Describes career opportunities for chemists considering employment areas of opportunity, salaries, college chemistry enrollments, research and development budgets, long term forecasts of supply and demand for chemists. Includes career planning aids, and an employers directory of chemical professions. (DF)

Describes an experiment built on the hypothesis that a relationship exists between a person's visualization skills and his creative abilities. Twenty-eight college students in engineering were given a design problem which was real and free. Results confirmed the hypothesis. (DF)

If engineering education programs are to meet the increasing technological demands of society, it would follow that emphasis should be directed toward retention rather than attention of students. (Author/DF)

Important points are that invention and innovation are important elements of technological change, that creative engineering and innovation can be encouraged, and that understanding of the innovation process can be taught on an interdisciplinary base. Course involves developing a project to solve one of the important problems in the world today.…

This article describes a series of energy conversion experiments in the senior laboratory course at the University of California, Berkeley. (IR)

A critical view of mechanical engineering technology curriculum. Technical Education is a supplement to Industrial Arts and Vocational Education. (Editor)

The American Society for Engineering Education is described with respect to goals, structure, individual and institutional members, divisions, sections, chapters, headquarters, projects, awards, publications, annual conference, and dues. The constitution and by-laws of the society are included with a calendar of activities and a listing of…

Members of the 14 councils of the society are listed as well as section councils and officers, and division officers. American Society for Engineering Education representatives are listed in the following categories: activity coordinators, industrial, and other organizations. (TS)

Considers definition of biomedical engineering (BME) and how biomedical engineers should be trained. State of the art descriptions of BME and BME education are followed by a brief look at the future of BME. (TS)

Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to Industrial Arts and Vocational Education. (GB)