The precollege career choices of National Merit Scholars and the extent to which these choices remained stable or changed 7 to 8 years after these students entered college were determined. From 1956 through 1960, the students' vocational plans were obtained from a personal data form completed during their senior year in high school. These same…

This guidebook is intended to assist engineers and applied scientists who have recently entered the United States to accept professional employment or to undertake graduate study. It is not intended to encourage professional people to leave the country in which they now practice, but rather to welcome and advise engineers who have already made…

Included are four papers presented at a 1969 meeting of the Engineering Manpower Commission concerning moral issues important to engineers and technologists. Helfgott discusses the social effects the development of a technological society has had, and advocates using engineering, natural science and social science knowledge and techniques to…

In 1964, the Engineers' Council for Professional Development appointed a standing subcommittee to establish a basis for accrediting programs of technical institute type--now designated as engineering technology. Curricula in the following educational institutions were considered: technical institutes (endowed or publicly supported), junior…

Contained are the procedures, results, and conclusions of a survey of the salaries of engineering technicians in the United States in 1969. A three-part questionnaire form was used on which respondents indicated the number of individuals in appropriate boxes of the salary versus experience matrix. The questionnaires were sent to the Engineering…

Issued by the National Academy of Science, this directory is a comprehensive source of information available on membership societies. In it can be found staffing, location, size, objectives, and other aspects of more than 500 organizations primarily committed to the study, development, and dissemination of knowledge. Included is a full…

Presents quotations concerning engineering education taken from the 1901 and 1926 published records of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). (MLH)

Possible reasons why female representation in Canada's engineering schools and profession has increased rapidly in the last few years are discussed. The findings of a nationwide survey of women engineers regarding their professional and personal lives are highlighted. (MT)

Offers suggestions and hints to help new engineering faculty in their quest for tenure. Areas addressed include: (1) teaching; (2) research (considering publishing and obtaining funding); (3) service; and (4) letters of recommendation. (JN)

Illustrates computer assisted instruction (CAI) at the United States Air Force (USAF) academy by presenting a sample CAI session involving thermodynamics. Comments on evaluation of the program. Future plans are included. (JN)

Demonstrates that a current method of assigning letter grades is limited by choice of the high raw score as the parameter used to typify the raw score distribution. Provides an alternative procedure involving standard scores, transformed standard scores, and grade or ability-adjusted grade distribution models. (JN)

This report presents detailed statistical trends of doctorate awards in science and engineering (S&E). The data were collected by the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) and identify field and recipient characteristics, institutions awarding doctorates, and post graduation plans of recipients. Contents include: (1) General Notes; (2) Detailed…

In the teaching of archaeology at the university level there is often conflict between the engineer and the humanist when looking at archaeological evidence. Nowhere is this more clear than in considering the very old puzzle of how ancient Egyptian engineers transported and erected huge stone obelisks using only human labor. The humanist, whose…

Ecole Centrale Paris has developed two different types of double degree programs since 1987. The Top Industrial Managers for Europe Program (TIME) allows French and foreign students to obtain two engineering degrees, each for a nominal study period of 5-6 years after high school graduation. Thirty-one technical universities in 14 European…

This document features detailed statistical tables of Federal Funds for Research and Development for the fiscal years of 1999, 2000, and 2001. The data in this report were derived from the Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development. Contents include: (1) "Technical Notes"; (2) "Federally Funded Research and Development…