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• Title:Engineering Physics fonds
  
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• Corporate Author/Creator:Engineering Physics
  
• Published/Created:1947-2009
  

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  • Location:UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES ASRS storageWhere is this?
    
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  • Number of Items:6
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Description:of textual materials. 1. 06 m
  photographs: prints and negatives. 350
  
• Terms governing use:Fonds consists of institutional records - access requests must be reviewed by the University's FOIPOP Coordinator.
  
• Summary:The fonds consists of documentation regarding specific courses, accreditation, correspondence, surveys, interdepartmental memoranda, sample student work, and brochures. Most of the documentation originates from the office of Engineering Physics under the directorship of Prof. Edward Auld. The CEAB Accreditation materials were accumulated by Dr. Jon Nakame. In general, these documents reflect the role and interests of the Director of Engineering Physics, and specifically Prof. Edward Auld, and underscore the relationship of Engineering Physics to the Department of Physics and Astronomy and to the Faculty of Applied Science. The first series consists of files that were collected and organized chronologically by Engineering Physics. Subsequent series include documentation regarding specific courses within Engineering Physics as well as documentation relating to accreditation of Engineering Physics by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board during the 1990s and 2000s. In addition, there are 350 prints and 260 negatives included in the Photographs series, the majority of which were taken in the 1990s.
  
• Biography/history note:The administrative roots of the Engineering Physics can be traced back to 1946 when three students (W.E. Matheson, D.L. Pitman, and D.J. Rose) returned to UBC after World War II to complete their engineering degrees. They believed that technologies from WWII suggested that the field of physics would be requiring more engineers, and, accordingly, they proposed the formation of a new program combining engineering and physics to Dean John N. Finlayson (Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science from 1936-1950). Dean Finlayson agreed and asked the trio to consider a curriculum. Their suggestions became the underpinnings of Engineering Physics, which was included within the Faculty of Applied Science but was run by the Department of Physics. These three students became the first graduating class of Engineering Physics in 1947. Although often referred to informally as the "Department of Engineering Physics", Engineering Physics is not technically considered a Department and is more properly referred to as it is in the UBC Calendar as the "Engineering Physics Program". Coursework within Engineering Physics leads to a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics. Based on a solid foundation of physics, math and engineering principles, students graduating from Engineering Physics play a critical role in taking new ideas from concept to practical use at the cutting edge of new technologies. In the years after its initial creation, Engineering Physics continued to grow and in 1972 Professor Robert Parsons was appointed the Director of Engineering Physics. In 1978, Professor Boye Ahlborn was appointed as Director. Two years later, in 1980, Professor Edward Auld was appointed Director of Engineering Physics, a position which he held for 18 years until 1998. In 1998, Professor Jeff Young was appointed Director, a position he held until 2006, when Professor Andre Marziali became the Director. Over the years, Engineering Physics students have been involved in many different successful endeavours. For example, in 1981, students Geof Auchinlech and Andre Godoroja produced a design report for APSC 459 which led to a contract to retrofit the Vancouver Planetarium entertainment system. In 1983, graduate student Richard McMahon developed sophisticated computer technology and formed a successful company, Techware Systems Corporation, to commercialize his product. In 1988, Engineering Physics received a Fund for Excellence grant from the Provincial Government to form the Engineering Physics Project Lab. In 1997, the same year that Engineering Physics hosted a 50th Anniversary celebration attended by over 200 alumni, graduate Bjarni Tryggvason, Canadian Astronaut, orbited the space station and tested his motion isolation system, part of which had been developed in the Engineering Physics Project Lab. As of 2013, Engineering Physics is a fully accredited Engineering Program that is administered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and is a part of the Faculty of Applied Science.
  
• Notes:Title based on the content of the fonds.