Engineering in Society -- Copyright -- Preface -- Definitions Adopted by the Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- Historical Development -- Structural Characteristics -- Features of the Present Era -- ENGINEERING AND SOCIETY: THE DYNAMICS OF INTERACTION -- Supply and Demand -- Maintaining Adaptability -- Managing Change -- OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE -- 1 Introduction -- ENGINEERS AND ENGINEERING IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT -- Traditional Views of Engineering -- The Reality: Diversity in a Complex World -- Significance of Societal Perceptions -- CALCULATING THE VECTOR OF CHANGE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? -- 2 Evolution of American Engineering -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRUCTURE -- Birth of the Technological Society: 1790-1850 -- Emergence of the Professional Engineer: 1840-1890 -- The Engineering Education System -- Diversification of the Engineering Disciplines -- Corporate Technology and the Corporate Engineer: 1880 and After -- Global Depression, Global War -- The Tennessee Valley Authority -- The Rural Electrification Administration -- World War II -- EARLY STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERING -- Forces Affecting Development -- Societal Demand for Goods and Services -- Undeveloped Societal Demands -- Technology Transfer -- Indigenous Advances in Technology -- Infrastructure Development -- Support By Key Individuals -- Government Support -- Supportive Societal Environment -- Adaptability and Responsiveness -- Diversity -- 3 The Present Era: Managing Change in the Information Age -- POSTWAR CHANGES IN SCOPE -- Expansion of Government's Role -- The Information Explosion -- Accelerated Technology Development -- Global Business, Global Markets -- IMPACTS ON ENGINEERING -- Multiplying Specialties/Interdisciplinary Activity -- The Educational System.

The Professional Societies -- The Engineer as Employee -- Engineer as Corporate Employee -- Engineer as Government Employee -- Intensification of Social Issues in Engineering -- 4 Engineering and Social Dynamics -- FLUCTUATING SUPPLY AND DEMAND -- The Societal Demand-Pull Factor -- Mechanisms for Meeting the Demand -- Factors Limiting Supply Response -- ADAPTABILITY IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM -- Arguments For and Against Specialization -- Alternative Approaches -- THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE ON EMPLOYMENT -- Potential Impacts on Society -- Potential Impacts on Engineering Employment -- Roles and Responsibility for Intervention -- SOCIETY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION -- 5 Maintaining Flexibility in an Age of Stress and Rapid Change -- HOW WELL IS THE SYSTEM WORKING? -- Does the Supply Meet the Demand? -- Is the Quality of the "Product" Adequate? -- CAN THE SYSTEM FUNCTION UNDER PROJECTED FUTURE CONDITIONS? -- Potential Scenarios of the Future -- Significance of the Scenarios -- WHERE ARE THE GREATEST STRESSES APPEARING IN THE SYSTEM? -- Educational System Stresses -- General Stresses -- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- References -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Engineering in an Increasingly Complex Society -- CONTENTS -- THE NATURE OF ENGINEERING -- Introduction -- Engineering as a Method for Solving Problems -- Engineering as a Profession -- Engineering as Social Practice -- PATTERNS OF ADAPTATION -- Science and Engineering -- Responding to Innovation -- Institutional Imperatives -- ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT -- The Engineer and the Marketplace -- Educating Engineers.

ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- Resilience in Times of Crisis -- Engineering in Society -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- The Resilience of the Engineering Manpower System -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- The Conceptualization and Presentation of Engineering -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PARTICIPANTS, CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING INTERACTIONS WITH SOCIETY -- Presenters -- Committee Members -- Other.