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4.2 School of Architecture Jean-Pierre Genereux, Jason Gilliland, Marc Glaudemans, Nan Griffiths, Ken Hayes, Edward Hercun, Tanis Hinchcliffe, Macdonald-Harrington Building, Room 201 Andrew Hoffman, Hal Ingberg, Christopher Ives, McGill University Raphael Justewicz, Brigitte Knowles, Andrew Kozina, Hava Low 815 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H3A 2K6 Yon, Hubert Low Yon, Barbara Lawson, David Leatherbarrow, Telephone: (514) 398-6700 Fax: (514) 398-7372 Annie Lebel, Marie-Claude Leblond, Pierre Lefebvre, Janna Levitt, http://www.mcgill.ca/arch Mark London, Marie-Paule Macdonald, Frank McMahon, Eric Marosi, Rudi Meyer, Desmond Morton, Richard Murphy, Director Bernard Olivier, David Owen, Stephen Parcell, Louise Pelletier, David Covo; B.Sc.(Arch.), B.Arch.(McG.), F.R.A.I.C., O.A.Q. Pamela Plumb-Dhindsa, Stephane Pratt, Claude Provencher, Emeritus Professors Roger Bruno Richard, Bernard Saint-Denis, Tom Schweitzer, John Bland; B.Arch.(McG.), A.A. Dipl., D.Sc.(Carleton), R.C.A., Donald Sherefkin, Yves Sherrif, Daniel Smith, Frances Stober, F.R.A.I.C., O.A.Q. (William C. Macdonald Emeritus Professor of David Theodore, Vladimir Topouzanov, Eva Vecsei, Architecture) William Weima, Andrea Wolff, George Yu. Norbert Schoenauer; B.Arch.(Bud.), M.Arch.(McG.), R.C.A., F.R.A.I.C., O.A.Q., C.P.U.Q., M.C.I.P. (William C. Macdonald ARCHITECTURAL CERTIFICATION IN CANADA Emeritus Professor of Architecture) In Canada, all provincial associations recommend a degree from Harold Spence-Sales; A.A.Dipl., M.R.T.P.I., F.C.I.P. an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for Professors licensure. The Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB), Bruce Anderson; B.Arch.(McG.), M.Arch.(Harv.), F.R.A.I.C., which is the sole agency authorized to accredit Canadian profes- O.A.Q. sional degree programs in architecture, recognizes two types of Vikram Bhatt; N.Dip.Arch.(Ahmedabad), M.Arch.(McG.), accredited degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture and the Master of M.R.A.I.C. Architecture. A program may be granted a five-year, three-year, or Derek Drummond; B.Arch.(McG.), F.R.A.I.C., O.A.A. (William C. two-year term of accreditation, depending on its degree of con- Macdonald Professor of Architecture) formance with established educational standards. Alberto Pérez-Gómez; Dipl.Eng.(Nat.Pol.Inst.Mexico), M.A., Masters degree programs may consist of a pre-professional Ph.D.(Essex) (Saidye Rosner Bronfman Professor of undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, which, Architectural History) when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional Adrian Sheppard; B.Arch.(McG.), M.Arch.(Yale), F.R.A.I.C., education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, O.A.Q., A.A.P.P.Q. recognized as an accredited degree. Radoslav Zuk; B.Arch.(McG.), M.Arch.(M.I.T.), D.Sc. Since all provincial associations in Canada recommend any (Ukr.Acad.Art), F.R.A.I.C., F.R.S.A., F.A.R.C., O.A.Q., O.A.A. applicant for licensure to have graduated from a CACB-accredited Associate Professors program, obtaining such a degree is an essential aspect of prepar- Annmarie Adams; B.A.(McG.), M.Arch., Ph.D.(Berkeley), ing for the professional practice of architecture. While graduation M.R.A.I.C. from a CACB-accredited program does not assure registration, the Ricardo Castro; B.Arch.(Los Andes), M.Arch., M.A.(Art History) accrediting process is intended to verify that each accredited pro- (Ore.) M.R.A.I.C. gram substantially meets those standards that, as a whole, com- David Covo; B.Sc.(Arch.), B.Arch.(McG.), F.R.A.I.C., O.A.Q. prise an appropriate education for an architect. Avi Friedman; B.Arch.(Technion), M.Arch.(McG.), Ph.D. (Montr.), O.A.Q., I.A.A. PROGRAMS OF STUDY Robert Mellin; B.Arch., M.Sc.(Arch.)(Penn.State), M.Arch.(McG.), McGill’s professional program in architecture is structured as a M.Sc., Ph.D.(U.Penn.), M.R.A.I.C., N.A.A. four and a half year, or nine semester, course of study divided into Pieter Sijpkes; B.Sc.(Arch.), B.Arch.(McG.) two parts. Faculty Lecturer The first part, for students entering with the Diploma of Collegial Rhona Kenneally Studies in Pure and Applied Science or the equivalent, is a six- Adjunct Professors semester design program leading to a non-professional degree, Manon Asselin, Julia Bourke, Joseph Baker, Nathalie David, Bachelor of Science (Architecture). [Most students from outside Howard Davies, François Dufaux, Gordon Edwards, Quebec are admitted to an eight-semester B.Sc.(Arch.) program François Émond, Julia Gersovitz, Dan Hanganu, Alka Jain, and enter a first year which includes courses outlined in section Phyllis Lambert, Seymour Levine, Harry Mayerovitch, 3.1.3. Serge Melanson, Joanna Nash, Daniel Pearl, Mark Poddubiuk, The second part, for students with the B.Sc.(Arch.) degree, is a Daniella Rohan, Jacques Rousseau, Richard Russell, one and a half year, or three-semester, program leading to the pro- Robert Stanley, Robert Thibodeau, Catherine Vezina, fessional Master of Architecture I degree. Fred Weiser, Samson Yip, Jozef Zorko The professional M.Arch.I replaces the present Bachelor of Research Associates Architecture which is the degree accredited by the CACB for a five- Jim Donaldson, Terrance Galvin, David Krawitz, Rafik Salama year period to December 31, 2000 and recognized as accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) in the Associate Members USA. Clarence Epstein, Tania Martin, Irena Murray, Howard Schubert Students in the B.Sc.(Arch.) program who intend to proceed to Visiting Critics and Lecturers the professional degree must satisfy certain minimum require- Each year visitors are involved in the teaching of certain courses ments including: as lecturers and critics. These visitors change from year to year; in 1999, they were: 1. completion of the B.Sc.(Arch.) degree, including the series of required and complementary courses stipulated for profession- James Aitken, Cheryl Atkinson, Cecile Baird, William Barker, al studies, with a minimum CGPA of 3.00; Ken Bedford, Barry Bell, Borkur Bergman, Torben Berns, Patrick Bernier, Philip Bobrow, Jonathan Bordo, Raouf Boutros, 2. completion of the sequence of six design studios, with a mini- Louis Brillant, Greg Caicco, Eugene Carrelli, Michael Carroll, mum average GPA of 2.70; Charles Charlebois, Randy Cohen, Cynthia Cooper, Hugh Cullum, 3. completion of six months relevant work experience. Georges Copur, Dirk de Meyer, Georges Drolet, Philippe Drolet, Marie-Danielle Faucher, Susan Fisher, Kurt Forster, Further information on the professional M.Arch.I program is avail- Marco Frascari, Stan Fung, Deborah Gans, Pierre Gendron, able on the web at http://www.mcgill.ca/arch.

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Student Exchanges COMPLEMENTARY COURSES 12 A limited number of qualified students may participate in an Students must complete 12 credits of architectural exchange with Schools of Architecture at other universities which complementaries which must include at least one course from have agreements with the McGill School of Architecture, for a each of the areas of concentration listed below in order to qualify maximum of one semester in the second year of the B.Sc.(Arch.) for the B.Sc.(Arch.) degree. program. These include: Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad de A. History B. Theory C. Environmental D. Technics Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia; Istituto Universitario di Architettura Design di Venezia, Venice, Italy; Fakultät für Raumplanung und 301-372A 301-352B 301-350A 301-364B Architektur, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria; The 301-388A 301-363A 301-378B Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Institut 301-377B Supérieur d'Architecture, Saint-Luc Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; 301-522A 301-383B 301-520B 301-461B École d’architecture de Grenoble, Grenoble, France; École 301-528A 301-523B 301-521B 301-471A,B d’architecture Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France. 301-531A 301-524A 301-527B 301-526B 301-532B 301-525A 580-442B ANCILLARY ACADEMIC FACILITIES 301-533B 301-529B Laboratories and Workshops Students may also satisfy the remaining architectural com- Architectural Workshops – Jonathan Rousham, Technician. plementary credit requirements by taking one or more of the Communications Laboratory, including Photo Lab – summer courses listed below: Professor Ricardo Castro and Dr. Donald Chan. 301-317C 301-318C 301-319C 301-379L Computers in Architecture Laboratory and the Apple Design and OUTSIDE ELECTIVES: 6 Modeling Centre – Dr. Donald Chan, System Manager. 6 credits must be completed outside the School of The Building Science Resource Centre – Dr. Avi Friedman. Architecture, subject to School approval. ___ Library TOTAL CREDITS, B.Sc.(Arch.): 100 The Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, located Architectural Complementaries in the Redpath Library – Marilyn Berger. 301-252A (3) intro. to Architectural History I Collections 301-253B (3) Intro. to Architectural History II The Visual Resources Collection, including slides, film, video and 301-317C (4) Avant-Garde Art and Design other materials – Dr. Annmarie Adams. 301-318C (4) Design Sketching The Canadian Architecture Collection, housed in the Blackader- 301-319C (4) The Camera and Perception Lauterman Library – Irena Murray. 301-350A (3) The Material Culture of Canada The Orson Wheeler Architectural Model Collection – 301-352B (3) Art and Theory of House Design Professor Pieter Sijpkes. 301-364B (2) Architectural Modeling 301-372A (2) History of Architecture in Canada CURRICULUM FOR THE B.Sc.(Arch.) DEGREE 301-377B (2) Energy, Environment and Buildings COURSE 301-378A (3) Site Usage REQUIRED COURSES CREDIT 301-379L (4) Summer Course Abroad Non-Departmental Subjects 301-383B (2) Geometry, Architecture and Environment 303-205A,B Statics 3 301-388A (2) Introduction to Historic Preservation 303-220A Law for Architects and Engineers 3 301-461B (1) Freehand Drawing & Sketching 303-229A Surveying for Architects 2 301-471A,B (2) Computer-Aided Building Design 303-283B Strength of Materials 4 301-490A,B (2) Selected Topics in Design ✝ 303-384A Soil Mechanics and Foundations 2 301-520B (3) Montreal: Urban Morphology ✝ 303-385A Structural Steel and Timber Design 3 301-521B (3) Structure of Cities ✝ 303-388B Reinforced Concrete Design 2 301-522A (3) History of Domestic Arch. in Quebec ✝ 2 303-492A Structures 301-523B (3) Significant Texts and Buildings 306-310A,B Engineering Economy 3 24 301-524B (3) Seminar on Architectural Criticism ✝ Candidates intending not to proceed to the M.Arch.I 301-525A (3) Seminar on Analysis and Theory degree may substitute other courses of equal total 301-526B (3) Philosophy of Structure weight for any of these. 301-527B (3) Civic Design Architectural Subjects 301-528A (3) History of Housing 301-201A Communication, Behaviour & Arch. 6 301-529B (3) Housing Theory 301-202B Arch. Graphics and Design Elements 6 301-531A (3) Arch. Intentions from Vitruvius to 301-217A Freehand Drawing I 1 the Renaissance 301-218B Freehand Drawing II 1 301-532B (3) Origins of Modern Architecture 301-240B Organization of Materials in Building 3 301-533B (3) New Approaches to Architectural History 301-250A Architectural History I 3 301-540A,B (3) Selected Topics in Architecture I 301-251B Architectural History II 3 301-541A,B (3) Selected Topics in Architecture II 301-303A Design and Construction I 6 580-442B (2) Enabling Environments 301-304B Design and Construction II 6 COURSES OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL 301-321A Freehand Drawing III 1 301-322B Freehand Drawing IV 1 ● Denotes courses not offered in 2000-01. 301-324T Sketching School I 1 Denotes limited enrolment. 301-327T Summer Project I 1 ★ Denotes courses offered only in alternate years. 301-375A Landscape 2 Unless otherwise indicated, students not registered in the 301-405A Design and Construction III 6 B.Sc.(Arch.) who wish to take courses offered by the School must 301-406B Design and Construction IV 6 obtain a password card from the Student Advisor. 301-428T Summer Project II 1 301-447B Electrical Services 2 301-201A COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIOUR & ARCH. 6(2-10-6) 301-451B Building Regulations & Safety 2 58 Introduction to design; development of design judgement and

