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Computer Assisted Learning in Nuclear Engineering

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The use of the digital computer in engineering education has increased in recent years, and there is every indication that it will continue to make a significant and increasing contribution in a teaching-learning role (1). The paper surveys this area of education, with particular reference to nuclear engineering, to demonstrate the various roles of the computer and to establish a rationale for its use. The discussion is restricted to digital computers, without implication as to the relative merits of the digital and analog computer as a teaching device. The examples that are quoted and the projects that are described are taken from the tertiary sector of education.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK

    P. R. Smith

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  1. University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

    Ernest J. Henley

  2. University of London, London, England

    Jeffery Lewins

  3. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

    Martin Becker

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Smith, P.R. (1979). Computer Assisted Learning in Nuclear Engineering. In: Henley, E.J., Lewins, J., Becker, M. (eds) Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2862-9_7

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