Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Efrain O'Neill-Carrillo P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; James D. McCalley, Iowa State University; Anne Kimber, Iowa State University; Robert Haug, Public Power Services

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

, in particular to capstone design projects. Furthermore, Criterion 3 alsoemphasizes on “…the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, andsocietal contexts.” The teaching of infrastructure-related courses and capstone courses could beenhanced by including emergency preparedness, resiliency and collaboration with communities,giving students a broader view of the engineering practice and their social responsibility asengineering professionals. Besides topics for capstone design projects [6], [11], [12], modulesand class examples on resiliency and emergency management could be developed and integratedinto infrastructure-related courses.Besides the traditional integration of these topics into courses, a deeper revision