Comments on the problems of achieving a larger number of women and minority persons in the sciences and engineering. Suggests that the emphasis be placed on early identification of talented students and on the development of secondary, college, and graduate programs to prepare these students for entrance into the job market. (MLH)

Discusses the format, grading procedures, and student reaction to two undergraduate engineering courses taught by programed instruction. Statistical analysis shows that the programed instruction resulted in higher and more uniform student achievement than did the conventional instruction in the same subject area. (MLH)

Highlights trends that have influenced the professional outlooks of faculty employed in engineering institutions in developing countries and draws policy implications for engineering educators, emphasizing the need for institutional level reforms in decision-making patterns moving from hierarchical toward collegial relationships. (JT)

Traces the integration of engineering, humanities, and social sciences from the major objectives of 1955 to present curricula designed to produce the socio-engineer. Predicts future trends in curriculum development reflecting the growing relationship between technology and the values and condition of man. (GS)

Describes a program which seeks out minority students with a potential for engineering education, inspires them to enter the program, enrolls them in an intensive seven-week remediation phase, and matriculates them into a college of engineering. (GS)

Describes a program developed by the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE for the members at the grassroots level (example, on the campus). Describes the establishment of resource rooms for educators and Mini-ACADEMOS to demonstrate new teaching methods. (GS)

Traces the origin and development of programs that led to the creation of the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida. Includes descriptions of degrees offered, type of work required, and facilities available. (GS)

The objective of this paper is to design a train of tubular reactors that use a methane feed to produce hydrogen of the desired purity so that it can be utilized by a fuel cell for automotive applications. Reaction engineering principles, which are typically covered at the undergraduate level, are utilized to design this reactor train. It is shown…

Interdisciplinary course offerings at Purdue University which combine engineering and the social sciences are discussed from the librarian's point of view. (Author)

Analyzes the number of graduate science students on federally supported fellowships and traineeships between 1967 and 1973. Presents enrollment trends of graduate science and engineering students for the same period. (GS)

Back-of-the-envelope problems call for approximate calculations of quantities that can be related to information in a person's knowledge but are not solved precisely. These problems provide an opportunity for the study of processes and the role of general knowledge in ill-defined problem solving. Subjects with advanced and intermediate knowledge…