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Action taken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning at its meeting
of December
12, 1979
gives rise to the following motion:
"That approval in principle be given to the establish-
ment of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in
Engineering at Simon Fraser University."
Note:
If approval is given by Senate to this motion, the intent, is that a
Director be appointed as soon as possible to take charge of detailed
curriculum development with a view, to submitting a full program to
Senate in December, 1980.
A number of issues relating to this proposal were addressed at SCAP.
These included the potential demand for the graduates of an engineering
program, the impact of introducing an engineering program on the
University, the possible program structure, and budgetary considerations.
Actions proposed by both the Federal and Provincial Governments involve
an increasing emphasis on research and development and an increasing need
for individuals with professional engineering skills. Moreover, inform-
ation presented to SCAP indicated that the number of engineering graduates
presently produced by the University of British Columbia was disproportion-
ately low compared with the rest of Canada. B. C. also has a net migration
of engineers into the Province. These factors all suggest graduates of a
Simon Fraser University engineering program should, have ample employment
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It was also noted that the 'Univeristyof Victoria is also giving
consideration to an engineering program and that their Senate has author-
ized a planning study. However, even if all three B.C. universities
were to offer programs in various engineering disciplines, demand should
be large enough to absorb the graduates. .
The Engineering Program proposed for Simon Fraser University would
build on the strengths already present in the Departments of Mathematics,
Physics, Kine:ioloy, and Computing Science. These strengths involve
both faculty research interests and teaching programs. Indeed, first
year transfer programs to the University of British Columbia Engineering
Program are presently being offered by
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the Departments of Mathematics
and Physics at Simon Fraser University., Also, the growth of the man-:
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ufacturing industry in the eastern Lower Mainland should enhance the
growth of the program.
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An Engineering Program established at Simon Fraser University would
have to meet the accreditation requirements of the Canadian Accreditation
Board. Currently, these require that students complete at least one
semester of basic. sciences; one semester of Mathematics and one semester
of humanities, social sciences and administrative studies taken together.
Because of this, i.t is clear that an Engineering Program at S.F.U.
would have the effect of enhancing enrolments within existing S.F.U.
departments. The program proposed would offer a four year undergraduate
degree. Such a program is standard at many other Canadian and United
States universities. Furthermore, it is intended that graduate programs
would also be established simultaneously.
One important concern is the organizational structure and designation
of the proposed Engineering Program. In formulating its recommendations,
the Ad Hoc Engineering Committee drew upon the advice of consultants.
They indicated that their experience with the development of univeristy
engineering programs had led them to two conclusions. First, because of
the strong inter-relationships between university Schools or Faculties of
Engineering and the various Engineering professional societies, there
existed
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a strong university-community relationship. This relationship,
was enhanced if an engineering program was given a separate identity and
structured along conventional lines. Thus, it is proposed that the
departments within the proposed Engineering Program be administered under
a School or Faculty of Engineering separate from the existing Faculties
at Simon Fraser University. It is also proposed that Engineering depart-
ments be structured along conventional lines, i.e. departments of
Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering. Withi.n these conven-
tional departments, specializations would be devel"apedwhich would be
unique to British Columbia, e.g. communications, .energy and materials,
industrial systems, and engineering in extreme environments.
Finally, it should be noted that the motion as approved by the Senate
Committee on Academic Planning is intended to enable more intensive pro-
gram planning activity. If the motion is approved by Senate, it is the
intent of the University to. proceed with the appointment of a Director and
to charge that individual with responsibilityfor preparing detailed program
proposals with a view to submitting a full program for Senate approval in
December, 1980. The Director, would be someone who was familiar with
university engineering education and would be expected to 'consult widely
with other universities, the engineering profession, potential.empl.oyees
and governments in the course of the planning period.
