Buildings should be designed so that energy systems function with maximum efficiency. Re-evaluation of standards for ventilation and lighting is recommended. Heat recovery techniques and topography can reduce heating loads. (MF)

Examines the present and future career opportunities for women in the sciences and engineering. Indicates that opportunities for new women graduates in these fields presently equal or surpass those for men. (JR)

Aimed at determining whether preference scaling techniques could be used as a means of aiding engineering design, paried comparison and rank-order methods indicated that children do have stable and reliable preferences for play equipment and these preferences are correlated with actual usage. (Author/KM)

Outlines a physical chemistry course which is designed for civil engineering juniors and seniors to solve environmental problems. (CC)

Suggest re-orientation of engineering curricula to solve problems encountered in staffing technically capable personnel in municipal government bodies. (CC)

Analyzes job situations for chemical professionals on the basis of the survey findings obtained by the Chemical and Engineering News and the College Placement Council. Indicates a slight recovery in employment in 1973. (CC)

Summarizes course offerings and degree programs conducted by organizational units in the area of polymer science and engineering. Indicates that current trends are characterized by creation of interdisciplinary polymer programs and increase of academic training at both graduate and undergraduate levels. (CC)

Reports educational statistics of student enrollment on the basis of survey data obtained by the Engineers Joint Council between 1967 and 1972. Indicates that the 1972 survey shows a significant decline at all levels in comparison with fall 1971. (CC)

Presents five statistical tables relating to nuclear engineering education, namely, course offerings by U.S. and Canadian schools; degrees and enrollment; enrollment, courses, and staff by schools; degrees granted by schools; and research contributions to the American Nuclear Society meetings. (CC)

An innovative teaching method called Proctorial, Auto-graded, Self-paced Study'' (PASS) was employed in an engineering college. The results are reported indicating that it has many advantages over the conventional lecture method of teaching. (PS)