It is no coincidence that many of the "Grand Challenges for Engineering" (National Academy of Engineering, 2007-2010)--such as carbon sequestration--address environmental problems that were precipitated by human inventiveness and engineering achievements. Although people recognize their dependence upon environmental processes to provide…

The purpose of this paper is to briefly explore some of the questions with which this and the next generation will be faced concerning the wise and equitable use of ocean space and seabed minerals and to look at contemporary efforts to resolve some of these questions. (Author)

The chemical engineering profession is in the midst of a significant evolution, perhaps a revolution. As the profession moves toward product development and design and away from petroleum and chemical process development and design, a new paradigm for chemical engineering education is evolving. Therefore, a new generation of capstone design…

Particle production and solids processing are essential components of the contemporary process industries. Crystalline solids represent a large and important segment of this manufacturing sector. Chemical engineers, especially in the United States, have historically abandoned this subject, leaving it to pharmacists, physical chemists, material…

The AIChE Chem-E-Car competition provides students an opportunity to demonstrate their design and teamwork skills. Engineering analysis is not required at the national competition and is often not applied. This work describes an engineering analysis of a Chem-E-Car to predict the distance traveled by the car. Engineering analysis is advantageous…

The notion of generic design, while it has been around for 25 years, is not often articulated, especially within Newell and Simon's (1972) Information Processing Theory framework. Design is merely lumped in with other forms of problem solving activity. Intuitively it is felt that there should be a level of description of the phenomenon which…

Metrication and the process of metric changeover in the United States are discussed; preferred terms and units of measure are specified. (DT)

A description of the purpose and course content of Carnegie-Mellon's program in Engineering and Public Affairs is provided. Problems of faculty participation are discussed. (DT)

Details of the operation of a program for freshmen engineering students and the evaluation of its effectveness are reported in this article. (DT)

The results of a survey of student attitudes toward technology showed substantial differences in attitude between engineering and non-engineering students, as well as differences among engineering students majoring in various areas. Some implications of these findings are presented. (DT)

Advocates a comprehensive design revolution based on the principle of doing more and more with less and less. States that man's "systems thinking" has been too heavily influenced by mechanistic views and that future concepts of economic progress must be based on improving the quality of life. (GS)

Article provided a well-known example of creative invention, that of the hovercraft, which served well as a highlight of the problems facing the student of creativity. (Author/RK)