Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Orndoff, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Engineering and Public Policy

90 percent of their work time indoors, costing USbusinesses about $15 billion in productivity losses annually. “By the year 2010, another 38million buildings are expected to be constructed in the U.S. bringing our country’s total to over100 million. The challenge is to build those new buildings, and renovate the older ones, in waysthat reverse these unhealthy trends.” 1 The challenge is getting the construction industry to acceptand employ greener practices. The major way to meet this challenge is to build green. Buildinggreen has endless positive results that may include preserving natural habitats, ecosystems,watersheds; protecting water and air quality; reducing waste and greenhouse gases; thus creatingbetter outdoor and indoor

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Boerger, Engineering Economic Associates, LLC

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Engineering and Public Policy

programs cannot and do not sometimesdeal effectively with technologically rich public policy problems or that EPP programs willnever be called on to consider non-technologically-related matters, rather that EPP programs arebest situated to deal with these kinds of problems. Page 13.123.3 Figure 1. Levels 1 and 2 of the taxonomy: problems that are and are not technologically related.6. The third level: public vs. nonpublic problemsIn looking at problems to be solved, the first categorization that we most usefully make (it shouldcome as little surprise) is between public vs. private problems. “Public

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

, http://www.us-standards-strategy.org.(ASME) http://asme.org/Codes/.(ASTM) http://astm.org.ConclusionsStandards are a critical but often overlooked aspect of an engineering education, many timesdiscovered only after graduation. Regardless, no practitioner can afford to ignore standards,domestically or internationally. It has been said that standards are the bridge between marketsand technology and that whomever controls the bridge controls the future. As the late PeterDrucker, business theorist, noted,” The best way to predict the future is to have a hand in shapingit.” We as engineering and technology educators hold the future (our students) in our hands. Wemust strive to teach them how to become the experts of our public policy on standards.1

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Lott, University of Texas, Austin; Carey King, University of Texas, Austin; Michael Webber, University of Texas, Austin

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Engineering and Public Policy

Power Simulator was designed at the University of Texas at Austinto communicate key lessons concerning the tradeoffs of electricity generation methods in TexasThe key target audiences for this project include college students, high school students, statelegislators and their staff, as well as the general public. The Texas Interactive Power Simulatoraccomplishes the project goals by allowing the user to manipulate the electricity generation mixin the state of Texas and immediately view the economic and environmental impacts of thesechanges. This manuscript extends upon previous publications that described the backendcomponents and user interface design of the basic version of the Texas Interactive PowerSimulator.1 In particular, this manuscript

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

engineering represents a legitimate career field than arethose who have not been exposed to such images. We seek to engage three sectors critical to thetesting of our hypothesis – writers, directors, and producers—in order to lay the foundation forthe conduct of a proper large-scale experiment. The potential broader impacts are increasedpublic attention to, interest in, and support of engineering as a profession in general and as acareer choice in particular.IntroductionAlthough engineers help to address basic human needs as well as broader societal objectives likeimproved health, quality of life, economy, and security, the general public has a distortedperception of engineers and the work they perform [1]. This distorted view exists despiteexpensive

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Green, Mississippi State University; Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

conclusions on the differences between engineering and political sciencestudents and how they approach problems.Because one of our objectives was to improve the writing ability of the students, we asked if theythought the amount of writing in the class was about right. As shown in figure 1, most of thestudents thought the amount of writing was about right. This was particularly interesting becausewe, the ones who had to grade the writing, thought there was too much writing. The six in-classwriting assignments imposed a heavy grading load because the students were given detailedfeedback on the assignments. Grading could have been easier had it not been done with suchdetail. We did allow one assignment to be completed at home and received mixed reviews

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin Stewart, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

