Engineering Research in Land-Grant Universities: A History of Engineering Experiment Stations

赠地大学的工程研究：工程实验站的历史

• 批准号: 8711164
• 负责人: Bruce Seely
• 金额: $ 1.04万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-06-01 至 1988-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8711164&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engineering; Research; Land; Grant; Universities

At the start of the twentieth century, Americans entered what historians have identified as the Progressive period, so named for its characteristic optimism about the chances for building a better society in this country. A crucial element in the reformers' belief that they could defeat corruption as well as resolve stubborn economic and social problems was an enthusiasm for harnessing scientific experts as unbiased problem solvers. The establishment of the first engineering experiment stations on land-grant college campuses is one implementation of the idea of research as the key to a better society. According to such early promoters of the concept as Dean Anson Marston of the Iowa State Agricultural and Mechanical College, the stations would provide unbiased answers to the questions faced by municipal and state government and interested citizens as a result of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Dr. Seely's novel and timely study shows that the influx of federal funding marks the gradual movement of American engineering education away from an emphasis on hands-on, practical instruction in the use of tools and machinery toward a curriculum stressing calculus, physics and other science courses which undergirds basic research. Specifically, Dr. Seely examines the leading engineering experiment stations. His study traces the history and development of an important element of engineering education in land-grant colleges. It also adds to our understanding of the history of R & D by examining the interaction of universities with the other major sponsors of scientific research in this country. And, what is particularly interesting in view of currently increasing federal funding of research in engineering, he shows how shifts in the sources of funds affected both the types and goals of station research. Dr. Seely is highly qualified to undertake this study which flows naturally from the solid work that he did for his dissertation on the Texas A & M University engineering experiment station. In addition, he has already done in-depth work on a number of the leading stations which provides him with a foundation for excellence in his future work in this area.

世纪初，美国人进入了 历史学家认为这是一个进步时期， 因为它对建立一个 更好的社会。 的一个关键因素 改革者相信他们可以击败腐败， 解决顽固的经济和社会问题是一种热情， 让科学专家成为无偏见的问题解决者 第一个工程实验站的建立 赠地大学校园是一个实施的想法， 研究是建设更好社会的关键。 根据这样的早期 作为爱荷华州的迪安安森马斯顿， 农业和机械学院，车站将提供 对市政府和州政府面临的问题的公正回答 政府和有关公民，由于快速 城市化和工业化。 西利博士的小说和及时 研究表明，联邦资金的涌入标志着 美国工程教育从强调 在使用工具方面的实践指导， 机械走向课程强调微积分，物理和 其他支撑基础研究的科学课程。 具体来说，西利博士研究了领先的工程 实验站 他的研究追溯了 发展工程教育的一个重要因素， 赠地大学 这也加深了我们对 研究发展的历史，通过研究大学之间的相互作用， 与其他科学研究的主要赞助商合作， 国家特别有趣的是， 目前增加联邦对工程研究的资助， 他展示了资金来源的变化如何影响了 站研究的类型和目标。 Seely博士非常有资格进行这项研究， 当然，这是因为他为他的论文所做的扎实工作， 德州农工大学工程实验站 在 此外，他已经对一些 领导站，为他提供了一个基础， 他在这一领域的未来工作的卓越。