Physics 4DA3/4DB3/4D06
Digital Logic and Computer Systems
 
News

2013 Mar 17

Sadly, the era of Physics 4D06 has come to a close.

 

 
Dr. Terry Kennett
 
     
 
Dr. Terence James Kennett
 
 
August 8, 1927 - March 11, 2013
 
 
 
 

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Terry on March 11, 2013 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton. Beloved and devoted husband to Kathleen for 63 years. Loving father to David (Jill), Karen Cooper (Clint) and Terry John. Proud grampa to Jennifer, Julie and Matthew and loving step- grandfather to Ryan. Predeceased by his parents John and Winifred. Terry will be sadly missed by Dr. William Prestwich (cousin) and many other colleagues from McMaster University's Department of Physics. Terry received his PhD in Nuclear Physics in 1956 and had a dedicated career teaching as well as conducting research at McMaster's nuclear reactor until his retirement in 1993. We will all miss the guidance and knowledge that he provided to us. The family would like to thank Dr. Trollope and Dr. Stevenson for their compassionate care. Cremation has taken place. Interment and a celebration of life will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice. Please sign Terry's on-line book of condolence at www.catteleatonandchambers.ca

 
     
     
     

 

This page is dedicated to Dr. Terry Kennett, the father of Physics 4D06

 

A Timeline and History behind 4D6 will be presented in the future. If you have some stories you would like to share please do not hesitate to send it to us.


 

History of Physics 4D6

written by Terry Kennett, private correspondence to K. Chin, 02011.07.13

 

 
 

A Time Line

Supporters

Here are a few more names of TAs that I can remember. I must say that in all those 30 odd years I was associated with 4D6, the TAs always did an excellent job, probably because the onset of "the digital age" tweaked their interest. Clarence Verge also did a fine job in the operation of the lab.

Doug Barber
Bev Kenyon
Lacklama
Rick Fedorowicz
Keith Leppman

 

 
 

Location

When I started in 1959, the lab was in the basement of the Burke Science Building. All the physics labs were on that floor and chemistry was on the first floor. We remained there until the Bourns building opened around the last half of the 60's. We were assigned a nice large lab just around the corner from the Physics office, across from the 3rd year electronics lab. The lab was where the PDP-8/S was installed shortly after we moved there.

There was, in a short time, a space war with many eyes looking at our quarters as a place for research. At the same time, Mac was finally creating a computer science department, located in the General Science Building. Because of common interests and the ABB pressures, we moved to the GSB in the early 70's.

Over the years Don Sprung put constant pressure on me to move the lab, but I refused unless an equivalent lab could be found. Unfortunately, the association with Computer Science, while starting out okay, slowly weakened. This may have been because most members were applied mathematicians.

 

 
Tektronix 422

Evolution of 4D6

When I started teaching in 1959, the lab was operated on quite outdated equipment. Feeling that without modern equipment, students would not gain skills that could lead to gainful employment, I set out to upgrade the lab.

The scopes were Heathkits, put together by the students . . . not a very enlightening experience. Electronics was low priority at this time and no physicist on the small faculty cared about being actively involved since really, it just wasn't physics! Consequently, no updating had occurred for many years.

Initially I requested a few thousand dollars and bought some used Tektronix scopes. These allowed us to move into the contemporary world! At this point students started building and testing pulse and simple digital circuits. This covered the time span 1959 to the mid 60s.

 

 

DEC PDP-8/S

 

 

 

 

DEC PDP-8/S

When the Bourns building was complete, a windfall of dollars was made to equip labs in the new building. I cannot recall how much we got but would guess it was around $150,000. With such a sum, it seemed wise to really update the lab for the future needs of students.

At the time Digital Equipment was producing mini computers and the university, other than the administration, had only a very dated Bendix computer. As I recall, this was about as powerful as an HP calculator. Consequently, it made sense to acquire a modern computer, say the PDP-8. Because of the rather high cost, we settled for the slower serial machine, the PDP-8/S. I believe the cost was probably around $50,000. With the remaining money, scopes, test equipment and DEC cards were acquired.