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Admissions, Recruitment and Undergraduate Calendar - First Page Chapter - First Page Previous Page Next Page Registrar’s Home Page ENGINEERING – ARCHITECTURE communication skills in a series of exercises addressing light, exercises and problems varying in length from several minutes to scale, space, form and colour in the built environment; introduction several days. Limited enrolment; password card required. to techniques of oral and graphic presentation, including model Professor Covo making, photography, sketching and architectural drawing. The 301-319C THE CAMERA AND PERCEPTION. 4(2-5-5) (Prerequi- course is based in the studio and includes lectures, seminars and site: 301-202B) An intensive study of man and the urban environ- field trips. Professor Covo and Adjunct Faculty ment. Through the use of still photography, the relationship of time, 301-202B ARCH. GRAPHICS & ELEMENTS OF DESIGN. 6(2-10-6) motion, space, place and light are explored in order to gain insights (Prerequisite: 301-201A) Introduction to architectural design; into the urban environment. Topics include: "photographic seeing", consideration of building form in relation to program, structural light, survey of masters, history of photography, camera and dark- system, material selection, site and climate; further development room techniques, tonal control, composition, etc. Limited enrol- of skills in model making, conventional architectural drawing, ment; password card required. Staff axonometric and perspective drawing, sketching and architectural 301-321A FREEHAND DRAWING III. 1(0-3-0) (Prerequisite: 301- rendering. The course is based in the studio and includes lectures, seminars and field trips. Professor Zuk and Adjunct Faculty 218B) A continuation of course 301-218B. Limited enrolment, password card required. 301-217A FREEHAND DRAWING I. 1(0-3-0) Drawing in pencil and Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. charcoal. Limited enrolment, password card required. Section 02:reserved for others. Professor Nash Professor Nash Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. 301-322B FREEHAND DRAWING IV. 1(0-3-0) (Prerequisite: 301- Section 02:reserved for others. 321A) A continuation of course 301-321A.Limited enrolment, password card required. Professor Nash 301-218B FREEHAND DRAWING II. 1(0-3-0) (Prerequisite: 301- Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. 217A) A continuation of course 301-217A Limited enrolment, Section 02:reserved for others. password card required. Professor Nash Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. 301-324T SKETCHING SCHOOL I. 1(0-0-3) (Prerequisite: 301- Section 02:reserved for others. 218B) An eight-day supervised field trip in the late summer to sketch places or things having specific visual characteristics. 301-240B ORGANIZATION OF MATERIALS IN BLDGS. 3(2-3-4) The Students are required to include Sketching School I in the characteristics of basic building materials: wood, steel, masonry B.Sc.(Arch.) program. Professors Castro and Covo and concrete. How building materials are shaped into building components, and how these components are integrated into the 301-327T SUMMER PROJECT I. 1(0-0-3) (Prerequisite: 301-202B) building envelope. Problems, laboratory projects and field trips to These projects are assigned by staff members before the end of illustrate principles. Professor Friedman the session to be submitted at registration for the fall semester. Professors Castro and Sijpkes 301-250A ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY I. 2(2-0-4) The study of architecture and cities in their social, political and cultural contexts from 301-350A THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF CANADA. 3(2-1-6) A study the earliest settlements to the end of the Middle Ages. of Material Culture in Canada, the "stuff" of our lives; using a multi- Professor Castro disciplinary approach to the interpretation of the non-textual materials which have shaped the lives of past and present Canadians, 301-251B ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY II. 2(2-0-4) (Prerequisite: using the resources of the McCord Museum and other Montreal 301-250B) The study of architecture and cities in their social, polit- museums, galleries and collections. ical and cultural contexts from the Renaissance to the present. In- Rhona Kenneally and visitors depth study of the language of architectural history. Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. Rhona Kenneally Section 02:reserved for Canadian Studies. 301-252A INTRO. TO ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY I. 3(3-0-6) The Section 03:reserved for others. study of architecture and cities in their social, political and cultural contexts from the earliest settlements to the end of the Middle 301-352B ART AND THEORY OF HOUSE DESIGN. 3(2-2-5) (Pre- Ages. Introduction to the language of architectural history. Open requisite: 301-202B or permission of instructor.) An examination of only to students outside the School of Architecture. Limited enrol- the art and theory of the design of houses by architects who devel- ment, password card required. Professor Castro oped the form to perfection. Lectures and field trips will focus on the work of selected house architects from antiquity to the present. 301-253B INTRO. TO ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY II. 3(3-0-6) The Professor Bruce Anderson study of architecture and cities in their social, political and cultural Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. contexts from the Renaissance to the present. In-depth study of the language of architectural history. Open only to students outside Section 02:reserved for others. the School of Architecture. Limited enrolment, password card 301-364B ARCHITECTURAL MODELING. 3(2-1-6) (Prerequisite: required. Rhona Kenneally 301-202B and 301-471B) Architectural modeling using digital 301-303A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION I. 6(2-10-6) (Prerequisite: media. Topics include: advanced 3-D modeling and rendering 301-202B) An exploration of the design of buildings. Projects techniques; raster and vector image editing; digital animation; emphasize the major social, technological, environmental, and hypertext and the World Wide Web; issues of representation and symbolic aspects of the design process. Introduction to specific methodology; comparison of various publishing media. Limited en- modelling, presentation, and documentation techniques. Discus- rolment. Professor Yip sions, readings, field trips and practical exercises. ★ 301-372A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN CANADA. 2(2-0-4) Professors Castro, Mellin and Sijpkes (Prerequisite: 301-202B) (Given alternate years, alternating with 301-388A.) French, British and American influences in the Mari- 301-304B DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION II. 6(2-10-6) (Prerequisite: 301-303A) Continuation of Design and Construction I with projects time Provinces, Quebec and Ontario. Limited enrolment; pass- of increasing complexity. Projects deal with particular aspects of word card required. Professor Gersovitz architectural design and/or explore approaches to design method- 301-375A LANDSCAPE. 2(2-2-2) (Prerequisite: 301-202B) Land ology. Discussions, readings, field trips and practical exercises. form, plant life, microclimate; land use and land preservation; ele- Professors Castro and Sijpkes ments and methods of landscape design. Professor Émond 301-318C DESIGN SKETCHING. 4(2-5-5) (Prerequisite: 301- 301-377B ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDINGS. 2(2-0-4) (Pre- 202B) Pictorial drawing in the design process; relationship of requisite: 301-202B or permission of instructor) Energy consump- drawing type to design intention; strategies for visualization and tion in the built environment; architectural means to conserve representation based on perspective sketching, axonometric and energy; the potential and limitations of unconventional sources of oblique projection in selected media; studio work based on design energy; a comparative study of energy conserving buildings and

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301-378A SITE USAGE. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 301-202B or per- 301-461B FREEHAND DRAWING AND SKETCHING. 1(0-3-0) (Prereq- mission of instructor) The study of the creation, form and usage of uisite: 301-324C) Drawing and sketching in pencil, charcoal and the exterior space generated in various patterns of low-rise hous- other media both in the studio and out-of-doors. Professor Covo ing. Socio-cultural aspects of patterns; exterior space as a logical extension of the living unit; social control of the use of urban and 301-471A,B COMPUTER-AIDED BUILDING DESIGN. 2(2-2-2) suburban land; comparative model for low-rise housing patterns. (Prerequisite: 301-202B or equivalent) An introduction to selected Limited enrolment; password card required. applications of interactive computing in architecture; emphasis on development of simple algorithms in graphic, as well as non- Professor Drummond graphic, modes in hands-on situations in the lab; field trips to sev- Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. eral in use installations. Limited enrolment; password card re- Section 02:reserved for others. quired. Staff

301-379L SUMMER COURSE ABROAD. (4 credits) (Prerequisite: 301-490A,B SELECTED TOPICS IN DESIGN. 2(2-0-4) (Prerequisite: 301-202B or permission of instructor) Study of a distinct urban en- 301-202B or permission of instructor.) A course to allow the intro- vironment and its key buildings; graphic recording and analysis of duction of special topics in related areas of design. Staff physical configuration, constructional peculiarities and present use. Excursions to neighbouring sites of special architectural inter- 301-520B MONTREAL: URBAN MORPHOLOGY. 3(2-1-6) (Prerequi- est. Limited enrolment; password card required. site: 301-251B) Historical, geographical, demographical, and regional evolution of the metropolis of Montreal. Topics include: Professors Castro and Zuk important quartiers, the Montreal urban grid, industrialization, re- 301-383B GEOMETRY, ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENT. 2(2-0-4) form movements, geographical diversity, urban culture, local build- (Prerequisite: 301-202B or permission of instructor) Geometry in ing techniques and materials. Basic concepts of urban morphology the formal structure of design. Grids, lattices, polygons and poly- and their relationships to the contemporary urban context will be hedra; proportional systems. Evidence of these figures and struc- explored. Limited enrolment. Professor Rohan tures in natural objects and phenomena. Graphical and physical Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. models. Application to architecture and the human environment. Section 02:reserved for others. Professor Zuk ● 301-521B STRUCTURE OF CITIES. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 301- ● ★ 301-388A INTRODUCTION TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 202B or permission of instructor) Nature, pattern and life of 2(2-2-2) (Prerequisite: 301-303A) (Given alternate years, alternat- modern cities. Urban networks, special areas, problems and ing with 301-372A.) Historic attitudes and terminologies of conser- prosects. Limited enrolment, password card required. vation; historic research techniques. Restoration technology of Professor Anderson building materials and principles of interior design in the 19th and Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. 20th centuries; current preservation planning. Section 02:reserved for others. Professor Gersovitz 301-522A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC ARCH. IN QUEBEC. 3(2-0-7) 301-405A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION III. 6(2-10-6) (Prerequi- (Prerequisite: 301-251A) The architecture of houses in Quebec sites: 301-304B and 301-428T) A structured investigation of archi- from 1650 to the present. Distinguished buildings are reviewed tectural concepts; program interpretation with respect to relevant from the point of view of form, style, siting and material, as influ- cultural, social and environmental contexts; applications of appro- enced by climate, culture and architectural antecedents in France, priate formal languages and building technologies in integrated England and the United States. The course material is presented proposals for a variety of building forms. through alternating bi-weekly lectures and seminars. Limited en- Professors Anderson, Sheppard and Zuk rolment; password card required. Professor Anderson and Adjunct Faculty ● ★ 301-523B SIGNIFICANT TEXTS & BUILDINGS. 3(2-0-7) 301-406B DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IV. 6(2-10-6) (Prerequisite: (Prerequisite: 301-251A) (Alternating with 301-524B.) Critical 301-405A) A detailed study and comprehensive development of study of significant architectural thought since 1750 as it has been architectural proposals for complex building types and site condi- expressed in buildings and texts (treatises, manifestos, criticisms). tions; the exploration of coherent initial concepts with respect to A specific theme will be addressed every year to allow in-depth in- programmatic requirements, image and form; subsequent elabo- terpretations of the material presented and discussed. Limited en- ration leading to meaningful and technologically viable designs for rolment; password card required. Professor Castro the built environment. Professors Anderson, Davies, Sheppard and Adjunct Faculty ★ 301-524B SEMINAR ON ARCHITECTURAL CRITICISM. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 301-251A) (Alternating with 301-523B.) The devel- 301-428T SUMMER PROJECT II. 1(0-0-3) (Prerequisite: 301-304B) opment and current role of architectural criticism with particular See course 301-327T. Professors Anderson, reference to its affinities with art and literary criticism. Limited en- Sheppard and Zuk rolment; password card required. Professor Castro

