The audio-tutorial approach to the teaching of a college engineering science course was studied, using 104 subjects to determine its effectiveness in comparison with the instruction completed by using printed transcripts of the same material. Class and lab lectures were normally presented through the use of taped recordings and a set of lecture…

A list of 11 statements relating to the change in training programs for radio and communications engineers is presented in this article, in preparation for future developments in the field. Semiconductors, decimeter and centimeter radio frequency ranges, and a statistical approach to communications systems are analyzed as the three important…

A two-day conference was held in 1969 with industrial representatives and COSINE members to examine the impact that computer technology has had upon the practice of engineering in industry and to assess the meaning of these changes upon the structure of electrical engineering education. The major conclusions and recommendations of the meeting may…

In 1973, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and the New York University School of Engineering and Science merged to form the Polytechnic Institute of New York, acquiring the largest graduate engineering enrollment in the U.S. Activities carried out under a Carnegie Corporation of New York grant are summarized in this report. It is shown that…

Under a 1972 grant from the National Science Foundation's College Science Improvement Program (CoSIP), Worcester Polytechnic Institute undertook a major educational experiment involving the total reorientation of its educational programs. The encompassing effort is referred to as the WPI PLAN. Several modes of evaluation have been and continue to…

This issue of the newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) presents articles relating to minorities in engineering, declining enrollment, introducing metric, descriptions of 1976 high school graduates, child understanding, and hand calculators in schools. Articles presented relating to higher education include…

This second-year student manual contains 140 brief related science lessons applying science and math to trade activities in the field of stationary engineering. The lessons are organized into 16 units: (1) Introduction to Stationary Engineering, (2) Engineering Fundamentals, (3) Steam Boilers, (4) Boiler Fittings, (5) Boilerroom System, (6)…

This paper outlines recent Black achievements in higher education, particularly in science and engineering. Stressed, however, is the fact that while Black achievement has greatly increased in recent years, it still lags far behind national averages. Cited are five studies comparing Black and non-Black enrollment in various disciplines, degrees…

This project was directed towards exploring issues in undergraduate engineering education and presenting recommendations for future activities in engineering education at two universities. The report includes 14 recommendations pertaining to engineering education in areas such as: practical training, course structure and organization, teaching…

Describes a televised instructional program broadcast at industry sites for the continuing education of engineers, including part-time engineering graduate students. (MLH)

A course on ordinary differential equations preceding multivariable calculus can be made to suit present-day engineering curricula and resolve certain difficulties concerning the undergraduate engineering student's motivation, technical skill, ability to retain and use mathematical material, and potential for further growth. (Author/MP)

The Advanced Diploma in Chemical Sciences is a new course being offered at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. It is billed as a refresher course in modern organic chemistry for senior industrial scientists and is aimed at Ph.D.'s out of school for at least ten years. (Author/BB)

This course, offered by the departments of chemical engineering and polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts, is mainly a course in applied fluid dynamics with an emphasis on flow pressures dominated by viscous effects. (BB)

A new freshman chemical engineering course at the University of Texas emphasizes the development of writing skills. (BB)

Domestic black and gray shipboard wastewaters when processed with tubular noncellulosic ultrafiltration membranes effectively meet marine discharge requirements. (Author/BB)