The information contained in the proposal before you outlines the
directions that an Engineering Program might take if developed at
Simon 'Fraser University; while it represents the considered views of
the Ad Hoc Engineering Committee, the proposal is not intended to act as
a detailed model for a fully developed program pro
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For this reason, the budgetary and space information included on
pages 11 and 12 of the Committee report cannot be regarded as in any way
definitive. Budget and space requirements would depend on the size of
the Program, the number of specialized fields offered, and the scope of
research programs.
Once approved by the Universities Council, an Engineering Program
would be eligible for new and emergent program funding for a five-year
period. After that, the full cost of the Program would become part of
the University's regular operating budget,. funded according to the
enrollment-driven formula.
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REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING COIvNI11'EE
Recommendations:
1 That graduate and undergraduate degree
programs in Engineering be established
at Simon Fraser University.
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That a Director be appointed as soon as
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possible to take charge of detailed
curriculum development with a view to
submitting the full program to Senate
in December 1980.
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T.W. Calvert - Chairman
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M. Plischke
E. Shoemaker
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THE NEED TO EXPAND UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING PROGRAMS
New programs in Engineering are required to meet provincial
and national needs and to provide equitable educational opportunities
to the citizens of the province. National statistics (Appendix B) show
that there is an existing need for additional graduates in engineering.
Information from the Technical Service Council shows that there is a
high demand for engineers and demand.will almost certainly increase
dramatically in the immediate future (Appendix Q. Further, the number
of engineers graduating in British Columbia is disproportionately low
compared to the rest of Canada (Table 3 in Appendix B). The current
UBC engineering enrollment is about 1500 but would need to rise to about
4000 to bring B.C. to' the national average. It is also known that
revenue generated by manufacturing companies in B.C. is very low com-
pared to the Canadian average. There is evidence that new high tech-
nology industry might be more easily encouraged to establish in British
Columbia if the universities have educational programs geared to their
needs, and if there is a university research resource for them to draw
upon. 'One outstanding example of.an engineering based company that has
àchievedremarkablè local success is MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates.
The Industrial development centred around the Stanford University area as
well as in the Boston area can in large measure be attributed to the
influence of their engineering schools.
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THE CASE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AT SIMON FRASER
If it is. accepted that additional opportunities for education
and research in engineering are needed in B.C. then they could be provided
in several ways. These include expansion of the existing program at UBC,
development of new programs at SFU and/or University of Victoria and
upgrading BCIT
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to university status.. We believe that the needs of students
and the province can be best met with a variety of high quality programs
because:
1)
There is good empirical evidence that universities are
more responsive to the needs of industry and govern-
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ment when there are at least two programs in a province.
2)
Students benefit from the choice between the strengths
and styles of different universities.
Thus we feel that UBC should expand and reorientate itself where
appropriate and that SFU should: set up. a high quality program that would
complement the UBC program (and a University of Victoria Engineering program
if it is implemented). After careful consideration, the Engineering Committee
and consultants believe that an accredited program can not be based on a two
year BCIT diploma. However this does not preclude the possibility of the
development of a Bachelor of Technology Program in co-operation with BUT
at some point in the future.
SFIJ is particularly well suited to develop programs in Engineering.
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Not only is a first year program (for transfer to IJBC) already offered
by the Mathematics and Physics Departments but these and other depart-
ments have faculty strengths which would complement a new program.
Specifically, the applied group in Mathematics has five faculty who work
in mechanics and one who works in thermodynamics. There: are faculty
with engineering qualifications in Physics, Computing Science and Kines-
iology and a number of these are conducting research and advising grad-
uate students in areas which are normally considered engineering. SFU
also has the advantages of being located in the heart of a major area
of population growth and is close to much of the manufacturing industry
in the province (MacMillan Bloedel. Research, Lenkurt, etc.).
