Education for life or life-long education?

Historically, people learned skills that lasted for their lifetime. This was «education for life». In the modern technical and scientific world, things change so rapidly that a professional must continuously learn new material. This is «life-long education». Technological advances require signifi cant changes the electrical engineering curriculum. Studies of vacuum tubes and transformers have given way to studies of control theory, VSLI chips, semiconductor technology and lasers. An electrical engineer can not expect to master all aspects of the field within four or even eight years of study. Continuing education has become part of an engineering career

Constance mirror program: Progress and plans

The current state of the mechanics of the Constance II experiment, the physics results gathered, the motivation background, and future plans for the Constance II experiment are reviewed. Several improvements have been made and several experimental investigations have been completed. These include the construction/installation/testing of: (1) liquid-nitrogen cooled, Ioffe bars installed, (2) a diverter coil (3) the 100 kW ICRF generator, (4) the data acquisition system, and (5) the optimum hot-iron operation of the machine with Titanium and pulsed-gas plasma guns. Measurements were made of the density, temperature, and radius of the plasma. Ion-cyclotron fluctuations were observed, their bandwidth measured, and data collected demonstrating resonance heating. New X-ray diagnostics were designed and purchased, and progress on the Thomson scattering was made. Finally, a new hot cathode gun was designed and constructed

Microwave Electronics

Contains research objectives and reports on three research projects.U.S. Navy (Office of Naval Research) under Contract Nonr-1841(49)U.S. Air Force under Air Force Contract AF19(604)-5200Lincoln Laboratory, Purchase Order DDL-B22

Tube Research and Development

Contains reports on five research projects

Microwave Electronics

Contains research objectives and reports on two research projects.U. S. Air Force under Air Force Contract AF19(604)-5200U. S. Navy (Office of Naval Research) under Contract Nonr-1841(49)U. S. NavyU. S. ArmyLincoln Laboratory, Purchase Order DDL B-0030

Microwave Electronics

Contains reports on three research projects.U.S Navy (Office of Naval Research) under Contract Nonr-1841(49)U.S. Air Force under Air Force Contract AF19(604)-5200Lincoln Laboratory, Purchase Order DDL-B22

Tube Research and Development

Contains reports on three research projects

Traveling-Wave Tubes

Contains reports on two research projects