A visual problem-solving technique applicable to several different classes of mechanics time-dependent problems is discussed. The computer is used to solve the equations of motion of various mechanical systems by one of several standard methods, and the solutions are displayed in time increments. A specific example is provided to illustrate this…

This paper examines the work of resident engineers in a university setting. The need for engineers with industrial experience is established, and the benefits of using resident engineers in training programs are cited. Attributes and problems associated with the practice are studied from the viewpoints of industry, government, universities, and…

A description is given of a bifurctional, integrated Chemical Engineering program at The College of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. The Program and the institution have evolved from a highly technical and specialized orientation to one that can be characterized as a broader based, management orientation. A synthesis is given of the reasons…

In this paper a review of the major findings of the 1973 Survey of Graduate Science Study Support is presented. Results are compared with similar studies which go back through 1967 and a survey conducted in the fall of 1974 of 360 graduate science departments. From the studies, it was found that graduate science and engineering enrollment…

This report presents national statistics on federal aid to graduate students in the sciences and engineering for fall, 1973. Data were provided by every institution with a doctoral program in science or engineering. The characteristics of graduate enrollment examined in this report are: enrollment status (full and part time); distribution among…

Project C-BE had four goals: identify computer-based concepts that are common among several disciplines, develop evaluation procedures for this type of effort, identify the elements of educational program transferability, and develop a fiscal model. This document lists Project C-BE researchers and gives a brief abstract of their project…

The result of an 11-week study by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the American Society of Engineering Education is presented. This study was the ninth in a series of programs whose purposes were: (1) to introduce engineering school faculty members to system design and to a particular approach of teaching system design,…

This report comprises papers commissioned for the World Congress on Educating Engineers for World Development, sponsored by the International Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, and held in Colorado in June 1975. The purpose of the Congress was to bring about significant changes in the education of engineers and in the…

The authors developed an on-campus self-paced system of instruction featuring immediate feedback and tutoring. They then extended the technique to correspondence courses by giving examinations by telephone. Both courses are described, and the results are discussed in this publication. A Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) or Self-Paced…

Methods are discussed for providing foreign-born engineering students with a wider grasp of industrial development operations than that provided to American students. A course providing such instruction is described, along with materials used, several typical student reports, and observations about the course. (LMH)

With the decline in enrollment in the early 1970's, many aerospace engineering departments had too few students to offer some required courses. At the University of Texas at Austin, a set of personalized system of instruction (PSI) materials for the aircraft performance, stability, and control course was developed. The paper includes a description…

This publication presents the final report of the Meeting of Experts on Environmental Aspects of Engineering Education and Training held in Paris, June 17-21, 1974. Convened by UNESCO in cooperation with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), this meeting was part of a series of activities that UNEP is undertaking or assisting, aimed…

Described is a three-year study which concentrated on determining why freshmen in college remain in or leave engineering programs. Three aspects of the study are reviewed, and one of them is analyzed in depth. The latter compares the perceptions of 2,600 freshmen while still in engineering to their status as sophomores. The categories of academic…

Electric Circuits 540-126 is the second course of a three-course sequence which is taken during the first year of the two-year program in Electrical-Electronic Engineering Technology at Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio). The conventional lecture method of instruction includes textbook and other reading assignments, lectures based on the readings…

After a brief discussion of the position the Technion, Israel's institute of Technology and its only engineering school, occupies in the country and of Israeli high schools and the matriculation examination, this paper focuses on the successful and unsuccessful applicants to the Technion in the academic years 1967/68 and 1968/69. It discusses the…