301-447B ELECTRICAL SERVICES. 2(2-2-2) (Prerequisite: 301- 301-525A SEMINAR ON ANALYSIS AND THEORY. 3(2-0-7) 304B) Production, measurement and control of light; design of (Prerequisite: 301-202B or permission of instructor) Analysis and lighting systems; electrical distribution in residential and commer- evaluation of significant architectural projects with reference to cial buildings; Canadian Electrical Code. Limited enrolment, pass- contemporary architectural theories. Limited enrolment; password word card required. Professor Edwards card required. Professor Zuk Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. 301-526B PHILOSOPHY OF STRUCTURE. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: Section 02:reserved for others. 301-202B or permission of Instructor) (Not open to students who 301-451B BUILDING REGULATIONS AND SAFETY. 2(2-2-2) (Prereq- have taken 301-374B.) Philosophy of Structure aims to investigate uisite: 301-406B) The study of building codes with specific empha- structure in its broadest sense. The course is divided in two halves; sis on the National Building and National Fire Codes of Canada. the first one gives an overview of the development of theoretical Examples of existing buildings with assignments to illustrate structural frameworks such as mathematics and geometry, while regulations. Development of a systematic approach to the imple- the second one highlights physical structures constructed by na-

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Admissions, Recruitment and Undergraduate Calendar - First Page Chapter - First Page Previous Page Next Page Registrar’s Home Page ENGINEERING – CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ture (geology, turbulence), man or animals. Password card re- and of current techniques in urban design. Limited enrolment, quired. Professor Sijpkes password card required. Professor Fischler Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. Section 02:reserved for others. Section 02:reserved for others. 301-527B CIVIC DESIGN. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 301-378A) The el- 301-554A MECHANICAL SERVICES IN BUILDINGS. 2(2-0-4) (Prereq- ements of form in buildings and their siting design in the urban set- uisite: 301-405A or permission of instructor.) Problems encoun- ting. Password card required, limited enrolment. tered in providing mechanical services in buildings. Physiological Professor Drummond and environmental aspects of heat, ventilation and air conditions, estimation of heating and cooling loads and selection and specifi- Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. cation of equipment. Sprinkler systems and plumbing. Construc- Section 02:reserved for others. tion problems produced by installation of this equipment. Limited 301-528A HISTORY OF HOUSING. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 301- enrolment, password card required. Professor Levine 251A or permission of instructor) Indigenous housing both tran- Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. sient and permanent, from the standpoint of individual structure Section 02:reserved for others. and pattern of settlements. The principal historic examples of 301-555B ENVIRONMENTAL ACOUSTICS. 2(2-0-4) (Prerequisite: houses including housing in the age of industrial revolution and 301-405A or permission of instructor.) Acoustics in architectural contemporary housing. Limited enrolment. Enrolment Cap is design, and in environmental control of buildings. Acoustical re- placed on each section. Professor Sijpkes quirements in the design of auditoria such as theatres, lecture Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. halls, opera houses, concert halls, churches, motion picture thea- Section 02:reserved for Masters of Architecture students. tres, studios. Principles of noise and vibration control, sound insu- Section 03:reserved for Urban Planning students. lating in building construction. Practical noise control in various Section 04:reserved for Urban Systems Students. types of buildings. Limited enrolment, password card required. Section 05:reserved for Engineering Students. Professor Melanson Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. 301-529B HOUSING THEORY. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 301-528A or Section 02:reserved for others. permission of instructor) A review of environmental alternatives in housing; contemporary housing and the physical and sociological ● 580-442B ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS. 2(1-2-3) (Prerequisite: determinants that shape it; Canadian housing. Limited enrolment, 301-303A for Architecture students; 580-326D for Occupational password card required. Professor Schoenauer Therapy students) Students work in multi-disciplinary teams under Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. the supervision of faculty and visitors on projects in the design and Section 02:reserved for others. construction of environments for the disabled drawn from case histories of selected institutions. Course work may include group and 301-531A ARCH. INTENTIONS FROM VITRUVIUS TO THE RENAIS- individual field trips to hospitals, clinics or specific project sites. SANCE. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 301-251A) Architectural intentions Limited enrolment. Professors Gisel, Covo and visitors embodied in buildings and writings of architects from antiquity to the Renaissance. Special emphasis is placed on the cultural connections of architecture to science and philosophy. Limited enrol- 4.3 Department of Chemical Engineering ment, password card required. Professor Pérez-Gómez M.H. Wong Building, Room 3060 Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. McGill University Section 02:reserved for others. 3610 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B2 301-532B ORIGINS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE. 3(2-0-7) (Prereq- Telephone: (514) 398-4494 Fax: (514) 398-6678 uisite: 301-251A) Examination of architectural intentions (theory http://www.engineering.mcgill.ca/chem/index.htm and practice) in the European context (especially France, Italy and Chair England), during the crucial period that marks the beginning of the Richard J. Munz; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc.(Wat.), Ph.D.(McG.), Eng. modern era. Limited enrolment, password card required. Professors Professor Pérez-Gómez David G. Cooper; B.Sc., Ph.D.(Tor.) Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. John M. Dealy; B.S.(Kansas), M.S.E., Ph.D.(Mich.), Eng. Section 02:reserved for others. W.J. Murray Douglas; B.Sc.(Qu.), M.S.E., Ph.D.(Mich.) 301-533B NEW APPROACHES TO ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. Musa R. Kamal; B.S.(Ill.) M.S., Ph.D.(Carnegie-Mellon), Eng. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 301-251A or permission of instructor) An Arun S. Mujumdar; B.Ch.E.(Bombay), M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) exploration of the aims, tools, and methods of Architectural History Alejandro D. Rey; B.Ch.Eng.(CCNY), Ph.D.(Berkeley) as a discipline; the use of primary sources from the Canadian Cen- Juan H. Vera; B.Mat.(Chile), Ing.Quim.(U.T.E.), M.S.(Berkeley), tre for Architecture and other archives. Limited enrolment; pass- Dr.Ing.(Santa Maria), Ing. word card required. Professor Adams Bohumil Volesky; M.Sc.(Czech. Tech. Univ.), Ph.D.(W.Ont.) 301-540A,B SELECTED TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE I. 3(2-0-7) Martin E. Weber; B.S.E.(Prin.), Sc.D.(M.I.T.), P.Eng. A course to allow the introduction of new topics in Architecture as Associate Professors needs arise, by regular and visiting staff. Staff Dimitrios Berk; B.Sc.(Bosphorus), M.E.Sc.(W.Ont.), Ph.D.(Calg.), P.E n g. 301-541A,B SELECTED TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE II. 3(2-0-7) A course to allow the introduction of new topics in Architecture as Jean-Michel Charrier; Dipl. Ing., E.N.S.A.M.(Paris), M.S., needs arise, by regular and visiting staff. Staff Ph.D.(Akron), Ing. Jean-Luc Meunier; Dipl. Ing., EPFL(Lausanne), M.Sc., Ph.D., 301-550B URBAN PLANNING I. 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: B.Sc.(Arch.) INRS(Varennes), Ing. or permission of instructor.) (Not normally open to Urban Planning Jana Simandl; B.Eng.(McG.), Ph.D.(Calg.), P.Eng. students.) Theory and practice. An examination of different basic approaches to urban planning with special reference to Quebec. Assistant Professor Limited enrolment, password card required. Staff Wayne A. Brown; B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) Section 01:reserved for Architecture students. Assistant Professor (Special Category) Section 02:reserved for others. Paula Wood-Adams; B.Sc.(Alta), M.Eng, Ph.D.(McG.) 301-551A URBAN PLANNING II. 3(2-1-6) (Prerequisite: 301-550B) Associate Members Urban design and project development, theory and practice. De- Thomas M.S. Chang; B.Sc., M.D., Ph.D.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C) tailed analysis of selected examples of the development process Reinhold H. Crotogino; B.A.Sc.(U.B.C.), Ph.D.(McG.)

