This paper examines author productivity as a function of subject breadth using literature-productive engineers--subject breadth is defined as a measure of an author's tendency to move outside one or more closely allied subject areas within a discipline. Subjects for the study were chosen at random from the 1971 author index of The Engineering…

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM GUIDE IS TO ASSIST TEACHERS IN TRAINING YOUNG FARMERS AND FARM WORKERS IN THE SELECTION, OPERATION, UTILIZATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF FARM TOOLS, MACHINERY, AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. DESIGNED BY NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, THE DOCUMENT INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON THE CHANGING FARM, SETTING UP PROGRAMS, FARM…

The selected information sources held by the Arkansas University library which are listed include such general sources as Moody's and Standard and Poor's publications and bibliographies for financial and operating ratios. Reference books for engineering published between 1965-1976 include handbooks, dictionaries, manuals, encyclopedias,…

OSCAR WERWATH ARRIVED IN MILWAUKEE FROM GERMANY IN 1903 AND FOUNDED A SCHOOL TO MAKE SKILLED MECHANICS, TECHNICIANS, AND ENGINEERS OF THE UNSKILLED AND THE APPRENTICED. BY 1908, THE SCHOOL OFFERED TWO FULL-TIME TWO-SEMESTER COURSES IN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL AREAS IN ADDITION TO EVENING PROGRAMS. COOPERATIVE ENGINEERING EDUCATION, INTRODUCED IN…

Statistical analyses of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were made to determine its validity as a predictor of success for engineering students. In addition, the study attempted to statistically differentiate students completing engineering programs at Purdue from those who transferred to other fields and/or did not continue in other…

The report presents the results of a study on the use being made of 'source abstracts' and 'source index terms' published in engineering journals. The results were derived from questionnaires circulated to subscribers to eighteen journals in engineering fields which currently publish 'source abstracts' and 'source index terms'. The overall results…

This Bulletin, published bi-monthly, reports the current literature in the areas of science, engineering, technology, and public policy. The coverage encompasses both "policy for science" and "science for policy" matters. The bulletin is intended for individuals engaged in studying, formulating, or implementing public policy relating to science…

This directory of colleges and universities offering courses in aviation, aerospace and transport technology indicates which United States institutions offer curricula leading to diplomas, certificates or degrees (associate, bachelor, master, doctor). Forty-four categories of aviation programs are listed, but as the terms used are those used by…

There has been a suspicion among college English teachers that the writing skills of engineering and science students deteriorate between the time they complete Freshman English and the time they graduate. To test the validity of this hypothesis, 5 groups comprising 361 subjects (72 freshmen, 70 sophomores, 71 juniors, 74 seniors, and 74 technical…

Studies of 255 authors of program material at the Metallurgical Society session of the 96th American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) Annual Meeting yielded data on the subsequent dissemination of presented material during the year following the meeting. Data showed that three-fourths of the authors who made…

This report was prepared to present reviews, synthesis, and evaluation of research studies and demonstration projects concerned with the labor market experience of unemployed engineers, particularly in aerospace-defense. It also includes a review and evaluation of national manpower efforts to aid the reemployment of unemployed engineers,…

Described is the University of Technology located at Bath, England. Particular attention is given to a discussion of the facilities and curriculum of the School of Engineering. (NTIS/RH)

The report deals with conditions determining choice of natural science careers among American college men. Most data come from questionnaires returned to the National Opinion Research Center by a representative sample of 33,782 June, 1961, college graduates. Of 21,687 men, 1,894 reported preferring science careers as freshmen. In most of the…

The author implies or mentions in general that many factors, such as economic, cultural, psychological and political, all interacting with one another, determine the state of society and more specifically that of our environment. Basically, however, he attempts to identify how engineering and technology fit into the situation. He states, as a…

The research reported consists of eight tasks, four concerned with manned systems research and four with human resources research. Although each task is basic in the sense that it seeks results of a broadly generalizable nature, each is specifically relevant to one or more well-known and long-standing Air Force problems. (Author)