At a time when many chemistry and chemical engineering departments are using aging, obsolete equipment, at least one two-year college is training tomorrow's chemical technicians on instruments as new and modern as any to be found in industry. The chemical engineering technology department at Broome Community College, Binghamton, N.Y., took delivery in the 1979-80 academic year on a series of microprocessor-equipped instruments and microcomputers. Next year the 12 faculty members in the department look forward to grafting the college's forthcoming computer-assisted drafting/computer-assisted manufacture (CAD/CAM) facilities onto their chemical processes course. In addition to giving students experience on the types of instruments they will operate in industry, the new equipment saves time for mastery of such techniques as sample preparation. Students now start up instruments from scratch and make fundamental adjustments in a short time, while microprocessors guide routine warmup and stabilization. The firs...