iron warrior: volume 8, issue 1

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anu,ary 1987 The Engineering Society s Student forum anuary 1987

The Year Of Engineering

In 1987, Engineering celebrates its 1 Oth ye rs n established profession in Canada

INSIDEFeaturesTo Stag r Not t StagNever be a Victim .On the Road Again

InterestFalse I)istinctionsNinjaneeringWith ut Engineers

AlsoWinterfest '87World News BriefsTrivia


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2 Iron WarriorThe Next HundredDue to the dramatic advance ofscience in the 20th century, the role

of the engineer in society is changing . The engineer not only has theresponsibility to produce the products of technology but the responsibility to oversee the integration andmanagement of these products in society.

During the 1920's and 30's, society s leaders and trend setters werethe industrialists. Men such asHenry Ford knew how to run NorthAmerican industry to produce morefor less. After World War II production exceeded consumption andthe marketing people became society s pace setters. During the 70's,the complexity of financing the production, promotion and dis tribu t ionof goods crea ted a clima te for the fi-nanci al people to be t he controllers.

For the 1980s and into the futu re the leaders must be able tointegrate technology into the socialstrata . Engineers are the only choicefor this role. They have the ability to assimilate th e qualities of theindustrialist , salesperson , financier ,and scientist while maintaining social quality.

It is a popular belief that one 'sability to relate to and understand

the needs and capabilities of his/herpeers is associated with his/herunderstanding of the humanities.Engineers have a long history ofstength in the humanities. Theclassical Greeks believed engineering, science and philosophy to be thesame discipline. The great engineerLeonardo Da Vinci also made significant contributions to the art andmusic disciplines.

Currently, the high degree of specialization necessary in the tech-nical side of the engineering fieldleaves lit t le t ime for engineers topursue t heir abilit ies in th e hum anities. These abil ities still exist ast hey did in Leonardo 's time, however, t hey do not receive th e sameexerclsmg .Therefo re, only the engineer hasthe crucial ingredients to recognizethe possibilities and pitfalls of technology in relation to the human condition .I would like the public to recognize the potential of engineers asleaders . For this reason, after waving the engineering Hag and feelingsecure by writing this in an engineering newspaper , I would like to seta pre cedent and declare 1987 TheYear o f Engineering in Canada.Abandoning South Africa

For the past few years, SouthAfrica has been facing internationalcriticism for their apartheid policies.~ i j j j - i i i i i i " " ' 1 y as placed the ck population at the bottom of the social, political, and economic. lad der. During the fall of 1986, mter-national corporations such as GMand IBM withdrew their investments from South Africa . This pullout came after anti-apartheid senti ment in investment groups, such asthe city of Los Angeles, put pr essureon these companies.The loss of South African investments had little effect on the financial structure of these companies.For example, the lost revenue forGM was less than 1 of its total international revenue. This 'sacrifice'gave them free publicity as well asthe marketable quality of having noSouth African investments .In supporting such actions, wehave a tendency to be short- sighted.Investments in developing nationsfirst help the rich at the top of theladder before trickling down to thecommon workers . Unfortunately,pullouts trickle in the opposite direction. Financial problems are firstreHected in the common man beforetrickling upward to the corporaterulers. in South Africa, the blacks

The [ron Warrior is a forum for ideaspresented by the Engineering Societies ofthe University of Waterloo. Viewsexpressed in the Iron Warrior other thaneditorials, are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the opinions of theeditors or the Engineering Societies.The [rOD Warrior welcomes allsubmissions from students, faculty, andother members of the universitycommunity. Articles, letters, and artWorkshould reflect the concerns and intellectuallevel of the University in general.

have probably felt the effects of thepullouts more severely than the rest.

The corporate giants who


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January 1987 Iron Warrior 3The Prez Spews Class o 87

by Harald Bransch38 MechanicalWelcome back to another fun andentertaining term in the snowbelt.As far as Eng Soc is concerned thereis a lot planned for the next little

while, and there have been a few major developements with POETSAlready the ski trip to Killingtonhas come and gone . A success by 'any measure. The skiing was excellent, the crowd lively, and the accomodatio ns excellent. Listen herefor developments on next year's trip(any suggestions?).Other major events planned forthis term will be the engineering weekends, occuring at the endof January and t he beginning ofMarch. Remember , if your classwants to run events just tell us. Thescunt, brought to you by the 4B

Civil class, will happen near t he endof March, but so far no word as t othe type of items they are lookingfor (t hey may not know themselves) .The jocks can expect plenty of athlectic events to occupy Sundays.Being a winter te rm, there are anumber of annual events going on,na mely the Big Sisters bus push,the Formal (bigg er and bett er thanever), the Iron Ring Stag (alwaysfull of controversy), and the snowbowl. Also of interes t is the Federation of Students elections. This yearis good for t he political animals in

by Julie Morrison3A Com puterThe last Watpub for the Fall '86term in Barbados, was held at "TheShip" , and was attended by four engineering st udents. Since a goodtime was had by all, it was decided to have a few more Watpubs, nine more to be exact. Thatmade it twelve in fourteen days .They were held at various locationsaround the island including TheCoa ch House", "The Warehouse","Rachel 's" , and The Jolly Roger" .

T he Jo lly is a pirate shipcruise complete with an open bar including a rum punch which is 50%rum , and a rope swing over theocean for those sober enough tohold on. ['rom what we remember it was great. "Rachel's" is anopen bar with lots of room for dancing . The Warehouse" is a "disco"in downtown Bridgetown, completewith flashing lights and a slide fromthe second level to thp first for anyone drunk enough to try it . "TheCoach House" and "Tf..e Ship" areboth E n g l i ~ h style pubs and greatplaces to mO::8\, people. All of thebars had local bands playing n ~ a r l yevery night. They all playa varietyof music inciuding reggae, calypso,and some of the populer Americansongs. One of the bands, Spice, hastoured Canada and has been to thisuniversity several times . f they return, go see them and get a taste ofthe islands.When we weren't at the bars wewere on the beaches . There isCrane beach with enormous waves,which were great as long as you

the crowd since there are engineering candidates running for Fed Prezand VPOF. Lots of candidates makefor a good race.As an early note for any 3A andyounger (politically inclined) individuals, there are Eng Soc electionsthis term. Nominations open inearly March (during EW II as a matter of fact) so start to think aboutthat . Remember, during the faUterm, we run orientation, so the newexec should be well prepared to handle all the new frosh.As for POETS , you may noticethat t here is a new upper le ve l be-hind t he bar . This is the expansionfor now. Several factors have goneinto the direction POETS is heading. A pressing need for Eng Socwas a new store room since the oldstore room is now being used as a

Sand castles in the Sundidn't swallow too much sea water. (Five minutes from. where wewere staying was a beachwhich wasgreat for swimming.) The westcoast of the island has many beacheswith coral reefs with a variety ofcolourful fishes - excellent places forsnorkelling. The east coast has some Idangerous currents, making it unsafe for swimming but the sceneryis breathtaking, Barbados is a smallisland (21xl4 miles) but with a lot tooffer, and the weather is great (26-28 C), which makes it hard to comeback to Canadf st ask anyonewho's been there.The informati for the articlewas obtained t ugh extensive re-search in Barbados, while the authorwas on a workterm.

Mac Lab. The Dean offered to payfor the idea of adding a store roomto POETS and extending the upperlevel. We really didn't have a choicesince we were going to lose the C+0store room anyway so the work began.

The original plan called for the extension of the glass wall. However,the price is approximately doubleoriginal estimates (about $45000)which almost made it too expensive, but the developments in licensing policy really put a stop to it. Forone, the drinking age MAY be raisedto 21. Also, during the constructionof the upper level it was discoveredthat the upper lounge, previouslylocked during drinking hours, maynow be licensed with a few modifications. The modifications which wehave been doing partially ourselves(at great savings ) should cost under $1500. Not a bad deal.So POETS stands as it is nowa new upper level, with storeroom,and we are just waiting for licenserevisions. The second expansion willhave to wait until there is moremoney, and more definite information on liquor regulations. Untilthat time, we should enjoy a moreaccesable pub.Enjoy the non-academic side ofthe term- there are lots of peopleworking to make it as good as ever .

