Engineering Infrastructure Diagramming and Modeling

Engineering Infrastructure Diagramming and Modeling
 Copyright
 Preface and Acknowledgments
 Contents
 Executive Summary
 INTRODUCTION
 FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
 Engineering and the Engineering Community
 Definitions: Engineers, Engineering, and the Engineering Community
 Forces Affecting the Engineering Community
 Diagramming and Modeling
 Data Bases
 1 Definition of Engineering 
 INTRODUCTION
 DEFINITIONS
 2 Forces Affecting the Engineering Community 
 EXTERNAL INFLUENCES Supply of and Demand for Engineering Students and GraduatesGovernment Policies
 Industrial and Private Business Practices
 Societal Conditions
 Responses to Change
 INTERNAL FACTORS
 TECHNOLOGY AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR CHANGE
 EXPECTED IMPACT OF ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
 3 Flow Diagrams of the Engineering Community 
 INTRODUCTION
 DESCRIPTION OF THE DIAGRAMS
 Basic Flow Diagram
 Comprehensive Flow Diagram
 Detailed Flow Diagrams
 Disaggregated Flow Diagram
 THE BALANCE EQUATION
 DATA AVAILABILITY MAJOR DRIVING FORCESDemand-Side Forces
 Supply-Side Forces
 LIMITATIONS OF THE FLOW DIAGRAMS
 Part-Time Students
 Internal Training Programs
 Mobility
 NOTES
 4 Modeling 
 NEED FOR AND USE OF MODELS
 CRITIQUE OF EXISTING MODELS
 DEVELOPING THE CEUE SIMULATION MODEL
 Model Objectives
 Program Features
 RESULTS, SELF-CRITIQUE, AND LIKELY EXTENSIONS
 NOTES
 5 Data Bases 
 OVERVIEW OF DATA BASES
 Data Base Manager
 Data Collection Methods
 Respondents
 Target Population
 Focus
 Frequency Time Period CoveredAvailability
 DATA BASE COVERAGE
 Personal Variables
 Education
 Employment
 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
 Sampling Frame
 Sampling Procedures
 Sample Size and Sampling Fraction
 Response Rate
 Accuracy of Data Base
 Data Compatibility
 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
 NOTES
 Appendixes
 Appendix A The Definition of Engineering and of Engineers in Historical Context 
 Engineering
 Engineering Technology
 Appendix B Trends in Engineering Enrollments and Degrees Granted  ENGINEERING AND TOTAL U.S. ENROLLMENTS AND DEGREES AWARDEDRECENT TRENDS BY SEX AND ETHNICITY
 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
 FACTORS INFLUENCING ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT TRENDS
 FUTURE DIRECTIONS
 Appendix C Flow Diagrams 
 GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN COMPREHENSIVE FLOW DIAGRAM
 LABELING SYSTEM FOR FLOW DIAGRAMS
 DETAILED FLOW DIAGRAMS