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Harry L. Goldsmith; B.Sc., M.A.(Oxon.), Ph.D.(McG.) ACADEMIC PROGRAM (Experimental Medicine) For those who have completed the Quebec CEGEP level program PAPRICAN Adjunct Professors in Pure and Applied Sciences, the Chemical Engineering Program George J. Kubes; B.Eng., M.Eng.(Prague), Ph.D.(Bratislava) comprises 110 credits as outlined below. Certain students who take advantage of summer session courses can complete the Gil B. Garnier; B.Appl.Sc., M.Appl.Sc.(Sherbrooke), Ph.D.(Virginia departmental programs in three calendar years. Students who Polytechnic Institute and State University) have passed Chemistry 202 or 302 at the CEGEP level are exempt Adjunct Professors from course 180-212 or 234, respectively (Introductory Organic Bohumil Alince, Manon Bérubé, Pierre Bisaillon, Chemistry I and Selected Topics in Organic Chemistry), the corre- Richard Campeau, Lionel Chartier, Earl J. Chin, sponding courses are transferred from required courses to elec- Norman E. Cooke, Gordon Cooper, Mireille Cote, Peter Csakany, tives. CEGEP students who have the appropriate calculus Eric Denman, Pierre Duhaime, Kenneth Frei, Andrés Garcia- background may write Advanced Credit Placement Examinations Rejon, Sylvain Gendron, Robert W. Gooding, Serge Guiot, at a time and place to be announced by the Faculty. Successful Norayr Gurnagul, Bing Huang, R. Bruce Kerr, Tadeusz Kudra, completion will give 3 credits for course 189-260 Intermediate Cal- Caroline Ladanowski, Pascale Lagacé, Norman Liebergott, culus. David J. McKeagan, Monica Nasmyth, Raman Nayar, For appropriately qualified high school graduates from outside Ky T. Nguyen, Jean R. Paris, Michel Perrier, Norman Peters, Quebec, an extended credit program is available, as described in Ivan I. Pikulik, Alain A. Roche, John Sarlis, Paul Stuart, section 3.1.2. Khoa Tran, Roger C. Urquhart, Leszek A. Utracki. In some cases students from university science disciplines have sufficient credits to complete the requirements for the B.Eng. The central purpose of engineering is to pursue solutions to tech- (Chemical) program in two years. Those concerned should dis- nological problems in order to satisfy the needs and desires of cuss this with their advisor. society. Chemical engineers are trained to solve the kinds of problems that are typically found in the "chemical process industries", Students must obtain a C grade or better in all core courses. For which include the chemical manufacturing, plastics, water treat- the Department of Chemical Engineering core courses include all ment, pulp and paper, petroleum refining, ceramics, and paint required courses (departmental and non-departmental) as well as industries as well as substantial portions of the food processing, complementary courses (departmental). A grade of "D" is a pass- textile, nuclear energy, biochemical and pharmaceutical indus- ing grade in other complementary courses and in any elective tries. The technological problems and opportunities in these indus- courses taken. tries are often closely linked to social and economic questions. For this reason, practitioners of chemical engineering often deal with CURRICULUM FOR THE B.ENG. DEGREE IN CHEMICAL these questions when they are working in management, pollution ENGINEERING abatement, product development, marketing and equipment COURSE design. REQUIRED COURSES CREDIT The discipline of chemical engineering is distinctive in being Non-Departmental Courses based equally on physics, mathematics and chemistry. Application 180-212A,B Introductory Organic Chemistry I 4 of these three fundamental sciences is basic to a quantitative 180-233B Sel. Topics in Phys. Chemistry 3 understanding of the process industries. Those with an interest in 180-234A,B Sel. Topics in Org. Chemistry 3 the fourth major science, biology, will find several courses in the 189-260A,B Intermediate Calculus 3 chemical engineering curriculum which integrate aspects of the 189-261A,B Differential Equations 3 biological sciences relevant to process industries such as food 189-265A,B Advanced Calculus 3 processing, fermentation and water pollution control. Courses on 306-221A,B Engineering Professional Practice 1 the technical operations and economics of the process industries 306-310A,B Engineering Economy 3 are added to this foundation. The core curriculum concludes with 308-208A,B Computers in Engineering 3 26 process design courses taught by practicing design engineers. Problem-solving, experimenting, planning and communication Chemical Engineering Courses skills are emphasized in courses throughout the core curriculum. 302-200A Intro. to Chemical Eng. 4 302-204B Chemical Manuf. Processes 3 By means of complementary courses, students can also obtain 302-220B Chem. Eng.Thermodynamics 3 further depth in technical areas and breadth in non-technical sub- 302-291A Instr. Measurements Lab. 4 jects. Some students elect to complete a minor in biotechnology, 302-314A Fluid Mechanics 4 management, materials engineering, computer science, environ- 4 mental engineering or chemistry. 302-315B Heat and Mass Transfer 302-340B Process Modelling 3 The solution to many environmental problems requires an 302-351B Separation Processes 3 understanding of technological principles. A chemical engineering 302-360A,B Technical Paper I 1 degree provides an ideal background. In addition to relevant mate- 302-370A Elements of Biotechnology 3 rial learned in the core program, a selection of environmental com- 3 plementary courses and minor programs is available. The 302-380A Materials Science involvement of many chemical engineering staff members in envi- 302-392A Project Laboratory I 4 ronmental research provides the opportunity for undergraduate 302-393B Project Laboratory II 5 students to carry out research projects in this area. 302-423A Chemical Reaction Engineering 4 302-453A Process Design 4 The curriculum also provides the preparation necessary to 302-456A,B Design Project I 1 undertake postgraduate studies leading to the M.Eng. or Ph.D. 5 degrees in chemical engineering. Students completing this curric- 302-457A,B Design Project II ulum acquire a broad, balanced education in the natural sciences 302-455B Process Control 4 with the accent on application. Thus, for those who do not continue 302-462A,B Technical Paper II 1 in chemical engineering, it provides an exceptionally balanced 302-474A Biochemical Engineering 3 education in applied science. For others, it will form the basis of an 302-484B Materials Engineering 3 69 educational program that may continue with a variety of studies COMPLEMENTARY COURSES such as business administration, medicine or law. Versatility is, Courses to be selected from those approved by the 9 then, one of the most valuable characteristics of the graduate of Department (see list of technical complementaries the chemical engineering program. below)

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take additional courses, particularly those offered by the Depart- See section 3.3. The Chemical Engineering program 6 requires 6 credits selected from categories (i) and (ii) ment of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agri- cultural and Environmental Sciences, and courses in biochemistry of section 3.3. ___ and microbiology. The food, beverage and pharmaceutical indus- TOTAL 110 tries are large industries in the Montreal area and these courses If advanced credit is obtained for 189-260 Intermediate Calculus are relevant to these industries and to the new high technology (see section 2.3), the total number of credits is reduced by three. applications of biotechnology. For students starting their B.Eng. studies in September who have The third area in which there is a sequence of courses is completed the Quebec Diploma of Collegial Studies, a program for Pollution Control. The Department offers two courses in this area: the first two semesters of study is given below: 302-471A and 302-472B. As some water pollution control problems are solved by microbial processes, course 302-474B is also Semester 1 Credits relevant to the pollution control area. Likewise as the solution to 180-212A Organic Chemistry I 4 pollution problems frequently involves removal of particulate mat- 189-260A Intermediate Calculus 3 ter from gaseous or liquid streams, course 302-452B is also rele- 302-200A Intro. to Chemical Eng. 4 vant. Additional courses in this area are listed under section 5.7. 302-291A Instr. Meas. Lab. 4 A Minor in Biotechnology is also offered in the Faculties of 306-221A,B Engineering Professional Practice 1 16 Engineering and of Science with emphasis on Molecular Biology and Chemical Engineering Processes. A full description of the Semester 2 Minor program appears in section 5.2. 180-234B Organic Chemistry II 3 Note that many of the technical complementaries are offered 189-261B Differential Equations 3 only in alternate years. Students should, therefore, plan their com- 3 302-204B Chemical Manuf. Processes plementaries as far ahead as possible. With the approval of the 302-220B Chem. Eng. Thermodynamics 3 instructor and academic adviser, students may also take graduate 308-208B Computers in Engineering 3 15 (302-5XX level) courses as technical complementaries. Students entering their second year of study or who are start- ELECTIVE COURSES ing in January must plan their program of studies in consultation with their departmental adviser. Students who have obtained exemptions for courses, i.e. for CEGEP courses equivalent to 180-212 or 180-234, or who take For students admitted to the 8-semester program (see section more than the minimum requirements for the degree, may choose 3.1.2), the additional courses are specified in the "Welcome" university level courses in any field. Approval of an elective course book, and can also be found on the Faculty website (http:// requires only that no timetable conflicts are created and that it not www.engineering.mcgill.ca). be a repetition of material already covered in the curriculum or TECHNICAL COMPLEMENTARIES already mastered by the student. A minimum of 9 credits of complementary courses must be chosen CURRICULUM COMMITTEE from a list of technical complementaries approved by the Depart- The Curriculum Committee is composed of three students, elected ment. The purpose of this requirement is to provide students with by their classes, and two staff members. This Committee provides an area of specialization within the broad field of chemical engi- a forum for all matters involving undergraduate student/staff inter- neering. Alternatively, some students use the technical comple- actions. While the primary concern is with matters of curriculum mentaries to increase the breadth of their chemical engineering and courses (their content, evaluation, scheduling, etc.), the Com- training. mittee has also taken up a number of other matters in recent years, At least two (2) technical complementary courses are to be e.g. working space, facilities (equipment and libraries), etc. selected from those offered by the Department (list below). Per- mission is given to take the third complementary course from other CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING suitable undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Engineering (see The Chemical Engineering Student Society has for many years for example the Faculty list of courses in section 4.1.1). been affiliated both with the CSChE (Canadian Society for Chem- The technical complementary courses currently approved by the ical Engineering) and with the AIChE (American Institute of Chem- Department are as follows: ical Engineers). For a nominal fee students receive "Canadian : 302-363A,B Projects in Chemical Engineering I Chemical News", a monthly publication, and the AlChE Student Members Bulletin as well as other privileges of student member- 302-438B Eng. Princ. of Pulp & Paper Processes ship in the two societies. The student chapter also organizes a 302-452B Particulate Systems series of local social, educational and sporting events. For exam- 302-458A Computer Applications ple, recent events have included student-professor banquets and 302-464A,B Projects in Chemical Engineering II Christmas parties, dances, speakers, broomball games and joint 302-471A Industrial Water Pollution Control (or 303-430A) meetings with the Montreal Section of the CSChE. The latter gives 302-472B Industrial Air Pollution Control (or 305-534B) students a chance to mix with practising chemical engineers. 302-481A Polymer Engineering 302-487A Chemical Processing in the Electronics Industry COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT 302-494A,B Research Project and Seminar ● Denotes courses not offered in 2000-01 302-495A,B Research Project and Seminar Complementary courses 302-571B Small Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering Courses with Limited Enrolment 302-581B Polymer Composites Engineering * a D grade is acceptable for prerequisite purposes only 202-505B Selected Topics in Biotechnology (Biotechnology Minor students only) 302-200A INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. 4(3-2-8) (Restrictions: students with DCS in PAS, HS or equivalent.) Intro- Courses 481A and 581B comprise a Polymeric Materials duction to the design of industrial processes. Survey of unit oper- sequence. Additional courses in this area are available in the ations, and systems of units. Elementary material balances, first Chemistry Department (e.g. 180-455A) or at the graduate level and second laws of thermodynamics, use of property tables and (302-681 to 684). The Department has considerable expertise in charts, steady flow processes, heat engines, refrigeration cycles. the polymer area. Relationships between thermodynamic properties, property esti- Courses 370A and 474A make up a sequence in Biochemical mation techniques. Laboratory and design exercise. Engineering-Biotechnology. Students interested in this area may Professors Dealy and Vera