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by L. Salninen4B CivilEach year approximately 700 engineering students graduate at the

spring convocation . In the past a reception has been held in the Villages. where coffee and other refreshmentsare served. At this point graduates mingle among friends, and parents meet other parents. Unfortunately this has been the extent towhich most graduating classes socialize and over the years a numberof people have expressed some disappointment in the fact that therehaen't been anythi ng planned for after the reception.Well, the Class of '87 is goingto be different this year. A dinnerand dance social is currently in theworks. This event will take placeon Saturday May 30, at BingemanPark after the reception and willcost about $22.00 a ticket. A cashbar will be provided for the duration of the evening. During dinner,invited speakers will be given the op-portunity to address us with theirfriendly words of ad vice and later alive band will provide a variety ofdance music for the evening.Tickets will be on sale all term ona first come bas is. See your classgrad rep fo r information and details.Only 2000 will be sold and oncethey' re gone, t ha t 's itl

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4 Iron Warrior January 1987

POINT COUNTERPO'INTTo Stag ,Or Not To Stagby Jeff Williams38 Systems Design

None of the moral leaders of oursociety, that I can presently think of,has ever attended a stag .The reasons that they would likelygive for not attending, are being elegantly explained by the author ofthe counter-point . It is quite possible that their mothers would havebeen relieved if they had indeed attended an occasional stag.I as well wish that at least one ofthese icons of respectability had attended at least one stag and thenwritten about it . Then, upon reading their report, I would have beencertain of capturing at least onestatement from an unquestionablesource to defend the honour of stags .The arguments supporting thepreservation of stags are listed below.The traditional stag, staged fora man before his wedding, is intended to be a final farewell froma man's male friends before he accepts the responsibilities of being a

married man. There is a symboliccomparison if tyle here: hequestionable debaucbery of the stagvs. the paradigm of respectability ofmarriage. Intemperance in a youngmale is typically to be excused whilethe same behavior in a marriedman would be understandibly condemned. The stag serves as a finalbash from friends to serve as a memory of a life that is ending . This alsoapplies to women's stagettes.

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All of the guys who attend a stagwill form a bond that will last a lifetime. They will know that somewhere in the world there are menwho share the secret between them;that there was an evening duringtheir education when they united asa group to borrow a night from theirstudies to sit around a stage andgape at angels without clothing .People should stop acting so upset at occasionally being regarded assex objects. There is a time anda place for almost everything (ie.

stag/stagette). Every body likes to 'occasionally be regarded as a sex object, so why all the fuss? We arestuck with our biology and we mightas well enjoy it.Guys like stags. Socrates said'Know Thyself', not 'Don't Go ToStags' . A guy can really get to knowhimself after spending an evening ata stag.One of the functions of stags is toallow males to relax in an environment of camaraderie with their malebrothers without being in a stateof competition for females. This

kind of relentless competition stal'tsaround Grade 6. This is one opportunity for the poor guys to put theirfeet up and look brutish.Wen, there it is. Hopefullynot too many people have managed to be offended. Anyone whowishes to contact me regarding dinner speeches can do so care of thisnewspaper.

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by Tom Lee38 Systems DesignThe concept of stags or stagettesis a controversial topic. Many political and social groups debate themoral issues at hand . One exampleof this is the Iron Ring Stag whichhas been much maligned in the pastfew years by non-engineers as wellas engineers. The underlying qualities among the Iron Ring Stag andall other types of stags and stagettesare essentially the same.The Iron Ring Stag is a tradition. This is an argument commonlyused by proponents of this annualevent. Engineering is one of theoldest professions in the world andas such many traditions are tied inwith it. The tradition of serving humanity, or designing awe inspiringstructures, or any of the other countless numbers of professional achievements are the traditions that manyof us are the most proud of. Itseems, however, that too many people immediately label us with someof the other traditions that are associated with engineering: namely,Godiva, excessive drinking, stags,

anq a host of ot.her things of a somewhat lower social, histor ical, andprofessional significance.During the centennial year of organized engineering in Canada, wemust take a serious look at ourselves. What are we really celebrating? I believe the answer is simple. We are proud of our very profound and noble history. We haveevery right to be proud of our profession and we deserve something moremeaningful to highlight our entryinto the profession. The Iron RingStag simply does not do justice tothe long hours that we have put intoour professional development.The purpose of the Iron Ring Stagis not to ogle at nude dancers. The

Stag is an opportunity to bring theentire graduating class together onefinal time before everyone goes off onhis or her separate way. If the eventthat is supposed to achieve this goalis opposed by a significant numberof engineers (as it is now), it is notfulfilling its purpose.Engineering is entering it'sGolden Age. The public is fi-nally recognizing the contributionof the profession in the past aswell as the present and the future.The declaration of 1987 as TheYear of Engineering in Canada isno accide nt. As society becomesmore technology-dependent, moreand more people are realizing thateffective decisions (political, financial, what have you) cannot be madewithout competent technical advice.The public is depending on good engineers - engineers it can trust.This should be the tradition thatwe should be upholding. How canwe expect the public's trust whenwe are constantly plagued by thestereotype which is constantly reinforced by such traditions as theIron Ring Stag. Without the public's trust, our creations, are doomedto be used and abused by thosewho might Dot have full appreciation of t he power (bo th bene cialand malevolent) of our designs. Thisprocess is not only dangerous, but inlight of the state of technology today, it is fatal.. The Engineering Profession already ha s a rich history of service tohumanity (a history which only engineers generally seem to be awareof). It is vital to the well being, ifnot the survival, of society that welet the public know who we reallyare. I find it very difficult to believethat all of us are nothing but armchair voyeurs constantly looking forcheap thrills. There is too much at

~ t k e ... besides, stags are pretty bormg.

SAC n Actionby Whitney Erickson

3A ChemicalAs the winter academic term begins, the Co-operative Student Ad. visory Council once again commences.Engineering SAC representativesfor this term are Rob Bigec, DougParker, and myself. If you are notaware of who we are, or are unableto get hold of us with your concernsrelating to the co-op sys tem, feel freeto drop a note in our mailbox in theOrifice.The Department of Co-ordinationand Placement has recently undergone a name change. They are nowknown as the Department of Cooperative Education and Career Services.It is estimated that the co-op feewill rise until the year 1989. Theprojected amount is higher than lastyear's quote of $325.00. CECS will

supply a budget breakdown as soonas possible. If you are interested ingetting involved with the Co-op feeissue, contact Carol Goulette of theFederation of Students. Her committee regularly meets about this issue, and unlike SAC, have the powerto challenge the university (throughOFS, etc.). SAC can only voice student concerns.Last term, CECS ran a singleplacement run as opposed to aGroup 1 and Group 2 run. This allowed more students to cross over forjobs, and thus made more jobs available to students. This single run willbe repeated again this term.This term, Eric Nordin is organizing student want ads . These involve students submitting brief descriptions about their previous workterms. This way a reference of company information can be accumulated. More info rmation will follow.


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January 1987 Iron lVarrior 5

On The Road Againby Doug Parker38 Civil

Freeway Traffic Management Systems are an emerging facet of thesouthern Ontario landscape. Now,88 in the p88t, traffic volumes continually incre88e. Previously, theapproach to dealing with a shortage of freeway capacity W88 expansion of existing facilities and theconstruction of new ones. Today,new rights-of-way and the fundingfor projects with high capital expenditures are hard to come by. Anew approach W88 pioneered in the70's which involved the applicationof electronic surveillance and controlof a freeway or combined freewayarterial system. This new emph88isis on making optimal use of the existing capacity by weeding out inefficiencies in the system. t is favouredbecause capital expenditures are lowwith reepect to expansion p r o j e c t ~

FTMS's are currently operatingon the Burlington Bay Skyway andon the Hamilton-Toronto segmellt ofthe Queen Elizabeth Way. A system for the 401 through the greaterToronto area is under detailed design 88 is one for the Queellswayin Ottawa. There is a fea. ibilitystudy underway for a possiblE' implementation over Toronto's GardinerLakeshore corridor. This articlepresente an overview of the different p088ible levels of implementation of such a system, the subsystems through which they operateand their purposes.

Level 1 - SurveillanceIn a minimal implemelltation, somebenefits could be derived from theinstallation of closed circuit television camer88 (CCTV) alone. Theirpurpose is to monitor traffic at aUtimes and use this surveillance toreduce the detection and responsetimes for incidents and accidentsalong the roadway.

Highway Traffic Flow easedLevel 2 - Incident Detection andSurveillanceIn addition to the above, such a system includes inductance loop detectors imbedded in each lane of theroadway at strategic points. Theymonitor the speed of vehicles p8.88ing over them and speed drops detected can alert the operator to incidents and accidents immediately.The CCTV is used in this sort ofsystem [or the confirmation of thesealerte.