National Science Foundation has the largest non-formula drivenbudget of funding sources. The NSF’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources funded$48.06 million in education research in fiscal year 2006 through the Research and Evaluation onEducation in Science and Engineering (REESE) program3. This funding accounts for 6 percentof the budget for the EHR Directorate. This amount has declined for the last several years, andthe Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request proposes that it continue to decline in fiscal year 2007.Small amounts of education research funding were made available as part of the STEM TalentExpansion Program (STEP); though no education research grants are expected to be awarded infiscal year 2006, 1 to 3 grants of up to $500,000

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Fayerweather, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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Engineering and Public Policy

, there were nooverall negative feelings toward the project. In two of the areas, question 1 and 2, thestudents felt strongly positive toward the project. This is reassuring because these twoquestions dealt with the two main ABET criteria meant to impress on to the students,ABET (3)(c) and (3)(j).The students were also encouraged to write comments on the project. Most of thecomments dealt with the short amount of time given for the presentation and debate.However, since the amount of time was equal for every team, they did not see it as unfair.The presentations needed to take no more than one week of class. Since we were dealingwith a class of 48 students, the duration of the presentations had to be strictly limited.Also included is a graphical

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Tramba, University of Virginia; Edmund Russell, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

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Engineering and Public Policy

policy.1 Current engineering curricula,however, provide little preparation for engineering students to provide this essential leadership.Knowledge is divided into distinct “disciplines” which constrain the ability to address complexreal-world problems. Engineering professors, with little public policy experience, emphasize thetechnical aspects of their subjects without examining the social implications of the technology.The NAE followed its 2004 publication with an education-specific document emphasizing a shiftin both materials and methods presented in a more interactive and interdisciplinary approach.2This paper describes the efforts of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at theUniversity of Virginia (UVa) to meet the need

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Dunn, Environmental Protection Agency

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Engineering and Public Policy

of the semester, the studentspresented their work at the regional EPA office for an audience of EPA and City of Chicagostaff. The next section describes the two elements of the project in greater detail. The balance ofthe paper discusses the students’ results, the grading methodology, and the post-projectassessment.2. Project Description To introduce the project to the class, I lectured briefly on the SmartWay Partnership and gavethe following four goals for student participation in the project. 1. Gain insight into a voluntary emission control program 2. Become familiar with mobile source control technologies 3. Calculate emissions reductions and economic impacts from involvement in a

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Tull, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Engineering and Public Policy

context. The emphasis of the course material is on the federallevel, however international, state, and local differences are included. The desired studentoutcomes are as follows:1) Students will know why public policy is needed in modern society, and in particular, why it is needed for technological issues.2) Students will know what the main organizations are in the technical public policy arena.3) Students will understand at a basic level what the public policy process involves, and how that relates to technological issues.4) Students will understand at a basic level what the policy analysis process involves, and how that relates to technological issues.5) Students will understand what it means to be a

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy

each other as well as the changing period where the globaleconomic pattern will change profoundly along with the rise and fall of regional economicpowers [1]. The “superposition of the three periods” provides an important strategicopportunity for the accelerating development, transformation and upgrading of themanufacturing industry. From 2011 to 2013, the US has successively announced the launch ofAdvanced Manufacturing Partnership, A National Strategic Plan for AdvancedManufacturing and National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. In 2013, Germanreleased Recommendations for Implementing the Strategic Initiative INDUSTRIE 4.0. Later,Japan released White Paper on Manufacturing Industry in 2014; Britain released the strategyof Made in UK 2015

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Charles James Larkin, Trinity College Dublin; Shaen Corbet, Dublin City University

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Engineering and Public Policy

education and the rising costs of college. The model was based upon alternativestructures of credentialing and financing as a response to these potential pressures. Thecurricular model proposes restructuring engineering degree program towards: 1) shorterundergraduate programs that focus on developing horizontal transfer of knowledge ratherthan in-depth disciplinary knowledge and 2) periodic in-depth “educational renewal”throughout an individual’s career. This structure is grounded by, and emerges from,established models of liberal arts degree programs and is supported by decades of evidenceon the aspects of college which most impact long-term student development. From a policyperspective in order for such a disruptive model to have a chance of

