Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Schuhmann, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; Kim Barron, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

for Penn StateKim Barron, Pennsylvania State University Kim Barron is a graduate student in Industrial Engineering at Penn State. Kim has a Bachelor's degree from Penn State in Industrial Engineering. Page 11.551.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering Education and the Global Economy: The Search for PolicyAbstractEngineering education in the United States is confronted with some new realities, both real andperceived. Engineering is increasingly a globally distributed, cooperative activity and the USoutsourcing of research, design, manufacturing, and