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Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Reisel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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. Teetor Educational Award. Dr. Reisel is a member of ASEE, ASME, SAE, and the Combustion Institute. Dr. Reisel received his B.M.E degree from Villanova University in 1989, his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1991, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1994. Page 12.1405.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY POLICIES BY UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTSAbstractThis paper describes the incorporation of a project involving the development of energy policiesby students in a senior-level

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Nathan Vizzi, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University

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Wind Working Group for SmallWind and Terrestrial Applications2. The project has enabled the students to learn first hand howpublic policy impacts the expansion of the green power market (specifically wind energy) inspecific municipalities. As part of their project-based learning experience in the clinic3-4 thestudent team has documented that a wide range of public policy positions, embodied in localzoning ordinances, will directly affect how many customers will pursue wind energy as apotential option for generating their own electric power. The New Jersey Clean Energy Program5provides some of the most lucrative rebates for renewable energy system installation in thenation and represents an embodiment of the State’s policy commitment to become

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Haws, Boise State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

core class for non-engineers at Boise State University, I focus on helping studentsunderstand the impact of engineering decisions on their individual and communal lives. I attemptto de-mystify engineering design, but also try to explain the engineer’s over-reliance onconvergent thinking, and the dissonance response of engineers to project opposition (denying,marginalizing, or baffling the opposition through intentionally turgid language and the appeal to“special” expertise). We discuss Habermas and Discourse Ethics, and as one of the principalassignments, I have them attend and report on the public hearing required to enable federalfunding for some local engineering project. The Idaho Department of Transportation, and theAda County Highway

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Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bodde, Clemson University

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. Energy Information Administration.9 Most analysts now foresee world productioncapacity in the range of 100 mmbd to 120 mmbd, achievable with investments comingon-stream in the next few years. Beyond that, a decline in production seems inevitable.The current excess of price (around $60 per barrel as of this writing) over marginal costoffers evidence that world markets are anticipating this peak in conventional oilproduction.Even though some disagreement remains concerning the timing of the transition fromincreasing to declining oil production, most geologists seem to have reached consensusthat a peaking point exists. Further, reasonably available signposts—discovery rates fornew fields, or projections of petroleum demand, and the like—can guide