Engineering Crossroads March 1, 1998 Volume 28 Issue 1 The Bridge, Volume 28, Number 1 - Spring 1998 Articles In This Issue POTS and PANS: Telecommunications in Transition Sunday, March 1, 1998 AuthorGeorge H. Heilmeier Competition, customer-related concerns, and cost are forcing a major shift in the telecommunications industry, with significant implications for the engineering profession. I am going to talk to you this morning about POTS and PANS. I think some of you who've been around the telecommunica- ... Ensuring Stability in U.S. R&D Funding (editorial) Sunday, March 1, 1998 AuthorF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Today, the engineering community has good reason to be optimistic about the future. As a result of last year's balanced budget agreement and the booming U.S. economy, the government will likely produce a surplus this year for the first in time in nearly 3 decades. That's not only good news for ... The Urgency of Engineering Education Reform Sunday, March 1, 1998 AuthorWm. A Wulf Incorporating a set of "new fundamentals" into the engineering curriculum and encouraging faculty to practice their craft are among the steps needed to bring engineering education into the 21st century. I want to talk about what should be - but aren't yet - watershed changes in ... Engineering and the Crossroads of Our Species Sunday, March 1, 1998 AuthorGeorge Bugliarello If engineering is to be a strong interlocutor in the dialogue about the future, it needs to become more integrated with science, society, and humanistic concerns. When, some 4 million years ago, we emerged or were chased from the forest, becoming a species distinct from our simian cousins, we ...
POTS and PANS: Telecommunications in Transition Sunday, March 1, 1998 AuthorGeorge H. Heilmeier Competition, customer-related concerns, and cost are forcing a major shift in the telecommunications industry, with significant implications for the engineering profession. I am going to talk to you this morning about POTS and PANS. I think some of you who've been around the telecommunica- ...
Ensuring Stability in U.S. R&D Funding (editorial) Sunday, March 1, 1998 AuthorF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Today, the engineering community has good reason to be optimistic about the future. As a result of last year's balanced budget agreement and the booming U.S. economy, the government will likely produce a surplus this year for the first in time in nearly 3 decades. That's not only good news for ...
The Urgency of Engineering Education Reform Sunday, March 1, 1998 AuthorWm. A Wulf Incorporating a set of "new fundamentals" into the engineering curriculum and encouraging faculty to practice their craft are among the steps needed to bring engineering education into the 21st century. I want to talk about what should be - but aren't yet - watershed changes in ...
Engineering and the Crossroads of Our Species Sunday, March 1, 1998 AuthorGeorge Bugliarello If engineering is to be a strong interlocutor in the dialogue about the future, it needs to become more integrated with science, society, and humanistic concerns. When, some 4 million years ago, we emerged or were chased from the forest, becoming a species distinct from our simian cousins, we ...