ENGINEERING PHYSICS

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ENGINEERING PHYSICS
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ARE YOU INTERESTED IN
Designing and working with lasers to solve
problems in medicine? Building nano-electronic
devices? Implementing the future energy
generation systems of Ontario?
Welcome to Engineering Physics
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WHAT IS ENGINEERING PHYSICS?
Understanding of and designing with very small
objects such as electrons, photons and neutrons.
Application of the modern era of physical
science.
Nano- and Micro-device Engineering
Nuclear Engineering and Energy Systems
Interdisciplinary Engineering Physics
Photonics Engineering
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ENGINEERING PHYSICS CURRICULUM
Year 2 Common to All Engineering Physics Students
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ENGINEERING PHYSICS CURRICULUM
Year 3 and Year 4 Choose an area of
specialization.
Nano- and Micro-device Engineering
Nuclear Engineering and Energy Systems
Interdisciplinary Engineering Physics
Photonics Engineering
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PHOTONICS ENGINEERING
EP 3A03, 3G03 See how light is used in industry
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PHOTONICS ENGINEERING
EP 4K03, 4S04 Design your own optical
communication system
EP 4I03 See how light is used in medicine and
biology (biophotonics)
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NANO- AND MICRO- DEVICE ENGINEERING
EP 3MD3 Design tiny machines called micro-electro
-mechanical systems (MEMS)
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NANO- AND MICRO- DEVICE ENGINEERING
EP 4U04, 4Z03 Design and make your own
integrated circuit
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NANO- AND MICRO- DEVICE ENGINEERING
EP 3F03, 3PN4, 4F03, 4MD4 Nano-electronics,
nano-sensors, nano-biotechnology,
nano-electro-mechanical devices,
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NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ENERGY SYSTEMS
EP 3D03, 4D03 Perform labs using McMasters
very own nuclear reactor
EP 3ES3, 4ES3 Wind, solar, hydrogen fuel
cells, biomass,
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INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING PHYSICS
Learn aspects of all three streams photonics,
nano- micro-devices, and energy
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OTHER UNIQUE ASPECTS OF ENG PHYS
4A06 Project (Mechatronics) The rite of
passage for Eng Phys Students!
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LEARN INDUSTRY SOFTWARE
Design, simulate, fabricate, test 2A04, 2E04,
3E03, 3G03, 3W04, 4Z03, 4P03 Electronic
circuits, semiconductor processing, nuclear
reactor analysis, analyze data. Control systems
you design and construct.
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RESEARCH PROJECT OPTION
EP 4H04 Conduct research with faculty
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BREAKING MYTHS ENG PHYS IS TOO HARD
Statistics show that there is a strong
correlation between a students cumulative grade
at the end of year 1, with their cumulative
grade at the end of subsequent years in
Engineering Physics.
Those students who do well in first year Math
and Physics tend to excel in Engineering Physics.
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BREAKING MYTHS ENG PHYS IS FOR RESEARCH OR
GRAD SCHOOL
Eng Phys is excellent preparation for graduate
school, BUT 10 of Eng Phys students go on to
graduate school. The rest go on to find jobs.
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BREAKING MYTHS THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ENG PHYS
After graduation, Eng Phys grads play key roles
in such industries as Consumer products
(optoelectronic and microelectronic
devices) Sensor systems Automated processing and
fabrication systems Biomedical equipment The
production of medical isotopes Laser
machining Electronic packaging Power
generation Many other industries
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CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT
Photonics Wescam, Xerox, ATS Automation, Nortel
Networks, JDS Uniphase, DOFASCO, Sabeus
Photonics Nano- and Micro-Devices Gennum, MDS
Sciex, Intel, IBM, Research in Motion (RIM), SiGe
Microsystems, Perkin Elmer, MDA Robotics,
DALSA Energy Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.,
Bruce Power Inc., Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission, Hydro 1, Ontario Power Generation
Inc. Other Grad school, National Research
Council of Canada, investment firms, banking
institutions
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Nuclear Opportunities

• Power reactor and reactor support
• New build
• Refurbishment
• Services and maintenance
• Medical and health physics
• Worker safety
• Radiation imaging
• Medical/Isotope Applications

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Nuclear Ontario

• Nuclear Ontario
• 2 Environmental Assessments in progress in
  Ontario for New Build.
• 1 Refurbishment ongoing (Bruce A).
• 3 Additional refurbishments being considered
• Federally
• Environmental assessment for up to 4 new build
  reactors in Alberta
• 1 New Build announced in New Brunswick.
• 1 Refurbishment ongoing (Hydro Quebec).
• 1 Refurbishment planned (New Brunswick Power)

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CANDU Industries

• Organization of CANDU Industries (OCI)
• 100 (current) companies involved in design,
  operation, maintenance, and manufacturing of
  CANDU and CANDU components.
• TEAM CANDU (new build consortium)
• Local, Regional, National and International
  employment opportunities.

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HELP WITH CAREER PROGRESSION
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HELP WITH CAREER PROGRESSION
"The Nuclear Renaissance Wednesday, March 12,
2008 at 700 p.m. Faculty of Engineering's 24th
Annual J.W. Hodgins Memorial Lecture 2008 Mr.
Howard Shearer (B.Eng, McMaster) President and
CEO Hitachi Canada Ltd
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ENG PHYS CLUB STUDENT LIFE

• Hold Social Events Such as the baseball game and
  parties
• Host Career Nights Where employers come and
  present information and recruit students
• Sell Eng Phys Paraphernalia Best engineering
  t-shirts ever

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We also encourage you to let your hair down every
now and then!
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Pizza JHE 328