timefaculty members by about 60 net,some have left, so we've gone from716 to 773.

IW: The Brain Drain -- is itas much of a problem as t

appears to be?

TB: It's suddenly emerging thisyear as a problem.

IW: Do you have any ideaswhat welre going to do aboutit, like offering more money?

TB: The interesting thing is thatpersonal salary wasn't a majorfactor for those who decided toleave - it is a major factor in tryingto hire replacements. They decidedto leave because they could getmuch better support for theirresearch work in other places.

IW: Can you give me someexamples?

TB: Take Brian Thompson, anexperimentalist in fluid mechanics,one of our own graduates with aPh.D. from Imperial College inLondon. He decided to leave afterone year because he was given aposition in American industry,where he felt he'd get his careerstarted much more quickly. He'd

have much more time and supportfor his research, without having aheavy teaching load.

IW: So personal salary isn Itcausing the brain drain?

TB: The person with the largestNSERC grant in the wholeuniversity, Professor Scoles, fromChemistry, is going to Princeton.He's quite convinced that he'll beable to do far more there, simplybecause of the resources madeavailable to him. He s also

convinced that it's not really easyfor any young faculty member toget started in research anymore inCanada - the research support isjust not enough.

IW: What are we going todo when the computer fee isnot enough?

TB: Well, that's hypothetical, butthe only thing we can do is maintain

pressure on the government - try topersuade them that these are

important issues.The universities need more money

so we can be more competitve inthe 1990's. We need to develop andimplement new technologies

because we're being undersold inall our resource industries by ThirdWorld countries which have thesame ores, trees, and whatever, butwith much lower labour costs.

Politicians acknowledge thesethings in their speeches, but theydon't do anything about them. Now

that the students are aroused anddeeply concerned, that maytranslate into some political a.ction.Something has got to happen:Ontario has now moved firmly into10th placing in funding across thecountry, in d o l l ~ s per student.

IW: How are we going to handlethe shortage of money?

TB: Our ordinary , operating

budget, which covers the generaloperation of the university,including all the costs of space,

salary, maintenance, libraryacquisitions, etc., is being

s q u e e z e ~ it has been squeezed forthe last ten years. Now, this year,

~ w e have an ordinary operatingbudget of 123.5 million, with andalmost 900,000 deficit, but wethink that by really watching ourpennies, we will reduce that deficita long way.

IW: Is the government providingany new support at all?

1B: There is new money from theprovince, but it comes undercompletely new rules. You've gotto account for it separately, youcan't transfer it into your baseoperating budget, and it generallycomes in on a one-time basis. Thisyear, we've got 4.5 million.

May 1986

IW: What can we do with it?

TB: Let me break it down for you.You've heard of the ExcellenceFund. The fund has 1.9 million in

it for undergraduate equipment andlibrary acquisitions, but it's goingto be additional to what we werealready going to spend. We can'tsay we'll get rid of our 900,000deficit by cutting out allundergraduate equipment purchasesin the main budget.

That's been a godsend for a lot of

departments. I think Electrical will

be able to build up a moderncontrols lab, with this money.

IW: What other plans are there forthis money?

TB: We've got another 1.25million which is to support existingresearch activities, and start somenew ones. Here, the rules are a littlelooser, but it still can't be used forsalaries. One of the things we'll dois take a $114 million to get theSilicon Devices Group started in theDavis Building on a clean room,because we didn't get the money

from Federal Government.l 1 i. r r ,\ 1

IW: Are there any provisions inthe 4.5 mil ion for salaries?

TB: There's 690,000 for theFaculty Renewal Fund. This is toappoint new junior faculty membersto the university, with a specialemphasis on women, and we'vedecided to spend two thirds of thattrying to find qualified women. Butthe problem is that's only oneyear's worth of money. How doyou hire people for one year?

The final 700,000 is for the sortof capital projects that we alwaysask money for. f you've beenaround this university for three orfour years, you'll know that

somewhere on this campus, at alltime, somebody's repairing a roof.And that kind of money has alwaysbeen one-time money, so there's noparticular surprise in that, but itdoesn't help the base budget.



May 1986 IRON WARRIOR

Dr. Tom Brzustowski

IW: How much of Ontario's 1billion research fund are we likelyto see?

TB: It's a billion dollar fund, but

it's over ten years, so that's $100million a year. Some of that maycome to the universities, which putsit at the same level as the ExcellenceFund - maybe $15 or $20 millionfor research. It isn't going to be a

sudden growth for the universities.

lW: How does the budget affect

us?

TB: I've talked to a lot of people,and we really don't understand

what the provincial budget issaying. On the one hand, the

Treasurer says I'm not raising

taxes, I've got enough money,while on the other hand, he saysthe universities have . been

underfunded for a decade, but we

don't hav.e enough money to helpthem.He announces a $15 .- million

Applied Research Fund, but he hadalready previously announced $15million from the Excellence Fund

for applied research, and we don'tknow whether it's the same moneyor new money.