Level 3 - Diversion Information

This sort of system management ismost effective when there is an arterial parallel to the freeway to whichtraffic can be diverted. In additionto the other components requiredfor the detection and confirmation ofblockages and slowdowns, there arechangeable message signs (CMS's)located at point where it is logical toadvise motorists that a diversion isrecommended. These messages arecomposed of dots that are usuallyeither reflective, incandescent, neon,or fibre-optic. There are also usually some so-called blank-out signs;mechanical signs that can be flippedinto position and are legally enforceable. Such a sign would serve to, forexample, prevent vehicles from entering onto a section of freeway thatis completely blocked. If you wantto see a system of this type in operation, check out the system operating on and around the BurlingtonBay S k y w ~ y near Hamilton.Level 4 - Lane ControlAt the next highest level of information rowe of individual signs over.each lane of the freeway are Situ-ated so that they can use the information gathered by the loop detectors in the lanes. They implementselective lane closures with red X'sand advise speed reductions in lanesaheed of aD around t aile

to route vehicles through the areawith minimum disruption. The X'sare legally enforceable. This typeof information has been found to beeffective for applications in Europe.Drivers tended to welcome the indication of what to expect down theroad. LCS's are an important partof the system under design for the401.

Level 5 - Ramp Metering

In a full implementation of anFTMS strategy, signal heads on onramps can be used to meter flowonto the freeway. A reduced onramp flow might be desirable for thesystem operation as a whole if, forexample, the on-ramp was immediately upstream of a bottleneck at capacity or a blockage. If the queue onthe ramp extends back to the signalized intersection at the head of theramp, this is detected and the metered rate is overridden to allow thequeue length to be decre88ed.

All systems of this type require acontrol centre with interfaces to citytraffic control, police, and media.All except a level 1 implementationrequire a central mainframe computer with extensive I O f t w a r ~ for decision algorithtm and a coulal or fibre optic communications y s t mconnect them with the eqUipment 1eTerrorism alse Dis tinetio ns

by Monica Marcovici4B Systems DesignOn January 20th, the noted au

thor, journalist and film maker,Gwynne Dyer, spoke at the ArtsLecture Hall on the topic entitled"Terrorism: False Distinctions".Mr. Dyer drew to our attentionthe false distinctions we make between terrorism and war. According to Dyer, terrorisIl is e s s e n t i a l ~ ykilling for political purposes and ISperformed by freelance revolutionaries whereas war is political killing88 part of an army. Although bothforms involve the death of innocentpeople, terrorism is looked. uponwith outrage and disgust, while waris considered to be a legitimate andsometimes necessary action of state.Mr. Dyer draws our attention tothe disproportionate amount of public concern for terrorism as opposedto war. In the first world war, 8 million people died, in the second worldwar, 45 million people died and ifthere is to be a third world war, Mr.Dyer estimates a death toll of about500 million, excluding the after ef-fects of a nuclear winter. In contrast, terrorism in the United Statestook the lives of 2 people last year.

The average North American life isnot threatened by terrorism.In order to provide a clearer perspective on the subject, GwynneDyer provided a brief background ofterrorism. Simply put, terrorism isan act of violence against the gov

ernment used by frustrated revolu-

tionaries who would like to be thegovernment. Consequently, a number of countries have governmentsmade up of ex-terrorists.When the technology of repression made conventional street revolutions by the urban mob impossible, government opposition took theform of terrorist acts. The actionsby themselves were not of particularimpact but they often provided thecatalyst for more significant events.The assassination of the emperor ofAustria, was the event that triggered world war one, although thegeneral willingness of the countriesto go to war was the actual cause.Terrorism essentially disappearedbetween the world wars and reemerged around 1945, as a new technique to "knock imperialists out ofcolonies" . C88es in point are Indonesia and Cyprus. These terrorist acts were successful because withenough tenacity, the revolutionariescould eventually drive their occupiers home, generally "declaring avictory as they left". By the 1960's,territory for anti-imperialist uprising dried up. Small groups werenow struggling to gain independencefrom the already independent states.Revolutionaries found it much moredifficult to defeat local governmentssince these could not "go home".By this time however, terrorism W88thoroughly entrenched as the technique that would "get the job done" .When it became clear that the violence in itself would not lead tovictory, revolutionaries resorted to

guerilla warfare. They justified terrorist actions 88 a strategy to discredit the government and to gainsupport of the population againstthe government. Latin Americanrevolutionaries brought about the"Dirty War in Argentina" and created a repressive military government which killed terrorists andmany innocent civilians.

In the meantime, "designer terrorists" as Dyer puts it (they usuallydrove Porsches), were e88ily broughtunder control in Thrkey, Germanyand Italy without dr88tic me88uresbeing taken. The Palestinians arethe most representative of the ethnicgroups who have succeed.ed in m.ak-ing their claim to sovereignty S ~ I C kSome terrorist groups are mampulated by states such as the Contr88.The most prominent case today isthe support of Afghan rebels as ameans of irritation against the Soviets.

Today, th level of tNroristtivities is compa.ratively low r latlVto the amount of media. cov rag itr ceivcs according to DyI'r. Publiinterest for cheap neWs footag encourages the media to follow up ont rroris t events.Our interest and outrage for political killing would be better a.imed

at nuclear weapons and I lodern warfare rather then terrorism. If thereader can agree that it is in factjust as wrong for governments to killfor political reasons 88 it is for terrorists, we should also realize that88 taxpayers we are subsidising andendorsing a government which expresses a willingness to kill for political purposes. By accepting nuclearweapons as legitimate means of defense, we in fact are permitting atenti al violence far more devas tatmgthan terrorism. Dyer asserts thatthe only government that we caninfluence is our own, and we mustrely on others to influence theirs.Dyer calls us to pressure our gov-ernment to change its policies. Thealliance of the nuclear arms bearingcountries, the United Kingdom, theUnited States and the ever "complicit partner , Canada, should beseverely questioned.In conclusion, Dyer predicts thatinternational terrorism will continuein foreseeable future . However, wemust also consider the OTHER kindof international terrorism, and whatwe can do about it.


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6 ron Warrior January 1987

Never Beby Peter Stubley48 Electrical

Professor J.T. Pindera sits in hisoffice in the back of the Experimental Mechanics lab and talks aboutthings that happened more than 40years ago. Pindera, now an adjunct professor in Civil Engineeringat UW, fought for Poland during theSecond World War. Although hewas first shot at by the Red Army,he was shot down by the Germanslater in the day.

The Wehrmacht officer that captured him told him that he waslucky to be captured by theWehrmacht, rather than by the SSunits a few kilometres away. Pindera, wounded and afraid that hewould lose his hand, did not consider himself lucky until the offi-cer explained that the SS executedwounded officers instead of following the Geneva Convention. He wassent to a military hospital , where hishand was saved. In 1940, he escapedfrom the hospital , but he was captured by the Gestapo, interrogated,and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

IT PinderaIt was very bad in the concen

tration camp. The mortality ratewas very high, between 10 per centper month and 10 per cent per day.We were outlaws, completely outside the law . f we died, we weredead, and there was no explanationneeded . Killing for pleasure was encouraged. You cannot understandthe terror of living in the camp. Ittook about six months to go beyondthe terror, to look for ways in whichwe could fight back.

In 1942, Pindera was assigned toa satellite concentration camp organized by the SS and Gestapo atthe Heinkel plant, a factory makingmilitary aircraft for the Third Re-ich. He was assigned to the fuselage assembly line for the He 177,a long range bomber that was intended to be used to bomb Halifax .Halifax was an important target because all the convoys that suppliedBritain left from there. It was avery beautiful plane to look at, verywell designed. It had a range of 6000km, and a payload of 2000 kg, whichat that time was very great. It wasa beautiful plane.

Pindera and his colleagues considered ways in which they could sabotage the He 177. This was extremelydangerous, because they would behung, or worse, if they were discovered. The engines were easy todamage. The best way was to putsugar in the fuel, because it dissolves eas ily and causes the pistonsto seize. However, sugar was notavailable in the concentration campand could easily be detected, so theyurinated on the parts. They hadto be cleaned, because there was always a smell, but the uric acid continued to work , and it is very goodfor that. The surfaces became covered with small pits from the acid,reducing their tolerance.

