ROLE AND EDUCATION OF ENGINEERS FACE CHANGE IN WAKE OF COMPUTERS

作     者：WORTHY, W 

作者机构：C&EN Chicago 

出 版 物：《CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS》 

年 卷 期：1985年第63卷第29期

页      面：24-25页

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学科分类：0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 0703[理学-化学] 

主　　题：Photonics Materials processing Computational chemistry Industrial manufacturing 

摘      要：The engineer of the 1990s will be—must be—different from the engineer of the 1980s. Consequently, engineering education also must change. That was the gist of a recent Purdue conference on University Programs in Computer-Aided Engineering, Design, and Manufacturing. More than 400 engineers, from industry as well as from engineering schools, *** meeting was organized by Purdue s school of mechanical engineering, so the program stressed the impact that modern information processing technology is having on mechanical engineers. However, much of what was said was just as applicable to other engineering *** the opening session, for example, Paul J. Wondrasch, vice president of technology planning for AT&T Technologies, told of the challenges that face U.S. industry. Meeting these challenges will place new demands on engineers and, by extension, on those who educate engineers.We live in a remarkably technology-rich era, Wondrasch observes, noting that three technologies in particular—microelectronics, photonics, and software—are developing extremely ...