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1 online resource (180 pages) |
| Contents |
""U.S. Nuclear Engineering Education: Status and Prospects""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""Nuclear Engineering as a Separate Discipline""; ""Status of Nuclear Engineering Education""; ""Supply and Demand""; ""Training and Education for Future Needs""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Responsibilities of the Federal Government""; ""Responsibilities of Industry""; ""Responsibilities of Universities""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""STUDY GENESIS AND BACKGROUND""; ""SCOPE AND TASKS OF THE STUDY"" |
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""ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY AND REPORT""""2 The Evolution of Nuclear Technology and the Nuclear Engineering Profession ""; ""A BRIEF HISTORY OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF THE NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PROFESSION""; ""THE ROLE OF TECHNICAL SOCIETIES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""3 The Nuclear Engineering Job Market ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""EMPLOYMENT HISTORY""; ""EMPLOYMENT FORECAST""; ""The Department of Energy and Its Contractors""; ""Other Government Agencies and Contractors""; ""Civilian Nuclear Power Industry""; ""Consolidated Employment Forecast""; ""Ph. D. Employment"" |
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""PROJECTED DEMAND FOR NUCLEAR ENGINEERS""""The Department of Energy and Its Contractors""; ""Other Government Agencies and Contractors""; ""Civilian Nuclear Power Industry""; ""Consolidated Demand Forecast""; ""FINDINGS""; ""4 The Status of U.S. Nuclear Engineering Education ""; ""NUCLEAR ENGINEERING FACULTY""; ""Age Distribution and Experience""; ""Comparison With Other Disciplines""; ""Faculty Research Interests""; ""NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT AND DEGREE TRENDS""; ""Undergraduate Programs""; ""Undergraduate Enrollments""; ""Undergraduate Degree Awards"" |
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""Employment of B.S. Graduates in Nuclear Engineering""""Capacity of Undergraduate Programs""; ""Graduate Programs""; ""Graduate Enrollments""; ""Graduate Degree Awards""; ""Employment of M.S. and Ph. D. Nuclear Engineers""; ""Capacity of Graduate Programs""; ""FINANCIAL SUPPORT""; ""UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM""; ""THE GRADUATE CURRICULUM""; ""STUDENT-FACULTY RATIOS""; ""UNIVERSITY REACTORS""; ""NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AS A SEPARATE DISCIPLINE""; ""INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS""; ""Specialization""; ""FINDINGS""; ""5 Outlook for Supply of Nuclear Engineers "" |
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""DEGREE TRENDS FOR ALL FIELDS AND QUANTITATIVE FIELDS""""DEGREE TRENDS IN ENGINEERING AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING""; ""DEGREE TRENDS BY GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY""; ""Degree Trends for Women""; ""Degree Trends by Race and Ethnicity""; ""Summary""; ""TRENDS IN SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST SCORES""; ""PROJECTIONS OF THE SIZE, RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION, AND HIGHER EDUCATION COMPLETION RATES OF YOUTH COHORTS""; ""BALANCE BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND""; ""FINDINGS""; ""6 Implications of Future Demand for Nuclear Engineering Education ""; ""NEEDED CHANGES IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM"" |
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""Needed changes in the graduate curriculum and research programs"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Nuclear engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States
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Nuclear energy.
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nuclear power.
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Nuclear energy
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Nuclear engineering -- Study and teaching
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309536776 |
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0309536774 |
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