Presents and analyzes statistical data to assist in evaluating general trends in engineering research and graduate study, and for comparisons among universities. Data are presented for 1978 and 1979 annual averages and annual average ratios relative to 17 criteria, including among others, full-time faculty and professional faculty researchers.…

Discusses the problems of the future shortage of engineering faculty and the substantial decline in the number of PhD students. The external and the internal factors of these problems are also discussed. (HM)

Presents highlights of the findings of a recent federal government report on science and engineering education at the university level. Reasons for faculty shortages in these fields and trends in the demand for scientists and engineers are analyzed, and several recommendations are made. (WB)

Describes how teachers can use wheels of tricycles, bicycles, and trains to stimulate children with mathematics, relative position, and engineering concepts. Techniques are offered for measuring circumference of a bicycle wheel, gear ratios, and pedal wheel circumferences. Comparative data are given for various sized wheels. (Author/SA)

Describes a project on the application of the laser which aims to stimulate the interest of undergraduate students in applied physics and to demonstrate the interaction between light and ultrasonic waves by building a simple laser communication system. (SK)

Presents strategies for planning a successful cooperative education experience. The potential of a cooperative education program can be realized only if the expectations and responsibilities of the industry, the university and the students are recognized and realistically balanced. (Author/WB)

Describes the use of computer assisted instruction at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University in freshman and remedial mathematics to cut down high attrition rates and weed out quickly the students who can't adapt to the vigors of engineering course work. (Author/DS)

This study was conducted to determine if an operational performance evaluation was valid and feasible for an area of small engine instruction. Four classes were evaluated using both a pencil-and-paper test and an operational performance test. One of the findings was that a positive relationship exists between student scores on the two tests. (LRA)

The status, function, and education of engineers in Britain and West Germany are compared. Status of the German engineer, engineering education in Germany, the engineer and German society, and the overachieving engineer are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Describes laboratory experiments of a chemistry course on advanced process control. The equipment for the process around which these experiments were developed by the University of Louisville was constructed from data provided by Exxon Oil Company. (HM)

Presents details of a report by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to Presidential Science Adviser Frank Press on science and engineering manpower trends and needs. Discusses trends and implications relating to the proportion of faculty members at doctorate granting institutions who qualify as young scientists. (BT)

Describes activities of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Agriculture and Mechanical University (A&M) of Texas. Brief history of Texas (A&M) University's graduate and undergraduate programs, research efforts and the foreseeable future of the department are also included. (HM)

Describes an attempt on the part of an engineering faculty to develop problem-solving skills in its undergraduate students. It includes a course description in problem solving. (SA)

A recent Educational Testing Service (ETS) study drawing on several databases found historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) do a better job than traditionally white institutions (TWIs) in steering African Americans into engineering and the hard sciences and preparing them for graduate study. The study also revealed patterns in student…

Presents the tools and methodologies that underlie the ARIADNE framework for enabling open and distance education and enhancing more conventional training schemes. The ARIADNE concept relies on a distributed knowledge pool system that stores pedagogically indexed educational resources. The basic approach is one of share and reuse. (AIM)