Houston's High School for the Engineering Professions (HSEP) is a special curriculum, college preparatory school designed for students seeking engineering careers. HSEP is a magnet school intended to promote desegregation by offering academic and vocational programs that attract diverse students from the whole school district. (JOW)

Advances in factory computerization (computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing) are reviewed, including discussions of robotics, human factors engineering, and the sociological impact of automation. (JN)

Describes the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, including departmental history and facilities, graduate and undergraduate programs, and current faculty and their research interests. (JN)

An evaluation of a personal computer was conducted to determine its potential for applications normally assumed to require higher resolution, higher cost graphics devices. Its resolution, stand-alone computing power, and capability to function as a distributed computing element in a time-sharing system are discussed. Six references are listed.…

Outlines some of the major innovations found in FORTRAN 77 as compared to FORTRAN 66, emphasizing changes important to the teaching of applied FORTRAN to engineering students. (SK)

In this course, half the time is devoted to presentations by industrial equipment vendors and half to presentation of equipment specification and selection manuals prepared by the students. (BB)

This article shows how different methods of combining test scores can lead to different grade evaluations for some students. Some methods are more reliable than others. (BB)

Practicing engineers find that much technical writing is done in small groups. A course is described which gives students such group technical writing experience. (BB)

Outlines procedures to help motivate engineering students to publish articles in professional journals. (FL)

Describes efforts to evaluate and map the susceptibility of barrier islands to damage from storms, erosion, rising sea levels and other natural phenomena. Presented are criteria for assessing the safety and hazard potential of island developments. (WB)

Practical experience has shown that computer aided design programs can provide an invaluable aid in the learning process when integrated into the syllabus in lecture and laboratory periods. This should be a major area of future development of computer assisted learning in engineering education. (Author/CMV)

One hundred seventy-eight papers are abstracted which were submitted to the Paper Distribution Center by speakers at the annual conference of the American Society for Engineering Education. The abstracts are arranged under headings which correspond to sponsers listed in the program. (Author/SA)

Several general aspects are discussed. These include the role of mathematics in scientific and technical progress, some deficiencies in training, the role of mathematics in engineering faculties, and methods of improving mathematical training. (MP)

Presented is a look at the collective bargaining unit of the University of Rhode Island faculty. Salary increases are assured, faculty and administration are polarized, and tenure and promotion seem unaffected. Support from engineers remains divided. (Author/BB)

A brief history is presented of the American Society for Engineering Education's Creative Engineering Design Displays along with some commentary from a student designer and a judge. (BB)