Forces Shaping the U S Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

by National Academy of Engineering, Committ National Academy Of Engin, Committee on Academic Engineering Resear

The way in which academic engineering research is financed and public expectations for the outcomes from such research are changing at an unprecedented rate. The decrease in support of defense-related research, coupled with the realization that many U.S. technological products are no longer competitive in the global market, has sent a shock wave through research universities that train engineers. This book argues for several concrete actions on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030905284X
• ISBN13: 9780309052849
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"