Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ganapathy Subramanian Natarajan, Texas Tech University; Chinweike I Eseonu, Texas Tech University; David A. Wyrick PE, PEM, Texas Tech University

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has worked with small companies on process improvement projects. Beginning in the summer of 2012, Dr. Wyrick will assume the position of Dean of the School of Science and Engineering at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri- Rolla in Engineering Management, M.S.E.M. from the University of Alaska, Anchorage and B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming. Dr. Wyrick is a licensed professional engineer and is a certified Professional Engineering Manager. He has been active with ASME since joining as a student in 1977, serving as Secretary and President of the Alaska Section, on the board of the Management Division, and founding

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy R.B. Taylor P.E., University of Kentucky; Johne' M. Parker, University of Kentucky

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Engineering and Public Policy

Economicsand Public Policy. As part of this new course undergraduate and graduate students fromelectrical, mechanical, biosystems, mining and civil engineering receive training in public policytheories including institutional rational choice, multiple stream framework, punctuated-equilibrium, and innovation-diffusion. The instructors present these theories as a means tostructure the public policy process in a manner that would be familiar to engineers. The studentswere then asked to use the public policy theories in engineering decision making in homework,exam, and term project problems related to electric market regulation, renewable energy, nuclearenergy, and generation selection decisions. The public policy theories allowed the student astructured

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mickey R. Wilhelm P.E., University of Louisville

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engaged in the development of its project, the author, in 2005, wasthe dean of the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville (UofL).He was completely unaware of the NAE project, but was concerned about this problem.His concern was prompted by members of the public regularly commenting to him thathis engineering school was “great,” to which he would reply, “Thanks! Why do you thinkthat our school is great?” From their responses, it became apparent that the reasons forthese opinions were usually grounded in the difficulty of gaining admission to the school,the rigor of the engineering curricula offered, and to the success, or non-success, of therespondent, a relative, or acquaintances in graduating from the school. No

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lamis J. Behbehani, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P. Suresh C. Rao, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

publicpolicy, the source from which public policy emerges, and the policy making process and theneed for engineers to know how to write public policy. Because of the nature of the problem, thetype of literature review done for the project was thematic. In this review, the major ideas ofdifferent authors who have written about general curricular design, curricular design in publicpolicy for STEM programs, or that have published their course curriculums in public policy andtheir se students are categorized under the umbrella of STEM, were investigated andsummarized21.Definition of Public PolicyIn order to effectively engage in public policy, engineers must understand what public policy is.Tull & Jones 9 established that public policy is the “funding

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Katie Bardaro, PayScale, Inc.

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Years Figure 2: Projected salary profile for the aggregate of bachelor degreed engineersThe large variations in salaries are driven by a number of factors including type of engineeringmajor, cost of living due to geographic disparities, years of experience within a populationbucket, differences in work responsibilities, perceived quality of the engineer, negotiationcapabilities, and others; the role of some of these determinants will be investigated in this andother papers. Salaries tend to increase with increasing years of experience and “fan out” as foundby Mincer [9] who suggests that the widening of the salary distribution is related to self-investment in one’s human capital. Analysis of many salary profiles supports this premise

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM

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Engineering and Public Policy

HSIs in preparing atechnically-talented STEM workforce.IntroductionThe powering of today’s New Economy requires individuals to posses the 21st Centuryknowledge, skills and competencies that are needed to fully participate in the STEM Enterprise.At the core of this New Economy is technology, an artifact that must increasingly be leveragedto maximize earning potential and learning experiences. According to the U.S. Department ofCommerce (Langdon, McKittrick, Beede, Knah, & Doms, 2011)1, in 2010, 7.6 million people or1 in 18 workers held STEM jobs. Over the past 10 years, STEM jobs grew three times fasterthen non-STEM jobs. Between 2008 and 2018, STEM jobs are projected to grow by 17 percentcompared to 9.8 percent growth for non-STEM jobs

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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business by more actively promoting technology transfer and commercialization (Smilor & Matthews, 2004).Another key role of university third mission activities is workforce development. Lowe [20] hasdocumented the critically important combination of university educational roles with targetedand customized workforce development. In her analysis of knowledge-based industries and thevery successful North Carolina model, she observed that: This role is certainly not a new one for workforce development agencies in the United States. Project Quest in San Antonio, Jane Addams Resource Corporation in Chicago, the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership in Milwaukee, and New York City’s Garment Industry Development