Describes a course designed to assist students in writing differential equations to represent chemical processes and to solve these problems on digital computers. Course outline and discussion of computer projects and the simulation and optimization of a continuously stirred tank reactor process are included. (JN)

Provides a definition for creativity and illustrates it with examples from the history of science. Also indicates how the definition suggests some possibly useful procedures for educating creative scientists and engineers. (JN)

Reports on a Society of Women Engineers survey which documents strides for women engineers. Respondents (N=2100) are categorized according to employer, degrees/specialization, and supervisory responsibilities. Data indicate progress with salaries and change in the number of engineering bachelor degrees awarded to women from 1972 (1 percent) to…

Discusses the role and importance of physics in the engineering curriculum, considering the need for physics knowledge in technology transfer and in preventing architectural disasters. Also discusses preuniversity physics preparation in Saudi Arabia and an optimum engineering physics curriculum, outlining a proposed four-semester physics course.…

Indicates that teaching of mass transfer can be improved by: (1) using a single, simple definition of mass transfer coefficients; (2) altering use of analogies; and (3) repeatedly stressing differences between mathematical models used for chemical reactions and the actual chemistry of these reactions. Examples for undergraduate/graduate courses…

Described is a technique for utilizing debates of past engineering controversies in the classroom as a means of teaching the history of engineering advances. Included is a bibliography for three debate topics relating to important controversies. (SL)

Discusses a biochemical engineering course that is offered as part of a chemical engineering curriculum and includes topics that influence the behavior of man-made or natural microbial or enzyme reactors. (MLH)

Describes a course in distillation that is offered as part of a chemical engineering curriculum, and combines distillation theory and instruction on the automatic control of towers. (MLH)

Discusses the results of a survey of U.S. Chemical Engineering Departments to determine established policy concerning the use of SI units in courses and plans for future implementation of the SI system of units. (MLH)

Describes an advanced undergraduate materials science course in which each student conducts two independent laboratory projects and is required to submit a formal lab report at the end of each project. (MLH)

This document presents detailed statistical data on science and engineering degrees by race/ethnicity of recipients between 1990 and 1998. The data is based on two surveys: Bachelor's and Master's degree data were collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and data on doctorates were collected by the Survey of Earned…

To enhance the nation's economic productivity and improve the quality of life worldwide, engineering education in the United States must anticipate and adapt to the dramatic changes of engineering practice. The Engineer of 2020 urges the engineering profession to recognize what engineers can build for the future through a wide range of leadership…

The three-two plan has been developed, chiefly in recent years, as one method of attacking the problem of the proper allocation of time in undergraduate engineering education between the liberal and technical subdivisions of the curriculum. The growth in the number of such programs is a clear indication that this relatively new development is…

Summarized are the steps followed in planning an engineering technology program at Moraine Valley Community College. (JS)