Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Kamyar Haghighi, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

Australia, building upon a nascentinfrastructure in place at many Australian universities. Singapore has lain out an aggressivenational strategy for both science and engineering research and the translation of that researchinto improved practice in pre-college and collegiate education. The CDIO Institute for Africa, a Page 13.863.4transnational initiative for the continent of Africa, places heavy emphasis on educational theory.CDIO (an acronym for Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) is an international initiative thatbegan at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now operates at universities in theseveral African countries, Australia, Canada

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Orndoff, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

overviews thestudent exploration of various techniques used by construction professionals, property ownersand policy makers that promote the aesthetic and economic benefits of green construction.The research gathered by the students resulted in the following reports produced byundergraduate students and compiled by graduate students. The compendium of constructionpractices from the student perspective that bring to light the advantages of implementing greenconstruction include the following five sustainability topical areas: Educating Property Ownersand Buyers, A Greener World – Green Construction Practices to Rebuild and Preserve, GreenerRoofs for A Greener Community, Benefits of Protective Construction Practices and TreeConservation through

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Gillespie, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

in solving real world engineering problems each semester. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSE from Rowan University and BSCE from MIT. His areas of research include novel electric generation technology and Mach's Principle.William Riddell, Rowan University William Riddell is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University. His research and teaching interests include design, structural mechanics, transportation safety, energy efficiency and clean energy generation. Prior to Rowan University, he worked for the US Department of Transportation Research and Special Program Administration, and was a National Research Council