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National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Directorate for Education and Human Resources. – 1996
This conference, cosponsored by the NSF and the National Research Council (NRC), focused on developing and implementing strategies for improving undergraduate education in science, math, engineering and technology (SMET). Represented at the conference were various types of 2-year and 4-year institutions, private industry, professional societies,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Conference Proceedings, Educational Change, Engineering
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1982
Transcripts of four panel discussions are presented in these proceedings of a symposium held by the Congressional Black Caucus to review implementation of the Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act of 1980. Topics and issues discussions include the underrepresentation of women and minorities in science and engineering (S/E); participation…
Descriptors: College Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering, Engineering Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Marine Sciences. – 1983
This report contains recommendations on advanced university curricula in ocean engineering and related areas, emphasizing the needs of developing countries. A decision matrix is included to assist users in developing the necessary criteria for designing appropriate curricula to prepare university students for careers in different ocean engineering…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Cutcliffe, Stephen H.; Goldman, Steven L. – 1984
This conference was designed to provide information on the development and implementation of seven undergraduate science courses primarily for non-science majors at Lehigh University, to examine what ought to be the objectives of courses such as these in the liberal arts curriculum, and to describe parallel efforts with similar educational…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives

Blados, Walter R.; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1991
This symposium issue presents nine articles that discuss the U.S. Air Force STINFO (Scientific and Technical Information) Program, which was developed to improve the effectiveness of collecting and disseminating scientific and technical information concerning Department of Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force research and engineering efforts. (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Engineering, Government Publications, Information Dissemination
Rao, A. N., Ed. – 1985
These proceedings of a symposium designed to increase public awareness of current research in biology and biotechnology include: welcoming addresses by Chau Sian Eng and S. Radhakrishna; an opening address by Tay Eng Soon; five papers; four abstracts; summary; symposium program; and list of participants. The five papers are: (1) "The Role of…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Developing Nations, DNA
Tobias, Jim, Ed.; Woods, Diane E., Ed. – 1988
Symposium papers describe programs which use volunteers to provide rehabilitation technology services. George Winston describes Australia's Technical Aid to the Disabled (TAD), focusing on volunteer recruitment and selection, legal liability, volunteer insurance, advantages and limitations of the volunteer approach, and the TAD organization,…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Engineering Technology, Foreign Countries, Physical Disabilities
Brady, Mary; And Others – 1986
Brief papers authored by staff of the Trace Research and Development Center on Communication, Control, and Computer Access for Handicapped Individuals and presented at the first through ninth annual conferences on rehabilitation engineering technology are presented. Papers have the following titles and authors: "The Data Routing Module:…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Software, Computers
World Federation of Engineering Organizations, London (England). Committee on Engineering Information. – 1977
This international collection of papers on the role of technical information in the engineering profession contains 18 discussions on the following: activities of the Committee on Engineering Information (CEI) of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO); engineering information in the framework of UNESCO/UNISIST; industrial and…
Descriptors: Databases, Engineering, Engineers, Information Services
Campbell, George, Jr., Ed.; Denes, Ronni, Ed.; Morrison, Catherine, Ed. – 2000
This book presents selected papers from a conference whose objective was to determine the policies needed to foster the involvement of minorities in science, engineering, and mathematics. The following papers were presented: (1) "Introduction" (Eugene Cota-Robles); (2) "United States Demographics" (George Campbell, Jr.); (3) "A Practitioner's…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering, Equal Education
Webb, Norman L.; Heck, Daniel J. – 1997
This document reports on a workshop held January 4-5, 1996. Participants of this conference represented the areas of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) education and attempted to develop questions regarding systemic education reform. Contents include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Evaluation Questions…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education, Equal Education
Goldin, Sarah E., Ed.; Thorndyke, Perry W., Ed. – 1980
The 16 papers in this collection discuss options and areas for future research on teams, including performance requirements, structure, communications, training techniques, and organizational determination of team performance, from the perspectives of varied disciplines; e.g., psychology, computer science, management science, and decision theory.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Game Theory, Group Dynamics, Human Factors Engineering
Taylor, Mary Louise, Ed. – 1979
This investigation was undertaken to discover how effectively U.S. postsecondary curricula in key development fields are meeting the needs of students who will return to careers in countries much less developed industrially than the United States and which have very different agricultural and health-care needs. Research focused on U.S. curricula…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Business Administration, College Science, Curriculum Evaluation
Fuller, Robert G., Ed. – 1983
This nine-paper collection from a June 1983 Open University (OU) campus workshop in Milton Keynes, England, describes an interactive video project developed for an OU undergraduate course, T252, Introduction to Engineering Materials, and discusses varied aspects of interactive videodisc program development. The following papers are included:…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Design Requirements, Engineering Education, Flow Charts
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1981
Two conferences were held to: (1) study the decline in mathematics and science academic performance among elementary and secondary students; (2) examine the dramatic lack of participation of women, Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and others historically underrepresented in these academic areas; and (3) propose strategies to improve these…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
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