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Basta, Nicholas – Graduating Engineer, 1985
The job situation for new chemical engineers with bachelor's degrees is continuing to reflect the gradual improvement that began in 1983. However, companies are looking for graduates with technical expertise as well as marketing, sales, or communications skills. Smaller classes may lead to shortages of chemical engineering graduates in the future.…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Basta, Nicholas – Graduating Engineer, 1985
Coming from a variety of disciplines, manufacturing engineers are keys to industry's efforts to modernize, with demand exceeding supply. The newest and fastest-growing areas include machine vision, composite materials, and manufacturing automation protocols, each of which is briefly discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Engineering
Basta, Nicholas – Graduating Engineer, 1985
As the debate over nuclear safety continues, the job market remains healthy for nuclear engineers. The average salary offered to new nuclear engineers with bachelor's degrees is $27,400. Salary averages and increases compare favorably with other engineering disciplines. Various job sources in the field are noted. (JN)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Engineering, Engineering Education
Download full textPorter, Beverly Fearn; Czujko, Roman – 1981
This 1980 profile provides an overview of employment stability and change among a small random sample of U.S. and Canadian members of The American Institute of Physics (AIP) member societies: The American Physical Society; Optical Society of America; Acoustical Society of America; The Society of Rheology; American Association of Physics Teachers;…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineering Education, Engineers
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Data presented in this report are derived from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) 1981 Survey of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Employed at Universities and Colleges. Highlights of the survey indicate that: 1) science and engineering (S/E) employment in the higher education sector increased 3-percent between January 1980 and January…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Science, Employed Women, Employers
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1981
Based upon the findings of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Survey of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Employed at Universities and Colleges, January 1980, this report presents highlights and summaries of statistical data regarding trends in academic employment of scientists and engineers between 1978 and 1980. Data are reported…
Descriptors: Colleges, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Engineering Education
Vetter, Betty M. – 1982
This report, which includes 51 tables and charts, examines past, present, and future imbalances in the supply of and demand for scientists and engineers. The supply is assessed by source and by field, and compared with current and short-range demand for new graduates and for experienced scientists and engineers, including assessment of the…
Descriptors: College Science, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Engineering