The flight instruments could alsobe sabotaged easily. The instruments were suspended in pure alcohol, because it would not freezeat high altitudes. The alcohol wasreplaced with water, and they disposed of the alcohol in the only waythey could, by drinking it.Pindera figured out a method ofsabotaging the fuselage . The fuselage consisted of metal plates rivetted together. f the hole for the rivetwas a little bit too large, the joint

would not be tight, but could notbe detected without destroying therivet. The inspectors also tendednot to look too closely, because iftheir production quotas were notmet, they would be sent to the Eastern Front. Because of the loose rivets, the plane would tend to shakeapart; if it was on an actual mission,it would probably fall apart somewhere over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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The cumulative effect of all theirefforts was that the prototypescrashed and the production of theHe 177 was cancelled . The Gestapobegan an investigation to determinewhy the project failed , and one oftheir lines of investigation lead toPindera. He was warned that he hadabout three weeks before they wouldget to him , and that he must disappear.

Disappearing in the concentrationcamp was not easy, because theywere counted twice a day. The German bureaucracy came to his rescue. Even though they were prisoners in a concentration camp, theywere still entitled to full medicaltreatment if they were injured atwork.

He lost his glasses at work, sohe was sent to the hospital wherethey had thousands of pairs, to getnew ones While he was there, hewent to the fracture ward. Fractureswere the best injury, because theyhappened regularly and were neverquestioned. He decided it would bebest to break his left forearm. Itwas very easy to do. You needed a

support at the hand and at the el- .bow, and they had to be soft, because otherwise, the surgeon couldtell that you had done it yourself.Then you needed a friend to apply leverage , and the bone wouldbreak.The foreman sent him to the hospital, where he could not be interrogated, according to the particular German law covering workrelated injuries. He was there for sixmonths, partly because the boneshealed very slowly, but mostly because the Gestapo were still lookingfor him, so he broke his arm threemore times. He still wears his watchon his right hand. He was verylucky, because the RAF bombed thefactory, and all the prisoner recordswere destroyed. The Gestapo was nolonger looking for him, but many ofthe prisoners were killed in the raid,including the friend who had brokenhis arm.At the door to his office, he says,Please write this. Some tasks in lifeare hard, some are very hard, butthat is no reason for a meek reaction.

Never accept being a victim-alwaysbe a fighter.

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January 1987 Iron Warrior 7

Without Engineers We Willby ClaudetteMackay-Lassonde Fall Behind

Claudette Mackay-Lassonde ispresident of the A ssociation of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Th isis from her address to the EmpireClub of Canada in Toronto .Engineers transform scientific discoveries, or ideas, and make themwork. And we make them work tomake life better for people .

Furthermore, as we move into theinformation age, our technologicalwell-being determines Canada's position in the global marketplace .

rea and Taiwan that once importedour engineering expertise are nowso advanced that we are competing against them-domestically andabroad.

Rather than competing with topquality products from countries thatcan produce it at less cost , Canadian industry has to focus on products generated through the use ofadvanced technology. We need tocreate more "value-added" finishedproducts and services in growing areas such as new materials, biotechnology and optics .According to the European Man

agement Forum, Canada's overallinternational competitiveness rankssixth among 22 OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operationand Development) countries. That'snot bad. But if we want tostay in sixth place, or move up,we should improve our technological ranking. Canada sitstechnologically-in iiinth place inbetween the Netherlands (eighth)and Belgium (10th). Not surprisingly, we are behind Japan, WestGermany and the U.S. Perhaps moresurprisingly, we are also behindSwitzerland, Sweden, Denmark, andFinland.

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The industries creating theseproducts will depend on engineering knowledge, advanced engineering research and engineering innovation. If we don ' t catch up withthe new technology making our oldprocesses obsolete, our manufacturing strength will continue to falter.Already our high-tech trade deficit isclose to $14 billion . That is almostthree times our deficit in high-techgoods only 10 years ago.

So , how does our nation improveour technological ranking to preparefor the future? I have several suggestions:

We overcome our technologicalintimidation

We build Canada's R D commitment. We turn our antiquated assembly parts manufacturing processes into industries of the 21stcentury.One of our primary responsibilities is to help Canadians understandtechnology rather than fear it. Theengineering profession is committed

to bringing about this understanding by taking every opportunity totalk technology in everyday language. And by communicating froma leadership position. After all, asour product-technology-becomesmore dominant, it makes sense thatmore of our leaders should be peoplewho understand engineering. I amsure part of Japan's economic success is owing to that country's engineering leadership.

For instance, half of the Japanesecivil service, and half of Japan'sindustrial directors are engineers.More than 65% of all board members in Japanese companies are engineers or scientists. Fewer than 20%of our civil servants and industrialdirectors are engineers.

The point is, as Robert Reich , author of The New American Frontierstated: "In Japan, business problems are viewed as engineering orscience problems. In North America, they are viewed as legal or financial problems."

Like the U.S., Canada is run bylawyers and businessmen. Amongour 282 federal members of Parliament, 74 are businessmen, 51 arelawyers, and nine are engineers. 1am not saying there is anythingwrong about the large number 0lawyers and businessmen. I am saying there is something wrong aboutthe meagre number of engineers ingovernment.

It is sad, also, that the few engineers practising politics are not themost prominent members of eitherthe federal or provincial cabinet. I tis even more sad that our federalminister of Science and Technologyis a minister of state- not exactly oneof cabinet's strongest positions.If we are to become technologicalpeers with countries such as Japan,we need to attract more engineersto research and teaching. Canadanow has about 26 research engineersand scientists for every 10,000 people in our work force. Japan hasthree times as many.

Canada needs to create incentives for science and engineering researchers. Already many of our bestand brightest go south. Our newestNobel Prize laureate, John Polanyi,has told foreign scientists interestedin corning here to stay away. Hethinks it will be difficult for themto find facilities that warrant theirtalents.

Gordon MacNabb, the formerpresident of the Natural Sciencesand Engineering Research Council,has said that if Canada increases itscurrent annual R D e x p e l ~ d i t u r efrom 1.3% of our GNP to the 2.5%

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our competitors spend, we will needmore than 850 new Ph D 's per yearin applied sciences. That is almostfour times as many as we have now.My final point is that we must update our antiquated assembly parts

manufacturing processes. For somereason, Canadians are failing to apply new technologies to the processes used and products producedby our industries .

Our nation's industrial base hasconsisted mostly of resource indus-ri c as agr culture, fishing,mining and forestry. Our presentstate of economic health is owing, in

large part, to this resource exportmarket. But conditions are changing . Worldwide, engineers are creating new man-made materials thatare replacing our natural resources,and thus diminishing our resourcebased advantage . The falling pricesof our resource commodities alone illustrate this takeover .

Our manufacturing sector is alsofacing severe competition. Countries such as Japan, Brazil,

I believe our answer lies in making structural adjustments to ourmanufacturing sector . For example,increasing our use of robotics andcomputer-assisted design will update our industrial technology andmake it more efficient .

Canadian e n g i f : ~ W ; ' ~ments of the past 100 years willbe celebrated next May during theCanadian Engineering Centennial.A recent ROYILI Dank ncwslt'tt


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Each of the candidates running for thepresidency was interviewed by theauthor. The information obtained ispresented in a format for quick and casycomparison. This is vitally importantto understand the candidates.by Cathy Wilton4B MechanicalNameClass and YearBiography

Each candidate was asked to brieflyoutline the skills or experiences thathe felt made him particularly suitedto be president.

Reason(s) for RunningOutline of candidates reasons forseeking the presidency of theFederation.

Important IssuesWhat candidates felt were importantissues in this election and wherethey stood on them. Mostdiscussed housing, underfunding andthe quality of student life. Thosewho didn't were also asked tocomment onthesc issues.

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Mark Hovey3rd yr Biochem Business

Member of the Federation of StudentsExecutive since May. Founded Athletics Commission. Member of students' council. 6th year as student on campus; knowswhat students face. Varsity athlete Business manager ofvarsity basketball team. Planned Homecoming last year. CKMS sports broadcaster.

Considered running for presidencysince last May.o Seeing a need for a e t t ~ r atmospherefor learning - the wide-spread disease ofapathy can be overcome by theFederation and the societies workingtogether.

o The issue is students.o U of W's draw for the elite studentmust be recognized.o Waterloo has the lowest athleticfacility space peT student of anyuniversity. This must be changed.o Coop presents a problem.o The proposed Fed fee increase willhelp the Federation maintain serviceslike the Safety Van.o the proposed 100 townhouses to bebuilt will likely be closer to 75 whichreally doesn't help the situation all thatmuch. On-campus housing is also ready forexpansion. Underfunding is a problemencompassing computer fees, athletics,mandatory computers, etc. We plan tohire a researcher to work on this.

