The impact of supercomputers on experimentation: A view from a national laboratory

The relative roles of large scale scientific computers and physical experiments in several science and engineering disciplines are discussed. Increasing dependence on computers is shown to be motivated both by the rapid growth in computer speed and memory, which permits accurate numerical simulation of complex physical phenomena, and by the rapid reduction in the cost of performing a calculation, which makes computation an increasingly attractive complement to experimentation. Computer speed and memory requirements are presented for selected areas of such disciplines as fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, chemistry, atmospheric sciences, astronomy, and astrophysics, together with some examples of the complementary nature of computation and experiment. Finally, the impact of the emerging role of computers in the technical disciplines is discussed in terms of both the requirements for experimentation and the attainment of previously inaccessible information on physical processes

Ecological Studies of the Wolf on Isle Royale, 1971-1972

Second Annual Report 1971-1972 (Covering the fourteenth year in the Isle Royale Studies)https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1049/thumbnail.jp

Ecological Studies of the Wolf on Isle Royale, 1973-1974

Fourth Annual Report 1973-1974 (Covering the sixteenth year in the Isle Royale Studies)https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1047/thumbnail.jp

Ecological Studies of the Wolf on Isle Royale, 1975-1976

Annual Report 1975-1976 (Covering the eighteenth year in the Isle Royale Studies)https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1045/thumbnail.jp

Ecological Studies of the Wolf on Isle Royale, 1974-1975

Annual Report 1974-1975 (Covering the seventeenth year in the Isle Royale Studies)https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1046/thumbnail.jp

Ecological Studies of the Wolf on Isle Royale, 1972-1973

Third Annual Report 1972-1973 (Covering the fifteenth year in the Isle Royale Studies)https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1048/thumbnail.jp

NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Paper 21: Technological innovation and technical communications: Their place in aerospace engineering curricula. A survey of European, Japanese, and US Aerospace Engineers and Scientists

Aerospace engineers and scientists from Western Europe, Japan, and the United States were surveyed as part of the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Questionnaires were used to solicit their opinions regarding the following: (1) the importance of technical communications to their profession; (2) the use and production of technical communications; and (3) their views about the appropriate content of an undergraduate course in technical communications. The ability to communicate technical information effectively was very important to the aerospace engineers and scientists who participated in the study. A considerable portion of their working week is devoted to using and producing technical information. The types of technical communications used and produced varied within and among the three groups. The type of technical communication product used and produced appears to be related to respondents' professional duties. Respondents from the three groups made similar recommendations regarding the principles, mechanics, and on-the-job communications to be included in an undergraduate technical communications course for aerospace majors