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302-204B CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. 3(2-3-4) (Pre- 302-392A PROJECT LABORATORY I. 4(3-3-6) (Prerequisites: 302- requisite: 302-200A) Introduction to degrees of freedom. Problem 291B) Planning for the solution of experimental problems; design solving in the design of simple processes (mixing, washing, decan- of experiments for logical and statistical interpretation; statistical tation) and separation processes (evaporation, binary distillation). analysis of experimental data; effective work in groups; selected Elements of reaction engineering and process control and design. laboratory exercises. Professor Weber Professor Berk 302-393B PROJECT LABORATORY II. 5(2-10-4) (Prerequisite: 302- 302-220B CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS. 3(3-1-8) 392A) Student groups execute and report on experimental (Prerequisite: 302-200A) Application of thermodynamic equilibri- projects. Professor Weber and Staff um; free energy and equilibrium; phase rule; chemical reaction 302-423A CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING. 4(3-1-8) (Prerequi- equilibrium for homogenous and multicomponent/multiphase sys- sites: 180-233B; 302-315B) Review of fundamental concepts in tems. Application to the design of binary distillation. Laboratory chemical reaction thermodynamics and kinetics. Mass and energy exercise. Professor Cooper balances for homogenous ideal reactors. Batch, semi-batch and 302-230B ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGY. continuous operation. Heterogenous reactions, effect of heat and 3(3-0-6) The impact of urbanization and technology on the envi- mass transfer on the global rate, introduction to catalytic and non- ronment. Topics include urbanization: causes, effects, land use catalytic reactions and multiphase reactors. Laboratory exercises. regulations; transportation technology and environmental implica- Professor Berk tions; environmental impact of energy conversions; energy policy ● 302-430A TECHNOLOGY IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 3(3-1-5) alternatives; formulation of energy and environmental policy; air (Restricted to final year students by permission of instructor.) The pollution: sources, effects, control; water pollution: sources, power of technology to shape man's physical, economic and social effects, control. MARS passwords distributed after the first class. environment: effects of technological transitions on culture and Professor Volesky ecology; TIA methodologies, public participation, engineering con- 302-291A INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY. 4(2-5-5) tributions, regulations; implications of TIA on social and economic Elements of statistical analysis associated with instrumental development. Limited enrolment. Ms Ladanowski measurements. Principles of operation and calibration of selected 302-438B ENGRG PRINCIPLES IN PULP & PAPER PROCESSES. measuring instruments. Principles of modern data acquisition and 3(3-0-6) (Corequisites: 302-423A) Characterization of wood, pulp processing. Introduction to instrument system selection in chemi- and paper. Flowsheets of basic pulping processes. Applications of cal engineering. Professor Cooper thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, and re- 302-314A FLUID MECHANICS. 4(3-3-6) (Prerequisite: 302-204B. action engineering principles in the pulp and paper processes. Corequisite: 189-265A.) Fluid properties; dimensional analysis; Dr. Kubes drag; packed/fluidized beds; macroscopic energy balances, Ber- 302-452B PARTICULATE SYSTEMS. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisites: 302- noulli's equation and linear momentum theorem; flowmeters, pipe- 201A, 302-210B*) Study of operations involving multiphase sys- line systems, non-Newtonian fluids, microscopic balances leading tems with one of the phases finely sub-divided as bubbles, drops to continuity and Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer approx- or particles. Applications in grinding, agglomeration, settling, fluid- imation; turbulence. Laboratory exercises. Professor Mujumdar ization etc. Professor Munz 302-315B HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER. 4(3-2-7) (Prerequisite: 302- 302-453A PROCESS DESIGN. 4(4-1-7) (Prerequisites: 302-315B; 314A) Transport of heat and mass by diffusion and convection; 306-310A,B. Corequisite: 302-351B) Analysis of design alterna- transport of heat by radiation; diffusion; convective mass transfer; tives. Structure of process design systems, degrees of freedom, drying; gas-liquid separations; absorption; mathematical formula- information flow. Computer-aided process and plant design pro- tion of problems and equipment design for heat and mass transfer; grams, physical properties, specifications, recycle convergence, laboratory exercises. Professor Brown optimization, applications, economics. Safety, environmental con- 302-340B PROCESS MODELLING. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequisites: 189- trol in plant design. Professor Simandl 261A,B; 189-265A,B; 302-314A) Principles of mathematical mod- 302-455B PROCESS CONTROL. 4(3-1-8) (Prerequisites: 302-315B; elling in chemical engineering: problem formulation, solution, dis- 302-351B; 302-423A) Dynamic modelling of processes, transfer crete systems; difference and difference-differential equations, functions, first and higher-order systems, dead-time, open and methods of solution; understanding system behaviour, optimiza- closed loop responses, empirical models, stability, feedback con- tion. Professor Rey trol, controller tuning, transient response, frequency response, 302-351B SEPARATION PROCESSES. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisites: 302- feedforward and ratio control, introduction to computer control, 204B; 308-208A,B; 302-220B. Corequisites: 302-315B.) Concepts sampling, discrete models, Z-transform, introduction to multivaria- underlying separation processes. Equilibrium-based processes ble control. Laboratory exercises. Professor Wood-Adams with staging and continuous contacting, distillation, evaporation, 302-456A/B DESIGN PROJECT I. 1(1-0-2) (Prerequisite: 302-393B. liquid-liquid extraction, leaching. Introduction to membrane based Corequisite: 302-453A. Must be taken in the semester preceding separations. Professor Simandl 302-547.) Introduction to a process design and economic evalua- 302-360A,B TECHNICAL PAPER I. 1(0-0-3) A technical paper pre- tion project for a major industrial operation. Students work in small pared according to instructions issued by the Department. group under an experienced plant design supervisor. Mr. Denman Professors Kamal and Simandl 302-363A,B PROJECTS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING I. 2(1-0-5) 302-457A/B DESIGN PROJECT II. 5(1-2-12) (Prerequisite: 302- (Prerequisite: 302-200A*) Projects on social or technical aspects 456A/B. Must be taken in the semester following 302-456.) A proc- of chemical engineering practice. Students must suggest their own ess plant design and economic evaluation for a major industrial op- projects to be approved and supervised by a member of the staff. eration. Students work in small groups, under an experienced Students may work in groups. Staff plant design supervisor. Plant visit. Professors Kamal 302-370A ELEMENTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisite: and Simandl 180-234A,B) Industrially important proteins, carbohydrates and 302-458A COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. 3(2-3-4) (Prerequisites: other biochemicals, industrially significant microbes; cell structure 308-208A,B and 302-393B) Use of computers and software as and metabolism; laboratory exercises. Professor Brown problem solving aids in chemical engineering. Lectures on soft- 302-380A MATERIALS SCIENCE. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequisite: 302-220B) ware engineering, computer architectures, and multitasking. In Structure/property relationship. Atomic and molecular structure, laboratory work, groups of students will produce software to be bonds, electronic band structure. Order in solids: crystal structure, used and maintained by others. Professor Wood-Adams disorders, solid phases. Mechanical properties and fracture, 302-462A,B TECHNICAL PAPER II. 1(0-0-3) (Prerequisite: 302- physico-chemical properties, design. Professors Munz 360A) A technical paper prepared according to instructions issued and Volesky by the Department. Mr. Bisaillon

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302-464A,B PROJECTS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING II. 2(1-0-5) 302-591B ENVIRONMENTAL BIOREMEDIATION. 3(3-0-6) The (Prerequisite: 302-363A,B) Projects on social or technical aspects presence and role of microorganisms in the environment, the role of chemical engineering practice. Students must suggest their own of microbes in environmental remediation either through natural or projects to be approved and supervised by a member of the staff. human-mediated processes, the application of microbes in pollu- Students may work in groups. Staff tion control and the monitoring of environmental pollutants. 302-471B INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. 3(3-0-6) Dr. Guiot (Prerequisite: 302-314A or equivalent) Effect of wastes on streams, water quality and standard analyses, waste water sam- 4.4 Department of Civil Engineering and Applied pling techniques, waste water treatment technology and process- Mechanics es; design of treatment operations and equipment; physical, Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 492 chemical and biological methods; specific industrial applications McGill University with emphasis on Canadian case studies; industrial effluent treat- 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H3A 2A7 ability studies. Professor Volesky Telephone: (514) 398-6860 Fax: (514) 398-7361 ● 302-472B INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL. 3(2-0-7) http://www.mcgill.ca/civil (Prerequisite: 302-314A or equivalent) Air quality standards, air Chair surveys, process design considerations, dispersion theory and stack design; dust cleaning methods, design of scrubbers, case Denis Mitchell; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D.(Tor.), F.A.C.I., Eng. studies in the Canadian context. Professor Munz Emeritus Professors 302-474A BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisites: Louis J. Arcand; B.Sc., M.Eng.(McG.) Q.L.S., M.C.I.S., M.A.S.P. 302-370A, 302-423A) Microbial growth kinetics; biological reac- Philip J. Harris; B.Sc.(Man.), M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.), F.E.I.C., tors, application of transport phenomena; instrumentation and F.C.S.C.E., Eng. control; selected topics in downstream processing; novel bioreac- Stuart B. Savage; B.Eng.(McG.), M.S.Eng.(Cal.Tech.), tor systems. Laboratory exercises. Professor Volesky Ph.d.(McG.), F.R.S.C. 302-481A POLYMER ENGINEERING. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisites: 180- Professors 212A,B) The application of engineering fundamentals to the prep- Vincent H. Chu; B.S.Eng.(Taiwan), M.A.Sc.(Tor.), Ph.D.(M.I.T.), aration and processing of polymers. Classification and characteri- Eng. zation of polymers, reaction media and kinetics of polymerization, M. Saeed Mirza; B.Eng.(Karachi), M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.), F.A.C.I., reactor design, mechanical behaviour of polymers, visco-elasticity F.E.I.C., F.C.S.C.E., Hon. F.I.E.P., Eng. and rheology, processing techniques; extrusion, molding, etc. Denis Mitchell; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D.(Tor.), F.A.C.I., Eng. Professor Charrier Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen; B.M.E.(Vietnam), M.C.E.(A.I.T.), D.A.Sc.(Montr.), Eng. 302-484B MATERIALS ENGINEERING. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisites: 302- Ronald G. Rice; B.A.Sc.(Tor.), S.M.(M.I.T.), Dipl. U.&R.Pl., 315B, 302-380A) Processes for forming and producing engineer- Ph.D.(Tor.), Eng. ing materials such as amorphous, semicrystalline, textured and A. Patrick S. Selvadurai; M.S.(Stan.), Ph.D., D.Sc.(Nottingham), crystal-oriented substances, short and long fibre-reinforced poly- F.E.I.C., F.I.M.A., F.C.S.C.E., P.Eng. mers, ceramics and ceramic composites. Effect of processing variables on the properties of the finished article. Process of blending Suresh C. Shrivastava; B.Sc.(Eng.) (Vikram), M.C.E.(Del.), and alloying. Shaping, bonding and joining operations. Sc.D.(Col.), Eng. Professors Rey and Vera Associate Professors Luc E. Chouinard; B.Ing., M.Ing.(Montr.), B.C.L.(McG.), 302-487A CHEM. PROCESSING IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY. Sc.D.(M.I.T.), Eng. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisite: 180-233B) Chemical processes and unit operations in the manufacture of microelectronic components and Ronald Gehr; B.Sc.(Eng.)(Rand), M.A.Sc.,Ph.D.(Tor.), P.Eng. their supports. Fabrication of silicon wafers, purification, crystal Robert D. Japp; B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.), Eng. growth. Imaging processes, deposition of semiconductive materi- Ghyslaine McClure; B.Ing.(Montr.), S.M.C.E.(M.I.T.), als, plasma and chemical etching. Reclamation of reagents from Ph.D.(Montr.), Eng. waste streams. Safety and environmental concerns. James Nicell; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D.(Windsor), P.Eng. Professor Cooper Assistant Professors 302-494A,B,D RESEARCH PROJECT & SEMINAR. 3(1-6-2) (Pre- Susan J. Gaskin; B.Sc.(Queen’s), Ph.D. (Canterbury) requisite: 302-393B) Independent study and experimental work on Subhasis Ghoshal; B.C.E. (India), M.S.(Missouri), Ph.D. a topic chosen by consultation between the student and Depart- (Carnegie Mellon) mental Staff. Staff Colin Rogers; B.A.Sc.(Waterloo), M.A.Sc., Ph.D.(Sydney), P.Eng. Yixin Shao; B.S., M.S.(Tongji), Ph.D.(Northwestern) 302-495A,B,D RESEARCH PROJECT & SEMINAR. 4(1-9-2) (Prerequisite: 302-393B) Independent study and experimental Adjunct Professors work on a topic chosen by consultation between the student and James Byrns, Diane Girard, Serge Guiot, Jalal Hawari, the Departmental staff. Staff Lionel Hervieux, Catherine Hirou, Graham Holder, Robert D. Japp, Kenneth MacKenzie, John C. Osler, 302-571B SMALL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CHEM. ENG. Richard G. Redwood, Sandro Scola, David Stringer, 3(2-0-7) (Prerequisite: 302-458 or permission of the instructor.) William Taylor, Pierre Trottier, Jan Vrana, Ronald Zaloum The use of small computers employing a high level language for data acquisition and the control of chemical processes. Real-time Civil engineers have traditionally applied scientific and engineering system characteristics and requirements, analog to digital, digital knowledge to the task of providing the built environment, from its to analog conversions and computer control loops are examined. conception and planning to its design and construction, mainte- Block level simulation. Dr. Huang nance and rehabilitation. Examples include buildings, bridges, 302-581B POLYMER COMPOSITES ENGINEERING. 3(3-0-6) (Pre- roads, railways, dams, and facilities for water supply and treat- requisite: 302-481 or permission of instructor.) Characteristics of ment, and waste disposal. With the aging and deterioration of an thermoplastic and thermosetting polymeric matrices and particu- already vast infrastructure, its maintenance and rehabilitation has late/fiber dispersed elements. Associated structure characteriza- become an increasingly important role of the civil engineering pro- tion. Processing techniques. Quantitative engineering analyses to fession. Also, with worldwide concern about the detrimental impact correlate structure with properties and processing. Product/proc- of human activities on the environment, civil engineers are now in ess design. Applications in chemical process equipment, construc- the forefront of developing and providing the means for both pre- tion, transportation (land, marine, aerospace), general industrial vention and remediation of many aspects of environmental and consumer goods. Professor Charrier pollution.