He says that the universities havealready been told that their increasefor next year will be 4%, and in thesame speech, or maybe in

comments afterwards, he says thatif the universities want to find out

what their operating increase will befor next year, they'll have to wait

until November. So I'm confused,and the people I've talked to areconfused.

IW: How is the quality of student

life affected by the co-op program?

TB: I think that a lot of studentswould:. agree that their thinking

time, their ability to concentrate onanything, is chopped up into

lengths which are quite small. Whatwe've got is a situation in which wegi ve people the feeling that gee,wouldn't it be great to teach it to metoday, test me on it tomorrow, andlet m ~ forget it the day after? But

that doesn't do much for you -- it

doesn't let the ideas settle in yourmind.

I came through a system wherewe had eight months with one finalset of exams at the end in

everything except lab courses.

That's very stressful, and we're

obviously not going to be able to dothat with the co-op work terms.

The rhythm we have here teachespeople u s e f ~ l skills, working todeadlines, working under pressure,and starting quickly, but thinkmaybe, with the best of intentions,by trying to keep the courses as upto date as possible, and puttingmore material in them, we mayhave gone too far.

lW: How are we going to improvethe qualityof student life?

TB: I'm not quite sure how we'regoing to address it -- maybe thefinal recommendation that will bediscussed will be that we shoulddecrease the number of hours of

lectures; cut down on the number of

formal courses, and let students bebetter managers of their own time -put more of the responsibility fortheir education into the process of

learning rather than being taught.

IW: How's this going to affect

student/faculty ratios?

TB: I f you're going to throw moreof the onus onto the students

themselves for their own education,you have more of the faculty

available on standby basis as

tutors and things of that sort -people whom you can see on yourown schedule. And with the kind of

student/faculty ratios that we have,that's a real problem. It needs morefaculty resources, rather than Jess,as compared with lecturing largeclasses.

There's another element which isalmost a vicious circle. Some of myfaculty colleagues will hear me talkon this and say yes, you're right,but if we don't give this manymidterms, we can't compete for thestudents' 'attention, because

somebody else is getting it. don'tknow how we get out of that -obviously, it has to begin with a lotof discussion and people becomingaware that this is a problem we'retrying to solve,

lW: Where do we want to be as auniversity at the end of the Fourth

Decade?

TB: I'll put in terms of thecapabilities with which we wish toequip the graduates of this place.

think we want to be 1i universitywhose graduates have acquired acertain security in that they feel theyhave been able to learn the tools forlearning new ideas in many fieldsas the needs on them and theirprofessions dictate, and not just intheir profession, but also in their

personal lives.I f they go out with that security, j f

they go out with the experience of

having enjoyed a broad intellectuallife, not with blinkers on, but infact have been able to spend timetalking with people in other

disciplines about their view of the

world and wha t their problems atethat they're dealing with- then I'llbe satisfied, I'll say we've come along way,

9

W in the

Fourth ecade

In 1987, the University ofWaterloo enters its fourth decade.The Senan; Long-Range PlanningCommittee has been working on theFourth Decade Report, and releaseda working p.aper in Ma.reh. 1985.The working paper was ctNulated

to all groups around campus and tothe alumni for com.mctllts and

discussion.'1 he wor.klng paper identified fou

major concerns for discussion.

First, it described the characteristicsof Waterloo's graduates. From

research of both e m p l o y e r ~ and

graduates, the getteral attitudes andabilities of the graduates are moreimportant than the specific skillsthat they have accumulated,

especially a few years after

graduation.There is always pressure on a

school1ike Waterloo to specializeeven further, but specializationmust not be allowed to narrow t h ~breadth of outlook. The ability,tocommunicate effectively, bothorally and in writing, is ettremely

important, but is given littleformalattention.

The second major concern of the

pawr is the integration of new 'knowledge into 'courses.. Astechnolov eontinues to &WeioP.-quickly, lt beComes more. Jjfficulto keep courses current·64 up todate. Howover. there i only somuch course time avail&blO. and

limited laboratoryThe paper lugleits tbit more

time be spent by t h ~ tWdtntsowsick for.rna1 counea 40ina~ h aad d e s i ~ ~ or\Other forma of ~ d t l ttu4Y.This allow. IlUdents te lPjrlte

bowJqe 1II t h e l r ~hot,. deVelOJ) thei =I ionkills and e e i s i ~ .

