Engineering research in the U.S.A

Abstract

THE problem of co-ordinating the interests and activities of the various engineering institutions and societies has been subject to much discussion in this country. In America this problem was largely solved by the establishment in 1904 of the United Engineering Society, which combined the interests of four founders' societies, namely, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institutes^ of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Electrical Engineers. The United Engineering Society now numbers some forty thousand members, and its administration comprises three principal departments, namely, the library board, the engineering council, and the engineering foundation. The last-named department is of particular interest, and is directed to the furtherance of research in science and engineering.