Conference Session

Topics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

environmental engineers but they areunaware of this career path.In an effort to recruit more students into environmental engineering, the multidisciplinary EVENprogram at the University of Colorado at Boulder participates in the High School HonorsInstitute (HSHI) sponsored by the College of Engineering. The HSHI is in the summer, with theparticipating students either rising seniors or juniors. About 250 students typically participate.Students are allowed to self-select two main topics of interest, and spend a full day each learning Page 13.453.2about those two majors. The students also select three other engineering majors and attend a 45-minute session

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Newberry, Baylor University; William Lawson, Texas Tech University; Kathy Austin, Texas Tech University; Greta Gorsuch, Texas Tech University; Thomas Darwin, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

have encountered some form of professional ethics instruction at the undergraduate levelbecause of current ABET requirements. But for graduate students coming from undergraduateinstitutions in other countries, we can neither be sure that they have received any professionalethics instruction at the undergraduate level, nor that they are familiar with the particularconceptions of the engineering profession and of professional ethics in this country.This is not of great concern for those graduate students who return to their countries of origin topursue their careers. But 45% of the approximately 140,000 engineering graduate students in theU.S. are international students, and up to two thirds of those have plans to stay in the UnitedStates to

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

International

leadership and management to engineers. The aforementionedattributes, along with cultural skills, are key factors in improving our globalcompetitiveness. Advertising these new requirements will perhaps broaden the appeal ofengineering programs to students well prepared in math and science who are primarilyinterested in careers in management and leadership.We also need to supplement some of the work that was traditionally done by engineerswith work done by technologists. The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)differentiates between the engineer, on the one hand, and the engineering technologist onthe other, by emphasizing how engineering graduates design projects, while engineeringtechnology graduates implement them:Engineering

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Plumley, US Coast Guard Academy; Vincent Wilczynski, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

previously served as a national officer of the American Society for Engineering Education, as an evaluator for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and as a member of the State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education Board of Governor’s Advisory Committee on Accreditation. CAPT Wilczynski has had fellowships at MIT’s Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and the Harvard School of Public Health, and served as the National Director of the FIRST Robotics Competition. Before beginning his teaching career, he served as a shipboard engineer, and as a Staff Engineer and Staff Naval Architect at the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center. CAPT Wilczynski was named the 2001 Baccalaureate

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicoleta Serban, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Basic Statistical Methods course as a pilotproject in 2006[25] and then during the Fall of 2007. This paper focuses on the results from 2007. Page 13.304.2To the best of our knowledge, the approach is unique in the following ways: 1 1) The instruction is based on workforce input. Engineers, managers, and senior executives have been interviewed to see what communication skills new engineers need to be job competitive and to quickly ascend the career ladder. 2) The instruction involves repeated practice of oral

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiang Le, Hampton University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, students learned that the more technical information regarding “reverberation rate” they can find and understand, the better chance they can win. In the Lorn Textiles case study, students learned that understanding the legal statues in a particular state is the key issue. Thus, these case studies teach students on how to prepare themselves for their future careers as engineers and business persons. • Given such a short time period (one and a half weeks) for them to do the research on the case studies, students’ attitudes towards Engineering almost remained the same Page

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University; Dennis Gouran, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in ones .6 .7 professional career 3) understands questions from others well .7 .6 4) shows confidence when presenting orally .8 .7 5) delivers a well-organized oral presentation .7 .8 6) uses appropriate presentation techniques (correct eye contact, use of .8 .8 voice, etc.) 7) keeps audience engaged when presenting orally .7 .4 .8 8) is able to interpret results for various audiences .7 .8 9) adjusts presentation to each audience and purpose

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Janice Girouard, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 13.186.6which are 500-level courses. Special topic courses would round out the course list and emphasizeemerging technologies and globalization. This area is expected to be highly dynamic and changewith the pace of leading-edge innovation in industry.MIM will have broad appeal and draw students from a number of backgrounds and industrialsectors: • Managers/supervisors from local industry wishing to pursue a Masters degree other than an MBA • Practicing engineers who want/need to develop expertise in the management process to further their careers • Technology graduates across multiple disciplines who want to further their formal education • Engineering graduates across multiple disciplines who want to

