The focus of this summary volume reporting on several parallel studies is an application of technology to the problems of health care and the role of the university in responding to health care needs through biomedical engineering. A brief description of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is presented. A list of reports, issued by the…

This study reviews engineering education in Florida and investigates programs and plans for engineering technology. A questionnaire was prepared to obtain statistical data on the engineering activities at individual institutions. Deans of engineering schools responded to the questionnaires and site visits were made by consultants to each school.…

Describes a demonstration apparatus used to study the explosive limits of a typical hydrocarbon. (MLH)

Describes a tour of engineering education institutions and government research laboratories. Comments on the high quality of both, despite some lack of equipment and facilities. (MLH)

An engineering enrollment survey shows that engineering is now making a strong comeback as a major field of study and that chemical engineering is making the greatest gains. (MLH)

Describes the use of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) method in an undergraduate process dynamics and control course. Includes grade distribution data and student questionnaire results. (MLH)

Discusses the problems that arise in test situations when some, but not all, students use electronic calculators and poses some solutions to these problems. (MLH)

Discusses the need to include social and ethical issues in engineering curricula, such as information about the potential benefits or detrimental consequences of proposed new technologies. (MLH)

The new home of Temple University's College of Engineering Technology features an identical floor plan on all of its nine stories. (Author/MLF)

Guidelines are presented for evaluating the desirability of interactive computer graphic systems in various engineering disciplines. (BB)

Reported is discussion of the biological effects of a new Panama canal. (BB)

Reviews socio-political, economic, and other non-technological training for engineering students in the Soviet Union. (SL)

Discusses an introductory chemical engineering course in which mathematical models are used to analyze experimental data. Concepts illustrated include dimensional analysis, scaleup, heat transfer, and energy conservation. (MLH)

Discusses an introductory engineering design course in which students construct models to illustrate process or building design. (MLH)

Reports progress made in increasing minority enrollment in engineering. Minority enrollment in engineering has increased from one percent to 3.9 percent since 1971, while the total number of engineering graduates has decreased 13 percent over the same period. (SL)