This paper provides an historical account of the development of the International System of Units (SI), a complete listing of these units, and rules concerning their use and proper abbreviation. Ambiguities concerning the use of the system are explained. Appendices contain conversion factors for U.S. - British to SI units along with several…

This paper presents a chronicle of the Division of Engineering Design Graphics of the American Society for Engineering Education from 1920 through 1976. (CP)

At the request of the California Coordinating Council for Higher Education, a questionnaire on engineering education and technology programs was distributed to all public junior colleges in the state. Responses indicated the number of students who transferred to 4-year engineering programs upon completion of junior college. Four areas wherein…

This report is based on data obtained during the summer of 1969 from 45,000 fully qualified engineers, representing an estimated 308,00 members of the organized engineering profession. The following statements summarize the findings of this study. The largest number of degrees were reported in the fields of electrical and electronic, mechanical,…

Enrollment projections are vital to the planning of any educational system where capacity and growth are important elements. As a portion of a study of engineering education in Ontario, this document presents enrollment projections up to academic year 1980-81, that size and number of engineering schools to be needed might be established. Tables…

Recent developments in science and engineering indicate the need for systems approach to problem solving in the widest sense. Following the explication of the concept of a system, the scope of system theory and systems engineering is discussed and operationally defined, with characteristic features of the methodology of systems science and…

At the present time, nine of the fourteen provincially-assisted universities in Ontario, Canada offer programs leading to degrees in the field of engineering, and two others offer 2-year curricula in the field. This document presents a study of engineering education in Ontario, covering both the undergraduate and graduate fields, and examining…

This directory presents data on 458 degree-awarding engineering education institutions in countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Data include the general educational pattern of the country and specific institutional information such as: structure, staff, enrollment, research, specializations offered, address, academic period, admissions…

Suggests ways to determine what method of instruction is best suited to particular situations. (MLH)

Relates an engineering educator's experience working in a nonacademic engineering project and discusses how such experience helps the educator prepare students for engineering jobs. (MLH)

Discusses the need for teaching creativity in engineering education and ways to develop and encourage creative thinking. (MLH)

Suggests that teachers can increase their students' motivation by exemplifying unselfishness. (MLH)

Homework was optional during the first half of an engineering course but mandatory during the second half; test scores were higher during the second half. Discusses whether this can be attributed to the mandatory homework. (MLH)

Describes an experiment that utilizes a Joule-Thomson Demonstrator to show the floating nature of the pinch-point in a heat exchanger. (MLH)

Several types of equipment are described and sources of materials given. Included are a teaching calculator, a training oscilloscope, a bench-top testing machine, an electrical machinery laboratory and a microcomputer. (RH)