This PDP-8/S was the first departmental computer on campus and the envy of the engineers, particularly electrical engineering. Several chemical engineers took 4D6 to gain experience in the evolving digital world. This digital leadership lasted for a few years when other departments started to acquire minicomputers.

My goal had always been to enhance professionalism for students and I must say that your contribution to all aspects of 4D6 was outstanding. Your dedication, interest and technical ability made all my wishes come to pass.

I hope this note will provide you with the material you requested. In the mean time, continue to contribute your skills for the betterment of students.

- Terry Kennett

 

(edited: 02013.03.29)

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4D6 Time Line

 
       
  1959

4D6 Lab starts in basement of Physical Sciences Blgd., now named Burke Science Bldg.
Clarence Verge, Technican.

 
  196? moved to Senior Sciences Bldg., now named Arthur Bourns Bldg.  
  197? moved to Room 222, General Sciences Bldg.  
  1973 Kenrick Chin, TA  
  1974 Kenrick Chin & Gord Cormick, TA  
  1975

Gord Cormick, TA, Kenrick Chin, Technician

DG Nova 2 used for teaching

Data General Nova 2 minicomputer

  1976 Nick Barkman, TA  
  1982 IBM Personal Computer appears
  1984 Apple Macintosh introduced
  1990 First Lab manual, created on an Apple 512K Macintosh and WriteNow  
  1999 4D6 goes online on the web  
  2006 moved to Room B157 - Burke Science Bldg. (back where it started?)  
       
  2010-2011 final year of 4D06  
  2011-present lab now used for Physics 3BA3 Electronics I and Physics 3BB3 Electronics II  
       

more interesting things to be added later

 

Graduate Students and Teaching Assistants

 
 

Jerry Skene
Vince Thompson
Leo Lowe
John McFee
Nick Barkman
Morley Davis
Peter Brewster
Kenrick Chin
Gord Cormick
Alan Brown
Mike Paterson
Victor Janzen
Mike Vetterli
Garnet Jones
Richard Tervo
Keith Leppman
Ian Cunningham
Diane Burns
Brian Currie
Dietrich Abraham
Muhammad Budi Setyawan
Katz??
Tom Cousins
John Fanson
Ian Gould
Gary Pepper
Ian Bostock
Rob Hawkes
Rob Hunter
Joanne O'Meara
Rick Fedorowicz
Butani???
Coleen Caney

 
     

 

 

Instructors and Teaching Assistants

           
 

 

Dr. William V. Prestwich

1995 Nek Manji
1996 Erin Niven

1998 Nek Manji, Erin Niven
2000 Mariusz
2000 ZAC
2001 Sean Woodworth
2001 Ryan Studinski

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sean Woodworth

     
 

 

2002 - 2007

Dr. Gerry Moran

2002 Ryan Studinski
2002 Sean Woodworth
2003 Kara Schnaar
2003 Andrew Logan
2003 Diana Moscu
2004 Sergei Obruchkov
2005 Mohamed Naser
2005 Jamie Smith
2006 Nick Leeson
2007 Paul Hartley

Kara Schnaar

Jamie Smith

Andrew Logan

Nick Leeson

Diana Moscu

Paul Hartley

Ryan Studinski

Mohamed Naser

   
 

 

2008

Dr. Tatiana Zaraiskaya

2008 Sergei Obruchkov
2008 Yi Gan

Sergei Obruchkov

Yi Gan

       
 

 

2009-2010

Dr. Nick Bock

2009 Alyaa Elzibak
2009 Andrew Davis

Alyaa Elzibak

Andrew Davis

       
               

 

         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

 

Class Lists

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
   


 

 

 
         

 

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
   

 

 

 
         

 

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

 



 

 


 

 

 

 
         

 

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

 

