Reviews the development of engineering education in the United States from 1747 to date. (SL)

Discusses problems of social values and engineering in countries with highly advanced technologies. (SL)

Reports on a survey of programs at a number of universities. Particular concerns of graduate programs for non-chemical engineers are noted. (CP)

The chemical engineering graduate program for non-chemical engineering undergraduate majors at Texas Tech University is examined by three students who have completed the program. (CP)

Provides a profile of Scott Fogler of the University of Michigan faculty of chemical engineering as an outstanding educator. (SL)

Reports that current engineering guidance efforts are inadequate and fail to direct many capable students into engineering or to direct incapable students out of engineering. (SL)

Presents the advantages and disadvantages of an adjunct professor program within an engineering faculty. (SL)

Describes an undergraduate/graduate course in polymer science engineering which stresses industrial implications. (SL)

Describes current attempts to implement policy change within the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). (SL)

Constructs industry-related writing assignments for students of chemical engineering to simulate communication tasks they will face as professionals. (MS)

Coming from a variety of disciplines, manufacturing engineers are keys to industry's efforts to modernize, with demand exceeding supply. The newest and fastest-growing areas include machine vision, composite materials, and manufacturing automation protocols, each of which is briefly discussed. (JN)

As the debate over nuclear safety continues, the job market remains healthy for nuclear engineers. The average salary offered to new nuclear engineers with bachelor's degrees is $27,400. Salary averages and increases compare favorably with other engineering disciplines. Various job sources in the field are noted. (JN)

A British polytechnic's civil engineering course emphasizing creative problem solving, begun in the late 1960s, has shown that it is possible to increase students' creative ability in the course of a degree program. Research into the identification of students who will benefit from the approach is continuing. (MSE)

Describes an interactive computer software package that uses graphics to teach staged operations (particularly the McCabe-Thiele method). Criteria used in developing the package and advantages for instructors and students are considered. (JN)

Examines the extent to which a process control computer system is assisting departmental research (by providing a comprehensive and flexible data logging and plant control system) and providing a teaching facility for the department by live demonstrations of plant monitoring and control applications, simulation, and student implementation of…