Communication with theadministration is a problem. Other issues of concern includefraternities, sororities, women's issues,etc.

Candidates For

Ted Carlton3rdyr Systems Design

2 years as student's council rep forengineering. I year as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Feds. Co-ordinator of the Fund Universities- Fund the Future conference. 5 work terms with companies such asGM, Ontario Hydro, and IBM whichhave taught him to deal as aprofessional.

He geniunely enjoys working with theFederation. Has some good ideas to implemen t He can provide good leadership.o He feels it will be an interesting andexciting year.

On-campus groups should beco-ordinated to make one major event aterm a strong, campus-wide activity.Working together gets everyoneinvolved and helps people to identifywith the University as a whole. Federation must work harder to leteveryone (including students onworkterms) know about all theactivities. This would eliminate muchof the apathy problem. Co-op employer evaluations started byEng Soc should be expanded to includeall co-op students. Co-op students should pay for co-op,but the formula used to determine thecosts of co-op is questionable. President must represent all studentson issues such as housing andunderfunding. Administration must be pushed untilthe townhouses are built.o Federation was the first to raise theissue of underfunding.o We should work through the media,the alumni, and the community so thatpeople come to perceive the universityas a resource rather th n a burden.

Ian Mitchell4th yr Economics

o member of the Federation executive asthe Board of External Liaisonchairperson and the Board ofCommunications chairperson.o Chairperson of the committee onmandatory computer fees.o Fed orientation chairperson - 1986.o Board of Governors studentrepresenrati ve.o Arts student senator.

o Has a history of achievement with theFederation. Changes need to be made along thelines of the slogan: Students servingstudents .

o North campus housing project mustgo ahead even if tenders come in overbudget.o A central housing office should beestablished that computerizes availableaccomadation in the major co-op cities.o change the administration's prioritiesconcerning funding for student services.o Statistics regarding sexual assaults oncampus must be released and used tominimize the dangers to women inhigh-risk areas.o Use OFS and CFS to continuelobbying for better funding.o Co-op fees must be re-evaluated sothat those students not receivingservices won't have to pay. Course evaluations should bepublished. Establish a Theatre of the Mind to.co-ordinate the current selection ofspeakers, films and plays brought tocampus and promote learning outsidethe classroom.o Establish an ideas booth in variouslocations to get in touch with students.o Establish a weekly President'sColumn in the newspaper.o Get more people involved with theFederation through enjoyable events.


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Fed President

Joel Perron4th yr Honours Finance

o President of the Fine Arts StudentAssociation, 1985-86.o Currently chairperson of the CreativeArts Board.

Can contribute something differentfrom the other candidates. Dissatisfied with the severe academicorientation of the university.

o Students don't know what is going onand the Federation has littleaccountability to the students. Develop closer ties to the newspaperby starting a Dear Feds column.o Hold regular presidential question and .answer sessions.o Use student resources more effectivelyand develop a stronger student body. More controls are required on theco-op and transfer fees.o Lobby through OFS for funding.o Establish a constant student presenceat the administration level.o Promote unified student action beforethe crises.o Establish Student Campus ChangeProject whereby students receiveacademic credit for upgrading theuniversity environment.o Establish a buddy system betweenon-campus and off-campus frosh. Advertise events off-campus in areasheavily populated by students.

Follow throu h onstudent-community relations and theprogress made by the housing taskforce.o Hold referendum on the badly needed$3.50 Fed fee increase. This fee wuldbe used to maintain services andimprove entertainment.

Ian Lipton3rd yr Political Science

Village don in 1986. Member of newspaper staff from1984-86., 'Orientation committee executive. Chairman of the resident's council. President of Village quad council.o 5 co-op workterms in government andprivate sector - developed the necessaryand important managerial andinterpersonal skiUs.

o Has unique ideas for importantservices.o A love'of being involved that beganin High School. A desire to make U of W more thanjust an educational institution - topromote a lifelong association with thestudents and administration.

Would like to implement co -ophousing projects in each of the majorco-op cities similar to the Phillip Streetresidences. Other areas of funding should beexplored. More donations should be solicitedfrom industry and alumni. Townhouse projcct is scheduled forcompletion in September 1987, but if ,the rents exceed $250/student, theproject should be scrapped. Additionalexpensive housing is not going to helpthe situation. . Continue on-campus activities whichbring the public onto campus. Provide an on-campus drug store. Increase the visibility of counsellingservices, especially for off-campuspeople. Improve athletic facilities. Provide a reading week for everyone The university is more than aneducational institute. It should also bean institiute where students developsocial skills as well s athletic andacademics. Once this is achieved. itwill foster a life-long relationshipbetween past, present, and futurestudents and the university.

Steve King3rd yr Kinesiology

Students' council member for 3 years. Two and a half years with Kin StudentAssociation - president last year. Currently on the University Senate. Currently don in Village 2. Orientation Committee member lastyear.

Reason's for running re very simple. To have fun. For something to do. We're just three broke guysre pr esentin g the ge ner al studcn tpopula tion w ho's broke too.

Es tablish a men's comm ission tofunction like the women's commissionto provide equal rights for men. Fraternities and Sororities are fine aslong as the ir only difference is thegender they provid e scrvices for. Fed Hall no 'ise level should belowered. Fed Book should be returned to itsprevious size.o Hold a referendum on joining CPS.We think we'd like to join. They're a

good bunch of guys. There is a need for a radio station thateveryone can enjoy. Students should be infonned that theycan just cross refundable fees off theirfee statements and not pay them. Why is there always a waiting list forguys to get rooms in village and not forgirls? Underfunding is important butuni vefsities should not be thegovernment's first priority. Everythingis currently underfunded and things likefceding people should come ftrst Everyone is always babbling aboutthe quality of student life. Apathy is aproblem because the school is so closeto Toronto and that makes it easy forpeople to get out. Lack of publicity,not lack pf things to do is the problem.

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Each candidate was asked to brieflyoutline the sk ills Of experiences thathe felt made him particularly suitedto be president.

Reason(s) for RunningOutline of candidates feasQns forseeking the presidency of theFederation.

Important IssuesWhat candidates t were importantiss ues in this eJcc ti on and whercth e y s tood o n th em . Mo stdiscussed hous ing, underfundjng andthe qual ity of student life. Thosewho didn 't were also a ked tocomment onthesc isslles.

Ev ery lerm , we pay a Fed eration fcc.Now is our chance to be heard. Afterbecoming familiar with the candidates,its time O make a choice. On electionday, make that choice count - VOlE.STU ENT


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1 ron Warrior January 1987The President As An Engineerby AI McGowanMichael SchatzJames V. Abraham

I.W : Let's start at the beginning.What was your first job as an engineer?D.W. : I took my fir st job working for a Toronto consulting engineering firm doing structural design .Interestingly, one of the first jobs I .worked on was the structural designfor K W hospital.1.W. : Your main area of experti sehas been structural design?D. W. : I did work in other relatedareas. University of Illinois, whereI did my Masters, is one of the topschools in my field in the U .S. I wasalready interested in structures andI thought of doing some earthquakeand dynamics related work. Theprofessor I was working with - Prof.Newmark - was a brilliant engineerwho became an expert on the effecton civil structures of weapons andearthquakes. My PhD work dealtwith this. The work we did provedto be of great benefit in the designing of reinforced structures to withstand earthquakes .

I. W : What was the education system like at that time?D. W. : The kind of education Itook in the late '40s was commonthroughout Canada and had notchanged much over the previous 20years. The major emphasis was ondrafting - both neatness and accuracy. We relied completely on handbooks. The majority of mathematicswas involved in structures. It was atthis time that techniques were developed to use finite mathematics andnumerical analysis to solve practicalproblems. In Illinois, I worked onbringing mathematical modelling to

Douglas Wright grew up inToronto and, while still in his teens,entered the University of Toronto'sengineering school at Ajax, just after World War II.He graduated in civil engineeringin 1949 and became a structural engineer with a consulting engeneering firm. In 1952, he completed amaster s degree at the University ofIllinois. Two years later he receiveda Ph.D. from Cambridge University,which he attended on a Athlone Fellowship.He taught civil engineering atQueen's University until 1958 whenhe became the first professor andthe first chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering at thefledgling University of Waterloo. Afew months later he became Waterloo's first dean of engineering.In 1967 he moved to Toronto tobecome the chairman of the OntarioCommittee on University Affairsand in 1969, chairman of the OntarioCommission on Post-Secondary Education. He returned to Waterloo tobecome the university s third president and vice-chancellor, in 1981.

engineering problems. The peoplewho came to Waterloo would buildan engineering curriculum based onth at kind of analysis .

