ICT and reporting skills in chemical engineering education

Electronic submissions of reports from practical courses or group work and PowerPoint presentations have been standard practice for many years now. A more recent development is reporting in the form of a website. This website is compulsory for all multidisciplinary projects in our Master Program and sometimes comes in place of a regular report. The web sites are a separate point in the grading system, and in addition to the contents, special attention should be given to lay-out, ease of navigation, readability, text/figure ratio and other requirements of good web-practice. Subjects presented reflect current and ever-changing research topics and interests of society. Recent examples are illustrated. As a result of our efforts, our students have been enabled to broaden the spectrum of communication tools. The resulting websites have the additional advantage that they can serve of the student’s professional portfolio. Furthermore they may serve to illustrate new formats of cooperation between academia and industry.