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The program in Civil Engineering is comprehensive in providing 306-221A,B Engineering Professional Practice 1 the fundamentals in mechanics and engineering associated with 306-310A,B Engineering Economy 3 the diverse fields of the profession, in offering choices of speciali- 308-208A,B Computers in Engineering 3 zation, and in fully reflecting the advances in science, mathemat- 465-206B Communiction in Engineering 3 27 ics, engineering and computing that have transformed all fields of engineering in recent years. The resulting knowledge and training Departmental courses enables graduates to not only enter the profession thoroughly well 303-202B Construction Materials 4 prepared, but also to adapt to further change. 303-205A,B Statics 3 The required courses ensure a sound scientific and analytical 303-206B Dynamics 3 basis for professional studies through courses in solid mechanics, 303-207A,B Solid Mechanics 4 fluid mechanics, soil mechanics, environmental engineering, water 303-208A Civil Engrg Systems Analysis 3 resources management, structural analysis, systems analysis and 303-210C Surveying 2 mathematics. Fundamental concepts are applied to various fields 303-225B Environmental Engineering 4 of practice in both required and complementary courses. 303-290A Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer 3 By a suitable choice of complementary courses, students can 303-302B Probabilistic Systems 3 attain advanced levels of technical knowledge in the specialized 303-311A Geotechnical Mechanics 4 areas mentioned above. Alternatively, students may choose to 303-317A Structural Engineering I 3 develop their interests in a more general way by combining com- 303-318B Structural Engineering II 3 plementary courses within the Department with several from other 303-319B Transportation Engineering 3 departments or faculties. 303-320A Numerical Methods 4 Students who wish to extend their knowledge in certain areas 303-323A Hydrology & Water Resources 3 beyond the range that the program complementary courses allow, 303-324B Construction Project Management 3 can also take a Minor program. Minors are available in fields such 303-327B Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics I 4 as Arts, Economics, Management, Environmental Engineering, 303-418A,B Project 3 and Construction Engineering and Management. These require 303-432A,B Technical Paper 1 60 additional credits to be taken from a specified list of topics relating to the chosen field. Further information on the various Minor pro- COMPLEMENTARY COURSES grams may be found in section 5. Details of how the Minors can be Fifteen credits to be selected from those listed below or 15 accommodated within the Civil Engineering program will be made from other suitable undergraduate or 500-level graduate available at the time of preregistration counselling. courses. In exceptional cases, and with the Chair's Experience has shown that graduates of the program who approval, 600-level graduate courses may be taken as choose to pursue advanced studies elsewhere receive favourable complementary courses. Not all of these courses are offered annually. A list of those to be given will be available consideration by all the leading universities in North America and prior to the commencement of lectures. abroad. Up to two technical complementary courses may be taken ACADEMIC PROGRAMS outside the Department, subject to approval by the student's advisor prior to registration (see list of Faculty technical Considerable freedom exists for students to influence the nature of complementaries in section 4.1.1). the program of study which they follow in the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics. A variety of advanced com- Permission of the Depart-ment Chair is required to take plementary courses is offered in five main groupings: Environmen- more than two. No course that is similar to one available in tal Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydrotechnical the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Transportation Engi- may be taken outside, unless prior arrangements have been neering. made, such as to accommodate courses given in alternate years. Guidance on the sequence in which required core courses should be taken is provided for students in the form of a sample 303-416B (3) Geotechnical Engineering program which covers the entire period of study. The technical 303-421B (3) Municipal Systems complementary courses selected, usually in the last two semes- 303-428A (3) Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics II ters of the program, will depend upon the student's interests. U0 and U1 students should consult the "Welcome" book for the pre- 303-430A (3) Water Treatment & Pollut Control scribed courses for the first two semesters. All students must meet 303-433B (3) Urban Planning with their advisor to confirm the courses for which they are regis- 303-440A (3) Traffic Engineering tered. 303-446A (3) Construction Engineering Courses taken in Semester 3 or later will depend on a student's 303-451A (3) Geoenvironmental Engineering interests and ability. Information and advice concerning different 303-460A (3) Matrix Structural Analysis possibilities are made available in the Department prior to registra- 303-462A (3) Design of Steel Structures tion. All programs require the approval of a staff adviser. Programs 303-463B (3) Design of Concrete Structures for students transferring into the Department with advanced stand- 303-470A,B (3) Research Project ing will be dependent upon the academic credit previously 303-512B (3) Advanced Civil Engrg Materials achieved, and such a program will be established only after con- 303-514A (3) Structural Mechanics sultation with a staff adviser. 303-526B (3) Solid Waste Management 303-527A (3) Renov & Preserv of Infrastructure CURRICULUM FOR THE B.ENG. DEGREE IN CIVIL 303-540A (3) Urban Transportation Planning ENGINEERING 303-541B (3) Rail Engineering COURSE 303-550B (3) Water Resources Management REQUIRED COURSES CREDIT 303-553A (3) Stream Pollution and Control Non-departmental courses 303-555B (3) Environmental Data Analysis 186-221A General Geology 3 303-572A (3) Computational Hydraulics 189-260A,B Intermediate Calculus 3 303-573A (3) Hydraulic Structures 189-261A,B Differential Equations 3 303-574B (3) Fluid Mech of Water Pollution 189-265A,B Advanced Calculus 3 303-575B (3) Fluid Mechanics of Air Pollution 305-261B,C Measurement Laboratory 2 303-576B (3) Hydrodynamics 305-290A Graphics 3 303-577A (3) River Engineering

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303-579B (3) Water Power Engineering 303-229A SURVEYING FOR ARCHITECTS. 2(2-3-1) Measurement of 303-585B (3) Groundwater Hydrology elevations, directions and distances using engineer's level, transit 303-586A (3) Earthwork Engineering and tape; development of plot plans and topographic maps; volu- 303-587A (3) Pavement Design metric calculations of cuts and fills; area measurements using planimeter; traverse computations; architectural applications. Two courses (6 credits) to be selected in consultation with Mr. Scola academic advisor as prescribed by section 3.3. 6 303-281A ANALYTICAL MECHANICS. 3(3-1-5) (Co-requisites: 189- TOTAL CREDITS 108 260A,B and 189-261A,B) Kinematics of particles, dynamics of particles. Work, conservative forces, potential energy. Relative motion If advanced credit given for 189-260A,B, Intermediate and general moving frames of reference. Central force fields and Calculus (see section 2.3) orbits. Dynamics of a system of particles. General motion of rigid TOTAL CREDITS 105 bodies, angular momentum and kinetic energy of rigid bodies. Generalized coordinates and forces, Lagrange's equations. COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT Professor Chu and Dr. Babarutsi ● Denotes courses not offered in 2000-01 303-283B STRENGTH OF MATERIALS. 4(4-1-7) (Prerequisite: 303- Where asterisks appear with a prerequisite, they have the follow- 205A,B*) Structural behaviour, trusses, statically determinate ing significance: beams, frames, and arches; moments of inertia, stress, strain, * a D grade is acceptable for prerequisite purposes. properties of materials; bending and shearing stresses; torsion; fixed and continuous beams; reinforced concrete beams; columns; ** under special circumstances, the Department may permit this combined stresses; Mohr's circle. Dr. Babarutsi course to be taken as a co-requisite. 303-290A THERMODYNAMICS & HEAT TRANSFER. 3(3-2-4) Macro- 303-202B CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. 4(4-2-6) (Prerequisite: scopic vs. microscopic viewpoint; states and processes; energy 303-290A) Classification of materials; atomic bonds; phase conservation and transformation. Phase equilibrium; equations of diagrams; elementary crystallography, imperfections and their state; thermodynamic properties; work; heat; First Law of thermo- relationship to mechanical behaviour; engineering properties and dynamics; internal energy; enthalpy; specific heat; thermodynamic uses of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, ceramics, cement, con- processes: reversibility, polytrophic processes, applications of crete, timber and timber products, polymers, composites; smart First Law; Second Law; entropy; introduction to heat transfer. materials and systems; electrochemical reactions and corrosion, Professor Nicell prevention and protection; environmental influences; group labo- 303-302B PROBABILISTIC SYSTEMS. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequisites: 189- ratory projects. Professor Mirza 260A,B and 308-208A,B*) An introduction to probability and statis- 303-205A,B STATICS. 3(3-2-4) Systems of forces and couples, re- tics with applications to Civil Engineering design. Descriptive sta- sultants, equilibrium. Trusses, frames and beams, reactions, shear tistics, common probability models, statistical estimation, forces, bending moments. Centroids, centres of gravity, distributed regression and correlation, acceptance sampling. forces, moments of inertia. Friction, limiting equilibrium, screws, Professor MacKenzie belts. Professors Chouinard and Shrivastava 303-311A GEOTECHNICAL MECHANICS. 4(3-3-6) (Prerequisite: 303- 303-206B DYNAMICS. 3(3-2-4) (Prerequisite: 303-205A,B. Co- 207A,B) Identification and classification of soils; physical and en- requisites: 189-260A,B and 189-261A,B.) Kinematics and kinetics gineering properties; principle of effective stress; permeability, of particles, systems, and rigid bodies; mass-acceleration, work- compressibility, shear strength, stress-strain characteristics; energy, impulse-momentum. Moving coordinate systems. groundwater flow and seepage; earth pressure and retaining Lagrange's equations. Vibrations and waves. Professor Gaskin structures; stress distributions in soils; settlement; bearing capacity of shallow foundations. Professor Selvadurai 303-207A,B SOLID MECHANICS. 4(3-2-7) (Prerequisites: 303- 205A,B*, 305-290A** or equivalent) Stress-strain relationships; 303-317A STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING I. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequisites: elastic and inelastic behaviour; performance criteria. Elementary 303-202B and 303-207A,B) The design process; loads, sources, and compound stress states, Mohr's circle. Shear strains, torsion. classifications, load factors, combinations; limit states design; Bending and shear stresses in flexural members. Deflections of structural systems and foundations; choice of materials; virtual beams. Statically indeterminate systems under flexural and axial work and energy methods; statical and kinematic indeterminacy; loads. Columns. Dynamic loading. (Two-hour laboratory periods, slope deflection method, introduction to matrix methods; analysis alternate weeks. Weekly tutorials.) Professors McClure of indeterminate systems; force envelopes. Professor McClure and Shao 303-318B STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING II. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequisite: 303-208A CIVIL ENGRG SYSTEMS ANALYSIS. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequi- 303-317A) Durability and service life; fire resistance and protec- sites: 189-265A,B and 308-208A,B) Introduction to civil engineer- tion; steel, reinforced concrete and timber; behaviour and design ing systems; system modelling process; systems approach and of components in tension, compression, bending and shear; slen- optimization techniques; application of linear programming; sim- derness, global and local instability; axial load and moment inter- plex method; duality theory; sensitivity analysis; transportation action; curvature, deflection, ductility; connections; bond and problem; assignment problem; network analysis including critical anchorage of reinforcement; simple footings. Professor Rogers path method; integer linear programming method. 303-319B TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequi- Professor Nguyen sites: 303-208A and 308-208A,B. Co-requisite: 303-302B) Intro- 303-210C SURVEYING 2(*). (Prerequisite: 308-208A,B) The conduction to design and operating principles and procedures for struction and use of modern survey instruments; transit, level, etc.; surface transportation systems, including vehicle motion and per- linear and angular measurements and errors; horizontal and verti- formance, pavements, geometric design of roadbeds, vehicle flow cal curves; error analysis, significance of figures; use of computers and capacity, traffic control, demand, supply and cost concepts. and software; recent developments. Mr. Scola Professor Rice and Ms. Hirou * Two weeks after winter session examination period. 303-320A NUMERICAL METHODS. 4(3-3-6) (Prerequisites: 308- 303-225B ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. 4(4-2-6) (Prerequisite: 208A,B and 189-265A,B) Numerical procedures applicable to civil 303-290A. Co-requisite: 189-261A,B) Principles of ecology, eco- engineering problems: integration, differentiation, solution of ini- systems and environmental chemistry and physics, cycles of ele- tial-value problems, solving linear and non-linear systems of equa- ments; mass balance analyses; sources and characteristics of tions, boundary-value problems for ordinary-differential equations, pollution; pollution problems and engineered solutions as applied and for partial-differential equations. Professor Chouinard to air, water and soil media; environmental law, policy and impact. 303-323A HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES. 3(3-2-4) (Pre- Professor Ghoshal requisite: 303-302B) Precipitation, evaporation and transpiration.