The w ) r ~ : I pa alsbaddtesses the ry r ~ Ufe.People work hard herf'. _ theshort co-op terms makeputicipation in extra-cUrlcular

a c u v i ~ difficult. 1 b e ~ t « m s :preas_.student$ t o ~ ~and study intensely, ~ arcgOOd aJdlIs but do not leave much

time to relax. Waterloo also hasvery high studentlf_cuUY: ratios.especially considering ie good

reputation that the University has.The fourth concern of : p a p e r is

the relationship between technology

and society. Waterloo has thereputation of being almost entirely atechnical school. This is a narrowdescription which neglects somevery strong departments in the

social sciences and humanities,including Psychology, and

Philosophy Because of itstechnical background, waterloo'.l?1:ovides a 1 D l i q ~ o ~ t y t oltildy·t n * a c t i o n the~




What Happened Last Term

Jim Downy

Sunshine, BBQ s andWindsurfing: another summer tenn

finally arrives. The Bus Push, theEngineering Formal, a protestmarch just a few of the thingsthat made Winter '86 a memorabletime. So let's take a stroll downMemory Lane.

The winter term saw manytraditional events returning -another successful Bus Push(between $6000 - $7000 was raisedfor the Big Sisters organization);Nemesys met their own in the formof 3B Dance (4B Mech) in theever-popular (35 teams) Boat

Racing competition; after long

hours of dedicated training andpreparation by both organizers andthe Waterloo entries, Party

Olympics a 2-day test of strengthand endurance -- met an earlydemise due to lack of interest from(need I say it) lesser Engineeringschools; controversy over the IronRing Stag with opponents

eventually holding a more civil

get-together in the Grad Club whilethe vast majority of 4B s

maintained tradition (don't expectany of them to remember it ); 'the3rd Annual Engineering Formalwas held in March with the theme"Casino Royale". In the drive forP**5, the SyS pIStoLs (3B SD)with an impressive Scunt victoryproduced an impressive end of. term

surge to overcome Civil Whores(3B Civil) to take the prestigiousP**5 championship..

A new Engineering Society "A"Executive was elected as follows:

President - Bill lackesVice President Karen

Hubbard

Treasurer - Dave DePasqualeSecretary - Val Frenr.h

As always, engineers maintained

a high profile, campus-wide. One

especially noteworthy event was therelease of a 45- rpm record by agroup of graduating MechanicalEngineering students (with the helpof CFNY) calling themselvesSPECIAL THANX. Proceeds fromthe sale of this record, which is stillavailable at The Record Store in theCampus Center go towards theGrad '86 gift to campus (past giftshave included a wheelchair rampused at Convocation ceremonies).Secondary to the Eng Soc electionswere the Fed Elections which sawScott Forrest emerge as the newFederation of Students President.

UW made headlines acrossCanada when the Feds organized anawareness march (from the CampusCenter to downtown Waterloo) tobring attention to studentsconcerns about underfunding. Andthat, folks, is Winter '86 in review.Now back to our regularprogramming.

One Semester Down One To GoBy Dayle Oliphant

Bnunschwei ,West GermanyA year long ....exchange cansometimes be a little too much forthe imagination. Picturing yourselfin another culture, with other lawsand ways of doing things may beno problem but, add speaking,studying, and dreaming in anotherlanguage, and I didn't know whatto expect. However, with the prosoutweighing the cons, I decided togive it a shot and jumped on theplane last September. Half waythrough my year here, I wanted tosend a report of life s,o far.

From what I see, it happens inthree stages: fIrst, resistance - "Butin Canada we do things this way...". Second, the conditioning -.you

learn this crazy language, masterthe art of riding one of these "ironmonster" bicycles and even getyour 10**6 bureaucratic papers inorder. Then the third step - that'swhen everything becomes old-hatand you begin to g ~ t the idea thatCanada is backwards.

First off, you have to changefrom doing things 1 the WaterlooWay Sorry Charlie,Braunschweig wants tunas thattaste like sauerkraut. (Did youknow that Germans are crazy aboutTuna on Pizza ?). TheBraunschweig way is different inthat you have a lot more time during

the semester and even duringexams. Since they are spread out

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A eerv10e of the Federation of Students om oe

campus Centre 236. Hours: 9 .m. - 4:30 p.m.

over 2 months, plenty of travelopportunity is available. As aMechie, you have few to zero ,assignments during the semesterand Civils have considerably more,but still less than at Waterloo. Theones you do get, however, aremassive however, and can reacheven the magnitude of a project

course at Waterloo; for example,the complete design of a structure,with engineering drawings.Compounded lectures (twice aslong as ours), means fewer

occurrences during the week, Itcould even be coupled with thetutorial - that means that the fouralotted hours per week per coursecould all occur in the same morningin Braunsch'weig, wasting less timecoming and going to classes,starting and stopping the class, andalso improving the quality of yoursleep, avoiding the inconvenienceof having to switch classrooms allthe time.

The question "Why do it?" is agood one (Professor Sykes is stillasking it). Fortunately, there areenough positive answers to stifle alldoubts for corning here. Theselection of courses here includesjust about everything - as an

example, I even found courses suchas Offshore Structures, and Oceanand Coastal Water Engineering.The University i tself consists of anetwork of institutes, instead of ourdepartmental system. The inflow ofcash from industry and governmentkeeps things hopping on theresearch level. For this reason, aswell as the largeness of theUniversity, there are many

opportunities for students to workas research assistants. Another

example: a group of Mech t u p e } t sare employed to design, build andtest glider airplanes in the

University's own airport.

