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Parsons, H. McIlvaine – 1981
Various aspects of automation are explained to differentiate it from technology and mechanization and to show the difference between using equipment to help humans and using equipment to replace humans. Five reasons are given for engineering psychology to focus its attention on automation. Automation issues in a number of areas are discussed,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Automation, College Science, Engineering
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Engineering. – 1981
Sixteen background papers presented to a plenary session at a 1980 workshop on the role of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in aeronautics are presented. The central task of the workshop was to examine the relationship of NASA's research capabilities to the state of U.S. aviation and to make recommendations about NASA's…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Industry, Aviation Technology, Engineering Education
