A short history of United States metrication is given. Some differing implications for industrial engineers are discussed. (DT)

DELPHI, a time-sharing system developed specifically for introducing engineering students to sound programing principles and practice, is described in terms of user environment, languages, system architecture, and operation. (DT)

Usefulness of engineering journals, as measured by the citation frequency in students' theses, is discussed. (DT)

Results are reported of a study concerned with the importance attributed to certain factors regarding teaching effectiveness and the agreement between students and faculty as to what constitutes effective teaching in college engineering courses. (DT)

Discusses the chemical engineering department at Rutgers University, emphasizing the traditional graduate program and a bio-chemical engineering program. (MLH)

Describes a study showing that students in an engineering class in which assigned homework problems were graded did not perform better than students whose homework was not graded. (MLH)

The University of Lincolnshire and Humberside's engineering department uses computer-assisted learning in to optimize lecturers' and tutors' time, allowing students to learn at their own pace and enabling lecturers to direct teaching to the weakest areas. Cost savings resulted from a greater number of students taught more efficiently. (SK)

States that engineering students, faculty, and administration agree that writing instruction is important in engineering education. Suggests that, as an alternative to technical writing, if students learn how to approach an issue, form an arguable idea, then logically prove it, this deep level of writing/thinking comprehension can be used to…

Identifies a process developed in recent research to provide curriculum leaders and policymakers with a practical and flexible approach for designing and implementing curriculum. Investigates the engineering education context to identify issues that impinge on curriculum decision-making including the consideration of professional engineering…

Discusses how the definition of educational objectives led to the introduction of practical training that is compulsory or advised in many engineering curricula and defined as "learning to put knowledge and skills into practice". Introduces an assessment procedure that allows for testing whether students have met the objectives.…

Describes the Students-Recruiting-Students (SRS) program developed to recruit high school students into the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas. Presents four phases of the program along with seven years of program results. Encourages successful development of similar recruiting programs. (KHR)

The object of the unorthodox and popular course is to teach students how to be innovative and entrepreneurial, take intelligent risks, and be creative. Students must create a consumer product or service and market it, using academic and personal experience of successes and failures for insight. (MSE)

The perspectives that distinguish engineers and the public they serve and the educational implications of those perspectives are discussed. The philosophies of utilitarianism, ethical egoism, positivism, and idealism are presented in terms of engineers and the public. (KR)

Engineers need to develop leadership skills as well as technical knowledge to contribute to industrial innovation. Engineering education should be based on an industry needs-driven model of innovation and technological development. (SK)

A cooperative project between a high school engineering-technology class and a private business resulted in a real-world engineering-design project that was taken to regional and state competitions. (JOW)