In general, the city ofBraunschwieg (pop. 200,000) is alittle bigger than Waterloo, so thenight life is wilder. The history hereis what amazes me - the mainlecture hall is 900 years old.(Gausseven went to school here. I wonderhow many iterations it took him topass Matrix Algebra.) f you do

get bored though, Europe is waitingfor you. Taking the Autobahn at230 ktn/hr you can go toAmsterdam for the afternoon andParis for the weekend.

The personal kick of learning anew language is an experience that I

choose to describe with the belovedterm of Prof. Fark s son as"Awesomely Wicked" - yes, you'llmake a fool out of yourself morethan once, get terribly frustrated,and have an awful lot of fun in theprocess. Just think, then you couldblab away to Morn and not haveher understand a word - or is thatalready a common occurrence?

, (don't tell me you didn't see that one

corning).Well, after six months here, rm

settling in to the routine of it all. Ihave to - the money's gone and mytax rebate hasn't arrived yet Theexperience is amazing - I'drecommend it to anyone who'sbored with reading english cerealboxes at the breaKfast table. So ifyou're itching for a little foreignadventure with the opporunity toearn Waterloo credits in theprocess, go for it




The New Federation xecutive

by Cathy Wilton

As you mayor may not know,things were happening here on

campus last term while we were out

working. Namely, a new executivewas elected to the Federation of

Students. President Scott Forrest,Vice President University AffairsMatt Erickson and Vice PresidentOperations and Finances Carol

Goulette, took some time recentlyto introduce themselves to EngSocB.

Scott ForrestScott is a third year Recreation

student. He was Vice President

University Affairs last year underSonny Flanagan. In that position,he saw many areas that he feltneeded work. These included

particularly the quality of studentlife and communication.

To Scott, quality of student lifeencompasses all aspects of

university life both on campus andoff; and both psychological and

physical. He includes the issues ofstudent housing in this category.Currently, he sits on the WorkingCommittee of the Municipal Task

Force on Student Housing. The

task force includes local politicalrepresentatives, landlords,university administration, studentsand ocal resi4ents. Together, the

hoSe r <tHiifW' ufuhlr ' c ' {tifj Esoiuti6H' td the currenChbusing

shortage. They expect to bringdown a report on June 20th.

A More Moderate Stance

When asked about the ComputerFee, Scott smiled, and agreed that,

I yes, it is probably the other majorissue currently on campus. TheFeds seem to be taking a more

moderate stance under Scott's

directorship than they did underSonny Flanagan. Scott's position isthat, considering the current

underfunding problems, it is notunrealistic to expect students tocover more of the cost of their

education. The Computer Fee,

however, is an unacceptable

method of implementing this. Adecision is expected shortly fromthe Ontario Legislature as to the

legality of the fee and Scott isconfident that the fee will berepealed.

This still leaves the problem ofunderfunding and inacknowledgement of this, Scott

also sits on the Administrative JointAction Commitee. The committee ismade up ' of universityadministration looking forconstructive solutions to organizinga conference for everyone from

high school students to theuniversity community to politicalrepresentatives; mostly as an information source, but also as a forumfor new ideas.

All in all, Scott is looking

forward to his term as President in

light of the new spirit ofco-operation between the studentsand the administration. When askedwhat, if anything, he'd like to sayto the Engineering Society, he said

'The emphasis of the Federationthis year, like Expo, is on

communication: communica tion

between the community and theuniversity, the administration andthe students. With that in mind, wehope to get a lot accomplished.'

about 10,000 people to attend andsees this as a great chance tointroduce students to thecommunity.

Carol GQuletteCarol is a 4A Math student and aself-described 'totally non-politicalperson'. Last summer she served asInternal Liason for the Federationand says that was when she firstbecame aware of the extent of the

of the Federation office . TheBusiness Manager currently spendsthe majority of his time doing paperwork, and Carol views this as awaste of his talents. By automating

the office, she hopes to leave himfree to analyse the operations andthus make more constructive

decisions; i.e., to actually manage

the office.

e s e ~ r c h e r to be Hired

Carol also spoke of the academicresearcher to be hired shortly, on agovernment grant. He or she willbe hired on a trial basis for a year

and their first job will be to auditthe Department of Co-ordination

and Placement and find out whereour Co-op Fee dollars are going.

She says that while the Computer, Fee has had everybody's attention,

the Co-op Fee has also increasedsubstantially. The AcademicResearcher will, hopefully, find out

Why.

I. to r. Scott Forrest, Carol Goulette, Matt Erickson

She also says to look for acampus wide fine arts festival nextfall.