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Dr Doug WrightWhat brought you to Wa

D. W. :1 had been invited to go toseveral other schools. I came toWaterloo because it was the placewhere I could have the greatest influence. In building the curriculum, we pitched out the drafting emphasis and the trivial labs. Students could learn the practical sidethrough co-op. We brought the students to modern methods of mathematics . In the older schools, such asToronto and McGill, the engineering physics program was the onlyone which stressed mathematics; Iwanted that level of mathematics inall areas of engineering. We had abig fight and we discontinued theengineering physics program here.The first degrees that were awardedwere Master s degrees. In 1962, weawarded our first Bachelor's degreesand PhD s. That was a measure ofour determination - to offer PhD swhen not many schools in Canadawere offering them.

Dr . Wright continues to maintainan interest in engineering. He hasserved on technical committees andas a consulting engineer in Canadaand abroad. Some of the projectswith which he has been involved include the Ontario Place Cinesphereand Forum, the sports palace forthe 1968 Mexican Olympics, and theproposed Dome Stadium in Toronto.Following his service as chairmanof the Task Force on Federal Policiesand Programs for Technology Development in 1983-84, Dr. Wrighthas frequently served as an unofficial spokesman for the university research community in Canada. Hehas attempted to bring to the attention of his fellow Canadians thepotential of our universities to contribute to our industrial and economic well-being in an era of hightechnology, rapid change and innovation.Dr. Wright is present ly the President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Waterloo. He is also a director of Electrohome Limited, BellCanada, Westinghouse Canada, andthe Stratford Shakespearian Festival.

I. W : I was going to ask this laterbu t, since we're on the topic of industry, could you tell us how youfeel about Dr . Polanyi's statementsabout industry getting involved inresearch .D. W. : I essentially agree withIthe statement that industrial concerns should not decide what basicresearch needs to be done. JI. W : How does that relate to theco-op system with industry saying,you've got these co-ops that wewant to hire. We want you to teachthem this})?D. W. : It s always been a potentialthreat . The fact is that we createdan industrial advisory council whichis a group of people from industrywho help us run the co-op system.This issue was raised at the firstmeetings. They all said, We'll giveyou advice to help make the co-opsystem work. You people know whatis to be taught and we won t tellyou what to teach. Industry has always recognized the competency ofpeople in universities. I would saythat -industry has in no way tried toinfluence research. The problem isgovernment now saying that industry should pay for the research. Essentially, research has to be led bythe researcher. University researchdoes not produce short- term payoffs. Industry can t afford this. Accordingly, government has to pay formost university research.I. W. : I noticed you were politically influenced or concerned and is .that what got you into politics in the70's?D. W. As dean of engineering,I became curious about the people, system, and government that affected what I did, and within threeyears, I became an expert on thesubject . Accordingly, when the committee that dealt with universitygrants was struck, I was invited tojoin. Later, I received a phone callfrom Queen's Park inviting me tobecome the first full-time chairman. of the committee. This was such anattractive invitation, I went down toQueen's Park. I simply continuedwith that kind of approach to dealing with my responsibilities. In '71,when Mr. Davis became Premierand re-structured the government,he asked me to become deputy minister of all social services (health, education, and social services). I hadlearned quite a bit by this time andspent seven years doing this. My advice from this is for people to understand the environment that impactstheir job.I. W : And more recently, you wereon the selection committee for theDOME stadium.D. W. : That s right. In fact, I wasasked to be chairman of it, but Ididn t think I would have the timeto do that. So, I was one of thethree members of what was calledthe Technical Evaluation Committee which went through about threephases of work in the selection of thewinning design. I was specificallyinvolved in e s t b l i ~ i n g the proce-

dure for selecting the four finalists . Iwas very happy with the final choice.We've ended up with a unique structure that hasn t been done before. Iwas on the site last week . It s goingto be a big structure.

I W : You mentioned a lot of thethinking involved with PhD s in engineering and I suppose that anaverage engineering student mightknow some of the other things thathave changed in the history of theprofession. Has there been a changein society's perception of the engineer?D. W. : My sense is that, since 1867,Canada has had a great dependenceon engineering - from the transcontinental railroad to the Beaufort Sea.The public perceived this, and tookit for granted. Through the changein the nature of international competitiveness, the importance of technology nas recently become moreacute. There s an anxiety that always goes with these things, because of the risks technology introduces: we can see this 'love-hate'relationship in people fighting nuclear power. They want the benefits, but are frightened of the risk.I think that that s inescapable, andI don t think typical engineers havea sufficient understanding of someof these critical processes throughwhich consent for technology is generated.I. W. : So, the level of social responsibility the engineer has to recognizemust include not just the environment but also people's wants andfeelings. Where does that take theengineering profession?D.W. : In my opinion, engineering is more and more importantin modern society, partly becauseof international competition, and isdriven by human needs. Engineering science is of more and morecritical importance in every country, and my sense is that the profession has risen very well to the responsibilities. Politicians don t adequately understand these circumstances, and that means that the national priorities are not sufficientlyfocused. There is a great tendencyfor industry to be complacent atthe macro level. For example,the three big car makers did nottake Japanese competition seriously.What they took too long to appreciate was that the Japanese had better engineering, and thus a competitive advantage. So, I think if there sany issue of concern today its competitive advantage: it s a necessarycondition.


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January 1987 Iron Warrior 11The Oh So Radcal Conferenceby Tom Lee3B Systems Design

Manitoba, when Hoods comeroaring o'er the dykes .. (to besung to the tune of Oklahoma)"

Floods could very well have beenthe theme for the 19th AnnualCongress of Canadian EngineeringStudents (CCES) held January 6 to11 in Winnipeg. Well, at least that'swhat our initial impression was onthe first day of technical presentations.

The CCES is held annually atvarious engineering schools acrossCanada (this year, the host was theUniversity of Manitoba). Duringthe five days, student representatives listen to various speakers on avariety of engineering topics (Hoodcontrol getting more than adequaterepresentation at this year's conference) and get involved in workshopswhere they discuss engineering student concerns.

This year, Waterloo was represented by four able bodies . Representing 'A' Society were Val Frenchand Karen Hubbard, and representing 'B' Society were Jeff Wood(Woody) and yours truely.

The real theme of this year'sCCES was The Three E's of Engineering - Education, Employment,and ERTW? (Engineers Rule TheWorld?) . We had a chance to participate in some very heated andstimulating discussions (600,000 m 3of water roaring through the Limestone Manitoba Hydro project, incidentally, was not one of them).Some titles of the various speechesand workshops that we attended were, The Future of Engineering Education , Co-op Systemsby Dr . Angus Bruneau (one ofthe founders of the Waterloo and

~ m o r i a l University, Nfld. Coop systems), Should There BeMore Humanities in EngineeringEducation? , How Engineering hasChanged Our Present , and ofcourse the old standby, ERTW? .

The symbol for the EngineeringSociety of the University ofBritish Columbia - a point ofcontroversy at the 19th CCES.

One general impression that wegot from the various discussions wasthat students across the country aregenuinely concerned about their education as well as the profession.This was very encouraging. Although a good part of the conference (at night at least) was spenteither recovering from a hangover

or preparing for a hangover, whenthe time came, the students showedtheir true fibres.

It is very difficult to give you general statements on what we accomplished through our technical sessions and workshops, primarily because, there were very few topicswhich we as a group agreed on.

The crest of the University ofManitoba Engineering Society -hosts for the 19th CCES inWinnepeg.Although most felt that humanities were very importaQt in engineering education, ' there was considerable disagreement on whetherthese humanities courses should beengineering-oriented or artsy .Similarly, many felt that because engineers create many of the littlethings that drive society, they do indeed rule the world. Others, however, felt that engineers are merelyservants of the public and will always remain so.

One item that did bring the delegates together was the use of theGodiva symbol. Currently a nudewoman (Godiva) appears on thelogo of the University of BritishColumbia, and the Lakehead University Engineering Societies. Atthe Plenary Sessions (please don'task me what plenary means) (Ed-itor8' note: according to Oxford,plenary means "to be attendedby all members ) these two schoolsmoved that the other engineeringschools support UBC and Lakeheadin their fight against various opposition groups . The motion wasblown out of the 600,000 m 3 of water. The rebut ies from the remaining schools (including both Waterloo delegations) were swift anddeadly. The motion was withdrawn.