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The development of Engineering would have a number of advanta-
ges for SFU. These include:
a)
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Students enrolled in the new program would provide
additional enrollments in introductory Science and
Arts courses and make these courses more cost effect-
ive . Specifically, if the yearly graduating class
was 200 there would be
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about 200 semester FTE enrol-
1.ments per year in each of the following: Arts, Mathe-
rnati.cs and Science.
b) An Engineering Program would lead to new research and
graduate student opportunities. The program would
complement and build on existing strengths such as
the
work in solid state phenomena in Physics, in
environmental effects in Biosciences, Chemistry and
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Kinesiology, the work on digital systems in Comput-
ing Science, the 'work in mechanics in Mathematics,
and the work on communication policy in the Depart-
ment of Communication.
c) An Engineering Program would lead to closer mutually
beneficial 'ties and involvement 'of the university with
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B.C. business and industry. The Engineering faculty
through providing specialized technical consultation
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of business and industry. Students in the "co-op"
program would also make the Faculty and the University
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more aware of the on going problems of industry. Ties
with local industries make specialized facilities
available to the University. All of this would achieve
additional focus if a Research Park is established at SFU.
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THE PROPOSED PROGRAM
It'is recommended that a four year Bachelor's degree program
be established. The first two years should provide a broad, non-special-
ized foundation which will enable students either to continue for the
second two years in the degree specializations selected for development
at SFU or to transfer to.other universities to work in areas not avail-
able at SFU. A graduate program should be developed simultaneously with
the undergraduate program.
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Although it is recommended that degree programs be developed
with conventional undergraduate majors, not all areas often included
Within these majors will be developed. Areas of specialization are
proposed which will correspond to the identified priorities for research
And the needs of B.C. industry and government. The interrelationship of
these areas of specialization with the degree majors is best understood
with the aid of the matrix in the figure below.
Research Specialization
Engineer-
Energy ?
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Extreme
Communication Materials Systems Environments
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Chemical ?
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Areas of Specialization. The specializations of the Engineering
faculty will be determined by the areas. of research the University wishes
to pursue and
by
the areas of concentration for students in the program.
The proposed areas of specialization are:.
a) Telecommunications.
As
a
result of the microcircuit
revolution almost all communication systems will soon
be digital. While the processing technology is very
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similar to that in digital computers the transmission
links involve fibre-optics, microwaves and satellites.
Telecommunication is a major industry in Canada and
the emphasis in B.C. has been heightened with B.C. Tele-
phone's acquisition of Lenkurt and the move of Pacific
Microtel Research from Ontario.
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This emphasis in Engin-
eering would complement the existing strengths in a
number of departments, i.e. Computing Science (hardware-
software architecture), Physics (solid state devices) and
Communication (telecommunications policy and regulation).
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Energy and Materials.
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The general area of energy is
being given very high priority by the provincial and
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federal governments.
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UBC is concentrating its research
effort on coal and we propose to complement this by con-.
centrating on alternate energy sources and conservation.
Many aspects of energy technology depend critically on
the discovery or synthesis of new materials (e.g. solar
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collectors, nuclear waste storage, new batteries, alter-
nate fuels) and it seems appropriate to set up a group
whose research emphasis will be jointly on energy and
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This group will complement existing strengths
in Chemistry (nuclear, solar cells), Physics (batteries,
solar cells, alternate energy sources)., and Natural
Resources Management.
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In addition, the proposed strength
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in chemical engineering will provide the capability to
examine petrochemical processes.
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c)
Industrial Systems. This broad area represents the
application of engineering design tools to productivity,
man-machine systems and manufacturing processes particu-
larly as applied to the forest product and mining indus-
tries. This will complement existing strengths in the
"Management and Systems Science" program proposed by
Mathematics, Computing Science and Business Administra-
tion and the work on ergonomics and occupational health
underway in Kinesiology and Computing Science.
d)
Engineering in Extreme Environments. This concentration
represents the application of engineering design tools to
offshore
centres have
development
been established
and the
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north.
six,British
Offshore
universities,
engineering
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in Norway and in the U.S. at Berkeley and Rice. This is
an appropriate emphasis in the Lower Mainland where
'a
rn.imber of small diving and submersible firms are concentrat-
ed. A'number of these aireadyhave contacts with SFIJ'
through the work on diving in Kinesiology. Northern engin-
eering concentrates on the special problems' created by cold
in developing the North. A similar concentration on Arctic
Engineering exists at the University of Alaska.. Both of
these areas might make use of specialized environmental
chambers in the Kinesiology Environmental Physiology. Unit.
