Raising Public Awareness of Engineering

by Lance A. Davis and National Academy of Engineering

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309086248
• ISBN13: 9780309086240
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 107 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"