Discusses eight steps to modify the way engineering schools operate. They include hiring some experienced engineers as faculty, incorporating peer and student review of teaching performance in faculty evaluations, reversing the tendency to make curricula increasingly narrow and specialized, and adopting a systems approach to engineering education.…

Discusses (1) the current status of computers on the mathematical training of engineers; (2) future prospects; and (3) mathematical topics that should be incorporated into precollege curricula (such as geometry and analytical geometry of parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola within the algebraic and geometric framework). (JN)

Discusses the use of computers in teaching these courses at the Eindhoven University of Technology: (1) regression analysis; (2) generalized linear models; and (3) multivariate statistical methods. Students also use the computer for their final studies for validating statistical tests. (JN)

Describes several key characteristics of professionalism and an engineering education curriculum which focuses on developing professionalism. The entrance course, teaching design, structured training, and continuing development are among the curricular areas addressed. (JN)

Outlines arguments for and reviews related literature suggesting that the study of science and technology can benefit from each other. Also discusses the Empirical Program of Relativism and social constructivist approaches to the study of technology, illustrating the parallels between the two approaches. Directions for the future are addressed.…

Examines the issues and lists available options for these questions: why don't teachers (1) teach about the future, (2) use results of educational research, (3) focus on teacher-student interaction, (4) assign grades from a competency criterion, and (5) teach the structure of mechanical drafting. (SK)

Discusses a method that reinforces and monitors "correct" writing and editing, reviews the rhetoric for "effective" writing, and demonstrates how specific technical writing tasks fit into an engineer's everyday writing. An example of a technical writing task used in sophomore engineering classes is included. (JN)

Presented is the tabulated data of the 1975-76 survey of engineering institutions by the Engineer's Council for Professional Development. Data are provided for eight regions and include: institutional operating income, engineering operating funds, faculty salaries, program costs, equipment value, and facilities. (SL)

Described and assessed is the Interdepartmental Program in Engineering at the University of Rochester which allows engineering students the opportunity to design their own curriculum. (SL)

In Taiwan's universities and colleges, the engineering department is a significant asset to higher education programs, and the department chair is expected to play multiple roles and take on many responsibilities. In order to know these roles and responsibilities better, 4 roles and 29 responsibilities were identified and constructed into a…

SUCCEED (Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education)is an 8-campus coalition of engineering schools formed in 1992 under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. In 1997, members of SUCCEED's faculty development and program assessment teams designed a faculty survey of instructional practices and attitudes…

Since Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC 2000) was first introduced as the standard for American engineering education programs, most discussion in the literature has focused on how to assess Outcomes 3a-3k (specific outcomes or abilities engineering students must acquire as defined by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) and…

This study sets out the institutional educational project for undergraduate students. At the same time, the authors have tried to adapt the current study programs to the extraordinary scientific and technological development in the second half of the 20th century. The paper tries to integrate various sources. Written documents and the structure of…

UnicenP's First Engineering Games took place in October of 1999, and consisted of three tasks designed by engineering faculty which involved all courses taught in first year. Teams were made up of students from all four Engineering programs currently offered by the institution. The games occurred over a period of three days and proved a successful…