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

pursued byengineers to gain visibility, achieve relevance, and influence the public. The profession ofnursing offers three advantages as compared to the profession of engineering in terms ofeffective public engagement, including: 1) trust (i.e., Gallop shows nursing as the “most trusted”profession for 15 years running); 2) gender bias (i.e., the profession of nursing is primarilycomposed of females, which the engineering profession claims is an important target audiencefor marketing efforts); and 3) professionalism (i.e., the canons of ethics for nurses emphasize theimportance of the patient – and hence the value of the individual – while the canon of ethics forengineers emphasize the importance of the nameless “public” – and hence looses the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rohit Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Angela Goldenstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

Engineering.IntroductionScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educators continue to emphasizethe need to develop an academic climate that supports systematic innovation and change inengineering education [1]. Change strategies in undergraduate education may be categorized bytheir approach to transformation and by the impact they produce [2]. Transformations that impactan entire environment arise from far-reaching policy adjustments or from developing a sharedvision of the desired change, which are referred to as top-down or bottom-up approaches,respectively. However, top-down approaches to change have been demonstrated to be far lesseffective than bottom-up approaches [3]. To successfully implement organizational change, it isnecessary for all of the

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado at Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Engineering and Public Policy

to gain an understanding of public policy as it related to their discipline. Wefound that many of these students did value such knowledge. We also found that the more seniorstudents and the students with work experience overwhelmingly valued such material.As a follow-up to this research, we surveyed approximately one hundred engineers in a variety ofhiring positions in industry to determine their view on the inclusion of public policy in anengineering curriculum. Among the questions included in the survey, we asked, “Do you believethat engineering students should be exposed to public policy issues as part of their education?”We also addressed a number of other issues, including: 1) How do these engineers define publicpolicy? 2) Should the

Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

engineering enterprise ofunderrepresented populations, and d) enhancing the infrastructure for research and education [1]Despite this philosophy, few metrics by which to gauge grantees’ progress in broadeningparticipation exist. Included within the suite of possible responses to the Broader ImpactsCriterion of the NSF Merit Review Criteria are those activities that advance the goal ofincreasing the participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) bythose individuals who are traditionally underrepresented in NSF fields (e.g., women, minorities,and persons with disabilities) and/or institutions that are underrepresented as recipients of NSFgrants (e.g., community colleges, minority serving institutions, baccalaureate colleges

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Nathan Vizzi, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University

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Engineering and Public Policy

clean energyintern team pursued almost all of the municipalities in New Jersey with significant average windspeeds (as by the USDOE/NREL11 and Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the US12). It was quitetedious to get responses from many of the officials who manned the local zoning offices.Despite the difficulties seventy-two municipalities were contacted via telephone and theirresponses were obtained. These responses are summarized in Figure 1 below. Note thatalthough green zones allow for wind masts without a variance, permits are often required. Page 12.651.5 Figure 1: Green Zones are Acceptable for Wind Masts Red are not AcceptableFrom the

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Haight, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

. Page 11.854.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Katrina in the Classroom: Engineering and Public Policy through Project-based LearningA Note on Engineering and Public PolicyWe assume that engineering educators have two sorts of interest in public policy 1. What and how to teach students about the role of public policy in engineering and technology and vice versa. This is our focus in this paper. 2. Public policies that concern engineering educationPublic policies are the policies of public institutions that affect our lives including, but notlimited to, federal, state and local governments. Public universities and utilities, and NGOs mayalso be included. Since government policies

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Schuhmann, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; Kim Barron, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Page 11.551.5same unit, and they share the same mission to provide the professional skills that new engineersneed to succeed and excel in industry the public sector, or private practice. There is muchsymbiosis among the three programs with shared teaching duties, meetings, funded projects, anddaily interaction.In the rest of the paper, we will, 1. Describe these programs in design, entrepreneurship, and leadership 2. Review studies that show why these programs represent important education for our engineering students for work in the national and global economies 3. Analyze the survey data that Penn State’s College of Engineering has collected from its alumni for more than a decade. These data both address how the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado-Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Engineering and Public Policy