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; John Poston, Texas A&M University; Kenneth Peddicord, Texas A&M University; John Crenshaw, STP Nuclear Operating Company

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and the moveof engineers and engineering technologists from the power industry into other areas, as much asthirty percent of the technical workforce could need to be replaced over the next five years4.This problem has been exacerbated by the decline of power-focused technology degrees andfaculty. With the exception of a few programs in the State of Texas such as the University ofNorth Texas’s Nuclear Power Engineering Technology6 and the University of Houston’s PowerEngineering Technology7, there is little focus on delivering a robust education in powerengineering technology and committed to fostering a renewed interest in careers related to thepower industry. With this in mind, the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC

Conference Session

Materials in Design and Manufacturing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiqiang Hu, University of Missouri - Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

concepts in undergraduate engineering education. An integral model ofeducation for “Peace, Democracy and Sustainable Development” was recently proposed toaddress the need as required by ABET (2). Peace was the key element of the model, whereeducators should promote the pursuit of peace in engineering education through being at peacewith oneself, others, and the planet. Principles of green engineering are also important inengineering education (3), as engineers of future generations will use sustainable technology,benign manufacturing processes and an array of environmental assessment tools in their futureprofessional careers. Because of interwoven relations of sustainable development andengineering ethics, some educators suggested to incorporate

Conference Session

The Pipeline

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tonya Smith-Jackson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

caused them to complete the task either very quickly, or very slowly, whilegirls were more consistently reliable. Stufft 10 found gender differences interacted with age.Males in grade four outperformed their female counterparts, but this difference disappeared ingrade six, and reversed in grade eight, with females performing better.Women beginning engineering programs typically exhibit relatively high-levels of self-efficacy11. To address stagnant enrollments among women, it is important to understand andmitigate events that may undermine development of self-efficacy in girls. Could hands-onassembly be an activity that can encourage or discourage girls from the paths to STEM careers?To begin to understand the connection, this research sought to

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

outcomes recognize that the careers of future civil engineers need to beunderpinned by all -- not only Mathematics and Natural Sciences but Humanities and SocialSciences as well. Civil Engineering is a technical discipline and the strong technical educationmust continue, but it also must be recognized that the contributions of civil engineers are largelyto and for human society. The Humanities includes subjects such as art, philosophy andliterature while the Social Sciences include subjects such as political science, economics,sociology and psychology. BOK2 continues to recognize the need for education in Mathematicsand Natural Sciences but now also explicitly recognizes the foundational importance ofHumanities and Social Sciences.The four

Conference Session

Diversity and K-12 Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Joel Bloom, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Bloom had served as assistant commissioner in the NJ Department of Education for the Division of General Academic Education. He was responsible for managing many of the education department’s initiatives (competency testing, curriculum content standards, pre-school programs, establishment of 17 model effective schools), over 300 grants and contracts, and a $24 million budget. Since joining NJIT in July 1990, Dr. Bloom has been promoted to Vice President for Academic and Student Services. He is responsible for eight divisions of the university, including pre-college programs, enrollment management, continuing professional education, career development services, dean of student

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Jackson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Thomas Schulte, Rochester Institute of Technology; Nathaniel Kane, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elaine Lewis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

µE StudentsWe have developed a five course minor in microelectronics for non-µE science and engineeringstudents who desire exposure and experience to the exciting world of nanotechnology. Webelieve that this minor may do more to increase the number of women students with engineeringexperience at RIT by utilizing the large number already enrolled in the College of Scienceprograms, as opposed to separate recruitment strategies geared solely toward engineering. Thisprogram is designed to provide basic knowledge to students from other engineering and sciencedisciplines interested in a career in the semiconductor industry that include design, manufacture,equipment, chemicals, and software sectors. The minor consists of five courses: three core

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Egoitz Sierra Uria, The University of the Basque Country; Mikel Garmendia Mujika, The University of the Basque Country