The conference, however, was notall scintillating intellectualism. Yes,there were moments when the delegates were allowed to relax and sitdown to some very hearty meals, including Cream of Bison , Bison ina White Sauce , Bison a a King ,Bison Stroganoff , and fiddleheadswhich looked like green worms (in acream sauce of course).

For those that had musical talent,there were frequent performancesof the newly declared CCES themesong, Richard Woodruff has NoDink .. Doodah, Doodah (RichardWoodruff, by the way, is the Engineering Society President of Queen'sUniversity). And what would aconference of engineering studentsbe without the occasional sporthump (free demonstrations areavailable at the orifice).

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For those with some orientationtowards the fine arts, there weremany opportunities to marvel at thetruely avant garde hair of Oh SoRadical Dan (a Frosh from U of T,who, through no fault of his own,became the cutting edge of the engineering fashion scene in Manitoba).Incidentally, the CCES agreed to title each school's report to its respective student body as The Oh SoRadical Conference in recognitionof Oh So Radical Dan's fine work ; ~ < ~ . v ~ ~ ,in dispelling the myth that engineersdon't wear paisley . ies.

The 19th CCES lived up to everyone's expectations, and more.U of Manitoba should be congratulated for hosting a very profes- /sional and enjoyable conference (anyschool where beer is $1.10 should Ibe lauded). If you have any questions on what went on in Winnipeg,or how one goes about divertingmassive quantities of river water inManitoba, please contact Woody or 'myself through the Orifice. Whoknows? You may even get a chanceto sample some of the perogies thatwe got from U of M Joe's grand-.mother.

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Centennia Ce ebrationsOn June 23rd, 1987, we willmark the lOOth anniversary of engineering as an organized profession in Canada. On that day, in

1887, engineering gave itself a name,took stock of itself, and assumedthe enormous task of shaping ournation-defining, designing, building,and developing Canada.Engineering has transformed theface of this huge country, withthe construction of the railways,canals and highways that link ourcities, with hydroelectric developments and infrastructures of alltypes, thereby securing recognitionof Canadian know-how worldwide.It is only fitting that for one year,we should take the time to celebrate.

PRIDETo organize the celebration ourCentennial year deserves, the members of the three most important engineering associations- the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), Association of Consulting Engineers ofCanada (ACEC)-have formed the

Canadian Council of ProfessionalEngineers Inc., non-profit organization is responsible for the planningand co-ordination of a host of activities across the country. Its ob-

Canadian Society of- - , , E V - ~ i v i l Engineer

Winter 1987 Program.All events are held on Thursdays at:30 in CPH-338S.January 29 - Engineering Weekdesign competition. Bridgebuilding raceFebruary 5- Film: To be Announced.February 12 - Mid Term Exams.February 19 - Exchange

programmes: Germany,Australia, Mexico, and NorthernIreland.March 5 - Whistleblowing Prof. KBrunk, Conrad Grebel College.March 12 - The Developed of earlyindustry in Canada. D Rollinson,Curator, Hamilton Museum ofSteam and Technology.March 19 - Film : To be Announced.

APEOIEIC EventsFebruary 12 Use of scale models ifwind engineering P. Irwin.Rown, Williams, Davies and

Inrwin Inc., GuelphFebruary 28 - Professional LiabilityInsurance Update. Waterloo Inn.March 26 - Ontario CAD/CAMCentre tour, Cambridge.Meetings start at 7:15 pm. Forfurther details, see Prof. J.C.Thompson, E2-3327, x3553.

jective is to call to the attentionof the general public the essentialrole the engineering profession hasplayed in the history and development of Canada. It will be a timeto reflect on the accomplishmentsand breakthroughs we have pridedourselves on during the past century, and to look ahead to those thatwill distinguish the next one hundred years. Five thousand Canadianengineers are anticipated to participate in two hundred technical workshops, conferences, and seminars.

MEMORABLE DAYSshould not be missed. A StudentCommittee of the Engineering Centennial" was formed to collaboratewith the Canadian Engineering Centennial Board. Since June 1986, thiscommittee has worked very hard toestablish a program of activities andto organize a sub-committee prepared for the coming of more than800 engineering students from acrossCanada. This convention constitutes a unique opportunity for allCanadian engineering students tobroaden their knowledge and to socialize with their colleagues. The

Institute of Electricaland Electronicsi ee )The following IEEE seminars are heldat 11 :30 on alternating Tuesdays.Location will be posted .

February 10 - David Kroft willspeak on amethod usedwith gate-array technologyto test chips in-circuit.February 24 - Speaker fromOntario Hydro will discusstheir power distributionalgorithm.March (tentative)- Speaker from BNR todiscuss ISDN.- Speaker from the area ofengineering ethics.

Student PapersPapers are invited for the annualIEEE Student Papers CompetitionTopic can be technical, professionalmanagerial, or ethical. To submit apaper, a 250 word abstract of thereport along with personalinformation should be left in theIEEE mailbox in the EE ReadingRoom.

scheduled events promise a mostmemorable five days.

NEXT HUNDREDYEARSOur future profession has at alltimes married art and science, combining the imaginative with the concrete. As a result, the Board haschosen, as the theme of the Centennial, "Mind, Heart and VisionEngineering in Canada: The NextHundred Years." This event, whichis unprecedented in the historyof engineering, will take place inMontreal, from Tuesday, May 19th,

to Friday, May 22nd, 1987. Youwill be entitled to the honours ofa city that is already getting readyto celebrate the Centennial. Theschedule planned is mind-blowing.Technical seminars and workshopswill take place at the Palais desCongres. Seminars given by suchorganizations as the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy(CIM), the Canadian Society forMechanical Engineering, and fourteen others, will try to illustrate thecomplex problems the modern engineer must face. We will also haveavailable for you the opportunity to

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participate in certain industrial visits.To complement such a technicalagenda, we have sub-committees organizing visits to the Olympic Stadium, the Metro, La Ronde, OldMontreal, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, which is hosting an exhibit on the first engineer;Leonardo da Vinci, and many more.We also have a variety of nightly activities prepared for all of you nightpeople. We will take you down St.Catherine Street, show you all thehottest spots, and of course, whereall the beer is.

PARTICIPATIONTo participate in this celebration,we are offering a "package deal"which includes lodging, meals, theconvention fees, and the students'own special activities-all for an affordable amount. You will soon see

our posters on your school walls,with early registration cards for participation in the week's events.Let's make this event a memorable one, after all, a gathering suchas this only comes about every hundred years.

Move FromThe Middle RowDuring the time taken to read thisarticle, you could be participatingin numerous Engineering WeekendI events. Sure, you can read thisfine paper anytime, but how often inyour life do you have a chal'lce likeEW I to win friends and influencepeople?You can move from being a middlerow nobody, to being the pride ofyour class by merely eating a 3 footsub in under 4 minutes, or having

the God given talent of being ableto flick caps. And how could anywoman resist a man that can poura beer in under 2 seconds? (or viceversa - typesetterIt all comes down to the fact thatEngineering Weekend I is only funfor those who participate. See youthere.Karl ToompuuSpecial Events Director


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For those of you who don t knowme (most of you don t) and those ofyou who do (but wish you didn t),my name is Sean McKinnon, andI am Eng-Soc A's Off Term/Socialparty animal type of guy. My job entails being a liaison between the twosocieties (which means that mostlywhat I do is pick up A-Sac's mail).I have been requested to give a synopsis of last term s events, so ... herewe go.

The term started off with a bangas we welcomed a multitude ofcrazed frosh (class of '91- can you believe that?). Due to an unfortunateincident in Orientation '85 therewas no pub crawl this year. How-ever, the frosh, eager as always, gottheir first taste of boat-racing during frosh week. These lucky froshwere also the first group of engineersto write the English Language Proficiency test and the fake General Engineering Aptitude test (which included inverting an by matrix and a visit from two squealing pigs). The WBS was poorlyattended and is in danger of being replaced by some other event.The WWBPC (Women's WelcomeBack Pub Crawl) however, was ahuge success with many male pubcrawlers in drag. There were someembarrassing moments, like Steve'Wedge' Pallen phoning a bar enext day to tell them that he hadlost his purse ... and they remembered what he wore The annua lBlue Jays Road Trip was attendedby well over a hundred drunken engmeers.

