Describes a course dealing with special functions and their applications to chemical engineering problems. Its major objective is to provide an adequate understanding and appreciation of the usefulness of special functions in the modeling of problems taken from various areas of engineering and applied physics. (Author/SK)

Summarizes findings of a 1980 National Science Foundation survey, indicating that the proportion of recent doctorates on the full-time faculties of science and engineering departments in PhD-granting institutions has continued to decline and that the proportion is below what department heads consider optimal. (SK)

Focuses on labor problems in Japan, including job-hopping, labor shortages, small businesses, working women, unemployment, white collar workers, and conflict between male and female employees. (SK)

Briefly describes an 8085-based controller for use with the Burroughs Self-Scan display, including display and editor hardware and software and the 126-item program. (SK)

Suggesting that physics need not be entirely mathematically oriented, offers examples and personal anecdotes illustrating how the applications of physics in other disciplines can be used to supplement traditional lectures and the physics of everyday phenomena. (JN)

Discusses the production of videotaped courses at the postgraduate level and their use by industry in the U.S. and compares this development with that of educational television in United Kingdom universities. An assessment of the future for this form of open/distance learning is given. Seventeen references are listed. (LLS)

The development of the University of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq, is discussed, illustrating how it has adjusted its work to national needs as expressed in national development plans. As industry in Iraq has broadened its scope, the curriculum in the university has widened. (Author/MLW)

Presents transcripts of freshmen engineering majors solving elementary physics problems to examine some limitations of formula-centered approaches to problem solving. Although students use formulas successfully, the qualitative conception of the underlying physical situation is weak. Results from written tests indicate that this phenomenon may be…

Reports the past use reactions to and experiences of teaching at remote locations through the use of electronic blackboards. Includes discussions of: (1) the equipment and its operation; (2) strengths of the system related to both remote and in-class students; and (3) mechanical, pedagogical, and psychological limitations. (SK)

Presented is a description of the evolution and curriculum of the masters program in aeronautical systems at the University of West Florida between 1969 and 1976. An explanation is given of the purpose and outcome of the group theses and research project in which the students taught themselves the systems approach. (SMB)

Describes benefits of undergraduate research at the University of Maine in chemical engineering for students, faculty, and institution. Indicates reasons why such research is not encouraged. Lists general requirements for successful projects and reviews the performance of three well-managed projects. (SK)

Reviews a senior undergraduate research program in chemical engineering at Princeton University. Includes strengths and requirements for a successful program. Senior thesis research provides creative problem solving experiences for students and is congruent with departmental research objectives. Selected student comments are included. (SK)

This study analyzes the characteristics of industry-education advisory councils representing technical education programs in New York State and develops recommendations concerning the factors that contribute to more favorable organization and operation of those councils. (BB)

Examines reasons for including microprocessors in school curricula. Indicates that practical work with microprocessors is not easy and discusses problems associated with using and constructing these control and processing devices of microcomputers. (SK)

Discusses debt financing as a way to help universities alleviate the problems of obsolete scientific equipment and facilities for research. Reviews several forms of tax-exempt financing and takes note of some of the advantages of debt financing. (CS)