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Departments 'and Degree Programs. It is proposed that Engineer-
ing he set up as a School or a Faculty with three departments. The depart-
ments and their
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proposed sizes are:
Total
Under-
graduate Graduate
'Faculty Students Students
15 ?
350
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20'
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450 ?
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200
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13,000
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100
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
These departments will offer majors in Electrical, Mechanical and chemical
Engineering. ' It should be noted that-Mechanical Engineering includes
components which are often found in' Civil Engineering departments. While
it is premature to spell out the curriculum in detail the proposed concen-
trations within each major are identified:
Electrical: ' Digital circuits', digital signal processing,
communication systems, control systems, solid state
and magnetic devices, computer aided design, 'power
systems.
Mechanical: Structures, solid',mechani-cs, materials, frac-
ture mechanics, heat transfer,' thermodynamics, con-
version of energy, manufacturing processes, computer
aided design, design in hostile environments.
Chemical: Mass transfer, thermodynamics, process
dynamics and control, chemical engineering kinetics,
fuels, computer aided design.
Structure of the Bachelor Degrees. All accredited engineering
degrees in Canada have to meet the requirements summarized in the diagram
below.
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Most Canadian universities offer four year bachelor degrees
in engineering although for historical reasons
IJBC
has a five year
program. We strongly recommend that SFU implement a four year program
with the admission requirements being grade 12 Physics, Mathematics and
Chemistry. Students who enter the University without these requirements
would require an additional one or two semesters. If a high quality
program is based on these entrance requirements we anticipate that it
would be possible for students to transfer to
UBC
(or other universities)
after the first or second years. Indeed, there would be real advantages
if our program were implemented such that it was compatible with that at
UBC; it has been suggested that UBC might then accredit out program one
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year at a time as it was developed (they have already accredited our
first year).
An important feature of any engineering curriculum is the way
in which theory is integrated with practice in synthesis and design
classes. We recommend that priority be given to integrating synthesis
and design in all third and fourth year courses. Further,,' the degree
programs should be offered on a co-op basis to ensure that students are
exposed to real problems (but co-op should not be mandatory). The SFU
semester system is ideally suited to a co-op program.
Graduate Program. It is considered essential that at least a
small, but high quality graduate program be developed simultaneOVsly with
the bachelor's degree. High quality faculty cannot be expected to work
in an environment where they cannot work with graduate students. The
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initial priority will be to develop research M.Sc. and Ph.D..programs.
There is probably . a strong demand for a "professional" masters program
but
this
is given lower priority since it will require additional faculty
and will not contribute to research programs.
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Assumptions:
1.
The Engineering Program is either an independent
Faculty or a School within an existing Faculty.
2.
Assume 3 Departments with the following size:
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Chemical ?
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200 ....20
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100
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The University can provide general purpose class-
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Existing Science Workshops can provide support for
teaching and research.
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It may be possible to obtain access to specialized
lab facilities at BCIT.
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Based on figures for existing SFU departments and on the Engineering
Program at the University of Calgary the following estimates have been
made:
(1,000's of 1979 dollars)
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Faculty Salaries (45 at $30,000) ?
$1,350
Teaching Assistants (100 semester appointments)
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Support Staff Salaries (.44 of Faculty)
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Other Operating Expenses (Prorated from Calgary.)
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2,331
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Engineering program only:
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N.A.S.F.
1)
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17,000
and tutorials
2)
Office space - faculty, departmental,
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Dean's office, G.S., T.A.'s
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Research lab. space - faculty, G.S.
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33,000
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Lab. space
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119,000 N.A.S.F.
