Demonstrates that computer aided energy analysis improves students' (N=29) comprehension and prediction accuracy of energy consumption in buildings and confirms that a reasonably accurate building energy analysis computer program can be designed for student users. (Author/SK)

Outlines a political science course which first examines politics and the American space program and then studies programs in other countries and the related international problems and policies. Suggests a possible certificate or degree program in space studies or science policy. (DC)

Summarizes key differences between academic and industrial settings and offers illustrations of what modern instructional craft has accomplished in industry. Describes a typical developmental sequence related to criterion-referenced instruction, including techniques for instructional analysis, design, development, and implementation. Includes…

Reviews problems and successful techniques associated with various instructional systems including individualized instruction, personalized system of instruction, audiotutorial system, and others. Includes comments on behavioral objectives, mastery, and testing. (SK)

Describes a flexible, multichannel, highly accurate, digital data acquisition system for use with a microcomputer. Includes a description of instrumentation for computer data acquisition, data acquisition systems, software, uses in the curriculum, library interaction and action, and use in a mechanical engineering laboratory. (DS)

Describes an undergraduate research program in biomedical engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Includes goals and faculty comments on the program. Indicates that 58 percent of projects conducted between 1976 and 1980 have been presented at meetings or published. (SK)

Describes a course to make technical managers more aware of computer technology and how data loggers, programmable controllers, and larger computer systems interact in a hierarchical configuration of manufacturing process control. (SK)

Presents and analyzes statistical data to assist in evaluating general trends in engineering research and graduate study, and for comparisons among universities. Data are presented for 1978 and 1979 annual averages and annual average ratios relative to 17 criteria, including among others, full-time faculty and professional faculty researchers.…

Discusses the problems of the future shortage of engineering faculty and the substantial decline in the number of PhD students. The external and the internal factors of these problems are also discussed. (HM)

Presents highlights of the findings of a recent federal government report on science and engineering education at the university level. Reasons for faculty shortages in these fields and trends in the demand for scientists and engineers are analyzed, and several recommendations are made. (WB)

Describes a course, including content, reading list, and presentation on chemical reactors at Cambridge University, England. A brief comparison of chemical engineering education between the United States and England is also given. (JN)

Discusses career opportunities, educational requirements, and information sources in these emerging professions: environmental, biomedical, fire protection, ocean, energy, ceramic, and plastics engineering. (SK)

Discusses the problem of the shortage of engineers capable of designing advanced integrated circuits (IC) and presents some suggestions for increasing the number of IC designers in universities and semiconductor companies. (HM)

Describes a project on the application of the laser which aims to stimulate the interest of undergraduate students in applied physics and to demonstrate the interaction between light and ultrasonic waves by building a simple laser communication system. (SK)

Presents strategies for planning a successful cooperative education experience. The potential of a cooperative education program can be realized only if the expectations and responsibilities of the industry, the university and the students are recognized and realistically balanced. (Author/WB)