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Rudnick, Diane Tarmy; Kirkpatrick, Susan E. D. – Engineering Education, 1981
Reports results of a study exploring why more women are not attracted to engineering technology (ET). Lists percentages of men and women recruited into ET programs, their family backgrounds, achievement and expectations, extracurricular and cultural interests, and choice of vocation and work attitudes. Recommends steps to improve recruitment and…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, Engineering, Engineering Education
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Robinson, Arthur L. – Science, 1980
This research news article on microelectronics discusses the scientific challenge the integrated circuit industry will have in the next decade, for designing the complicated microcircuits made possible by advancing miniaturization technology. (HM)
Descriptors: College Science, Computers, Electric Circuits, Electronic Equipment
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King, Franklin G. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1979
Describes an undergraduate chemical engineering course which has been taught by a self-paced instructional method at Howard University, Washington, D.C. The instructional method, course description, and students' grades are also discussed. (HM)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemistry, College Science, Course Descriptions
Buchanan, Larry – MultiMedia Schools, 1996
Offers guidelines for planning a prototype multimedia classroom and discusses its technology components and arrangement. The prototype development is illustrated, highlighting design factors like cabinets for easy storage and accessibility; a "presentation wall" where technologies may be used and assimilated simultaneously; and…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Electrical Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Technology
Whitman, Robert – Winds of Change, 1999
An engineering professor presents his predictions for technological changes from an engineering perspective. High school students today need to take as much math and science as possible to prepare for high-tech training, college students must learn to learn and to troubleshoot, and practicing engineers are challenged to keep current on…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computers, Educational Trends, Engineering
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Massie, Darrell D.; Massie, Cheryl A. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2006
Senior design capstone projects frequently require team members to self-organize for a project and then execute the design/build portion with limited resources. This is challenging for inexperienced students who struggle with technical as well as program management and team building issues. This paper outlines a general framework that can be used…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Behavioral Objectives, Design, Teamwork
Wallace, Johnny M.; Carson, Cheryl – 1990
This module presents a real-world context in which mathematics skills are used as part of a daily routine. The context is the industrial and engineering technology area, and the module aims to help students see the significance of mathematics skills in performing daily tasks. Materials in the module, most of which are designed for the teacher to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Definitions, Education Work Relationship
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1990
Outcome assessment has come to mean documentation, beyond grades and numbers of graduates, of higher education's results as proof of quality and evidence of improving undergraduate education. This document describes a consortium formed by the Two-Year College Development Center of the State University of New York, the Bureau of Postsecondary…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, Washington, DC. – 1984
These proceedings of the conference's Special Sessions contain 85 papers organized into the following sections: "Implant Materials and Devices,""Communication Aids,""Neural Prosthetics for the Disabled,""Current Concepts in Spinal Cord Rehabilitation,""New Models in…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Engineering Technology
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1983
Survey results are presented from a study of the steps being taken by the 52 Illinois public community colleges to develop and provide programs in high technology fields. First, high technology programs are defined as those occupational programs that educate and train individuals to operate, maintain, and/or repair micro-electronic or computerized…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Programs, Community Colleges, Engineering Technology
Taylor, Mary Louise, Ed. – 1979
This investigation was undertaken to discover how effectively U.S. postsecondary curricula in key development fields are meeting the needs of students who will return to careers in countries much less developed industrially than the United States and which have very different agricultural and health-care needs. Research focused on U.S. curricula…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Business Administration, College Science, Curriculum Evaluation
Babcock, Daniel L.; Eppelsheimer, Daniel S. – 1974
Public Technology has been defined as a technology "explicitly responsive to the policy goals and operational requirements of civil governments." The Council of State Governments found in a recent study that "state universities have a major potential to bring applied science to the service of state governments, and that this…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, Extension Education
Naval Education and Training Command, Pensacola, FL. – 1974
The manual is written primarily to aid in the training of personnel to meet the professional qualifications of the engineering aid, first class and chief. In chapter one, the trainee becomes familiar with the rewards and responsibilities of an engineering aid. Chapter two deals with principles of SEABEE administration, the organization and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Course Content
Hoskin, Richard K. – 1972
Engineering procedures used in the design and construction of a high-speed, multichannel magnetic tape duplicator are described. The completed duplicator, a common mandrel duplicator, in which a single drive motor turns a common capstan shaft at high speeds and moves both master and copy tapes simultaneously, performs satisfactorily yet suggests…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Science, Data Processing, Design Requirements
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Khonsari, M. M.; Horn, D. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 1987
Offers a method for interactive design of objects on a computer. Outlines a method which allows the designer to interact with orthogonal views to construct a three dimensional model of an arbitrary shape. Presents an algorithm based on the Bezier curves to efficiently create smooth curves and surfaces. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Engineering Education
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