This 44-item, annotated bibliography provides an overview of the major viewpoints and methods in current technical writing practice and instruction. It is intended for instructors, students, and managers of engineering firms. Entries are presented in three categories. The first category (8 entries)) focuses on the requirements for technical…

This nine-point plan for reducing the engineer shortage includes a paper outlining the significance of the problem and points toward major causes. Section 1 discusses the American Electronics Association's (AEA) education program. It overviews cause of the problem at the undergraduate and graduate levels and outlines these nine mechanisms: (1)…

This study has as its main object the formulation of an approach, as global and comprehensive as possible, to the multiple aspects of the engineer's needs for scientific and technical information. The basis of the study is an analysis of the engineer's role, its characteristics, different specialties, levels of training, and categories of…

SIX FILMS WERE DEVELOPED TO TEACH VISUALIZATION IN THREE DIMENSIONS FOR ENGINEERING GRAPHICS OR DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY COURSES. THE FILMS UTILIZED A "THOUGHT MODEL METHOD" WHICH HAD BEEN USED FOR OVER A DECADE BY THE INVESTIGATOR. THE METHOD CONSISTED OF TRACING IN THE AIR AND DESCRIBING RELATED POINTS, LINES, PLANES, AND SURFACES BY THE…

Jargon, when used properly, defines precisely and concisely the concepts peculiar to a profession. Within a profession, it meets the criteria for clear, brief, specific communication. When used outside that profession, however, it tries to impress rather than to express. Engineers and other professionals need to be taught when--and when not--to…

A survey of 531 electrical engineering graduates of the University of Alabama who had received bachelor's degrees in the years 1950 through 1974 showed that the educational needs of a majority of the respondents could have been adequately served by the mathematics levels present in the engineering technology program. In addition, certain subjects…

Forty persons attended this workshop, designed to identify consultants and orient them to the needs of community colleges and technical institutes when developing, revising or upgrading mechanical technology programs. Presentations by some of the nation's leading technical educators were followed by discussion periods and critique, both of which…

Until recently, U.S. engineering education and American industry drew candidates from only about 43 percent of the potential market--white males. Many segments of American business, education, and government have been involved in a process to increase minority participation in engineering; the 1974 freshmen engineering enrollment for women…

The generation of the electrocardiogram from a bioengineering standpoint is described, and this information is used to discuss its application to clinical instruction on electrocardiography. (MLH)

The guidelines used in the accreditation of industrial engineering programs are discussed. Changes that have taken place in engineering curriculum are described, along with the philosophy of educators in formulating industrial engineering program requirements in the areas of faculty, facilities, curriculum, administration, and scholastic work.…

In the Engineering Case Program conducted by the Projects Board of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the ideal educational program is supported by: (1) content, science, and lore; lectures and programs; (2) observations of practice; case histories, plant tours; and (3) doing jobs; projects. This tripod model of engineering…

An analog/hybrid simulation of a Digital Volt Meter (DVM) and an incremental analog-to-digital (A-D) converter are presented. An analog simulation of planar frames is also presented. (MLH)

A report on the present level of engineering salaries is presented on the basis of the Commission's tenth survey among 860 establishments covering 167,225 engineering graduates, about 20 percent of all degree-holding engineers. Two questionnaires are used, one for non-supervisory graduates and the other for those in supervisory positions. Salary…

This report gives a detailed picture of engineering and technology graduates for the 1970-71 academic year. Part I summarizes the placement status of engineering graduates at the bachelor's, mater's and doctor's levels, and technology graduates at the associate degree and bachelor's levels. Placement data are provided for graduates since 1958,…

Describes an engineering course that stresses various philosophies and methodologies of experimentation, along with the techniques of experimental synthesis. (MLH)