THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK EDUCATION
Part-Time Course Outlined to Increase U. K.'s Chem Engineers American educators say that system is not ap plicable in U. S.; but will work in Great Britain where not more than 2 0 0 chem engineers graduate a year npHE dearth of chemical engineers in •*• Great Britain has prompted the Insti tution of Chemical Engineers to recom mend a system of part-time instruction to convert holders of Ordinary Certificates in Chemistry and Mechanical Engineer ing into chemical engineers. ("Scheme for a Part Time Course in Chemical Engineer ing", The Institution of Chemical Engi neers, 5 6 Victoria St., London,. S. \V. 1, England. 35 cents.) These men have training about comparable to that of American students at the end of the sophomore year. They also have taken examinations as a basis for granting cer tificates. The institution has outlined a program that will assist the various tech nical colleges and industrial organizations in setting up part-time courses to qualify the students to practice as chemical engi neers and to take the examination for
engineering science which the chemists take is based on an elementary physics course and corresponds to a course in theoretical mechanics. The ones in strength of materials and applied heat are probably more complete than the corre sponding courses here. Treatment of pro duction and transfer of heat and power emphasizes power generation more than is regarded necessary b y American stand ards. Some doubt is expressed as to whether heat transmission and electrical machinery coverage is adequate. The two .courses in unit operations cover the fields that are usually treated in this country but place less emphasis on principles and more on description. The course on materials of construction and plant design contains about the same material but places less emphasis on eco nomic considerations. One criticism that
Entrants with Certificates in Chemistry
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FIRST YEAR
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Practical mathematics Engineering drawing Engineering science Total
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Inorganic chemistry 1 Organic chemistry Physical chemistry I Total
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Physical chemistry III Production aHcl transfer of heat and power Chemical engineering unit operations 1 Total
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Materials of construction and plant design Chemical engineering unit operations 2 Total
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associate membership in ICIiE. The pro gram outlined requires three evenings a week for three years, with a fourth "en dorsement year" also recommended. The programs stress mechanical engi neering courses for the chemists and chemistry courses for the mechanical engi neers. According to leading chemical engineering educators in the U. S., the cur ricula are quite thorough, to some extent more complete than the corresponding courses given in the usual undergraduate curricula in this country. The course in
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has been made of the entire schedule is the absence of chemical engineering eco nomics. The chemical engineering profession in Britain does not have the standing that it does in this country. There are fewer than 3000 members in the Institution of Chemical Engineers and probably not more than 200 new chemical engineers, including university graduates and holders of Higher National Certificates, appear each year. T h e universities have been slow to move toward development of
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professional education, so it has been the professional institutions, such as IChE, that have taken the lead in this develop ment. Membership in the societies is very much restricted and in many ways is con sidered the equivalent of a university degree. Although the British plan is not quite applicable to the situation in the U. S., there is some movement here to try to make chemical engineers out of chemists and mechanical engineers by offering spe cial evening courses in some of the indus trial areas. The University of Illinois ex tension division has offered such a course for Monsanto employees in East St. Louis.
Selection Committee Chosen for Public Service A w a r d s Formation of a committee on selection to choose the recipients of the Rockefeller Public Service Awards has been announced by Harold W. Dodds, president of Prince ton University. The awards program, established at Princeton under a grant of $250,000 from John D . Rockefeller 3rd, is designed to give special recognition to outstanding public service by civilian career employees in the Federal Govern ment, and to establish incentives for the continuance and advancement of those in the service. In announcing the formation of the selection committee, President Dodds pointed out that the rv/ards are intended to permit outstanding federal employees to take six months' to a year's leave of absence for the purpose of study or re^cd*vl* al ;&** institution cf the :nd:v:di:u!*c choice or to engage in some comparable activity such as educational travel. An award recipient will b e able to undertake such a program at no financial sacrifice on his part. T h e program is open to federal career employees whose performance has been distinguished by intellectual maturity, leadership, character, and competence and who evidence a sincere interest in publicservice as a career. While the program is not rigidly deter mined, it is anticipated that from five to 10 awards will be made annually. The number and quality of candidates will he a governing factor. Employees may be nominated by their agencies or may apply directly to the Rockefeller Public Service Awards Committee, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. Applications for the first group of awards should b e submitted prior to Oct. 1, 1952.
N G A A To H o l d Fractional Analysis School a t Oklahoma U The first school specifically designed for the study of low temperature fractional analysis of petroleum gases and liquids will open Oct. 6 at Oklahoma University under the sponsorship of the Natural Gasoline Association of America. Operat-
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THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK ing on a 10 month basis, the school will be a series of short courses of three weeks duration with 10 students per course period. Students will be partly trained operators from natural gasoline plants and other laboratories who are to be instructed in some of the finer points of analysis and particularly in the elimination of lite many cost human errors. The idea for the school had its origin in the recently completed series of com parative analysis studies conducted by the NGAA in which 76 oil companies and commercial laboratories analyzed identical hydrocarbon liquid samples with a wide variety of results. NGAA's technical com mittee planned a training course in which students would operate analytical equip ment under competent instruction. Con siderable time will be alloted to sampling methods for laboratory and manufactur ing processes and field production. Other subjects to be covered in the course in clude instrumentation, reagents, principles and theory of analysis, assembly and re pair of equipment and its calibration and corrections. Instructor for the school is to be S. T. Preston, now an assistant professor of petroleum engineering, University of Texas, who has been retained by the NGAA on an annual basis. Top industry analysts and research men of the NGAA technical committee will alternately serve as assistant instructors with Mr. Preston. Additional details about the school can be obtained from NGAA offices, 4 2 2 Ken nedy Building, Tulsa, Okla.
NSF Announces Graduate Fellowships in Science f o r 1953-54 The second graduate fellowship pro gram of the National Science Foundation, providing awards for study during the 1953-54 academic year in the mathemati cal, physical, medical, biological, and en gineering sciences, will get under way early in October. The new program will follow the basic pattern set in the first year of operation. During the current academic year, nearly 600 NSF fellows will receive advanced training in science under this program. The majority of awards under the 1953-54 program will be made to gradu ate students seeking master's or doctor's degrees in science, although a limited number of awards will be made to post doctoral graduates. Stipends for N S F graduate fellowships will vary with the academic status of the fellows. First year fellows will receive a stipend of $1400. Fellows who need one final academic year of training for the doctor's degree will receive a stipend of $1800. Fellows be tween these groups will receive a stipend of $1600. The basic stipend for postdoc toral fellows will be $3400 per year. Application forms for both predoctoral and postdoctoral graduate fellowships for the 1953-54 academic year may be ob tained after Oct. 1, 1952, from the Na tional Science Foundation, Washington,
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Sinclair Refining Expands Fellowship Program Continuing its policy of aiding and en couraging graduate research in the physi cal sciences, Sinclair Refining Co. has es tablished seven fellowships for students working for master's or doctor's degrees. Each fellowship is $2500, of which $1500 will be stipend for the student and $1000 for tuition, laboratory fees, and in cidental expenses. The new fellowships become effective in September at the Universities of Michi gan, Nebraska, Wisconsin,'and Wyoming, Illinois Institute of Technology, Pennsyl vania State College, and Washington Uni versity (St. Louis). These are in addi tion to six previously established at the Universities of Chicago, Illinois, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Colorado School of Mines, and Northwestern. All of the previously established fellowships, the first of which was inaugurated in 1946, are being renewed for 1952—53. With the seven new awards, Sinclair n o w sponsors two fellowships in geology, t w o in geophysics, four in organic chem istry, two in petroleum production engi neering, one in chemical engineering, one in physical chemistry, and one in catalyticresearch.
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