Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Green, Mississippi State University; Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

in the course. Not only would thishelp engineers better communicate to others the benefits engineering provides, something theCommittee on the Engineer of 2020 also says is necessary, we, as instructors, could begin theconversation. To accomplish this objective we required numerous writing assignments, requiredoral presentations, and ensured that there was ample class discussion. For the second version ofthe course we added the requirement that each student read a national newspaper on a regularbasis and, at some point of their choosing in the semester, provide a copy of an article they readrelated to engineering and public policy and their analysis of the article and the policy issue.Course DesignAlthough the course was designed to meet the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Tull, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Engineering and Public Policy

outside of the classroomincluding a local planning commission meeting, and a field trip to Washington D.C. to meet withdecision makers involved in technology policy. The agenda for the 2004 trip to D.C. includedvisits at the EPA, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and with congressional staff members.There are also often relevant guest lectures on campus.Group Projects and DebatesThe last outcome relates to the student practice of their verbal, written, graphical, and teamworkskills with special emphasis on verbally communicating technical information. This is achievedthrough group projects, presentations, class debates, and peer reviews including a peer-review ofvideotaped presentations. To enhance the quality of these presentations and

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado-Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Engineering and Public Policy

the IEEE, as well as a member of the ACM and the Internet Society. He serves on the faculty of the Institute for Regulatory Law and Economics. He was also the Chair of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council steering committee, an FCC federal advisory committee that focuses on network reliability, wire line spectral integrity and Internet peering and interconnection. Doug also served on the Technical Advisory Council of the FCC. His research interests include network security, technology based policy and telecommunications policy. His teaching interests include distributed systems, network security and telecommunications public policy. Doug holds a PhD from the

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Haight, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Page 11.854.7limitations. Due to the relatively recent nature of the event, the news media both print andtelevision were overwhelmingly the most available formats. While it would have been preferredfor the students to use more academic formats for their sources, such as those that undergo peerreview and acceptance prior to coming out in print, it is nearly impossible to have it both waysfor such a recent event. Such recent events have not yet received the scrutiny or have not beenstudied long enough to have successfully generated extensive peer reviewed literature.Assessment Method (including Rubrics)The assessment of the project was accomplished using several inputs for both the written workand the oral presentation. The averaged grades given