ME 576Control System Design

1973–74 1 calendar

A study of available components, their specifications, use and limitations. A number of industrial design projects will be carried out by limited number of students. Guest speakers from industry are invited to this course. .

The General Programme

Latin

English

History

Philosophy

Religious Studies

Medieval (Classical) Civilization

Modern European Language

Medieval Studies

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Medieval Studies

Students interested in an interdisciplinary approach to university education and to an examination of the Middle Ages may take either a General or an Honours B.A. in Medieval Studies. Such a degree is designed to provide a general awareness of our cultural heritage. In addition, the programme is flexible enough to prepare students for careers in teaching, or for the pursuance of a graduate degree.

The Medieval Studies Programme is administered jointly by the

- English Department at St. Jerome’s College (Dr. D. Letson), and by the

Department of Classics and Romance Languages (Dr. P. Forsyth). Interested students may contact either of these advisors for further information.

For the core of his Medieval Programme, each student must take seven courses from the following, at least one course from each of four of the seven subject fields specified.

190 Literature of the Republic 265* Letters of Cicero and Pliny 266* Epic

395* Mediaeval Latin Literature 1 396* Mediaeval Latin Literature 2

261 Old English 270 Middle English

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1972–73 1 calendar

A study of available components, their specifications, use and limitations. A number of industrial design projects will be carried out by limited number of students. Guest speakers from industry are invited to this course.

Professor and Director of School

Professors

Associate Professors

Assistant Professors

Lecturer

Adjunct Professors

Clinical Associates

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1970–71 1 calendar

Another title: Applied Fluid Power Engineering A. Master’s Degree B. The Doctor of Philosophy Degree, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

Different approaches for the application of fluid power contro] systems in diverse types of industries: machine tool, aeronautical, paper, marine industries; press, road construction, agricultural machinery, conventional and nuclear power plants, assembly lines, etc.

Graduate and Research Programmes

To be admited to graduate studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, an applicant must have an excellent academic record from a recognized university, and must possess maturity and selfmotivation. Furthermore, since close technical contact with a faculty member is an essential part of graduate education in engineering, no applicant can be admitted unless a faculty supervisor who specializes in the applicant’s desired area of research offers him a place in his research group. It is therefore important that the applicant indicate clearly in his application the area of research in which he wishes to be engaged. Active fields of research in which students may at present be accepted are listed and described in the calendar, and the departmental brochure. It must be kept in mind, however, that the list is only intended as a guide since new topics are added frequently as the sphere of interest of the department expands.

The core of the Master’s degree is a thesis whose content shall indicate a high level of scholarly research by the student into a topic related to his faculty supervisor’s area of research. Pursuit of the thesis wil involve the student in an experimental or theoretical research programme or possibly a combination of both. Wherever possible the faculty member will attempt to arrange financial assistance for the student from his research grants, with such awards being made by the beginning of April. It is therefore essential that applications be completed by March | at the latest. Candidates registered for an M.A.Sc. degree will be requested to give advance notice of their intention to submit a thesis, approximately three months before the estimated date of submission. At this time an assessor will be appointed to aid the candidate’s supervisor in evaluating the thesis. In most cases the assessor would be a member of the mechanical engineering department, except where some interdisciplinary research is involved.. The requirements for the award of a Master’s degree are: a) that the candidate obtains a pass in all prescribed subjects, comprising at least four one-semester courses of which two or more must be graduate courses, with an average of 66% or better; b) that his thesis be accepted. In certain special cases the thesis requirement may be satisfied by four aditional one-semester courses and a research project of limited scope, requiring a formal report.

This degree is awarded after the candidate has satisfied his examining committee that his thesis is a substantial original contribution tence in areas of Knowledge related to his specialization. The candidate will, to this latter end, take lectures and sit for examinations in a number of courses offered at the graduate level, according to a programe of studies approved by his supervising committee. Approximately at the end of his first year of residence as a Ph.D. candidate a comprehensive oral examination is admin-

Comprehensive Examination

Language Requirements

Examination of the Thesis

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istered by his supervising committee.

The mechanics of thesis topics selection is very much as described above. Students contiuing for a Ph.D., after obtaining the M.A.Sc. at Waterloo, may often continue to work in the same area of specialization.

In order to be admited to graduate study as a Ph.D, candidate an applicant must have demonstrated his ability to do original research in the course of his Master’s degree work. For this reason, should a graduate with a Master’s degree obtained without producing a research thesis desire to enter our Ph.D. programme, he would have to satisfy the Department that he is able to carry out independent research.

The examining committee consists of the supervisor and four other members appointed on the advice of the supervisor. One of these is appointed from outside the unievrsity, another one from outside the department (often from Mathematics or Physics).

The comprehensive examination should be conducted about one year, but in any case not later than 18 months, after the student has been admitted to the Ph.D. programme. In preparation for this examination the candidate will submit a written research proposal of between 2000 and 4000 words describing his problem and outlining his proposed method of attack. This proposal must be circulated to the members of the supervising committee not less than two weeks before the examination. The supervising committee, on the advice of the candidate’s supervisor, should examine: (a) The adequacy of the course of study being undertaken, (b) The performance of the student during his first year both in the coursework and in his research studies, (c) The proposal for a research programme as presented by the student and (d) His competence in being able to complete the work to the satisfaction of the committee. The main decision to be reached is whether the candidate should proceed with the work, but advice about taking additional graduate courses or about changing the emphasis in his research work may also be given.

The candidate must have an adequate knowledge of at least one foreign language as specified by the department. This requirement may be fulfilled either by direct language examination or by the completion of an approved language course with a final grade considered to be satisfactory. When the native tongue of the student is not English, its knowledge is not normally acceptable as satisfying the foreign language requirements, except when the

the native tongue is French, German or Russian.

Regulations governing the submission and examination of the Ph.D. thesis are found in the section on “Graduate Studies” in the first part of the Calendar.

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