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

, Egoitz, 2005)1.The ability to mentally visualize and manipulate objects and situations is an essentialneed in many jobs and careers. It is estimated that at least 84 majors consider thespatial visualization a fundamental need (Smith, 1964) and in technical jobs, such as thedifferent types of engineering, the abilities to visualize are especially important (Maier,1994)2.The third reason that justifies this study is that educators need to continually analyze andinvestigate their own teaching to be more effective educators (Fernando Hernandez,1992) 3.Previous analysis and current situationThe visualization of parts in the multiview projections system, in other words, theinterpretation of views of an object represented by its technical drawing, is

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology; Michael O'Hair, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-205: ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND THE 75TH ANNIVERSARYRETROSPECTIVE OF ABETLawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology Lawrence J. Wolf is a professor of the Oregon Institute of Technology and a distinguished service professor of the Oregon University System. After experience in the army and the aircraft, petroleum, and chemical industries, he began his academic career in 1964 as the founding head of the MET program at the St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. As a research fellow he completed his doctorate in engineering at Washington University and then became an associate professor at the University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia from 1972 to

Conference Session

The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Mechanics and Women in engineering. Her research interests include STEM programming, career development and assessment. Page 13.501.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Engineering Classroom Environments: Examining Differences by Gender and DepartmentsAbstractThis paper reports on one year of data from a study of classroom learning environments in threeengineering departments, which differ in size, discipline and pedagogical methodology, at a largeeastern university. This study uses a quasi-experimental design to confirm or deny what iscommonly cited in engineering education literature

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

4 2 4 Engineering Career Interest 8 7 11 2 5 Math Performance 12 12 4 6 Physics Performance 3 11 11 3 7 Participant In Similar Programs 13 15 OUTSTANDING VERY GOOD MARGINAL AVERAGE

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

13.1087.3becoming more and more necessary the services of this professional. Very soon it will become apromising scientific and technical area, which matches the needs of the present society.The complexity of societies is a motivation for the social engineering students who can see in itas a challenging career [1]. Another aspect that needs to be mentioned is the necessity to design aprogram that fits the educational engineering laws requested by Education Ministry of theCountry to be a recognized or accredited program. There are some rules that must be followedsuch as minimum curriculum, labs, library, professors, and technicians and so on, despite the factthat it has to be still a 5 years program for under graduation level plus 2/3 years Master and 3

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

government and non-profit organizations. He claimed to be very interested and vested in his teaching career and teaching-related issues. Overall, he seemed reasonably satisfied with his student ratings, reporting them as good to excellent. However, he felt the need to improve his ratings and did so by continuing to modify the courses that he teaches, and to seek out resources when developing new courses.• Fay: Fay is an engineering educator who was trained in a traditional engineering discipline and has 15+ years of teaching experience within a traditional engineering department. She reported having limited industry experience, which consisted mostly of internships while she was a student. In her position at the time of the

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

indicate that while 34% of them did biographical presentations,only 6% of students said this type of presentation was their favorite. The fact that over half ofthe presentations this year (in the aggregate) were related to biographies may have loweredstudent enthusiasm somewhat.Two new questions were specifically added to the 2007 post-activity survey to investigate howstudents feel about learning about engineers. These questions were: • “Knowing about engineers makes me more interested in engineering as a career,” and • “Learning about engineers is more important than learning about devices.”The results of these questions are shown in Table 7. Table 7. Responses to Career/Devices Questions

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

VirginiaTech will continue to have an impact throughout my career. Skills such as public speaking,teamwork, and insights into how to start my career in the academic world will doubtless proveinvaluable. However, I also hope that my social and personal experiences at Virginia Tech willcontinue to have an impact, and that the relationships that I have built with my advisor, fellowgroup members, and the other REU fellows will continue long past the end of this program.”Fellow # 2: “The program set up was ideal, in my opinion. The Friday meetings and seminarswere most helpful and for the most part I enjoyed the speakers tremendously. The chance topresent on our research topic every two to three weeks was extremely helpful in the developmentof my

