Practice of Engineering Education by Joint Research with Private Companies

Analysis of research collaboration between universities and private companies in Spain based on joint scientific publications

Introduction. The article presents the results of a study on scientific collaboration between Spanish universities and private enterprise, measured in terms of the co-authorship of papers published in international journals. Method. Bibliometric analysis of papers published in journals listed in Scopus in 2003-2011. Indicators were calculated for output, collaboration, standardised impact and p...

Book Review: Research on PBL Practice in Engineering Education

Research into the Practice of Design Engineering Working Methods within Automotive Companies

Before implementing a PDM-system within a company, the internal processes of product and process development and the information handled herein should be organized well. To enable this organization, one should be able to see the bottlenecks and therefore the working methods and the documents involved should be made transparent. Thereto we have started a research project in which the development...

Mandatory Accounting Disclosure by Small Private Companies*

This article analyzes how mandatory accounting disclosure is grounded on different rationales for private and public companies. It also explores technological changes, such as computerised databases and the Internet, which have recently made disclosure of company accounts by small companies potentially less costly and more valuable, thanks to electronic filing and universal online access to cre...

Development of Transportation Engineering Research, Education, and Practice in a Changing Civil Engineering World

Transportation has been one of the essential areas within civil engineering since its early days. In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of ASCE, this paper presents a review of developments in research, education, and practice in transportation engineering. The review is based primarily on the issues of the Journal of Transportation Engineering over the past several decades. Main topics inc...