(See Appendix D)
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SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION
1.
December 1979
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Approval in principle by SCAP.
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January 1980
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Approval in.principle by Senate.
3.
January-February 1980
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Appoint a Director to develop
a detailed proposal.
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December 1980
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Detailed curriculinn approved by Senate.
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January 1981
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Submit Proposal to Universities Council.
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December 1981
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Approval by UCBC for funding May 1, 1982.
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January-September 1982
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Search for 15 faculty to imple-
ment Years 1 and 2.
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By September 1983
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Appoint additional 15 faculty to
implement Year 3.
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By September 1984
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May 1985
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First graduates.
Appendix A.
Engineering Committee and Consultants
The Engineering Committee as set out below was established on
31 August 1979.
Chairman:
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T.W. Calvert, Dean, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies
M. Plischke, Physics Department
E. Shoemaker, Mathematics Department
J. D'Auria, Chemistry Department
Two external consultants visited SRI and met with the Committee,
senior administrators and chairmen or their. representatives from interested
departments on November 29, 1979..
Their reports will be appended.
1.
Dr. Ernest Masur, Professor and Head, Department of Materials
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Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle
(currently on leave with NSF).
2.
Dr. Angel G. Jordan, Dean of Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon
University.
The Committee, the consultants, and the group who met with the consultants
on November 29 also met and had extensive discussions with Dr..Martin
Wedepohl, Dean of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia.
Because of his role in planning potentially conflicting developments at his
own institution Dr. Wedepohi made it clear that he could not take a posi-
tion on the development of Engineering at SRI. Nevertheless, he provided
invaluable advice on the context in which developments should take place in
this province.
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Appendix B.
1.
Summary of Information from
Statistics Canada, M.O.S.S.T.
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etc.
1979 data from Canadian Council of Professional Engineers
Starting Salary $15,000-19,000.
Average Salary $30,000.
Unemployment rate: less than 3%.
Good employment prospects for civil, electrical and mechanical
engineers. Less certain for chemical engineers.
2.
Enrolment and Degrees Awarded by field in
1978-79
Table A.
Enrollment
Degrees Awarded
Full Time
Engineering
6089
123
Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural Engineering
405
71
Chemical Engineering
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507
Civil Engineering
4952
1298
Design,. Systems Engineering
284
43
Electrical Engineering
4757
1111
Forestry Engineering
678
114
Geological Engineering
526
142
Geophysical Engineering
9
2
Industrial Engineering
465
154
Mechanical Engineering
4192
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1068
Metallurgical Eng., Mat. Sc.
385
72
Mining Engineering
341
56
• Petroleum Engineering
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Surveying Eng., Geodesy.
554
101
Other Engineering
174
59
Engineering Science
346
67
Engineering Physics
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99
• Engineering Chemistry
25
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Total for Full Time
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5105
Note that civil, electrical and
mechanical are roughly equal.
They are twice as large as chemical and 8 to
15 times most
other specializations.
Detailed figures for UBC are shown in Tables D and E which
are attached.
3. Degrees Awarded by Province in 1978.
Table B.
Total
Total per 100,000
in population
Newfoundland
57
10
PEI
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Nova Scotia
230
28
New Brunswick
157
23
(Total Atlantic Prov.)
(444)
Quebec
1425
23
Ontario
2209
27
Manitoba
220
22
Saskatchewan
171
19
Alberta
420
23
B.C.
216
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(Total Western Prov.)
(1027)
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Total for Canada
5105
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Note that B.C. graduated 216 which represents:
4.2% of the Canadian total
21% of the Western Canadian total
51% of the Alberta total
On a per capita basis B.C. graduated a smaller number of Engin-
eers than any other Province except PEI., The B.C. number per
capita is less than half all other Provinces except Newfound-
land. The per capita graduation rate in the U.S. is 1.3 times
that in (tanada.
