Grassroots engineering. Overseas group projects ߞ the background

Engineering students of today will in a few years' time be making decisions which determine success or failure in the export market. The traditional engineering course with its emphasis on technical expertise provides one facet of the preparation required, but other facets tend to be neglected. The electrical engineering department of Imperial College, London, has for the last three years provided some of its students with the opportunity to learn, at first hand, the thrills and frustrations of introducing modern technology into developing countries by organising, with the help of generous support from a wide range of sources, a number of overseas group projects