Article describes nine He-Ne laser projects which have been successfully carried out by junior and senior electrical engineering students. (IR)

Results of a limited comparative study of selected parameters relating to the planning and financing of engineering education programs, sponsored by southeastern section of the American Society for Engineering Education. (IR)

Describes a course designed to introduce the average chemical engineer, who has only a minimum familiarity with the concepts of capillarity and flow through porous media (and none at all with reservoir engineering concepts) to petroleum production engineering. Includes course outline indicating technical content of the course. (Author/JN)

Thermodynamic availability functions can be viewed graphically, providing valuable unexpected insights into the nature and meaning of the functions. As a demonstration, the following question is explored and discussed: "What is the maximum work a system can perform in moving into equilibrium with the temperature and pressure of its…

Describes development of an interactive computer graphics program for use in teaching digital signal processing. The program allows students to interactively configure digital systems on a monitor display and observe their system's performance by means of digital plots on the system's outputs. A sample program run is included. (JN)

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is the "official" professional accrediting body for engineering, engineering technology, and related programs. An interview with the ABET executive director (David Reyes-Guerra) provides information on ABET, the accreditation process, and source for ABET publication list,…

Questionnaires were sent to 152 engineering technology institutions with English composition directors to determine types of writing programs offered to undergraduates, role of technical writing in such programs, and how they differ from writing programs in liberal arts institutions. Findings from the 90 responding institutions are presented. (JN)

Discusses various activities at Nashville State Technical Institute to encourage women to enter engineering technology. These include receptions, in-service discussions, rap sessions, employment of women faculty, female recruitment, and publication of a special issue of the Institute's monthly publication ("Print-Out") for women. (JN)

Engineering, in spite of all the activity in the fields of energy extraction and space exploration, remains a profession in crisis. What is at stake is not simply the identity of engineering as a profession, but the means by which engineers are educated. (Author)

Position descriptions and recommended income ranges for engineers (I-IX) are presented in table form. Includes general position characteristics, directions received, typical duties/responsibilities, responsibilities for directing others, typical titles, education, registration status, and equivalent federal general schedule grade. (JN)

Describes a three-step approach for teaching multicomponent distillation to undergraduates, emphasizing patterns of distribution as an aid to understanding the separation processes. Indicates that the second step can be carried out by programmable calculators. (A more complete set of programs for additional calculations is available from the…

Discusses the relationship between molecular structure, intermolecular forces, and tensile strengths of a polymer and suggests that this is a logical way to introduce polymers into a general chemistry course. (Author/JN)

Data from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology report indicate that only 38 percent of engineering programs reviewed for accreditation in 1982 qualified for full six-year accreditation, down from 58 percent in 1978. Although data cover all engineering programs, engineering subdisciplines show a similar pattern of increase in…

Chemical engineers have begun savoring the first fruits of a massive effort to gather, determine, and evaluate data of physical properties and predictive methods for large numbers of compounds and mixtures processed in the chemical industry. The use of this centralized data source is highlighted. (Author/JN)