Directly comparable figures for 1978 are not available but
in
1975 B.C. had 240 hirings which represented:
11.3% of the Canadian total
33% of the Western Canadian total
77% of the Alberta total
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Based on information from our consultants and the Technical
Service Council we can state that there is a considerably
higher demand for engineers in B.C. in 1979 than existed in
1975.
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Migration data is not available by field. For all fields,
university graduates who received their degrees in 1976
showed the following migration pattern by 1978.
Tab
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Province of Origin Percentage of Graduates
Migrated to B.C.
Newfoundland ?
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Nova Scotia ?
1.5
New Brunswick ?
0.5
Ontario ?
0.9
Manitoba
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2.5
Saskatchewan ?
3.5
Alberta, ?
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B.C. (retention)
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Appendix C
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TECHNICAL SERVICE COUNCIL
SUITE 1050, 475 WEST GEORGIA ST., VANCOUVER, B.C.. CANADA V66 4M9. TEL. 582-8886
Contact: A.G. Tinker, Pacific Area Manager
JOBS FOR PROFESSIONALS STILL AT RECORD LNELS
Job
vacancies
for accountants, engineers, scientists and other professionals reached
record levels at
the end of September. The Technical Service Council's quarterly survey
of openings with 1
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600 firms showed demand increased/
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since June 1979
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and
34%
in the
last 12 months.
The Prairies repOrted
more openings than any other region, ousting Ontario from its tradi-
tional position of leadership. The survey showed
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9
165
vacancies in the Prairies, 1,1148
in Ontario, 3142 in B.C. and the Yukon, 324 in Quebec and 39 in the Atlantic provinces.
This is the first time that openings in B.C. have exceeded those in Quebec, which for
years had two-thirds as many openings as Ontario.
Demand in the Prairies increased 62% in the last year, compared to 50% in B.C. and the
Yukon, 25% in the Atlantic provinces, 214% in Ontario. No substantial change was noted
in Quebec. .
"Canadian employers still have confidence in the economy, as evidenced by their active
recruiting," according to N.A. Macdougall, general manager and director of the Technical
Whe
erviCeCouncil/Le
Conseil de Placement
Professioflnel.
"Although there is concern about
effects of the downturn in the American economy, employers are equally concerned
about their inability to hire experienced professionals."
Shortages of specialized engineers,, data processing staff and accountants have intensified
during the last year. Employers in every region of the country report problems filling
openings for experienced professionals.
A survey
of 17 major consulting and resource firms in Alberta showed shortages of senior
engineers, planners, schedulers, systems specialists and auditors. These employers
expected recruiting problems to worsen during the next
six
to twelve months. They
reported a poor quantity and quality of replies to advertisements, an increasing number
of rejected job offers, more counter-Offers by present employers and rapidly increasing
recruitment costs. Some firms were compromising with candidates who had qualifications
well below their standards, while others anticipated recruiting outside of Canada.
Others plan to increase salaries and benefits,
or to
increase their number of trainees.
Employers in Ontario and Quebec report difficulty finding people with three
to five
years' experience. Personnel representatives in consulting engineering firma anticipate
a crisis when engineering begins for the third tar sands plant, the Cold Lake
heavy oil
plants and/or the Foothills pipeline.
The
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national survey showed systems analysts and
computer programmers were in
greater
demand than any other group. One employer reported a turnover of 40% per year.
Demand is also intense for sales engineers and plant engineers. Most
vacancies
are for.
junior or.intermediate people with
specialized experience.
Technical Service Council - pg.2
Jobs for Professionals.....
A strong demand was reported for electronics
technicians
and technologists, instrument
engineers, petroleum engineers, chemical process engineers, personnel managers, plant
superintendents, mechanical draftsmen and accountants.
A 10-year forecast of job prospects for accountants, financed by the Technical Service
Council, shows that supply and demand will be more or less in balance during the period.
Employers will place increased emphasis on academic qualifications, with C,A.'s, C.G.A.'
and R.I,A.a being given preference to people with only practical experience.
