Describes the development of a model curriculum for a joint five-year program in engineering and social work at Washington University. (CC)

Describes an interdisciplinary research project on production of food or fodder yeast from sewage. Indicates the presence of satisfactory educational and experimental results in operation of a pilot plant. (CC)

MOCO, a game intended to improve the players' ability to identify the forces in the members of pin-jointed trusses, has been developed and tested. The paper describes the game and the test results. (Author)

Describes external studies as undergraduate or graduate programs characterized by highly unconventional paths. Indicates the necessity of developing new definitions and models for this nontraditional medium to evolve a clear concept in engineering education. (CC)

Discusses the five characteristics which distinguish this upper division college from the majority of higher education institutions in America. Indicates the presence of a positive response based on increasing enrollment from 520 in January, 1973, to a possible 1,200 by June, 1973. (CC)

Discusses experience of being a Ph.D. candidate in the Union Graduate School (UGS). Concludes that obtaining the UGS degree is not easy, but the program makes sense to the writer at his age and with his experience and interests. (CC)

Discusses a six-week course in urban problem solving conducted by Newark College Engineering for high ability inner-city students in the summer of 1971 and 1972. Indicates that the experiment in mixing urban laboratories, city problems, and high school juniors is an educational success. (CC)

Discusses the trial of an elective course entitled Social Aspects of Chemical Engineering'' at McGill University. Indicates that student initiative is encouraged through the use of an uncertainly defined structure. (CC)

Reports survey data on the relationship of personal characteristics to occupational success and the perceived importance of college course experiences to job performance. Concludes that practical judgment is the most important factor and informal activity experiences facilitate the development of interpersonal competence. (CC)

Describes the presentation of two design programs in the 1971-72 academic year. Indicates that faculty member participants could keep up-to-date and expand their teaching skill by making use of these activities. (CC)

Dual organization of faculty and curriculum provides flexible, interdisciplinary undergraduate program that leads to concentration in an engineering specialty. In operation for two years, the plan has utilized teaching staff and facilities more effectively, and provided students with a broader than usual perspective of engineering. (WM)

Describes a three-unit, one-quarter course centered around the application of scientific and engineering principles to the control of the air-land-water environment for the health and welfare of mankind. (Author/WM)