TA

ABDALLA, Abdalla
ADEBAR, Marco
ALKIN, Zafer
ALLEN, Bob
BAGI, Elza
BELAND, D.M.
BERRIGAN, John
BOTTOMS, Brent
BRAZIER, M.A.
BRETON, Martin
BUCK, Dave
CHEN, Ji Tang
CHU, Terence
CLARKE, Lloyd
COOKE, Steve
DESPINIC, George
DEVEREAUX, Fergus
DUNCAN, Anne
EVANS, John
FELTHAM, Robert
FILDEY, Jeff
FILES, Robert
GOSLAN, Dave
GRANT, Mark
GRUESCU,Mircea
HAIG, Colin
HODAIE, P.
HOLLEN, Angeline
HUMPHREYS, Kent
KEEGSTRA, Dave
KEMP, Brad
KINSEY, Wynstan
KUO, Angus
LACERTE, David
LASKOWSKI, Andrew
LEE, David
LEPPMAN, Keith
LONGINOV, Mike
LOPES, Jorge
MARTIN, Tom
MCCALLA, R.
MCPHERSON, Mick
MEYER, Beth
MILLER, Ian
MINDORFF, Philip
NEATE, Eric
NORONHA, Jennifer
OWEN, Jeff
ROBERTS, Mark
RYAN, Linda
RYMASZEWSKI, Chris
SAMPIERI, Nick
SETO, Leo
SMITH, Brian
SMITH, Liza
SUTTON, Dave
SZEWCZYK
TAI, Ken Ye
TAN, Yuri
TRAC, Phu
TAYLOR, D.A.
TERBOGT, S.T.
TORGBOR, Joseph
THURSTON, Glenn
TONG, Patrick
TRAN, V.
VALDEVIT, Tony
WANG, Guonan
WONG, Ray
YU, Ben


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
         

 

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

Koch, Jim
Quirke, Chris
Ford, Tricia
Niejadeik, Matthew
Ramsarran, Junita
O'Meara, Joanna
Hunter, Rob
Hawke, Rob
Thomas, Trevor
Truax, Derek
Lamm, Mark
Smith, Darren
Bolton, Andrew
Brunyansky, Tara
Jennings, Leslie
Refling, Leigh
Muegge, Steve
Warkentin, Colin
Willson, John
Clendinning, Bill
Turk, James
Allan, Greg
Wilson, Craig
Murray, Jon
Sunner, Navjot
Hammond, Jon
Sena, Chandra
Kitman, Ying
Asrabian, Ara
Busch, Steve
Sekula, Chris
Manji, Shafiq
Marsili, Marko
Soulier, Mike
Szecoczyk, Adam
Sloan, David
Ramanno, Lora
Hilts, Michelle
Harris, Karl
Jonkman, James
Breti, Jeff
Schnetter, Erik
Mohamed

TA
Joanna O'Meara
Rob Hunter
Rob Hawke

ADAMS, Jim
ALLEN, Michael
ARNOTT, Trevor
BADENHURST, Wade
BAINS, Jim
BHATIA, Pradeep
BOSE, Ralph
BROWN, Jeff
BUSCH, Alex
CHAPMAN, Les
CHEN, Chery
CIORAN, Nicholas
CLUETT, Rick
COHOE, Rick
DALACU, Dan
DIBIASE, Joe
DRIESSE, Jorina
GODET, Laurent
GOODGER, Steve
GORDON, Leslie
HLOZANEK, Martin
HUANG, Rong
JAMIESON, Brian
JANJATOVIC, Doug
KETTLE, Mark
KORNYLO, Dave
LI, Cheuh
LUO, Hongda
MALLON, Michael
MCCARTHY, Greg
NGUYEN, Nhan
OUYANG, Xu
PANG, Yuancheng
PHILLIPS, Darren
POLACHUK, Michelle
RAK, Miro
RASO, Joe
REMPEL, Paul
RUTLEDGE, Glen
SAWICKI, Marcin
SI, Yuancheng
STATE, Jeff
VETTER, Tony
WOLFSGRUBER, Steve
YANG, Jian
ZHONG, Jianguo


