Advanced Computational Laboratory in Chemical Engineering

认识到计算和计算机辅助在工程实践中日益增长的重要性，卡内基梅隆大学化学工程系正在为本科教育建立一个先进的计算实验室。通过每个学生站的图形功能和实验室前面的一个大型公共屏幕，实验室被用作所有基础课程（如流体力学、反应堆设计和化学）的教学辅助工具。本科生从大一到大四都接触到计算实验室，以不断发展他们的计算机技能，并熟练使用计算机完成各种任务，包括文字处理、数值分析、电子表格和团队（并行）计算。这个实验室的独特之处在于将计算机方法整合到学生的整个学习过程中，使每个学生都能体会到从个人计算机到工作站再到超级计算机的计算范围，并知道如何以及何时使用每个级别。

Recognizing the ever growing importance of computation and computer aids in engineering practice, Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Chemical Engineering is establishing an advanced computational laboratory for undergraduate education. The laboratory is used as an instructional aid in the teaching of all of the basic courses, such as fluid mechanics, reactor design, and chemistry, through the graphics capability of each student station and one large common viewscreen in the front of the laboratory. Undergraduates are exposed to the computational laboratory from the freshman through the senior years so as to continually develop their computer skills and become comfortable with computers for a variety of tasks including word processing, numerical analysis, spreadsheeting, and team (parallel) computation. The uniqueness of this laboratory is the integration of computer methodologies into the learning process of students over their entire educational experience, so that each student will appreciate the range of computation from personal computers to workstation up to the supercomputer level, and know how and when to use each level.