MattEricksonMatt is a second year Psychology

student taking the Legal Resourcesoption. His involvement on campus

. began as a volunteer for the LegalResources Centre of which he later

b..

el

. o-.brdina or. . ell-his work there' involved obtainingrebates for students faced with

illegal rent increases. Indeed, heproudly points out that a newspaperarticle concerning 28,000 inrebates recently obtained, and he'shoping for another 30,000shortly.

Matt views his new position as alogical step up from LegalResources. He sees his job as anopportunity to raise the student

profile off campus. In his words,'95% of students are goodneighbours to have. Unfortunately,

it's the other 5% who get all of thepUblicity. I want people to hearabout the 95%.' In conjunction

with this, he currently sits on theMunicipal Task Force Steering

Commitee. The aim of the SteeringCommitee is to establish systemsfor monitoring the housing situationon a long term basis. 'The currentfall vacancy rate of 0.04% is causefor alarm, but it's also important toensure that ~ situation can't

happen again. The SteeringCommittee hopes to establish amethod to forecast and thus avoidpotential problems.'

Canada Day Celebrations

Matt's other current project isorganizing Canada Day. Thecelebra- tions will take place all dayon Tuesday,July 1st. He hopes tointegrate both WLU and the varioussocieties at UW in the planning.Events so far include jugglers,

fireworks, magicians, an outdoorconcert with 1964, and perhaps aBBQ among others. He expect:>

Federation activities. Thus, part: ofher aim is to inform people of theseactivities. To this end, she sits on

the Board of Communications. Shehopes the board can be used as amedium to raise spirit <?n cO IDPus.

Her other aim stems from acombination of her math

background and Co-op experience.She is investigating the automation

Overall, Carol feels the currentexecutive worl<s Yell together. Sheechoes Scott's comments on

communi - cat ions and addsThere's lots of opportunities in

the Federation to get involved that

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Expo 86: Where To Go, What To Seeby Greg Pruner

If you are fortunate enough toattend Expo '86 you will find it

worth your time and money. It is arefreshing cultural experience notto be missed.

The theme of this year's WorldExposition, transportation andcommunication, is showcased by atleast 45 international and 20corporate sponsors. The marvels ofmodern technology in urban

t r n s p o r t t i o n andtelecommunications and vivid

re-enactments of past travel modesare on display at over a hundredpavilions. Countries, provinces,states, and corporations have

provided an international forum todiscuss and share their visions of aWorld in Motion - a World in

Touch."

Many of the national pavilionsdisplay their native culture, industryand tourism through artifacts,information cards and innovativeexhibits (some of the arts and craftsare for sale).

Many pavilions offer fullaudio-visual presentations anddemonstrations. The Japanese

pavilion offers a ride on Japan

Airline' HSST (High SpeedSurface Train). The driverlesspassenger car uses magnetic

levitation to float along a 450 metretrack one centimetre above the rail.

The CN IMAX Theatre, at theCanada pavilion presents theworld's first 3-D IMAX film. Forthose of you who have experienced

the sensation of IMAX technology,you can i m ~ g i n e the a ~ d e dsensation of 3-dlmenslOnal reahsm.

The fairground covers a total of70 hectares (173 acres) and issituated on two sites: one at FalseCreek, and one at Canada Place onthe Burrard Inlet. Each is accessibleby a free four-minute LRT Skytrainride. Featured throughout thegrounds are multi-media sculpturesdepicting the history of travel. Thehighlight of which is the "Highway86", a 217-metre-Iong sculpturewhich rolls and ripples out of False

Creek onto the Expo Grounds. Thismonochromatic grey four-lane

boulevard features everything froma full-size submarine and a yacht toan old pair of sneakers.

The Expo Centre , is a17 -storey stainless steel geodesicdome. It features the world'slargest Omnirnax theatre space (a 27metre wide screen which creates animage nine times larger than aconventional screen), the "Future'sTheatre" and "Design 2000", adisplay of future technology, fromhuman powered aircraft to solar

powered vehicle .

General Motors, CanadianPacific, Air Canada and CN are justa few of the corporate pavilions

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promoting Canada and its people,and (of course) their goods andservices. One presentation whichshould not be missed is a featurefilm entitled "Portraits of Canada"presented by 'Telecom Canada. Itwas produced by Walt Disneyproductions and is presented inCircle-Vision 360oformat. Also ondisplay is the "Ramses II an hisTime" exhibit which was presentedin Montreal last summer,

To get around the site, anoverhead monorail circles the entiresite ,stopping at various stations.Ferries run from the main gate totwo other docks on site, twogondolas ride overhead, and electriccarts can be rented.

You won't go hungry at Expo, atleast not for a price. Expect to'Pay

betwe n 4- 16 for a meal:and 3for a beer. Some of the pavilionsoffer authentic cuisine or you caneat at one of four Macdonald'srestaurants. More than 55 outletsfeature international flavour, frommoussaka to muskox burgers (atthe North West Territories

pavilion). As well, you can reliveOktoberfest at one of the twoBavarian Festhauses (Ein Prosit ).

