Presents some classic titles useful to the beginning English-French technical translator. (AM)

The role of optimization in mathematical, physical, biological, social, and management sciences is examined. A plea is made for giving optimization a central place in the mathematics education of scientists and technologists. (Author/MK)

Suggests an alternative system of measurement to be used in engineering, which provides theoretical insight and leads to definitions of dual and analogous physical quantities. The system is based on the notion that the dimensional product of three fundamental quantities should be energy. (GA)

The technical writing exercise described here requires the student to write a technical manual. The assignment is the last project of a technical writing course and brings into focus the total course content. (BB)

The Transportation Training and Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of New York is discussed, along with some issues that must be considered when interdisciplinary research is to be performed at an academic institution. (BB)

Data are presented from a survey of engineering colleges throughout the U.S. The data are categorized according to geographical regions. Information is presented on campus costs, engineering department costs, faculty salaries, student enrollment, curricular costs, and facilities and equipment. (BB)

This study shows that the single best predictor of success of an engineering student is the high school class standing. (BB)

Describes the role of The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) in providing guidance activities for students. Discusses structional organization, goals, and guidance activities for engineering and technical and professional societies. (MA)

Discusses a course in the literature of technology, team-taught by the English and engineering departments, which emphasizes the "two-culture" phenomenon (science vs. the arts). (MLH)

Describes a computerized evaluation procedure in which faculty members select from an item bank those items on which they will be rated by their students. (MLH)

Describes how a writing teacher teaches expository strategies to students within the engineering community. Demonstrates that expository strategies can invigorate--rather then suffocate--students when the composition course is linked to a disciplinary course where students can apply the strategies to concrete problems. (RS)

Demonstrates that college students' responses to a talking-face computer interface differ from their responses to a text-display interface. In reaction to a humanlike interface, subjects attributed some personality traits to it, were more aroused by it, and tended to present themselves more positively. Gender differences in interface reactions…

Describes a sequence of two courses included in the chemical engineering program at the University of Minnesota, Duluth that deal with the processing of hazardous wastes. Covers course content and structure, and discusses developments in pollution prevention and waste management that led to the addition of these courses to the curriculum.…

Explains component-based development (CBD) for distributed information systems and presents an evaluation framework, which highlights the extent to which a methodology is component oriented. Compares prominent CBD methods, discusses ways of modeling, and suggests that this is a first step towards a components-oriented systems development…

Asserts that the social sciences are clinical-like endeavors, and the way that "sister" fields discover and validate their results may inform research practice in education. Describes three fields of design that confront similar societal demands for improvement (engineering product design, research on the diffusion of innovations, and…