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Brian Schratz, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

opportunities. The Lab alsocoordinates education and public outreach to inspire younger students to pursue careers inscience, technology, engineering, and math.As a development strategy, the SSPL focuses on fostering a collaborative and open environment Page 13.1253.2for its students. By providing a location for students to congregate between classes or to meetfor homework discussions, the Lab is a confluence of students from various majors, years,backgrounds, and experiences. In addition, multidisciplinary teams are encouraged rather thansingle-major groups. By bridging the otherwise disjoined diversity of students’ majors andideas, the Lab’s students

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Wight, Norwich University; R. Danner Friend, Norwich University; Jacques Beneat, Norwich University; William Barry, Norwich University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

analysis. well as to analyze and interpret data Spreadsheets Fluids 8.To be able to describe the various (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams Engineering Fields All projects engineering/management disciplines Engineering Functions (ME, CE, ECE, EMN), and the various engineering Careers/Jobs functions (research, development, testing, design, (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability Guest speakers construction, etc

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Alexander, IAESTE United States; Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

International

working in a cross-cultural environment.More than sixty percent of the students reported that their participation in INNOVATE2007 increased their knowledge about how globalization impacts their careers, what arethe major components of effective leadership in a global context, and how technologyimpacts local economies, results consistent with student evaluations in each of theprevious years of the conference. Additionally, they report that their participation is aninfluence on career-related actions that they intend to take, such as pursuing a job withsignificant international responsibilities. The conference organizers used the InterculturalDevelopment Inventory (IDI) for the first time to assess the 2007 conference. Althoughcomplete results are

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djafar Mynbaev, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Roman Kezerashvili, New York City College of Technology; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, mathematics and engineeringtechnology. However, in our, career-oriented college, physics and mathematics must be Page 13.1123.6closely connected to and support their applications in engineering-technology courses. Thisis the problem we are trying to solve.Our ApproachWe think that the main problem is not a lack of foundational knowledge, but the inability ofstudents to transfer that knowledge from mathematics and science to the technologies. Manystudents think of their college career as a number of disconnected courses that need to bepassed in order to graduate. As explained earlier, our approach to facilitate knowledgetransfer is to use the paradigm of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Kent Johnson, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; Phil Chilson, University of Oklahoma; Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma

Max-Planck Institute in Germany, where he continued his atmospheric research using radar. In 1997, he became a research scientist at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics as part of the Atmospheric Research Programme. In 2000, Dr. Chilson returned to the US to begin work in Boulder, CO, where he was appointed as a Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). Since 2005, he has been an Associate Professor in Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Throughout his career, Dr. Chilson has been heavily involved in the development and use of radar and radar technologies for the investigation and study of the Earth's

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Nail, University of Tennessee-Martin

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

practical career considerations. Anoverview of the literature reveals that other, similar, courses have been developed. Thebackground and preparation of the instructor is presented, including training and advancepreparation of course materials. The workbook contents, accompanying computer files, and howit was selected is also described. The course content and method of delivery are discussed. Adescription of the scope of the course and how it relates to and supports other courses in theprogram is provided. Scheduling, exams, and grades, are also described. Special circumstancessurrounding the initial offering of the course, including the results of a student survey, arepresented. The course is described in terms of being in an ongoing process of

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Wischow, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; Shanna Daly, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

post-tests covering conceptual information, and researcher field noteswere used as the primary sources of data. From these data, themes were identified, and actionswere taken to address each of these feedback themes to better correspond to the learning goalsidentified for the lesson.IntroductionThe face of science, engineering, and technology is rapidly changing. The biggest trends are alsothe smallest, as nano-scale phenomena prove to be more and more important in a wide range ofapplications. However, we still have yet to include these nano-scale phenomena in oursecondary science curricula, leaving students unprepared to enter important careers innanoscience, engineering, and technology.Professional development efforts are one way to combat

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Andrew Hable, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

. Following Peace Corps service he plans to attend graduate school in the United Kingdom for a degree related to his primary career interest, engineering for international development. He is 23. Page 13.725.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Including Questions of Military and Defense Technology in Engineering Ethics EducationWe review the strong historical inter-relationships between the discipline of engineeringand the military, and provide additional data to illustrate that these ties persist today.With the association to military and defense-related enterprises comes a host of