Results from a survey of physics and engineering departments in 132 engineering colleges in the United States and Canada are discussed. Information considered includes course requirements and content, effectiveness of physics courses and laboratories, unnecessary duplication in engineering curriculum, communication problems between physics and…

At The Pennsylvania State University, approximately 2,300 students are enrolled in five two-year engineering technology programs that lead to an Associate Degree in Engineering. The university coordinates these programs, faculty, facilities and equipment at 18 branch campuses. Adapted from paper presented at International Conference on the Trends…

Describes some of the procedures and accomplishments of a writing team organized to design, test and write laboratory and text materials entitled Modern Chemical Technology." These materials are meant to be the chemistry portion of a chemical technology curriculum. (Author/TS)

When an engineering researcher changes from his work on things to research on people, he faces an array of new ethical questions, and a new view of scientific objectivity must be developed for the study of man and society. (IR)

Article describes new materials testing laboratory course which introduces the student to fundamental concepts of experimentation. (IR)

Engineering courses were taught in South Vietnam by an American instructor. Students read course notes typed in English, held discussions among themselves in Vietnamese, and asked questions through translators. Students were able to learn with a minimum of direct verbal communication if they had a reading knowledge of the instructor's language.…

The case for university extension activity in the engineering field is made. The need for such services is described. Benefits to the university and to the practicing engineer are also described. (TS)

Reviews the trends in environmental health engineering and describes programs in environmental engineering technology and the associated environmental engineering courses at Western Kentucky University (four-year program), Wytheville Community College (two-year program), and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (four-year program). (PR)

A study of the decline in engineering enrollment and its relationship to the general economic situation. Tabulated survey results from a 1971 New Matriculant Survey developed by Cornell University are compared with similar data from 1970. (TS)

The recent growth of interest in engineering courses for non-majors has resulted in many new courses. They vary in approach and in degree of technical content, but most have arisen from the conviction that a person is no longer truly well-educated" if he is technologically illiterate. (Author/TS)