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This 7-page paper, written by Jean Armstrong and Gilah Leder, describes how engineering courses should be changed so they are more appealing to female students. There were major increases in female enrollment in engineering in the eighties but they have hit a plateau, and in some cases declined in...

This webpage, provided Western Washington University and authored by Professor Jeff Newcomer, details Professor Newcomer's instruction on the topic of ethical decisions in the engineering field.  The webpage has an introduction to the topic and a series of four syllabi that can be used for providing...

This article, originally published in the Journal of Faculty Development, outlines techniques for involving engineering professors in faculty development programs and for making the programs effective. The article describes a faculty development program designed specifically for engineering faculty...

This comprehensive study and report, from James Duderstadt at the University of Michigan, covers the future and current trends in engineering education. The purpose of the study "is to pull together the principal findings and recommendations of the various reports concerning the profession of...

Engineering for Change (E4C) is an organization with a mission to "improve the lives of underserved communities by better preparing the global development workforce, optimizing the solutions development cycle, and ensuring public health and safety." Their website offers a host of resources on the...

This video from Columbia Gorge Community College is part one of two videos where viewers "learn to employ engineering prefixes in an effort to make unusually large or unusually small numbers easier to read, write, and conceptualize." Prospective engineers and engineering technicians would benefit...

This video from Columbia Gorge Community College is part two of two videos where viewers "learn to employ engineering prefixes in an effort to make unusually large or unusually small numbers easier to read, write, and conceptualize." Prospective engineers and engineering technicians would benefit...

This resource, published by the American Society for Engineering Education, provides statistics related to associate degrees and certificates in engineering technology and computing. This resource features a line graph depicting the number of associate degrees and certificates awarded overtime by...

"The ET Core is designed to prepare students for the study of courses specific to any engineering technology major. The curriculum provides hands-on work with technology and workplace relevance as students complete their study of physics, communications, and mathematics (through introductory...

In this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, you’ll learn about the role of an electronic maintenance technician, and see how this important position keeps the machines in a factory moving. Community college graduate Brad Richardson always liked taking things apart to see how they work, and...