The entertainment at Expo isworld class. There are street

performers roaming throughout thecrowd at all times and these

entertainers perform specifically forpeople in line-ups. The Expo

theatre, a 4000 seat canopycovered grandstand, has many actslike Bruce Cockburn and Bill

Cosby lined up for the summer.

The antics of the Second CityComedy Club are also featured for

the duration of Expo, offeringdinner show packages nightly. TheKodak: Pacific Bowl, a grandstanddisplay arena offers shows at noextra cost, like BMXdemonstrations and the R.C.M.P.musical ride.

The fairgrounds are open dailyfrom lOam to lOpm and each day isended by a 20 minute fire worksand laser show. Three Day ticketsare available at any branch of theRoyal Bank or by mail. All ticketscan be purchased on site.Information guides and site maps (adefinite \11ust) are ,avj}ilablr by

t trfi'g l otI'frsm Efc:, Box86, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3A9.Acco mmodations will be at apremium so book early. The

Vancouver Hostel, located behindJericho beach, has 300-plus bunksavailable at $8 for members and$10 for non-members per night.However, your stay is limited tothree nights only and the hostel isclosed from 10-4 daily. There is somuch to see and do at Expo thatthree days is not enough time to seeeverything. So don't be

disappointed if you don't get to seeit all. Just relax and enjoy the last

world exposition in North Americabefore the 21st century.

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NEWS BRIEFSSFF Fee Increase

Over the past ten years, theSandford Fleming Foundation has

received a $2.50 contribution perstudent each term. This is used toencourage continuing education andindustrial partnership.

The SFF (Waterloo Chapter) hasforwarded a motion to the Board of

90vernors of the University toIncrease the contribution from$2.50 to $3.00 per student. Theincrease has already obtained thesupport of Engineering Societies'A' and 'B'. It is intended to usethe revenue from this increase toupgrade some of the existingawards, such as those offered for

outstanding workterm performanceand academic achievements. Also,the increase will help support newprograms such as undergrad tuitionscholarships and undergrad tutorialstipends. In addition to this, it ishoped that the SFF EngineeringDebates will be expanded to includeScience and other societies.

Apart from the fact that thisincrease will permit the Foundationto strengthen its support ofengineering education at theUniversity of Waterloo, it willenable it simply to continue its

support as it has done, without afee increase for anQther ten }:ears

The Sandford ~ l e m i n gFoundation maintams itsresponsibility to aid in theenrichment of every student's

education at this university andwould like to thank: you for yoursupport.

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life in the '80s. Famous people,current events, and even changes inattitudes are cleverly woven into atwo hour revue. Written entirely bymembers of the University

community, High '80s isproduced by Derek Wilkinson anddirected by Ellen Hitchcock. Therewill be two shows, WednesdayJune 25, and Friday June 27 at 8pm, Fed Hall.

Research 'Briefs

Master's student, MartinAbramian is working underProfessor- 1 Howard on fluid inaxial and radial pumps such asthose used in aircraft fuel pumps.Of particular concern i.s theinteraction between the impeller andcasing, especially under off-designconditions. The work is part of anongoing industrial contract

Professors A. Strong and P.Slawson are supervising aninvestigation into the effects ofbuoyancy on tilted jet flow by

Adel Abdel-Rahman. This PhDP i a1m er ·nthe physics behind the process andhas application to controlling

dispersion of industrial air

pollutants.

Keunbok Lee is working underProfessors Moo Young and

Robinson in hopes of developingan industrial process for ethanolproduction by fermentation of

sugars. This master's student iscomparing different reactor typesand injection methods and studyingtheir effec ts on yield and

fermentation rate.

Professor Robinson is alsoworking with PhD student DavidHutchinson on biologicalregeneration of activated carbon.This process is of importance inindustrial waste water treatment.The biology department is involvedin development of micro-organismswhich can degrade pollutants atlower temperatures.

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World News BriefsJackie Presser, facing charges in

a massive fraud and racketeeringcase, has been overwhelminglyelected to continue as president of

the International Teamsters' Union."Why would we kick him out,when his record makes him the

obvious man for the job?" askedone high-level leader, who wanted"to remain oblivious".

South African Foreign MinisterRoelf Botha delivered an address tothe United Nations last week,indicating that the government inPretoria will take measures toreduce racial violence in thatcountry. President Peiter Botha wasnot available for comment, but theMinister of Internal Security, JanBotha, said that the government

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Canada's tall ships. The EmpireSandy sails from Toronto harbourat 8 pm and returns at midnight.The evening includes a shish-kebabbuffet cooked on deck, cash bar,and dancing. Dress is semi-formal,no jeans please. Everyone must

board the coach buses at the El-de-sac at 6 . .Iicke. s are on

sale in front 0 the C & D, May28,29,30, 9:30 - 2:30. Cost is $35per ticket, limit of 2 tickets perEngineer with student ID. Get

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PHONATHON A SUCCESSby Pavao Rajago.pal

Waterloo Engineering studentsand alumni truly showed their

support for the university throughthe contributions made to the

Phonathon. The Phonathon whichhas been run over the past threeyears was created as a means tokeep in touch with the alumni. Thisterm, the event took place overthree evenings - May 21, 22 and26, and was an enjoyableexperience for the 120 engineeringstudents who participated.