TA
Dave Kornylo
Joe Raso

Adamson, Eric
Aldrian, Edvin
Balsara, Vipul
Bielby, David
Bouley, Shawn
Gilderson, Jim
Gulino, John
Holyk, Orest
Howard, Vicky
Kerstens, Anthony
Knight, Josh
Landry, Dave
Lane, Pierre
Mah, David
Mallon, Michael
O'Hare, Rich
Oreskovic, Joe
Robichaud, Leo
Rowsell, Steve
Scheipel, William
Schroger, Mike
Singh, Patricia
Smrz, Jarda
Soganich, Mike
Spadafora, Rob
Tompa, Beno
Uppal, Moni
Vagg, Jeff
Zovatto, Elena

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
         

 

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

TA
Nek Manji

Allan, John
Ajmani, Curtis
Chopra, Rajiv
Chow, Michael
Cubias, Natalie
Barreto, Victor
Burroughs, Todd
Dosanjy, Arpal
Drennan, Scott
Ferguson, Greg
Gazzola, James
Halsall, Tracy
Hosdi, Dehis
Jensen, Eric
Kassis, Johnny
Kim, Juney
Kizilian, Narine
Kong, Eddie
Lagali, Neil
Lysyshyn, Mark
Maeno, Tetsuya
MacDonald, Bev
Miedema, Dave
Moyer, Michael
Nevin, Erin
Nie, Lisa
Nizami, Shamsul
Northcott, Julie
Rahbar, Ali
Rewcastle, John
Ruo Russell
Scanlan, Ray
Seto, Wayne
Skorucak, Anton
Smith, Debbie
Smith, Kevin
Strano, Mike
Sutton, Jennifer
Song, Xinni
Tessaro, Grant
Thompson, Heather
Wilson, Paul
Yousaf, Kamran

 

 

 

 

 




TA
Nek Manji
Coleen Caney
Erin Niven
Rob Hawkes

Bentley, Mark
Bresznai, Anthony
Chamberlain, David
Cheung, Su Mei
Chrobak, Les
Clarke, Adrian
Collins, Kim
Corrigal, Luke
Crowley, Steven
Dariotis, Stavros
Dawes, Andrew
Fasullo, Sam
Guay, Scott
Gupta, Monika
Hafez, Bassel
Harris, Richard
Hoang, Duc
Huber, Kris
Hyde, Derek
Jain, Sunny
Jamal, Shafique
Johnson, Aaron
Johnston, Kirk
Joiner, Glenn
Jun-Wan, Kim
Kalnins, Robert
Lisak, Debbie
Lucas, Lyanna
Lupia, Eddy
Mahoney, Tara
McCleary, Alison
McGruirl, Elizabeth
Mehta, Manoj
Moe, Mark
Mourtada, Radwan
Muir, Bill
Myint, Kenji
Peters, Jessica
Pompei, Alex
Portelli, Steven
Purdie, Tom
Roberts, Marcel
Rule, Betty
Semcesen, Pavlo
Smith, Kimberly
Sodagar, Ali
Soustek, Chris
Teh, Ivy
Timmins, Ian
Tsui, Rosemarie
Turner, Pat
Wang, Charles
Warren, Russel
West, Brian
Westermann, Chris
Ye, Hongke

TA
Nek Manji
Erin Niven
Ben Yu

Alibhai, Rahim
Babic, Steven
Burrows, Lisa
Chan, Keung Po
Chin, Lee
Chorney, David
Colgan, Jeff
Cummins, Holly
Davis, Steve
Daza, Cherry Anne
Evans, Allan
Fritz, Mark
Giewercer, Davids
Gorgey, Adrian
Hancock, Jack
Htwe, Kyaw Kyaw
Ivanis, Nikolina
Jiwa, Ashifa
Kassam, Rahim
Khavari, Vahid
Khouli, Fadil
Kim, Hak
La Peare, Gary
Lepper, Darren
Lincoln, Raj
Lopez, Sergio
Matheson, Graeme
Mazarakis, Mike
McDougall, Nancy
Murphy, Rebeccas
Nabe, Joel
Neath, Cathy
Nguyen, Nga
Pace, Paolo
Petric, M. Peter
Philipson, John
Pop, Horatiu
Robinson, Brett
Rottmann, Mark
Ruschin, Mark
Schincariol, Mike
Schipper, Christina
Skinner, Matthew
Smith, Brian
Snopek, Dave
Stafford, Scott
Stiff, David
Syme, Alasdairs
Szaruga, Rafal
Trecieski, Mike
Vacca, Chris
Van den Heuvel, Brian
Wilson, Cynthia
Wood, Richard
Zajkeskovic, Adrian
Yeum, Chet

