Laboratory activities give students an opportunity to interact with computers in modes ranging from remote terminal use in laboratory experimentation to the direct hands-on use of a small digital computer with disk memory and on-line plotter, and finally to the use of a large computer under closed-shop operation. (Author/TS)

Four prepared computer programs are used as teaching and design aids in a senior-year course. They incorporate more than half of the mathematical models and analysis developed throughout the course. (Author/TS)

Most pressing and unsolved problem in engineering education is reluctance to adopt new teaching techniques, advanced information processes and data systems. (IR)

The Faculty Interchange Committee of ASEE has initiated a program to upgrade the faculty and programs of five predominantly Negro enigneering colleges. (IR)

A Chemical and Engineering News survey shows that among chief executives in 20 U.S. chemical firms, 73 percent have some technical training; 53 percent of these have bachelors in chemistry or chemical engineering, substantially increased from a decade ago. Comments on the trend toward more technically trained management are provided. (Author/JN)

Videotapes were developed as supplemental material for a course in chemical engineering thermodynamics. Describes the course, videotapes produced (includes list by topics as related to course content), and effectiveness of the tapes. Although no significant improvement in test performance was noted, students indicated they learned material faster…

Presents course outline, topics covered, and final project (doubling as a take home final exam) for a one-semester, interdisciplinary course on the design and behavior of chemical reactors. Interplay of chemical and physical rate processes is stressed in the course. (JM)

Discusses five areas in which chemistry/engineering majors encounter difficulties in technical writing. These include literature searching, plagiarism, organization, synthesis, and rewriting. Also discusses role of technical faculty in helping students solve their writing problems. (JN)

School-by-school graduate/undergraduate enrollments for all programs and students combined are presented in an alphabetical list by state. Enrollments by curriculum, for women, minorities, and foreign nationals, as well as a 10-year summary (fall 1973-1982) are also presented and discussed. (JN)

Briefly describes the bachelor's and master's program in the Department of Engineering Management (University of Missouri--Rolla) and provides results of a survey of their engineering management graduates. Areas examined include salaries and types of entry/present level employment positions for both bachelor's and master's graduates. (JN)

Discusses how the topic of spectral (Fourier) decomposition is introduced in a communications course at State University of New York (Stony Brook). Includes background information on this engineering concept (without focusing on calculus), how it is demonstrated, applications, and how the spectrum of a given signal can be measured. (JN)