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Streamflow, storage reservoirs. Groundwater hydrology. Morphol- 303-428A FLUID MECHANICS & HYDRAULICS II. (3-3-3) (Prerequi- ogy of river basins. Statistical analysis in hydrology, stochastic site: 303-327B) Open channel flow, internal hydraulics, hydraulic modelling and simulation. Case studies in hydroelectric power de- transient in pipes. Professor Gaskin velopment, flood damage mitigation, irrigation and drainage. ● 303-430A WATER TREATMENT & POLLUTION CONTROL. 3(3-3-3) Professor Nguyen (Prerequisites: 303-225B and 303-327B) Principles of water and 303-324B CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT. 3(3-1-5) (Pre- sewage treatment. Water and sewage characteristics; design of requisites: 306-310A,B and 303-208A) Construction fundamen- conventional unit operations and processes; laboratory analyses tals; procedures and responsibilities; tender documents, of potable and waste waters. Professor Gehr specifications, proposals, contracts; construction project organiza- 303-432A,B TECHNICAL PAPER. 1(0-0-3) (Prerequisite: 455-206B) tion, estimating, planning, scheduling, control; liability, claims pro- A technical paper, on a suitable topic, is to be prepared in accord- cedures, arbitration; job safety; security and loss control; case ance with detailed instructions which are provided by the Depart- histories, site visits. Mr. Taylor ment. This paper will normally be written in the U3 year and may 303-327B FLUID MECHANICS & HYDRAULICS I. 4(3-6-3) (Prerequi- be submitted in September or January. Staff sites: 303-206B and 189-265A,B) Fluid properties, statics and kin- 303-433B URBAN PLANNING. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequisites: 303-421A ematics; forces due to fluids in motion, Bernoulli's equation, and 306-310A,B. Co-requisite: 303-319B) The City in History. The analysis of experiments, streamline curvature, boundary layers, planning profession, evolution of planning in North America, Can- pipe flow, hydraulic machinery and introduction to open channel ada and Quebec. Planning theories, the general or master plan, flow. Professor Chu planning processes and techniques, planning and design of resi- 303-382B PARTIAL DIFF. EQUATIONS IN ENGINEERING. 3(3-1-5) dential subdivisions. Local planning issues, housing policies, plan- (Prerequisites: 189-261A,B, 189-265A,B and 303-281A*) Classifi- ning laws. Professor Wolfe cations of PDEs; Laplace's Equation, steady fluid flow. Diffusion 303-440A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequisite: 303- Equation; pressure transients in porous media, moisture and 319B*) Driver, vehicle and traffic flow characteristics; origin-desti- chemical diffusion, heat conduction; Wave Equation; waves and nation studies, traffic studies and analysis, accident studies, queu- vibrations in strings, membranes and bars. Uniqueness of solu- ing theory applications, gap acceptance, simulation, highway tion; variables separable solutions in rectangular and cylindrical capacity, traffic regulations and control measures, intersection coordinates; product solutions, elementary applications of integral control. Mr. Byrns transforms. Professor Selvadurai 303-446A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequisite: 303-384A SOIL MECHANICS & FOUNDATIONS. 2(2-3-1) (Prerequi- 303-324B) Project management principles; construction equip- sites: 303-207A,B* or 303-283B*) Nature of soils, identification ment economics, selection, operation; characteristics of building, and classification. Physical properties of soils, permeability, com- heavy, marine, underground and route construction projects; inter- pressibility, shear strength, principle of effective stresses, stress national projects. Mr. Taylor strain behaviour. Seepage, frost action. Field exploration of soil conditions. Foundations, shallow and deep. Earth pressures and 303-451A GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. 3(3-1.5-4.5) (Pre- retaining structures, stability of earth masses. Professor Japp requisites: 303-225B and 303-311A) Geoenvironmental hazards; land management of waste; regulatory overview, waste character- 303-385A STRUCTURAL STEEL & TIMBER DESIGN. 3(3-1-5) (Pre- ization; soil-waste interaction; geosynthetics; low permeability clay requisite: 303-283B. Corequisite: 301-240B) Structural loadings, barriers; contaminant transport; containment systems; collection load factors, code requirements and design procedures. Charac- and removal systems; design aspects; strategies for remediation; teristics of structural steel and structural timber in building con- rehabilitation technologies. Professor Ghoshal struction. Structural design of axially loaded tension and compression members, joists, beams, girders, trusses and fram- 303-460A MATRIX STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. 3(3-2-4) (Prerequi- ing systems. Mr. Vrana sites: 303-206B and 303-317A) Computer structural analysis, di- rect stiffness applied to two and three dimensional frames and 303-388B REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN. 2(2-2-2) (Prerequi- trusses, matrix force method, nonlinear problems, buckling of site: 303-283B) Physical properties of concrete; behaviour and design of reinforced concrete members in compression, tension, trusses and frames, introduction to finite element analysis. bending, shear and combined loadings; bond and anchorage; re- Professor Chouinard inforced concrete slabs and precast concrete elements; structural 303-462A DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES. 3(3-3-3) (Prerequisite: framing systems. Mr. Vrana 303-318B) Design of structural steel elements: plate girders, members under combined loadings, eccentrically loaded connections, 303-416B GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. 3(3-1.5-4.5) (Prerequi- site: 303-311A) Site investigation, in-situ measurement of engi- structural systems. Design of structural steel systems: composite neering properties of soils; braced excavations; bearing capacity floor systems, braced frames, moment resisting frames. TBA of shallow foundations; upper bound solutions; soil structure inter- 303-463B DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES. 3(3-3-3) (Prerequi- action; design aspects of footing and rafts, coefficient of subgrade site: 303-318B) Design of continuous beams and slabs, columns reaction; deep foundations; bearing capacity of piles, pile settle- under biaxial bending, retaining and structural walls, two-way and ment; stability of slopes; infinite slopes; frost action in soils. flat slabs, and combined footings. Slenderness effects in columns. Professor Japp Introduction to masonry structures. Professor Mitchell 303-418A,B PROJECT. 3(0-4-5) (Prerequisite: Completion of an 303-469A INFRASTRUCTURE & SOCIETY. 3(3-2-4) (Prerequisite: approved set of required and complementary courses.) A study or 306-310A,B) Infrastructure systems; planning, organization, com- design topic in any of the branches of Civil Engineering or their munication and decision support systems; budgeting and manage- combination. Project may be analytical or experimental. Chosen in ment; operations, maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement consultation with a staff member, whose approval is necessary. issues; public and private sectors, privatization and governments; Guidance provided by Department staff and by practising engi- infrastructure crisis and new technologies; legal, environmental, neers. Project normally carried out in a student's last semester. socio-economic and political aspects of infrastructure issues; pro- Professors Shao, Shrivastava and Staff fessional ethics and responsibilities; case studies. 303-421B MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS. 3(3-2-4) (Prerequisite: 303-327B) Professor Mirza Design of water-related municipal services; sources of water and 303-470A,B RESEARCH PROJECT. 3(0-1-8) (Prerequisite: 60 cred- intake design; estimation of water demand and wastewater pro- its in the Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics program) Open duction rates; design, construction and maintenance of water dis- to students with a high CGPA. A research project must be carried tribution, wastewater and stormwater collection systems; pumps out and a technical paper prepared under the supervision of a and pumping stations; pipe materials, network analysis and optimi- member of staff. 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Professor Nguyen 303-492A STRUCTURES. 2(2-2-2) (Prerequisites: 303-385A and 303-553A STREAM POLLUTION AND CONTROL. 3(3-2-4) (Prerequi- 303-388B) A study of structural systems in concrete, steel, timber; site: 303-225B) Water quality standards; physical, chemical, and a philosophy of structure; choice of structure; economic factors in bacterial contamination of surface waters; effects of specific types design; recent developments and trends in structure; lateral stabil- of pollution such as thermal, point and non-point sources; stream ity by frame action, bracing shear walls; mechanics of certain self-purification; effects on lake eutrophication; pollution surveys structural forms. Professor Mitchell and methods of control; laboratory tests. Professor Gehr 303-512B ADVANCED CIVIL ENGRG MATERIALS. 3(3-3-3) (Prereq- 303-554A ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR 3(3-0-6)9 (Pre- uisite: 303-202B) Production, structure and properties of engineer- requisite: Permission of instructor.) The course will expose the stu- ing materials; ferrous alloys, treatments, welding, special steels, dents to various environmental engineering issues. Lectures will cast iron; ceramic materials; polymers; composite materials; con- be given by faculty and invited speakers from industry. Each stu- crete, admixtures, structure, creep, shrinkage; asphalt and dent is required to prepare a written technical paper and make an asphaltic materials; clay materials and bricks; impact of environ- oral presentation. Professor Gehr ment on material response, durability, quality assessment and control, industrial specifications; recent advances. ● 303-555B ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequi- Professor Shao site: 303-302B or permission of instructor.) Application of statistical principles to design of measurement systems and sampling pro- 303-514A STRUCTURAL MECHANICS. 3(3-1-5) Stress, strain, and grams. Introduction to experimental design. Graphical data analy- basic equations of linear elasticity. General and particular solu- sis. Description of uncertainty. Hypothesis tests. Model parameter tions of plane and axisymmetric problems. Stress concentration estimation methods: linear and nonlinear regression methods. and failure criteria. Unsymmetrical bending of beams; shear cen- Trend analysis. Statistical analysis of censored data. Statistics of tres; torsion of thin-walled structural members. Curved beams. extremes. Professor Nguyen Formulation and applications of energy principles, and their con- nection to finite-element method. Professor Shrivastava 303-570A WAVES AND COASTAL ENGINEERING. (3) (3-0-6) (Pre- requisite: 303-327B) Waves: wave transformation and prediction, 303-526B SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. 3(3-2-4) (Prerequisite: waterlevels; coastal geomorphology: geology, sediment transport, 303-225B) Characterization of municipal and industrial solid coastal processes; coastal engineering: shore protection, wastes. Review of solid and hazardous waste impacts, regulations harbours, dredging, coastal management. S. Gaskin and treatment options. Collection and transportation of solid wastes. Methods of reclamation and disposal. Introduction to the ● 303-572A COMPUTATIONAL HYDRAULICS. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisite: design of landfill sites and incinerators. Professor Nicell 303-327B or equivalent.) Computation of unsteady flows in open channels; abrupt waves, flood waves, tidal propogations; method 303-527A RENOV. & PRESERV. OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 3(3-2-4) of characteristics; mathematical modelling of river and coastal cur- (Prerequisites: 303-202B and 303-318B) Maintenance, rehabilitation, renovation and preservation of infrastructure; infrastructure rents. Professor Chu degradation mechanisms; mechanical, chemical and biological 303-573A HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisites: 303- degradation; corrosion of steel; condition surveys and evaluation 323A and 303-327B) Hydraulic aspects of the theory and design of buildings and bridges; repair and preservation materials, tech- of hydraulic structures. Storage dams, spillways, outlet works, di- niques and strategies; codes and guidelines; case studies. version works, drop structures, stone structures, conveyance and Professor Mirza control structures, flow measurement and culverts. Mr. Holder 303-528A REHABILITATION CASE STUDIES. 3(0-0-9) Topical case 303-574B FLUID MECHANICS OF WATER POLLUTION. 3(3-0-6) (Pre- studies from industrial and governmental experience in rehabilita- requisite: 303-327B or equivalent.) Mixing, dilution and dispersion tion of infrastructure. Course conducted in collaboration with the of pollutants discharged into lakes, rivers, estuaries and oceans; other four institutions. Each student is required to submit a techni- salinity intrusion in estuaries and its effects on dispersion; bio- cal report. TBA chemical oxygen demand and dissolved oxygen as water quality 303-540A URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. 3(3-1-5) (Prerequi- indicators; thermal pollution; oil pollution. Professor Chu site: 303-319B or permission of instructor.) Process and tech- ● 303-575B FLUID MECHANICS OF AIR POLLUTION. 3(3-0-6) (Pre- niques of urban transportation engineering and planning, including requisite: 303-327B or equivalent.) Fundamentals of fluid mechan- demand analysis framework, data collection procedures, travel de- ics; properties and sources of air pollution; the atmospheric mand modelling and forecasting, and cost-effectiveness frame- boundary layer; atmospheric diffusion; atmospheric stability; aero- work for evaluation of project and system alternatives. dynamics of plumes; coagulation and settling of particles; molecu- Professor Rice and Mr. Trottier lar diffusions. TBA AIL NGINEERING 303-541B R E . 3(3-1-5) Principles of rail system ● 303-576B HYDRODYNAMICS. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisite: 303-327B or design, including vehicle motion calculations, supporting way equivalent.) Equations of motion, Bernoulli, Cauchy and Bjerknes' design, and rail vehicle design. Planning and operational charac- theorems, virtual mass, complex variables and conformal map- teristics for rail freight systems and urban rail systems, with an ping. Free surface flows, dynamic and kinematic boundary condi- assessment of operational and technological developments. TBA tions. Shallow water flows, waves of finite amplitude. Flows on a 303-546A,B SELECTED TOPICS IN CIVIL ENG.I. 3(3-0-6. (Prerequi- geophysical scale, Ekman layers, homogeneous lake circulation, site: Permission of instructor.) Special topics related to Civil Engi- seiches. Linear waves, refraction and diffraction around break- neering will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers. waters. TBA 303-547A,B SELECTED TOPICS IN CIVIL ENG.II. 3(3-0-6) (Prereq- 303-577A RIVER ENGINEERING. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisite: 303-327B) uisite: Permission of instructor.) Special topics related to Civil En- Mechanics of the entrainment, transportation and deposition of gineering will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers. solids by fluids; sediment properties; threshold of movement; rip- 303-548A,B SELECTED TOPICS IN CIVIL ENG. III. 3(3-0-6) (Prereq- ples, dunes and antidunes; suspended load; bed load; stable uisite: Permission of instructor.) Special topics related to Civil En- channel design; meandering of rivers; wave-induced transport; tur- gineering will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers. bidity currents; transport of solids in pipelines; aeolian transport. Professor Gaskin 303-550B WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequi- site: 303-323A or equivalent.) State-of-the-art water resources ● 303-579B WATER POWER ENGINEERING. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequi- management techniques; case studies of their application to sites: 303-323A and 306-310A,B) A practical approach to the plan- Canadian situations; identification of major issues and problem ar- ning and design of hydro-electric power installations. Fundamental eas; interprovincial and international river basins; implications of theory of water availability and demand; flow, power and load du- development alternatives; institutional arrangements for planning ration curves; classification of power sources; project planning;

