This paper presents the development, implementation, and assessment of a project-based Bioinstrumentation course. All course lectures and hands-on laboratory activities are related to a central project theme: a cardiac pacemaker. The students create a benchtop cardiac pacemaker by applying instrumentation knowledge acquired in the course to each…

Because rapid growth of nanotechnology is expected to lead to intentional and non-intentional releases, future engineers will need to minimize negative environmental and health impacts of nanomaterials. We developed two upper-level undergraduate courses centered on life-cycle assessment of nanomaterials. The first part of the course sequence…

Questions on a survey concerning microprocessor course are recorded, and responses received from 69 engineering programs and 44 technology departments are tabulated. (DT)

Reveals that 107 institutions offer baccalaureate engineering technology (BET) programs; the majority of these consider their programs to be expanding. This survey finds a current ratio of one BET graduate to every seven B.S. engineering graduates. Includes a list of institutions offering the BET program, including required areas of study. (MLH)

A report on the present level of engineering salaries is presented on the basis of the Commission's tenth survey among 860 establishments covering 167,225 engineering graduates, about 20 percent of all degree-holding engineers. Two questionnaires are used, one for non-supervisory graduates and the other for those in supervisory positions. Salary…

Presented are the results of a survey of the employment performance of bachelor of engineering technology graduates of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (BB)

Presented is a review of institutions offering baccalaureate programs in engineering technology. (SL)

Inventories the past and current national effort in programs of two to four years duration in engineering technology education, assesses the strengths and weaknesses of current educational practice in this domain, and suggests directions for future effort. Statistical data, a bibliography and an index are appended. (Author/TS)

Cites results of an engineering and engineering technology faculty survey. Provides charts and tables which can be used to establish baseline information and identify trends that are useful in diagnostics and planning. Includes survey response rates. (RT)

A survey of the graduates from bachelor of technology programs at one institution indicates that they were adequately trained for their technical positions in industry. Their job assignments were very similar to those of B.S. graduates in engineering, and very different from those of the associate degree graduates. (MLH)

Reports the results of a questionnaire designed to obtain data on enrollments, graduates, growth status, and other facets of baccalaureate programs in engineering technology. (GS)

Describes a survey of 30 institutions that offer baccalaureate degrees in engineering technology; reports on the hiring and promotion policies for the engineering technology faculty at these institutions. (MLH)

States that the downward movement in undergraduate engineering enrollments can be attributed to demographic factors. Provides data on enrollment in specific schools and states, including details for women, minorities, and foreign nationals (in engineering only). Cites information for each program title within the general disciplinary groups. (RT)

Reported are the results of a survey of engineering and engineering technology (E.T.) faculties. Comparisons are drawn between various segments of these two communities. The deans' views of their critical problems in administering engineering and E.T. programs are described. (KR)