Engineering in Japan Education, Practice and Future Outlook

Japan's recent advancements in high technology demonstrate a science & engineering system that differs in significant ways from that of the United States. Moreover, unique features of Japanese-style engineering are not well understood by American scientists, engineers, & policy makers. The symposium addressed current problems, opportunities, & future plans for Japanese engineering education & industrial practice. Included are a discussion of the basic concepts of "knowledge management" & technology development that differ between the two cultures; the plans for reforms in graduate school education for engineers at the University of Tokyo; & a description of successful 30-year, cross-cultural engineering collaboration between a major Japanese & leading American company. Robert S. Cutler of Georgetown University has compiled this 139-page book of papers presented at a symposium at the 1991 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. Ten Japanese & American science policy observers from academe & industry key elements of present & future "engineering systems" in Japan.Cutler, Robert S. is the author of 'Engineering in Japan Education, Practice and Future Outlook' with ISBN 9780962545917 and ISBN 0962545910.