The phonathon was run for anumber of reasons . First, it is ameans af asking for the support ofalumni in providing funding forEngineering which will be used tofinance the purchase of laboratory

equipmen t and various technology.Also, the funding we receivegreatly affect ' the generation ofcorporate donations. All of thedonations generated in engineeringremains within the faculty. Thesecond reason for the Phonathon is

to update the information in UW'srecords of the various alumni

located across Canada. This

includes addresses and employmentinformation .

However, for the peopleinvolved, the experience goes farbeyond. It is a chance to speak withthe graduates and learn how theyare applying their universityeducation. Long conversations onvarious topics are not unusual.While there are some alumni whoare rather derisive, most are happyto hear from a fellow Waterloo

engineer - many are encouragingand happy to provide information.The first few phone calls wereusually a terrifying experience, but

with each successive call, thevolunteers became more relaxed

and had a really good time. Most of

the students gained valuable

information about companies andcareers - some even got job offers.

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Asking for pledges is always adifficult proposition. Of all thepeople called, only one half arereached. Of these people, one thirdare usually quite enthusiastic andwilling to pledge. The remainingtwo thirds say either maybe or no.However, the engineering studentsremained undaunted as the attemptsto contact approximately 4300alumni from all over Canada

succeeded in reaching about 50% ofthem. Values for pledges ranged

from 20 to 350 with someindividuals recei ving totals of over$1000. Prizes were awarded and

the pace was fast and exciting. Overthe three nights, approximately$31,600 was pledged and this canbe attributed both to the enthusiastic

efforts of the student engineers andto the consciencious support of thealumni. \

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~ ~ @ [ f f i @by Dave Whitehead

A figure in a roomead in hand

Sits in the twilight

The light outsideMixes notWith the grey within

The glass on the floorLies emptyIts life blood gone

A note waits on the tableNo authorThe writing fades with age

The lone figure stirsHands reachingNothing is there

No sounds pierce the wallsSilence smothersThe noise of the world

Hands grasp at an answerThe solutionAll problems solved

A crowd gathers outsideThe shockFaces contort with fear

The question is askedDid the solutionSolve the problem

faculty, the students were alsospurred on by the prize of aweekend in Montreal. This prize,donated by Clare Miller Travel, was

a strong incentive for all of thevolunteers. The winner of theweekend in Montreal will be chosenin a draw Wednesday, June 4 at theUniversity Club.

The Phonathon this term wassuccess ,both in generating muchneeded funds for the faculty and inproviding an exciting andinvaluable experience for the

students involved. This is du

largely to the spirit of both studentand alumni (the faculty greatly

appreciates the efforts of all thosewho were involved) .

Unfortunately, this is the la svolunteer phonathon but the efforwill be continued by theadministration.

Thanks for making thePhonathon a success

~ @ I T U @ © lby uave Whitehead

Long man has studiedTo try to defineA woman that's perfectNot just a nine -

Scholars have writtenSingers have sungBut it's all been to naughtA waste of their lungs

Perfection is personalNot plain to seeOne's choice is their ownNot up to you or me

When you find perfectionIt's all you think ofIt can be definedAs the girl that you love.

¥ ~ @ I m @ [ jby Judit h Miller

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in my chairnodded flailed a little

at the airwith his head his hands

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and bowed himself out the door




The 1987 Major League Prof Draftb.y Woody

Every year, just when winterseems to be its coldest, you pick upthe sports page of your favouritepaper and you see that all of the

baseball big-wigs have packed uptheir respective spouses for a weekin Hawaii: the Winter Draft. Inbetween bouts of Pina Coladas atpoolside, they sit down and pickthe people that they think will givethem the best team for the nextseason. I figured if baseball,football, basketball and hockey canall get together, why can't we ?

I don't think it would be thatdifficult to arrange. About a monthand a half before the end of a workterm, all the class reps would gettogether in the board room of aToronto hotel, have a little brunch,maybe a Caesar to start things offon a pleasant note, and draft theirprofs for the upcoming schoolterm.

