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Ask a Chemical Engineering Expert – Seán Moran
We sit down with Seán Moran, the voice of chemical engineering to ask him 10 questions about his field…
I’ve been thinking about the structure of the dictionary, and I think some words require special attention, as their meanings are so “contested” (as they say in the humanities)
Why write a dictionary of chemical engineering practice? Engineers unfortunately use the same words to mean different things,…
What’s Wrong With Academia Part 6: “Markers of Esteem” and the Tyranny of Opinion
When I started my first full-time job as an academic, I was asked to fill out a load…
What’s Wrong With Academia: Part 5
The overemphasis on research so academia is a well-ploughed furrow for me. I have written about it many…
Then there is the anomalous position of university administrators. From the day I started work as an engineer…
What’s Wrong With Academia: Part 3
Graduate unemployment is at an all-time high, though you wouldn’t know this from the marketing materials put out…
What’s Wrong With Academia: Part 2
To continue the theme from my last post, what’s so wrong with giving engineering students what they want?…