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Tuesday, February 3, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Engineering seniors compete in contest
By JENNIFER FORKER
Staff writer
A national contest for chemical engineering seniors began Jan. 21 at the University of Kansas, which traditionally enjoys much success in the contest.
Twenty-nine KU chemical engineering seniors are participating in the contest to fulfill requirements for a chemical engineering design course. The students have 30 days to develop a workable answer to a real industrial problem.
Students spend more than 100 hours, without any assistance on a significant industrial problem that involves the transformation of raw materials into a product. The winding, marketable, safe and economical product.
Keith Hayes, Shawnee senior, said he spent about two hours each day on the job.
"It's entertaining, but a lot of it is frustrating." Hays said. "One moment you're happy, and the next you're really depressed."
Last year, 44 students from 22 schools participated, and KU students received two of the five awards.
Diana Jobson won first place, and Nancy Roberts received an honorable mention. Both women graduated last spring and are working for Proctor & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Colin "Chip" Howat, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum
engineering, frequently requires students in his chemical engineering design class to enter the contest.
He uses the contest's problem for the class if it's something he wants students to research. He then grades projects and assigns two projects to the national contest.
"These are not fabricated." Howat said. "They are real industrial problems, simplified to fit into 30 days for the students."
"They work the problem because I think it's a good experience for them to work on a problem alone. And typically, the contest is a good representation of what I think the students need to know."
A sponsoring corporation, which changes each year, devises the problem through the American Institute Engineers. The contest began in 1950.
Last year's problem involved the production of acrylic acid and its use in the formation of various products.
Ed Reese is assistant production manager of Rohm-Haas, last year's sponsor. He said Jobson's solution would enable him to develop a solution that would have worked. Reese helped create the problem and judge the solutions.
Reese estimated that Rohm-Haas spent $24,000 to sponsor the contest, for the sole benefit of receiving publicity.
"It is good publicity for the com-
merce, and it keeps us involved with the aca-
tion."
Singapore officials encourage education
By CHRISTOPHER HINES
Staff writer
Some women are just too smart. At least, according to some Singapore men.
In Singapore, the more educated a woman is, the less likely she is to marry, according to some Singapore students at the University of Kansas.
"That's the way Asian men are. They don't want to marry women more educated than them," said Chandran, Singapore sophomore.
The government has tried to open the country's universities to women. More women than men now attend colleges, and women hold high positions in all areas.
Lay tin Ng, Singapore junior, said,
"Singapore is a male-dominated society. The men are supposed to be the only ones who can support the women financially."
However, these age-old traditions conflict with the Singapore government's drive to increase the education level of women.
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore prime minister, has organized what could be described as intellectual "Love Boat" cruises to promote relationships between highly educated men and women.
The government formed Social Development Units to organize the cruises, along with tea dances and dinner parties. Any unmarried Singapore citizen with a sufficient level of education is welcome to take the government-subsidized trips.
Chee Goh, Singapore sophomore,
said he thought the prime minister
"He is trying to increase the intellectual level of the country's future generations by selective breeding," he said. "He thinks he can create a super-smart generation of children
The government also has proposed a program in which children of parents with degrees will have priority to attend universities. Gob said.
"University students protested against the proposal because it would be unfair and create a two-class society." he said.
Ng said many men and women in Singapore, just as in the United States, enjoyed the freedom and choices education had brought them and did not want to be tied down to a house or a family.
"It is hard to balance a family and a career, but I don't think this government program is the solution to securing the future of Singapore." she said.
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