BOOMBARASThe battle for p5 was deminatedby the revived 3B Electrical class ofLate Night with SHADRICKAMEGBOOMBARAS (formerly the Electrocutioneers, but that name was

too long), After coming third theterm before, Boemb aras managed tocapture its first title threugh consistent mediocrity,In charity, the Big Sister's Lottery was a great success raising over$1700 threugh the sale of 1500 tickets (over 500 were sold by Boombaras ). Eng Week/Weekend werealso very successful in bringing usmere fun than we could handle. Thetriumphant return of the CharietRace was one of the many excitingevents to. be held. Boat- Racing waswell attended with over 60 men steams and 20 women's 'teams participating in the two tournaments held.The Knights of Chemalot were winners once again, but special mentionshould be made of Speed and Volume a TWO man boat-racing teamfrom 4B Mech, and Team Australiawho. drank while standing on theirheads. The second tournament alsosaw the first ever boat-racing costume contest.

We held some very successfulpubs featuring bands like BreedingGround, The Northern Pikes, andthe Hopping Penguins (a ska bandfrom Halifax whose bass player was

a graduate Mechie). Last term sathletic events included the usualvolley ball, basketball, sofiball, andBag football tournaments as wenas the Brick Brier curling tourney and a very successfull DartsPub/Tournament in P.O.E.T.S. Theathletic highlight of the term however, was our NFL Road Trip toBuffalo to see the Bills versus theMiami Dolphins. We sold out onebus in -only six minutes and a second bus the next day. For the priceof only $26 (Cdn.) we offered tick-ets to the game, coach transporta-tion, 10 cases of Brick beer, and over200 hot dogs. Special mention of theBrick Brewing Company should bemade as they sponsored all of ourathletic events last term.

STONING ROLL- Last term also saw the first issueof Stoning Roll, a humorous newspaper publication that has nothingto do with Enginews or Eng-Soc.It was produced entirely by the 2AComp Eng class Hal s Angels andedited by James Max Moorehead(who incidentally has a very big nose- typesetter) and Jay Gibson, It wasvery funny so they should get all thecredit/blame.Well, that about wraps it up forlast term. I m looking forwardto participating in most of B-Soc'sevents ttiU term as a memoer 0Eng, a class formed last term byGuido, Jimbo, and Tom Lee (all ofB-Soc), consisting of people who (forone reason or another) are not assigned to a specific class. This includes:

Workterm students at Waterloo Exchange students from ethercountries Peep e taking classes in NonDegree Engineering Anybody who wants to have fun

in Engineering.The NN-Eng class was formed toprovide a forum for participation inengineering events t o those students ,

not affiliated with a particu lar class.Look for us.And, as a final reminder, A-Socis organizing a Whit e Water Raftingtrip for June 5-7 of 1987. We alreadyhave 3 rafts of 12 people each. Thisevent is too much fun for one society, so we have extended invitationsto B-Soc as well as all other Engineering Societies in Ontario. Joinus For $110 you get partyin g andcamping Friday night, rafting allday Saturday, volleyball/flag football, a boat-racing party, camping on Saturday night, complimentary wet suits, and a guaranteedgood time. We need $40 per person A.S.A.P. and a $70 post-datedcheque for April 15th. Full refundscan be obtained until April 15th.Get a group together and come onout. Talk to me or use my mailboxin the Orifice. til later I am ....Sean McKinnonOff Term/Social Party Animal Typeof Guy.

Ninjaneering -A T De Storyby Soori Sivakumaran3B Electrical

Lights, Camera, Action I Withthese words from the director, BrianSakamoto, a 3B EE student at UWentered the world of motion pictures.The movie being filmed was Police Academy 4, the latest in the series ef films chronicling the comedicmisadventures ef an assorted groupof Academy recruits. The story isset in some unnamed American city.The plot revolves around a groupof Ninja who terrorize the city, andthe efforts of the Police Academy recruits to bring them to justice.In the movie, Brian plays the partof one of the Ninja. The movie company phoned him up for the job onthe recommendation of his formerkarate instructor. This came aboutbecause, while the story takes placesomewhere in the Uoited States,all the filming was to be done inTeronto. Brian's former instructor,

Our very own Nin a.Brian rkjeiids hIIiii rlfagainst the Orifice wall.

who runs a karate school in the cit.ywas contacted by the film mak ra intheir search for local talent ca.pableof playing the Ninja roles . Brian,who has his black belt. in two stylesof karate, had the ideal backgroundfor the part.

Working in th e movie proved to bean interesting experience for Brian,as it would be for most engineeringstudents. The filming, which tookplace during the fall work term, required him take a few days offhis co-op job. Footage was shot allaround Toronto including the Harbourfront and near the CN tower.The Police Academy building in thefilm is, perhaps fittingly, the Lakeview Psychiatric Hospital in Etobicoke.. , . .

While sounding g l ~ o r o u s filming proved to be tiresome work.Twelve hour work days were stan-dard . Many of the fight scenes hadto be shot dozens of times from different camera angles until the director was satisfied he had enoughmaterial for a realistic sequence.For these action scenes, professionalstunt people were on hand to adviseBrian and his Ninja comrades in theart of staging fights.On the social side of things, ourhero met the friendly, easy goingmembers of the cast - most of whomhad flown in from L.A. He alsofound out that the actor, whoselarge repertoire of sound effects werefeatured in the previous movies, reaUy can make all those noises himself. Also, the studio made his efforts financially worthwhile - something always appreciated by a stu-dent,

How can YOIl spot Brian in action when th(' mov Ie comes to the-atres this slimmer? This isn t aseasy as it Bounds, since the Ninjacostume he wears covers his entireface except his ye . Not to worry;Brian appears unmasked in a jailbreak scene. If you happen to begetting popcorn during this scene,you can also identify him in a laterscene where he gets beaten up by theblond academy instructor.Is Brian interested in doing morefilms in the future? Well, he is notsure if he can get his kicks in themovies. However, he may have yetanother opportunity; plans are already underway for Police Academy5.

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World -News Briefsby Peter StubleyAI McGowan

A TrueAmerican HeroLt.-Colonel Oliver North is ex

pected to be recalled before theSenate committee investigating theIran-Contra affair, following allegations that he ran a. military aid program to the Contras. The Administration claimed that the aid was a

private affair. North hM alreadyappeared before the committee, butdeclined to testify because he mightincriminate himself.

Over the past few months, several more of North's schemes havebeen revealed. He planned to kidnap Iranian businessmen and tradethem for Americans being held byIran-backed terrorists in Lebanon.He has also been tied to the mission that resulted in Eugen HasenfU8 being shot down over Nicaraguain a cargo plane carrying arms forthe Contras.

President Reagan last week maintained that we need more men likeColonel North if we are going tocontinue our dynamic and succeS8-ful foreign policy. He is a trueAmerican hero. Reagan declinedto make any further comments, becaU8e he needed to get back to his145th 8creening of Rambo.

SuperboxesMisplacedToronto (OFlJ) - Local oPPo8itionto the installatior. of the CanadaPost superboxes in residential ar eas has recently shown a dramaticdrop , aecording to a spokespersonfor the Crown corporatioll. We

Concrete ActionOn VnderfundingDoug Wright's Prof in Motiontour across Canada reached Ottawa

today, where he was met by PrimeMinister Brian Mulroney . Mulroneyshook his hand and presented himwith a cheque for $1 million .

Wright is pushing UW's concretetoboggan across the country in aneffort to raise money to replace thebanned computer fees. Wright saidthat the tour was very successful.We have raised enough money to replace the computer fees for the nexttwo years. Wright is apparentlyconsidering making the tour an annual event, possibly even a creditcourse for HKLS .

~ 11.. ,L L . ;can't figure it out , says Mr. MichelLazie, everybody was complaining,and now nothing at all. It's really weird . Mr . Lazie said thatthe installation of the new mailboxeswould continue as planned, barringsonte minor delays: the first shipment of superboxes , destined forthe Toronto suburb of Scarborough,has been misplaced by the parcelpost division of the Post Office.

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Winterfest 87

On a cold winter weekend (one of our coldesl), few of Waterloo'shravest(?) challenged the elements for a little fun, laughter ndshivers. The purpose of Winterfew 87 was to remove some of thecold winter lJIues. Taking a much needed hreak from a heclicacademic pace, these student.\' celehrated winter hy playing Inuitgames, playing golf, IJIlilding S tow sculptures, nd plunRing intoice-cold water. For the participants t least (and mayhe for theo Jservers). it was a resountiiflR success.

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