Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research
Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2008-11-14

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0309179548

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Mechanical engineering is critical to the design, manufacture, and operation of small and large mechanical systems throughout the U.S. economy. This book highlights the main findings of a benchmarking exercise to rate the standing of U.S. mechanical engineering basic research relative to other regions or countries. The book includes key factors that influence U.S. performance in mechanical engineering research, and near- and longer-term projections of research leadership. U.S. leadership in mechanical engineering basic research overall will continue to be strong. Contributions of U.S. mechanical engineers to journal articles will increase, but so will the contributions from other growing economies such as China and India. At the same time, the supply of U.S. mechanical engineers is in jeopardy, because of declines in the number of U.S. citizens obtaining advanced degrees and uncertain prospects for continuing to attract foreign students. U.S. funding of mechanical engineering basic research and infrastructure will remain level, with strong leadership in emerging areas.

Research 1965-66
Research 1965-66

Author: Tennessee Valley Authority. Division of Water Control Planning. Engineering Laboratory

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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This combination of applied and basic research in the primary areas of the Laboratory's interests in a broad spectrum of problems and a variety of methods employed to solve them. Brief summaries of most of the research projects carried on during 1965 and 1966 are given in this report.

Innovative Techniques in Instruction Technology, E-learning, E-assessment and Education
Innovative Techniques in Instruction Technology, E-learning, E-assessment and Education

Author: Magued Iskander

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-08-20

Total Pages: 613

ISBN-13: 140208739X

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Innovative Techniques in Instruction Technology, E-Learning, E-Assessment and Education is a collection of world-class paper articles addressing the following topics: (1) E-Learning including development of courses and systems for technical and liberal studies programs; online laboratories; intelligent testing using fuzzy logic; evaluation of on line courses in comparison to traditional courses; mediation in virtual environments; and methods for speaker verification. (2) Instruction Technology including internet textbooks; pedagogy-oriented markup languages; graphic design possibilities; open source classroom management software; automatic email response systems; tablet-pcs; personalization using web mining technology; intelligent digital chalkboards; virtual room concepts for cooperative scientific work; and network technologies, management, and architecture. (3) Science and Engineering Research Assessment Methods including assessment of K-12 and university level programs; adaptive assessments; auto assessments; assessment of virtual environments and e-learning. (4) Engineering and Technical Education including cap stone and case study course design; virtual laboratories; bioinformatics; robotics; metallurgy; building information modeling; statistical mechanics; thermodynamics; information technology; occupational stress and stress prevention; web enhanced courses; and promoting engineering careers. (5) Pedagogy including benchmarking; group-learning; active learning; teaching of multiple subjects together; ontology; and knowledge representation. (6) Issues in K-12 Education including 3D virtual learning environment for children; e-learning tools for children; game playing and systems thinking; and tools to learn how to write foreign languages.