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Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1973
Describes a new program being launched by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to increase access of minorities into the profession of engineering. The foundation plans to spend $12 million to $15 million over the next five to seven years on this program. (JR)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Engineering, Engineering Education, Financial Support
Zwiebel, Imre; Demetry, James S. – Engineering Education, 1974
Discusses the Environmental Systems Study Program conducted at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with the support of the Sloan Foundation. Indicates that the activities are to lend valuable pilot experience to the implementation of broad changes in educational programs. Included is a summary of students' real-problem project titles. (CC)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Engineering Education, Environmental Education, Foundation Programs
Parden, Robert J. – Engineering Education, 1974
Discusses a Sloan Foundation undergraduate project conducted at the University of California at Santa Clara, with emphases upon interdisciplinary design. Indicates that engineering should be seen as a broad education for a technology dependent society, rather than education leading to a specialized, dead-end career. (CC)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Engineering Education, Foundation Programs, Higher Education
Leppert, George – Engineering Education, 1974
Discusses a creative engineering systems design program developed at the Clarkson College of Technology with the support of the Sloan Foundation. Indicates that the program leads to greater undergraduate use of computational facilities and more faculty research toward design applications. (CC)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Programs, Engineering Education, Foundation Programs
Smith, C. O.; Berman, G. A. – Engineering Education, 1974
Discusses the use of the city of Detroit as a design laboratory to operate Sloan Foundation programs in engineering education. Concludes that the student managed program provides valid and valuable educational experience by finding solutions to real world problems. (CC)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Programs, Engineering Education, Foundation Programs
Fox, Richard L.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1974
Discusses implementation of Sloan Foundation projects at the Case Western School of Engineering, including the development of a computer assisted mechanical structural design course, the establishment of a complex systems laboratory, and personnel views of industry-university design projects. (CC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Programs, Engineering Education, Foundation Programs
Download full textNational Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1985
The 35th Annual Report of the National Science Foundation (NSF) describes recent achievements of NSF sponsored research in viral structure, semiconductors, genetic engineering, Mayan culture, astronomy, physiology, paleontology, robotics, physics, material science and pollution. Major 1985 initiatives included: (1) establishing six university…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Awards, College Science, Computers
