Presents a critique of existing methodology used in curriculum updates in academic institutions, suggesting that an integrated approach is more realistic and meaningful to study and to bridging the gap between academic curriculum and industry's needs. Specifically recommends that curriculum-related and job-related data be analyzed simultaneously.…

West Virginia University was designated by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as the NSF University/Industry Fluidization and Fluid Particle Cooperative Research Center. Background information about the center, its research program (focusing on fundamental problems of reacting systems at elevated temperatures), and future prospects are…

Argues that mass and energy fluxes in a fluid are vectors. Topics include the stress tensor, theorem for tensor fields, mass flux as a vector, stress as a second order tensor, and energy flux as a tensor. (SK)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology fossil fuels program focusses on the science and engineering problems involved in the combustion of fuels and in their high-temperature thermal processing. (BB)

Discusses how pressure setting is determined for distillation columns, examining factors which must be considered when optimizing design for economical balance. Also discusses the basics of heat exchangers and cites a common problem with pressure differences. (JM)

Discusses how energy conservation can be integrated into a course on staged operations. Includes a course outline, sources of materials, and examples used in the course (low pressure operation, retraying for higher efficiency, and heat pumped towers). (SK)

Describes research investigating potential effect of input multiplicity on multivariable chemical process control systems. Several simple processes are shown to exhibit the possibility of theoretical developments on input multiplicity and closely related phenomena are discussed. (JN)

Summarizes the state of the art and speculates about future trends in chemical process control research and education in the United States. Most chemical engineering departments will continue to offer only basic courses, while the industry is likely to go its own way. (WB)

Describes a graduate "residence" program at Clemson University which is sponsored by the university and local industries. Advantages for graduate students (including increased levels of financial support and opportunities to gain significant industrial research experience), faculty, and sponsoring companies are outlined. Examples of these topics…

A graduate program at Colorado State University which focuses on integrated circuit processing is described. The program utilizes courses from several departments while allowing students to apply chemical engineering techniques to an integrated circuit fabrication research topic. Information on employment of chemical engineers by electronics…

Discusses two chemical engineering courses concerning atmospheric pollution and industrial waste treatment. (MLH)

Process synthesis is the specification of chemical and physical operations and the selection and interconnection of equipment to implement these operations to effect desired chemical processing transformations. Optimization and evolutionary and systematic generation process synthesis approaches are described. (Author/SK)

This paper gives an account of research on the structure of turbulence close to a solid boundary. Included is a method to study the flow close to the wall of a pipe without interferring with it. (Author/JN)

Presents a quantitative procedure for estimating a chemical product's potential market area at a given time. The technique demonstrates to engineering students how how economic, technical and regulatory factors influence the potential markets for a chemical commodity. (Author/WB)

Discusses a program that allows university engineering faculty members to work in industry for one year to gain experience that will aid in their instruction of engineering undergraduates. (MLH)