10.2190/CMVC-4QGF-4WYN-VFN9 CMVC4QGF4WYNVFN9 2 Technology Assessment and Environmental Engineering 237 247 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 CMVC4QGF4WYNVFN9.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=CMVC4QGF4WYNVFN9 3 Ellis R. Mottur Technology Assessment Implementation Project, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. This paper emphasizes the significant role environmental engineering must play in the resolution of the nation's social problems. The paper: (1) delineates the nature and significance of technology assessment, providing a preliminary definition of the assessment process; (2) examines the relationship of environmental engineering to technology assessment; and (3) considers environmental engineering and technology assessment within the wider context of conversion of the nation's technical talent and resources from defense to civilian oriented programs. Melvin Kranzberg, "Historical Aspects of Technology Assessment." Program of Policy Studies in Science and Technology, Occasional Paper No. 4, Washington: The George Washington University, August 1969, p. 1. U. S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development, <i>Technology Assessment.</i> 91st. Congress., 1st Sess., Washington, 1969, pp. 219-220. National Academy of Sciences, <i>Technology: Processes of Assessment and Choice</i>, Report to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U. S. House of Representatives, Washington, July 1969, pp. 13-14. U. S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development, <i>Technical information for Congress.</i> 92nd Cong., 1st Sess., Washington, April 15, 1971. Vary Taylor Coates, "Examples of Technology Assessments for the Federal Government," in U. S. Congress, House, <i>Technology Assessment</i>, Appendix C, pp. 283-300. National Academy of Engineering Committee on Public Engineering Policy, <i>A Study of Technology Assessment</i>, Report to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U. S. House of Representatives, Washington, July 1969. Louis H. Mayo, "Some Legal, Jurisdictional, and Operational Implications of a Congressional Technology Assessment Component," in U. S. Congress, House, <i>Technology Assessment</i>, pp. 83-117. National Academy of Engineering, <i>A Study of Technology Assessment.</i>