Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

funding for K-12 science and mathematics; B. increase federal fundingon research; C. recruit the best and brightest scientists and engineers to work in the U.S.; and D.improve the U.S. infrastructure for new technology and innovation, including tax credits. Thesignificance of the report is the detailed recommendations for U.S. investment to ensure theseaccomplishments over the next ten years (see Table 2).Business Roundtable ReportA group of 15 leading business organizations [5] joined together to issue a deep concern aboutthe U.S. ability to sustain its scientific and technological superiority in the world. Theirexpressed goal is to double the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) degrees in the U.S. by the year 2015

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

oranother to some ethical basis, customs, rules or traditions. Examples used in a ‘new’ mandatoryfirst year “Practical Engineering” course (Engineering 5 first offered in 2003) are described [5].Examples with greater complexity and subtlety are used as assignments and for class discussionin an undergraduate junior/senior course (IE334, Organizational Planning and Control). Finally,in several graduate courses in the program that the author directs there is appreciable focus onissues that have unavoidably ethical content affecting the global commons, marketing, facilitiesdesign and location, design, sustainability, and human resource development and cultural issues.First yearThe course, Engineering 5, is scheduled every semester to afford the