Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach; William S. Sullivan, DeVry University, Long Beach

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

engineersbe more socially responsible in their practice.4 The teaching of ethics is part of manyengineering curriculums.5 The following individual needs were identified to the students as those to be fulfilled bytheir senior projects. Figure 1: Individual Needs Page 24.1131.3 The following societal needs were identified to the students as those to be fulfilled bytheir senior projects. Figure 2: Societal Needs The following categories of public policies were projected by the students on their seniorprojects from the individual and societal needs. Figure 3: Public Policy

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H. Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

them to problems with substantial societal technologicalcomponents. Courses in this domain have included over time: • Law and the Engineer • Risk Perception and Communication • Science, Technology and Ethics • Policies of Wireless Systems and the Internet • Information Warfare • Global Competitiveness: Firms, Nations, and Technological Change • Privacy, Policy, Law and Technology • Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy • Energy and the Environment • Climate Science and Policy • Water Technology Innovation and PolicySecond, courses that teach methods or background vital to classes of important problems at thetechnology - society interface are included. These include courses such as