Provides an introduction to the engineering profession, and the methods engineers apply in engineering practice. Emphasizes the modern tools of engineering analysis and design, including problem solving methods, digital computing, computer aided design, experiments, and testing. Also discusses communication and constraints on engineering practice in relation to economics, law, government, and management.

Principles of Engineering

Science & Math

Duderstadt, James J.

Springer, George S.

Knoll, Glenn F.

Technology

wiley

John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Nuclear power: Technology on trial

The authors argue for the continued development of nuclear energy.

Nuclear Power: Technology on Trial

Earth Sciences

Univ of Michigan Pr

Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University: A University President's Perspective

After decades of domination on campus, college sports' supremacy has begun to weaken. "Enough, already!" detractors cry. College is about learning, not chasing a ball around to the whir of TV cameras. In Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University James Duderstadt agrees, taking the view that the increased commercialization of intercollegiate athletics endangers our universities and their primary goal, academics. Calling it a "corrosive example of entertainment culture" during an interview with ESPN's Bob Ley, Duderstadt suggested that college basketball, for example, "imposes on the university an alien set of values, a culture that really is not conducive to the educational mission of university." Duderstadt is part of a growing controversy. Recently, as reported in The New York Times, an alliance between university professors and college boards of trustees formed in reaction to the growth of college sports; it's the first organization with enough clout to challenge the culture of big-time university athletics. This book is certainly part of that challenge, and is sure to influence this debate today and in the years to come. James J. Duderstadt is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan.

Sports & Outdoors

University of Michigan Press

The authors argue for the continued development of nuclear energy.

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

From the former president of one of America's leading universities comes a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing higher education in America as we enter the twenty-first century. In A University for the Twenty-first Century, James J. Duderstadt discusses the array of powerful economic, social, and technological forces that are driving the rapid and profound change in American social institutions and universities in particular. Change has always characterized the university as it has sought to preserve and propagate the intellectual achievements, the cultures, and the values of our civilization. However, the capacity of the university to change, through a process characterized by reflection, reaction, and consensus, simply may not be sufficient to allow the university to control its own destiny. Not only will social and technical change be a challenge to the American university, Duderstadt says, it will be the watchword for the years ahead. And with change will come unprecedented opportunities for those universities with the vision, the wisdom, and the courage to lead in the twenty-first century. The real question raised by this book is not whether higher education will be transformed, but rather how . . . and by whom. James J. Duderstadt is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan.

A University for the 21st Century

History

Americas

After decades of domination on campus, college sports' supremacy has begun to weaken. "Enough, already!" detractors cry. College is about learning, not chasing a ball around to the whir of TV cameras. In Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University James Duderstadt agrees, taking the view that the increased commercialization of intercollegiate athletics endangers our universities and their primary goal, academics. Calling it a "corrosive example of entertainment culture" during an interview with ESPN's Bob Ley, Duderstadt suggested that college basketball, for example, "imposes on the university an alien set of values, a culture that really is not conducive to the educational mission of university." Duderstadt is part of a growing controversy. Recently, as reported in The New York Times, an alliance between university professors and college boards of trustees formed in reaction to the growth of college sports; it's the first organization with enough clout to challenge the culture of big-time university athletics. This book is certainly part of that challenge, and is sure to influence this debate today and in the years to come. James J. Duderstadt is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan.

Widely regarded as one of the most active and publicly engaged university presidents in modern academia, Duderstadt— who led the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1996— presided over a period of enormous change, not only for his institution, but for universities across the country. His presidency was a time of growth and conflict: of sweeping new affirmative-action and equal-opportunity programs, significant financial expansion, and reenergized student activism on issues from apartheid to codes of student conduct. Under James Duderstadt’ s stewardship, Michigan reaffirmed its reputation as a trailblazer among universities. Part memoir, part history, part commentary, The View from the Helm extracts general lessons from his experiences at the forefront of change in higher education, offering current and future administrators a primer on academic leadership and venturing bold ideas on how higher education should be steered into the twenty-first century.

The View from the Helm: Leading the American University during an Era of Change

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

In the United States, public colleges and universities educate more than 80 percent of the nation's 11 million college students. Public universities conduct the majority of the country's campus-based research and produce most of the nation's doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, and other professionals and public leaders. They provide critical services such as agricultural and industrial technology, health care, and economic development, and they help students of all ages develop more rewarding careers and more meaningful lives. Written for everyone who is interested in and concerned about the nation's public universities, The Future of the Public University in America offers a view from the perspective of two experienced professionals. James J. Duderstadt, former president of the University of Michigan, and Farris W. Womack, former executive vice president and chief financial officer of the University of Michigan, explore the unique challenges facing public higher education today. They look at the forces driving change-economic imperatives, technology, and market forces-as well as the characteristics of the public university that make change difficult: the nature of its various campus communities, its governance system, its management and decision-making processes, and its leadership. The authors conclude by suggesting strategies at the state and federal level to preserve and strengthen public higher education as a resource for future generations.

The Future of the Public University in America: Beyond the Crossroads

Business & Money

Womack, Farris W.

Economics

Johns Hopkins University Press

Discussion on such topics as nuclear energy release, fission reactors, radioactivity, and controlled thermonuclear fusion is included in an introduction to the technical aspects of nuclear power generation and the role of atomic power in America's continuing search for viable energy sources

Nuclear Power (Energy, Power and Environment, 3)

Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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Principles of Engineering

Principles of Engineering

Nuclear Power: Technology on Trial

Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University: A University President's Perspective

Nuclear power: Technology on trial

A University for the 21st Century

Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University: A University President's Perspective

The View from the Helm: Leading the American University during an Era of Change

The Future of the Public University in America: Beyond the Crossroads

Nuclear Power (Energy, Power and Environment, 3)