Describes problems associated with accreditation of professional engineering programs and the new accreditation procedures used by the Engineering Education and Accreditation Committee of ECPD (Engineers Council for Professional Development). (PR)

Policies, methods of evaluation, criteria, and procedures for applying criteria are described in this report by the Engineering Education and Accreditation Committee. (PR)

Congressman Brademas describes four problem areas associated with technology and suggests various possibilities for new dimensions in engineering education to meet these challenges. (PR)

Ecological problems create new career opportunities for the technician. (Editor)

Discusses how basic thermodynamics concepts are integrated with design problems. Includes course goals, instructional strategies, and major advantages/disadvantages of the integrated design approach. Advantages include making subject more concrete, emphasizing interrelation of variables, and reinforcing concepts by use in design analysis; whereas…

Discusses uses of Apple microcomputers in the engineering technology department at Western Kentucky University. These include providing homework assignments, computerized laboratory reporting and testing, and development of computer programs on course content. Seven programs related to DC circuit analysis are discussed and titles of other programs…

Provides a brief history of and need for engineering management. Raises and answers three questions related to the acceptance of engineering management as a recognized field of education and practice. Offers suggestions to improve the situation, including the encouragement of continuing education efforts. (JN)

Strategies used in introducing a case study to students in an interdisciplinary design course are presented, outlining what and how students can learn from the case. The entire two-part case, "Problem of the Perverse Pinion," (a consultant's view of the failure analysis of an automotive starter pinion) follows this article. (JN)

Discusses a short classroom-based BASIC program which routes stream flow through a system of channels and reservoirs. The program is suitable for analyses of open channel conveyance systems, flood detention reservoirs, and combinations of the two. (Author/JN)

Offers guidelines for engineers who have been promoted to managers, addressing such issues as making assignments, maintaining control, fostering communication, encouraging additional training/education, maintaining schedules/checkpoints, conducting departmental reviews, and determining subordinates' views of management practices (self-analysis).…

Presents an abridgement of a speech presented at an annual meeting of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 1941. Discusses some basic issues regarding engineering as a profession. (CS)

The University of Maryland hired engineering students to work in its physical plant department. This broadened campus involvement in energy management to include student and faculty groups; utilized workers familiar with campus buildings and their uses; and saved the cost of hiring a professional consultant or expanding staff. (CT)

Describes computer assisted learning (CAL) packages written in FORTRAN IV and developed for use in a degree course in civil engineering dealing with hydraulics and structures. All are used in the interactive mode through a terminal with a keyboard and visual display unit. (Author/CMV)