Describes a PMC college course which is an introduction to technology and its impact upon society for non-scientists. Case studies of computer technology, pollution, communications, and other systems are used to bring into perspective the roles and responsibilities of the engineer and scientist in today's society. (Author/TS)

Describes a course at Kansas State University intended to bring together students of all disciplines for intensive discussion of technology and society. (Author/TS)

Describes a two-semester sequence of a senior elective art class. Emphasized is the discovering and experiencing of the primary esthetic, intrinsic values of a self-imposed, limited medium, such as collage, welded sculpture, or oil painting. (TS)

Compares engineering faculty work load at Brigham Young and Purdue Universities based on an analysis of ten types of teaching assignments. Suggests that administrators adapt time measurement scales of faculty work load to include actual classroom time, preparation and follow-up, assigned research, personal development, committee work, and student…

Describes an exploratory study, its findings still tentative, using portable videotape recorders and micro-teaching techniques to motivate university professors to engage in activities to improve instruction, despite the nonrewarding atmosphere. (IR)

This article describes controlled experiment sponsored by Bureau of Research, Office of Education, to determine whether it is better to present a demonstration before or after discussion of the theory involved, with the conclusion that skills were best taught by presenting demonstration before theory. (IR)

Computer programs that generate projections of thermodynamic phase surfaces through computer graphics were used to produce diagrams representing properties of water and steam and the pressure-volume-temperature behavior of most of the common equations of state. The program, program options emphasizing thermodynamic features of interest, and…

Describes a course, taught jointly by electrical/chemical engineering departments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designed to teach the fundamental science of plasma processing as well as to give an overview of the present state of industrial processes. Provides rationale for course development, texts used, class composition, and…

In 1982 almost half of all American doctoral degrees in engineering went to foreign students. The United States role in educating these students and several serious difficulties facing the American engineering education enterprise as it relates to foreign students are discussed. The need for national policy in this area is addressed. (JN)

Discusses three reasons for a master's degree in engineering technology. These include developing the body of knowledge unique to the field, providing continuing education for the practitioner through applied research, and providing advanced technical and pedagogical training for future engineering technology faculty. (JN)

Discusses a video simulator microcomputer system used to provide real-time demonstrations to strengthen students' understanding of process dynamics and control. Also discusses hardware/software and simulations developed using the system. The four simulations model various configurations of a process liquid level tank system. (JN)