TA
Nek Manji
Erin Niven

Abdel, Faris
Ateia, Suhad
Baek, Woo-Suk
Bahra, Raskamal
Barbosa, James
Bear, Chris
Boychuk, Jay
Calder, Mark
Chan, Alvin
Chi, Melinda
Crowley, Pau
Cullen, Chris
Eles, Phil
Erenben, Korhan
Gordon, Maggie
Hamm, Jeff
Hawthorn, Dave
Heikoop, Matts
Hertzman, David
Jacklin, Greg
Jones, Brian
Kim, Do Yoon
Loree, Ann
Lumley, Owen
Mavraganis, Pierre
McDonald, Scott
Monterroza, Will
Nguyen, Loc
Ostrowski, Chris
Palmer, Jacob
Parucha, Joseph
Patnaik, Rash
Pausak, Tijana
Razzaghi, Kaveh
Rodinger, Tom
Salvatore, Laura
Smith, Richard
So, Aaron
Strohm, Eric
Studinski, Ryan
Thompson, Sue
Van Spronsen, Jason
Vouk, Ivana 9408639
Van Dijk, Tim
Vincze, Steven
Wood, Richard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
         

 

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

TA
Sach Buffett
Mariusz Martyniuk

ARO, Jonathon
ATANACKOVIC, Jovica
BAINS, Rupinderjeet
BAUER, Brendan
BOWKER, Thomas
BROOKS, Christopher
CHAUDHRY, Umar
CHONG, Wee
CHUI, Charmaine
DAHLGREN, Chris
FERNANDEZ-SOROKIN, Francisco
GARVA, Amy
GEADY, Christopher
HADI, Aryan
HADJIMICHAEL, Andrew
HAIDRY, Srosh
HAMM, Jeffery
HANTOUR, Nancy
JACKSON, Kerry
JANDU, Maninder
KHAN, Mubashir
KUNIYAL, Tapan
LEE, Juyeob
MENDELL, Ryan
MIRASOL, Reinard
NECHADIM, Vadim
NOVAKOVIC, Petar
PARE, Danielle
PHILIPSON, Jacob
POWERS, Jodi
SHEN, Da
TAUBENSEE, Lisa
TEH, Sin
TORENVLIET, Nicholas
TUREL, Cyrus
VALLANCE, James
WILLY, Anoj
WINTER, Jeff
YEBOAH, James
YEN, Ting



AJMERA, Alok
BAKER, Neil
BERNAS, Lisa
BUDZ, Andrew
CARNEIRO, Trevor
CAXAJ, Victor
CHEEMA, Gagandeep
CHERKAS, Joseph
CHO, Michael
DE THOMASIS, Marco
DI DIODATO, Lisa
DONATO, Kristina
FAN, Wing
GUPT A, Sushil
HAMIL TON, Keilh
HAMM, Jeffery
JIN, Nicholas
JOHNSTON, Steven
KLAGES, Peter
KOHLI, Vikram
KREFT, Victor
LAM, Thuy
LAU, Ka
LU, Hung
MCVETY, Joseph
MORRIS, Michael
REAMAN, Devon
SAFAIAN, Nima
SHAHIDEH, Mehdi
SINNATHAMBY, Suganja
SPLEIT, Michael
STANDISH, Beau
WILLIE, Gordon
WONG, Hau
YIU, Chong

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 
         


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