Obviously, lA students wouldmiss their first draft, so to be fairtheir profs and T.A.'s would h v ~to be selected for them by an· to note here that a professor mustunbiased third party. For everyone always own the nearest fraction inelse, the draft order would be made excess of one-quarter of his ownaccording to their class averages in shares; i.e. two and three-sharethe previous academic term; the profs would each own one personallowest average getting fIrst pick and share; four, five, and six-shareso on. Classes on a double school profs would have control of two of

term pose a problem here, and their own shares. This allows the

unfortunately, the average would professor time to prepare lectures ashave to be taken after midterms well as work on his own research.with a "factor-of safe Rre'o' u n· .... j'IS system of snares wouldfor midterm marks generally being allow the professor to be owned byhigher than final marks. more that one class and thereby

When a prof is drafted, he is not prevent monopolies on the betterowned outright by a class the way profs. In order to enco,urage a profan athlete is by a team. Depending to sign with your class, the class

. on a profs field(s) of expertise, he may feel it is necessary to offerwould be worth between 2 and 6 extra incentives or signing

"shares" , with each share being bonuses". While this may not beequivalent to a proportional number fair to some of the poorer classes, itof hours per week. For instance, is allowed. After a prof had signedfor a "two-share" prof, one share on with a class, he would bewould constitute approximately 20 expected to abide by his contract forhours of lecture and consulting time the designated number of hours per

per week, whereas one share of a week. As the class sees fit, they6-share prof would only be worth 6 could bench a prof for a substitute,or 7 hours per week. It is important send him to a minor league farm

team, or even trade him to anotherclass. Conversations like thiswouldbecome r.ommonplace:

"What happened to Al Strong?"Well, he was having trouble

with his laminar flow, so we had tosend him to our AAA Ryerson clubfor a couple of weeks to let him

work on it."Soon, other universities woulda op t e system, rna 109 itpossible for "inter-league" tradesand deals. It would also make it anecessity to have a good system ofscouts to look for the "goodleft-hander" you need to fill outyour team.

To provide more performanceincentives, a points system ould beset up, awarding 2 points for everysuccessfully answered question,subtracting 2 for every missedquestion. An assist would also begranted for filling in on a lecture for

another prof or providing assistanceto someone other than a holder ofhis shares. With the points system,

TIP TOE THROUGH THE TRIVI

by Ted Judge

At university, most of us arelearning things that we can use forthe rest of our lives. I hope thatthrough this column you will be

able to increase your knowledge oftotally useless infonnation and be abetter person for it. This is my wayof improving the world. This weekyou wi11learn about food (sort of).Bon appetite.

3)

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1 In what year was Coca - 6)Cola™ invented?

. 2) In the movie Oliver, the title 7)character asked for more ofsomething; what was it?

Where was the firstMcDonalds™ restaurant inCanada located?

What is the diameter of anOREOTM cookie?

When Jethro in the Beverly, ilI Billies decided

become an actor, what stagename did he give himself?

In the comic strip Popeye,

what phrase is Wimpy

known for?

What happend to Alice whenshe ate the cake in the bookAlice in Wonderland?

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When is the cookie monster'sbirthday?

The oldest commercial cookieis the Hydrox, but what is

the second oldest and howold is it?Michea1 J Fox in Back to theFuture ordered a drink inrestaurant. What was thatdrink?

A wonderful, amazing prizewill be given to the fIrst person tosubmit the correct answers to theEngineeripg Society OffIce. All thecorrect answers will appear in thenext issue of the ESP. Staffmembers of the Iron Warrior areprohibited from entry.

of course, would also come theawards: Rookie of the Year, MVP,most points in a season, the IronMan award from the most

consecutive lectures, and of course,most sportsman-like prof. For thewinners of these awards therewould undoubtedly be thecommercial sponserships andendorsements. Imagine:

- The new breakfast cereal, BraggBits". A good way to start yourmorning.

- Roy Pick demonstrates the latestin movable blackboards

- G.F. Pearce sings Pavarotti

This heightened competition for aplace with some of the moreprestigious classes, the anxiety ofnot being able to get tenure andwhile away the hours until youretire, and the constant fear of beingput on waivers if you stutter onetoo many times answering aquestion, can lead to severeemotional problems in theprofessors that we have drafted inthe hopes that they are able to giveus the education we want.

The world of professional sportshas shown us all too well what thenext step is. The exorbitant salaries,

the pressure to do well enough toget the performance incentives, theu u

lecture or consultaion, it all leads toone place -- drug abuse.

How far will it go? Anabolicstcroias lv t that liltle extra chalkspeed? Lectures Will i 11 • (' cainethan chalk dust? Soon there will bemandatory drug testing beforeevery lecture to catch the few whocan't handle the pressure.

It's still not a bad idea. It will beonly a few profs who can't handlefame and forturo without a little

help. Is that such a high price topay to be taught by people we canunderstand and get along with?

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University of Wa terloo - 1985

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP AWARDS

Chemical EngineeringStan Snope k

Civil EngineeringRober t Surtees

Electrical EngineeringA. (Sankar) Sankaranara yanan

General Engineering (First Year)Ian Nadas

Mechanical EngineeringKevin Negus

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