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Technology student leads busy life at work In the chemical technology Soolsmeyer will graduate this spring with a diploma in chemical technology alter four years as a port lime student at the Brampton Campus of Sheridan College Gisela is one of two women in the graduating class and an outstanding student according to Ralph Beaty chairman of the Applied Science and Technology Division She has had or A pluses all through her years as a student here While disproving the hoary old adage that women and technology don mix still has plenty of for her two daughters 10 years old Her husband manager of Machinery Lid inToronto bin full agreement with her plans We both know that with this diploma II get a better position when I begin to work Gisela said Although she hasnt begun to look for a job no problems Chemical technology which is enrolled is a threeyear program The first two years con centrate primarily on routine lab techniques Students may graduate after two years as chemical technicians trained to work under The third year of the course turns from tab tech to the study of management and supervision chemical engineering independent research research reports and quality control The year provides graduates with potential to progress from a starting position as a technician to supervisor or independent researcher Gisela chose to study part time having been ad milted to the second year of he program because I didntwanltorushintoa job As she Is also a full time wife and mother she wanted time dally to be with her family Each graduate of the program must in addition to classroom studies complete a year long research project presented at years end in a to 40 page report protect concerns the Anaerobic digestion of sludge ana cellulose familiar to most people as a method by which methane gas is produced from sewage The gas can be used as a heat source and as fuel Gisela spends an average of two hours a day monitoring the experiment in addition to her classes and duties at home She has encountered no problems connected with being a woman in technology I have always been treated as an equal Mike Galda another graduate in the program said about the women Theyre as good as any man Linda Gouge on is the other female member of the class A 20year old full time student as far as she is concerned she says I ve been treated like one of the guys The students work and projects are more important to them than anything else is engaged in the phosphate analysis of rivers and streams Lindas project is entitled The molecular weights of gases by vapor densities and surface tension of liquids Applied Science and Technology Integration will be focus at new Brampton Campus Integration of related applied science and tech disciplines will be the focus at the new Bramp ton Campus Dave Olive Director of the Applied Science and Technology Division wants to emphasize the vertical and horizontal integration of studies Each discipline Director Dave Hive will what the other is doing since most of the lab activities will be very visible said Olive This will be apparent in most areas including the oneyear animal care program recently put under the technology wing and the art fundamentals program which will be sharing some of the facilities with technology After nine years we are very much looking forward to our new facilities located at the southeast corner of McLaughlin and Ave W said Ralph Beaty Chairman of the For the first time we will have labs designed as Labs in very specialized spaces The architects have specifically designed these facilities with our philosophy in mind continued Another significant improvement will be to pro vide animal care students with direct access to the mo- sciences lab The animal centre is currently housed in portable behind the campus on Church St It may not be known that graduates of the animal care program with Grade 13 chemistry may be ad nutted to the second year of the chemical technician program said Beaty Also after two years related industrial experience threeyear technology and twoyear technieianpr6grams can be certified by the Ontario Association of Certified Engineers Technicians and Technologists The AST division is also seeking approval for a full time oneyear hearing aid specialist program This is being offered as a 180hour parttime class The hearing aid specialist program Is open to any one with a secondary school graduation diploma and is aimed at training and educating responsible people in the retail measurement and adaption of hearing devices The specialist will diagnose select and apply proper devices as well as provide a certain amount of counselling for the patients psychological adjustment Olive clarified the diagnostic aspect the course which will be conducted by members of the medical profession Patients suffering from a hearing dis order will be referred to the specialist who with the use of audiometric devices can determine the extent of the hearing problem and select and fit an appro priate aid A necessary prerequisite for membership into the Hearing Aid Association is successful completion of this program In cooperation with the association the college will be preparing a special brochure outlining the program which wiH consist of approximately 10 courses The Applied Science and Technology Division will also introduce a food science elective and Is seeking ministry approval for a life science elective as well Sheridan College President John Porter further emphasized that women In technology are considered by the college administration to be an extremely important factor in the new campus Identity It is hoped that women will be encouraged to enter technology fields that have been previously male dominated We want to provide a new look toward women in various occupations Porter added Employment opportunities for men and women after graduation are essentially equal since jobs arc professional and usually don involve partial heavy or physical work claims that female graduates from previous years have obtained good jobs related to their course of study at Sheridan It should a bo be mentioned that the college has two very popular short color films Women In Tech nology and Careers In Technology the latter produced in cooperation with 1G Ontario community colleges which are available for public and secondary school viewing free of charge simply by contacting the Brampton Campus on Church St at or In formation Services Campus Students process information by means of logic circuits IB life Project Dlgiiog ceald make life easier for every Ode A for digital logic a device which operate on the principle as a computer In Unlit met the kind of circuits Hi creator Is Sheridan Brampton Campus elec tronics Instructor Roy Adams He built the last summer and added an Instructional notebook for a total selflearning package The device resembles a very complicated switchboard said Adams Wires are connected to 18 terminal which In turn are connected to an late- grated circuit Instructions are given on the board on bow to set it up By operating a series of switches we receive signals The difficulty comes In learning what the signals can do he explained The describes several logic functions and determines the application We see It as a via ble electronics substitute for mechanical devices which are used now for washing machines and sewing machines among others Weve used the for readouts on our receiver The machine was also responsible for developing the switch in the flashing marquee lights used for the college theatre production Youre a Good Man Charlie Brown he said Adams has had requests from Indus try to buy the but he said were not in the manu facturing business Right now were using it as an educational training apparatus in the classroom The Is relatively portable and Adams hopes to give demonstrations In local high schools as an example of a program and application In learning