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A desire to save paper and the spur of a colleague's criticism of his idea set Peter Rony on his quest for efficient electronic transmission of classroom materials. Rony, a Virginia Tech professor of chemical engineering, is making his process controls course materials available to his students via computer. In the past, Rony has electronically provided software manuals and course assignments. During the 1994-95 academic year, the professor and his students will electronically exchange course materials, including laboratory reports. In 1984, the Virginia Tech College of Engineering became the first U.S. public university to require all undergraduate students to have computers for course use.