The survey showed few jobs for biologists, biochemists, corporate lawyers, chemical
laboratory technicians, food chemists, technical illustrators, welding engineers, ceramic
engineers, junior civil engineers, market researchers, personnel trainees and architectural
draftsmen.
Large university graduating classes provide a good supply of trainees. However, companies
who failed to recruit in universities in the Spring report difficulty hiring
1979
grad-
uates in commerce and most engineering courses. A few civil engineers are still unpiaced.
Arts, general science, physics and life science graduates have had difficulty finding
responsible positions.
A separate survey of vacancies in the $30
9
000 to
$150,000
salary range by Bryce, Haultain
personnel consultants, a division of TSC, showed that the largest proportion (25%) were
for financial and accounting executives. Sales and marketing openings accounted for 17;
traffic, credit and other business 16%; engineering and science 15%; presidents and general
mangers 12; personnel 9%; manufacturing L%; and data processing
33.
An
increasing
number of executives are being laid off because of mergers, plant shutdown
or ineffectual performance. Previously, such people would have been transferred, given
make-work assignments, or retained as consultants. Employers now hire outside consultants
to coach these executives on how to job hunt.
Executives and professionals now change jobs more frequently than was common a few years
ago, but are much less willing to accept positions away from the city in which they live.
Contributing to this immobility are the large number of spouses who work, increased
interest in quality of life and decreased concern with careers, high real-estate prices
in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver and other active job centres, and high
mortgage interest rates.
The Technical Service Council/Le Conseil de Placement Profeesionnel is a non-profit
placement service and personnel consulting firm run by industry. It was set up in 1927
to combat the brain drain to the U.S., when 20% to 30% of the graduating classes in
engineering
and science were emigrating. As a practical means of doing so, it operates
a coast-to-coast placement' service with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton,
Calgary and Vancouver.
The TSC is financed by 650 public-spirited companies. There is no charge to job hunters.
The TSC has put on free "how to job hunt" courses and financed three major studies of the
supply of and demand for university graduates and accountants.
Bryce, Haultain personnel consultants, a TSC division, undertakes relocation counselling,
executive search, employment interviewing
courses and personnel consulting.
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Appendix D
MEMORANDUM
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Interdisciplinary Studies?
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Subject
Engineering
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Space
From
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Wattamaniuk
Analytical Studies
Date ?
December 5, 1979
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Your estimates of a steady state Engineering Program
with: - 45 faculty
- 1,000 F.T.E. undergraduate students
- 100 graduate students
will require the following space:
ENGINEERING PROGRAN ONLY
SPACE REQUIRED
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NASF REQUIRED
1.
Classroom space required for Engineering
lectures and tutorials
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17,000
2.
Office space required for faculty,
departmental offices, graduate students,
T.A.'s, Dean's offices, etc.
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15,000
3.
Engineering Research lab space for faculty/
graduate .research
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33,250
53,700
119,000 NASF
ovided for within an
would require about
feet (at a building
4. Undergraduate Engineering lab space
TOTAL SPACE REQUIRED =
COMMENTS
1. Ideally, the above space should be p
"Engineering Building" and if so, it
119,000 --.65 =183,000 gross square
efficiency of NASF/GROSS = 65%.
2. The above space should be viewed as "steady state" and would
constitute comfortable facilities for the size of Engineering
faculty you have in mind.
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To keep the figure of 119,000
NASF
in perspective, you can
compare it to the size of Calgary's Engineering Complex
( 175,000
NASF
with 68 faculty and 1,172
F.T.E.
students)
or to the size of
S.F.U.'s
Science Complex ( 150,000
NASF
with 75 faculty and 1,125
F.T.E.
students).
3. As well as space required specifically for the Engineering
Program, other University "overhead" space will be required
to support the input of 1,100 additional
F.T.E.
students
and 45 additional faculty to the
S.F.U.
campus.
I estimate this "overhead" space to be approximately
66,000 NASF.
W. Wattamaniuk
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