Raising public awareness of engineering / Lance A. Davis and Robin D. Gibbin, editors ; National Academy of Engineering of The National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Engineering Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Davis, A. Lance.

Gibbin, Robin D.

National Academy of Engineering.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Research--United States.

Engineering.

Engineering--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The public has little awareness or appreciation of engineering as the source of technology. The engineering community spends mightily to try to improve public awareness, but an NAE-commissioned survey of activities intended to raise public awareness found little coordination among them and few measures of success. This report provides the results of this survey, explains why it was needed, and recommends how the engineering community can work successfully to communicate the importance of engineering to society.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Public Awareness Today""; ""3 The National Academy of Engineering Survey of Public Awareness of Engineering Outreach Programs""; ""4 Recommendations""; ""APPENDIX A Engineering Enrollments""; ""APPENDIX B Sample Mission Statements""; ""APPENDIX C Selected Outreach Programs""; ""APPENDIX D Committee on Public Awareness of Engineering""; ""APPENDIX E Engineering Communications, Education, and Outreach Questionnaire""

""APPENDIX F List of Organizations Responding to NAE Inventory Questionnaire""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610209293

9780309168748

0309168740

9781280209291

1280209291

9780309503716

030950371X

OCLC:

923254614