Adelaide University Engineering Society

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The Adelaide University Engineering Society is a student club of the Adelaide University, located in South Australia. The society draws it's members from all schools of engineering at the University, any of whom can nominate to be on it's committee.

Each year a publication entitled Hysteresis is produced by the society, through contributions from students and staff, outlining major events from the year. The 1971 edition details some special events from the societies history; this was the year that engineering students were responsible for suspending a car under a footbridge, over a river.

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In the following edition, 1972, Australia's first and only person in space, Doctor Andrew Thomas, can be found. Other noteables appear in detail below.

The club runs several functions throughout the year, all having strong ties to Australian culture; these functions are detailed below.

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Publications

Hysteresis

The society's annual publication was first produced in 1945 (titled the Adelaide University Engineering Society Magazine), as a medium for students to write predominantly technical articles about interesting and emerging technologies (such as colour television and jet engines). The early publications also mentioned the activities of the AUES and the engineering department for that year. In 1957 the publication was titled Hysteresis and was produced regularly (although not every year) until 1980, with the content moving towards documenting campus events and social activities as opposed to a mostly technical document.

After a twenty year hiatus the publication was revived in 2005, under the guidance of editors Julian O'Shea and Alvin Chan. This publication was a yearbook of sorts and contained input from the various schools within the University of Adelaide engineering department and articles written by students from a range of engineering related clubs and societies. The style of the publication is light hearted and the revived version feature few to no technical articles.

An archive of Hysteresis back issues is located online.

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Freshers Guide

Put out at the beginning of the year, the freshers guide gives first year engineering students the low down on the subjects they will be studying in the coming year, from the perspective of more experienced students. Always an entertaining read, it should not be forgotten that it does contain handy tips for getting through the year.

Pubcrawl Guide

Handed out upon entry to the Unibar, the first pub of the crawl, the guide follows the theme of the pubcrawl for that particular year. Often containing a story, it also gives information on what pubs the crawl will be attending at what times, and any drink specials that may be availiable.

Noteable Members

Andy 'Syd' Thomas

Thomas studied Mechanical Engineering, graduating in 1973 with first class honours. He went on to obtain his PhD in 1978, before working in the areas of fluid- and aero-dynamics at Lockheed. He was appointed a member of the NASA astronaut corps in 1993, and has since flown to space aboard the Space Shuttle four times, clocking 177 days in space aboard the Shuttles, Mir Space Station and the International Space Station.

While a student at the uni, Thomas appears in the 1972 edition of Hysteresis, as a third year. Thomas' caption for the photo of the "Mechs" for that year is captioned:

"A.S.W. (Syd) Thomas: Hides his massive intellect behind a screen of silence and hair. His abilities are varied and include designing wine labels for the A.U.E.S."

Hysteresis 1972 p 27. [1]

Derek Abbott

Abbott completed a Science degree, specializing in physics and obtaining honours, at the Loughborough University of Technology, UK, before moving to Adelaide and competing his Phd, with recommendations for distinction in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The rest becomes slightly hazy, but quite possibly his most profound work can be found here [2], where Dr Derek investigates the phenomenon of how different languages mimic animal sounds.

Functions

Pubcrawl

The biggest club organised event for the year is the annual 'Engie' Pub crawl, the largest such event in the University, the state, and believed to be in the entire Southern Hemisphere. This event draws about a thousand "official" participants (wearing the AUES shirt) plus an unknown number of extra students who attend (as the pubs are open to the public, this number is impossible to determine). Always themed with something relating to popular culture, especially relating to either current events or those from the students childhood, the crawl traditionally begins at the campus Unibar, and proceeds around the CBD, visiting several pubs, including the obligatory stop off at Hungry Jacks halfway through.

Previous themes include

• Beer of the Pig (Year of the pig) 1995
• Dribble J (Triple J, radio station) 1996
• 007 License to Scull (007 License to Kill, the 16th James Bond movie) 1997
• Barman (Batman) 1998
• Bar Trek: The Next Intoxication (Star Trek: The Next Generation) 1999
• Thomas the Tanked Engie (Thomas the Tank Engine) 2000
• Give Beer (Give Way, street sign) 2001
• The Blind and Messy Pubcrawl (Little Miss Blind and Mr Messy, from the Mr Men series) 2002
• Where's Wobbly (Where's Wally) 2003
• Slurvivor (Survivor, the television program) 2004
• Legless (Lego) 2005
• Adelaide Binge 06 (Adelaide Fringe Festival) 2006
• Teenage Mutant Binja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) 2007

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Barbecues

The club hosts several barbecues through out the year, all of which are centered around drinking large amounts of alcohol, however, they also have other themes. These include the annual anti-politician BBQ, held during the week that University Union elections are held. An area of the campus is chalked off, and any student politician who enters is shot with a water pistol.

Cocktail Night

The annual cocktail night is an event where the engineers are treated to some fine, hand mixed cocktails, and is a well attended social event.

Quiz Night

The Quiz night is always very popular with students on campus, with tables being booked out well before the event. The night is run like most quiz nights, however, is made unique by things such as per-table beer tallies, to see which table are the best drinkers, and also by the dubious quality of the prizes, which is reliant on the abilities of current committee members to obtain sponsorship from local businesses.

Tug 'o War

An event that has not been seen at the university for many a year, revived thanks to the vision of Julian O'Shea. The traditional tug-of-war is given a unique AUES twist with the contest taking place on opposite banks of the River Torrens. The river, which is part of the greater Torrens Lake catchment, which runs through central Adelaide is known for its algal blooms, horrid smell, and general polluted state.

The event was to be restored to an annual event between the Engineering and Medical faculties, however, due to the difficulties in convincing the Medical Society to foot its half of the bill, the engineers' may choose different terms of engagement with the Med's, which may or may not include activities such as flag hoisting and acquisition of certain cups.

Committee

Members of the society vote in their committee every year, and it is these students who run the club.

While some suggest that civil engineering students have had stronger representation in the past, possibly because other schools of engineering have their own societies, 2006 sees a well balanced committee consisting of students from the schools of civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical and petroleum engineering.

2006 Executive Committee

Office	2006 official
President	Thomas Vincent Masters Civil
Vice President (Education)	Michael Quince 4th year Civil
Vice President (Activities)	Craig Browett 4th year Mechanical
Secretary	Crystal Forrester 3rd year Aerospace
Treasurer	Laura Brooks Postgraduate Mechanical
Women's Officer	Nina Hydbom 4th year Civil
Publicity Officers	Matthew Newcombe 4th year Aerospace Nicole Anderson 4th year Civil

2006 General Committee

• Joel Stanley 4th year Elec
• Sunil D'Souza 4th year Elec
• Steven Harding 4th year Mech
• Britta Jensen 4th year Civil
• Alexander Jenner-O'Shea 3rd year Mecha
• Hilary Pocock 3rd year Civil
• Richard Kohler 3rd year Civil
• Michael Fischer 3rd year Mech
• Daniel Ali 2nd year Mech
• Michael Newman 2nd year Petro
• Ben Duivesteyn 2nd year Petro
• Joon-Yip Wong 2nd year Chem

Website

• http://www.aues.org.au