Describes a program developed by the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE for the members at the grassroots level (example, on the campus). Describes the establishment of resource rooms for educators and Mini-ACADEMOS to demonstrate new teaching methods. (GS)

Traces the origin and development of programs that led to the creation of the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida. Includes descriptions of degrees offered, type of work required, and facilities available. (GS)

The objective of this paper is to design a train of tubular reactors that use a methane feed to produce hydrogen of the desired purity so that it can be utilized by a fuel cell for automotive applications. Reaction engineering principles, which are typically covered at the undergraduate level, are utilized to design this reactor train. It is shown…

Interdisciplinary course offerings at Purdue University which combine engineering and the social sciences are discussed from the librarian's point of view. (Author)

Analyzes the number of graduate science students on federally supported fellowships and traineeships between 1967 and 1973. Presents enrollment trends of graduate science and engineering students for the same period. (GS)

Back-of-the-envelope problems call for approximate calculations of quantities that can be related to information in a person's knowledge but are not solved precisely. These problems provide an opportunity for the study of processes and the role of general knowledge in ill-defined problem solving. Subjects with advanced and intermediate knowledge…

The paper details the current state of the art in applying technology to communication with the disabled. Noted is the increased application of modularity to hardware design allowing upgrading as improvements become available. After definitions of such key terms as "conversation,""control," and "computer access," the paper looks at components of…

To assist the more than 9,000 engineering students at Texas A&M University, the staff of the Microtext Department, Sterling C. Evans Library, prepared these handouts listing the library's holdings of industry standards and their locations. Current industry standards are offered on 16mm film on cartridge through the VSMF (Visual Search Materials…

This courseware evaluation rates the Orthographic Projection program developed by Hobar Publications. (The program--not contained in this document--uses computer graphics to present abstract visual concepts such as points, lines, and planes.) Part A describes the program in terms of subject area and hardware requirements (Apple II), indicates its…

Provided is a list of associations and committees of or for women in science, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. The list is organized by discipline, with cross-referencing to cognate specialties. The disciplines include: anthropology; astronomy; atmospheric sciences; biology; chemistry; computer sciences; earth sciences; energy; engineering;…

Definitions of biosphere and ecosystem are provided as the basis for understanding a problem that threatens to become (or already is) a global issue, namely, human activity which results in reducing the diversity of life forms present in the biosphere as an ecosystem. Two aspects of this problem are: (1) the growth of human populations worldwide…