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Peer reviewedBerridge, Chris – School Science Review, 1989
Reviews the history of the steam turbine at sea from the 1880s to modern turbines. Presents several pictures of various types of turbines. (YP)
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Technology, Engines, Foreign Countries
Thomandale Management, Ltd. (Alberta). – 1986
This study was designed to identify and to evaluate technological changes affecting the careers of the members of the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists (ASET) at present and up to 1991. Efforts were directed toward identifying those variables affecting employment and recommending courses of action to help technologists remain current.…
Descriptors: Careers, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Engineering Education
Download full textNational Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems. – 1985
The Panel on Technology Education was one of four panels established by the Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer of the National Research Council. This panel's task was to investigate the technology aspects of the preparation of engineers in the United States. This report deals with: (1) "The History of Technical…
Descriptors: Certification, College Science, Cooperative Education, Engineering Education
Rogers, Debra M. Amidon – Engineering Education, 1988
Discusses some of the federal and state engineering research initiatives that have been launched in recent years, including the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Centers. Proposes that the status of the United States' competitiveness may depend on how well we manage this process as much as on the resulting technologies themselves.…
Descriptors: College Science, Economic Factors, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
Layton, Edwin T., Jr. – 1986
In examining the history of American engineering, this book emphasizes professionalism, social responsibility, and ethics. It explains how some engineers have attempted to express a concern for the social effects of technology and to forge codes of ethics which could articulate the profession's fundamental obligation to the public. The document's…
Descriptors: Business, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Engineering Education
Ellis, R. A. – Engineering Education, 1987
Reports on the trend toward the leveling off of the production of baccalaureate-level graduates in engineering during the 1985-86 academic year and the rise in doctoral degrees. Provides a state-by-state, institutional breakdown of engineering degrees and engineering technology degrees. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Degrees (Academic), Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
Jones, Russel C., Ed. – 1992
This document reports the proceedings of a workshop on Technological Literacy. The objectives of the workshop were: to review programs and to identify issues in technological literacy for liberal arts majors; to discuss mechanisms for the stimulation of appropriate additional technological literacy programs; and to develop an action plan for…
Descriptors: Courseware, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Engineering Technology
