The article considers the problems of the technical competence of the engineering staff in industrial enterprises in Russia. The lack of adequately trained engineers has resulted in many negative effects on the quality and quantity of production. It is suggested that the larger industries should establish strong in-house training and educational…

Curricula in undergraduate engineering have not adequately reflected present usage and knowledge of composite materials (types of rock and organic matter in which structurally dissimilar materials are combined). Wide usage of composites is expected to increase the importance of this class of materials and the need for more substantive exposure to…

Educational objectives were developed for an undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. The courses studied were computer programming, electrical science, electrical networks, electronic engineering, and engineering communications. The courses were analyzed in terms of purpose, content, and objectives. Definitive problems for each course…

This survey concerned first-year graduate enrollments in science and engineering for the fall of 1971 and expected enrollments for the fall of 1972. Each institution was asked to indicate (1) how many new applications it had received through July 5, 1971, and what the actual first-year graduate enrollment for that year had been; and (2) estimate…

Presented in this study are a number of laboratory projects typical of those found in a course on digital logic design. In addition, an attempt is made to fuse together the theoretical and practical aspects of logic design. It was the purpose of this study to present an experience in the requirements of a logic design laboratory to the interested…

A report on the present level of engineering salaries is presented on the basis of the Commission's tenth survey among 860 establishments covering 167,225 engineering graduates, about 20 percent of all degree-holding engineers. Two questionnaires are used, one for non-supervisory graduates and the other for those in supervisory positions. Salary…

This report gives a detailed picture of engineering and technology graduates for the 1970-71 academic year. Part I summarizes the placement status of engineering graduates at the bachelor's, mater's and doctor's levels, and technology graduates at the associate degree and bachelor's levels. Placement data are provided for graduates since 1958,…

The efforts of engineering colleges to serve small local industries are described. (DE)

Discusses typical problems in self-paced courses and suggests ways to approach these problems: grading, student procrastination, and adequately introducing the students to the course. (MLH)

Discusses pretests, using tests for feedback, and using item discrimination ratios in analyzing test effectiveness. (MLH)

Describes efforts on the part of the Standing Conference on Schools Science and Technology (SCSST) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to increase technological awareness in schools and society. (GS)

Describes an engineering course that stresses various philosophies and methodologies of experimentation, along with the techniques of experimental synthesis. (MLH)

Discusses reasons why the university should conduct fundamental research related to the engineering curriculum rather than developmental research. (MLH)

Describes an experiment that utilizes spectrophotometric equipment to analyze the kinetics of a homogeneous reaction in batch. (MLH)

Discusses programs aimed at lowering the dropout rate of minority engineering students. (MLH)