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Admissions, Recruitment and Undergraduate Calendar - First Page Chapter - First Page Previous Page Next Page Registrar’s Home Page FACULTY OF ENGINEERING economic analysis including costs and benefits; special features of Assistant Professors hydro plants; and appurtenances for hydro plants. TBA Jan Bajcsy; B.Sc.(Harv.), M.Eng., Ph.D.(Prin.) 303-585B GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisite: Benoit Boulet; B.Sc.(Laval), M.Eng.(McG.) Ph.D.(Tor.) Permission of instructor.) Groundwater geology; steady-state and Benoit Champagne; B.Eng., M.Eng.(Montr.), Ph.D.(Tor.) transient-state regional groundwater; infiltration and recharge; Jeremy R. Cooperstock; A.Sc.(U.B.C.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Tor.) hydrological cycle; chemical constituents; adsorption/desorption Mourad El-Gamal; B.Sc.(Cairo), M.Sc.(Nashville), Ph.D.(McG.) processes; Groundwater exploration techniques; pumping tests; Karim Khordoc; B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (McG.) groundwater pollution; diffusion and dispersion; thermal process- Andrew Kirk; B.Sc.(Brist.), Ph.D.(London) es; groundwater resource management. Professor Selvadurai Radu Negulescu; M.Sc.(Romania), M.Sc.(France), Ph.D.(Wat.) Zilic Zeljko; B.Eng.(Zagreb), M.S.c, Ph.D.(Tor.) ● 303-586A EARTHWORK ENGINEERING. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisite: Visiting Professors Permission of instructor.) Stability of natural slopes and cuts, sta- Michael Kaplan; M.Sc., Ph.D.(Cornell) bility analysis; design of earth and rock fills, dykes and dams; tech- Birendra Prasada; M.Sc.(Ban.), Ph.D.(Lond.) niques to improve stability; compaction of soil, compaction control; Jean Regnier; B.Eng., M.Eng.(Montr.), Ph.D.(M.I.T.) soil improvement by in-situ processes; reinforced earth. TBA Lecturers ● 303-587A PAVEMENT DESIGN. 3(3-0-6) (Prerequisite: Permis- Kenneth L. Fraser; B.Eng., M.Eng.(McG.), Eng. sion of instructor.) Properties of bituminous materials, design of Florence Danilo; M.Eng.(McG.) bituminous concrete mixes, construction control; evaluation of de- Dennis Giannacopoulos; M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) sign parameters, factors controlling their variability; soil stabiliza- tion; frost effects; stresses and displacements in layered systems, Associate Members analysis of rigid and flexible pavement systems; design of highway Martin Buehler; M.Sc., Ph.D.(Yale) and airport pavements; pavement evaluation and strengthening; Gregory Dudek; B.Sc.(Queen's), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Tor.) recycling. TBA Alan C. Evans; M.Sc.(Surrey), Ph.D.(Leeds) William R. Funnell; M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) 4.5 Department of Electrical and Computer Henrietta L. Galiana; M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) Engineering Jean Gotman; M.E.(Dartmouth, N.S.), Ph.D.(McG.) Robert E. Kearney; M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) McConnell Engineering Building, Room 633 Bruce Pike; M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) McGill University Adjunct Professors 3480 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2K6 Vinod K. Agarwal, Eduard Cerny, Danny Grant, Paul Freedman, Telephone: (514) 398-7110 Fax: (514) 398-4470 M. Gavrilovic, Jeremiah F. Hayes, Cheng K. Jen, Geza Joos, http://www.ece.mcgill.ca Stanley Kubina, Irene Leszkowicz, Lin Lin, Miguel Marin, Chair Donald McGillis, Douglas O'Shaughnessy, Januz Rajski, David A. Lowther; B.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(C.N.A.A.), F.C.A.E., Eng. Fazlollah M. Reza, Farouk Rizk, Mohamad A. Sawan, Mohammad R. Soleymani, Oryal Tanir, Lucjan A. Wegrowicz. Associate Chair Jonathan P. Webb; B.A. Ph.D.(Cantab.) General Information on Programs Emeritus Professors The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers Eric L. Adler; B.Sc.(Lond.), M.A.Sc.(Tor.), Ph.D.(McG.), F.I.E.E.E., undergraduate degree programs in Electrical Engineering, Electri- Eng. cal Engineering (Honours), and Computer Engineering. All pro- Gerry W. Farnell; B.A.Sc.(Tor.), S.M.(M.I.T.), Ph.D.(McG.), grams provide students with a strong background in mathematics, F.I.E.E.E., Eng. basic sciences, engineering science, engineering design and com- Tomas J.F. Pavlasek; B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.), Eng. plementary studies, in conformity with the requirements of the Professors Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). Pierre R. Bélanger; B.Eng.(McG.), S.M., Ph.D.(M.I.T.), F.I.E.E.E., The program in Electrical Engineering gives students a broad Eng. understanding of the key principles that are responsible for the Maier L. Blostein; B.Eng., M.Eng.(McG.), Ph.D.(III.), F.I.E.E.E., extraordinary advances in the technology of computers, micro- Eng. electronics, automation and robotics, telecommunications and Peter E. Caines; B.A.(Oxon.), D.I.C. Ph.D.(Lond.), F.I.E.E.E., power systems. These areas are critical to the development of our F.C.I.A.R. industries and, more generally, to our economy. A graduate of this Clifford H. Champness; M.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(McG.) (part-time) program is exposed to all basic elements of electrical engineering Frank D. Galiana; B.Eng.(McG.), S.M., Ph.D.(M.I.T.), F.I.E.E.E., and can function in any of our client industries. This breadth is Eng. what distinguishes an engineer from, say, a computer scientist or Peter Kabal; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D.(Tor.) physicist. Theo Le-Ngoc; M.Eng.(McG.), Ph.D.(Ott.), F.I.E.E.E. The program in Electrical Engineering (Honours) is designed for Martin D. Levine; B.Eng., M.Eng.(McG.), Ph.D.(Lond.), F.C.I.A.R., students who wish to pursue postgraduate work and look to a F.I.E.E.E., Eng. career in advanced research and development. The technical David A. Lowther; B.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(C.N.A.A.), F.C.A.E., Eng. complementaries are selected from graduate courses, facilitating Boon-Teck Ooi; B.E.(Adel.), S.M.(M.I.T.), Ph.D.(McG.), Eng. the transition to postgraduate studies. Students in this curriculum benefit from smaller classes and have more contact with professo- Nicholas C. Rumin; B.Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.), Eng. rial staff and graduate students. However, the program is quite Jonathan Webb; B.A., Ph.D.(Cantab.) demanding. Students are expected to register for at least Associate Professors 14 credits per semester; they may register for a smaller number James Clark; B.Sc., Ph.D.(Br.Col.) only with the permission of the Chair of this Department. Students Frank Ferrie; B.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) in the Honours program must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00. Vincent Hayward; Dip.d'Ing.(ENSM, Nantes), Doc.Ing.(Orsay), Those who fail to maintain this standard are transferred to the reg- Eng. ular program. Harry Leib; B.Sc.(Technion), Ph.D.(Tor.) The program in Computer Engineering provides students with Steve McFee; B.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) greater depth and breadth of knowledge in the hardware and soft- Hanna Michalska; B.Sc., M.Sc.(Warsaw), Ph.D.(Lond.) ware aspects of computers. Students are exposed to both theoret- David V. Plant; M.S., Ph.D.(Brown) ical and practical issues of both hardware and software in well- Gordon Roberts; B.A.Sc.(Waterloo), M.A.Sc., Ph.D.(Tor.), Eng. equipped laboratories. Although the program is designed to meet Ishiang Shih; M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) the growing demands by industry for engineers with a strong back-

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