ITP attend SFTP events as part of agraduate seminar course. This course focuses on exposing ITP students to policy and businessissues in telecommunications and also serves as a compulsory writing seminar (directed atimproving the writing skills of these students). 3.1. The Interdisciplinary Telecommunications ProgramFounded in 1971, ITP is the oldest telecommunications degree program in the country;combining technology knowledge with the business, economic, and regulatory insights necessaryto thrive in a world of increasingly ubiquitous networks.1 The mission of CU's ITP is theadvancement of telecommunications science as its own discipline through research andeducation of technology, economics, management and policy issues. The historic

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

embody these ideals? Does this principle instruct us, as engineers and educators, to focus on public policy and our society’s technological choices? Finally, how can we, as engineering educators teach students to responsibly tackle the ethical questions that lack a quantitative answer? An introduction of a three- tiered approach to encompass the range of issues involved is described. Specifically, strategies from chess instruction, computer games, and the potential power of a graduate with knowledge of competence, self, and the surrounding world are described.In Gunn and Vesilind’s book of the same name, Hold Paramount,1 they skillfully prod and pokeat the ethical

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Barnes, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Engineering and Public Policy

competition. Let us consider some approaches to this problem.1. Let us consider first the possibility of requiring our undergraduates to play a significant roll in teaching other undergraduates. In teaching a class you learn the material better than when you took the course and you have to define the problems in a form the other students can learn to solve them. This will deepen their understanding of the technical material they are trying to teach. Students do not like to be embarrassed in front of their piers and they will prepare. They also get practice in organizing and presenting material. These are skills we are often told by industry that our students are lacking and skills they will need if they are lead organizations

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Engineering and Public Policy

current and projected workforce. To increase student awareness of thesocietal implications of this developing technology, the academic partners in the Center forHigh-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), an NSF-sponsored Nanoscale Science and EngineeringCenter (NSEC), have created a team taught course entitled “Nanomanufacturing I”. Assessmentof engineering and science student performance is reported for the segment of the course thataddressed policy issues.1. IntroductionThe academic partners in the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), an NSF-sponsored Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), have created a team taughtcourse entitled “Nanomanufacturing I”. Faculty from all three core partner academicinstitutions, including Northeastern

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Engineering and Public Policy

research. The first report presented a detailedsummary of their research, intended primarily for the instructor. The second report was a shortsummary of their findings, which were distributed to everyone in the class.The next stage of the project lasted for two weeks. In this part, the students were to read thesummaries provided by the other students, and then develop their own vision of the electricitygeneration infrastructure in the United States in the year 2030 and their plan on how to get to thatpoint. The students then submitted their proposed plan, representing the development by eachstudent of their own proposed energy policy for electricity generation.Some of the benefits of this project are (1) the increased awareness on the part of the

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Haws, Boise State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

individual opinion becomes public opinion: the goal is to resolve conflict throughcommunication and will formation, rather than through the compromise of individual interests,or reliance on violence and coercion. Public discourse validates social norms, by givingeveryone an opportunity to test the norms. To establish an ordered discourse, public will formation follows two distinct stages. Duringthe initial stage, social norms can only claim validity if they would be accepted through theprocess of practical discourse by everyone (the Discourse Principle), freely accepting allforeseeable consequences (the Principle of Universalization). This stage of will formation isgoverned by four rules: 1. no one capable of relevant contributions may be

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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Engineering and Public Policy

, and solve problems at the boundaries of traditional disciplines. As always within the civil engineering profession, change must be accomplished mindful of the profession’s primary concern for protecting public safety, health, and welfare.” iiIn general, risk is understood in a variety of ways. One may be interested in estimating fatalitieson a highway, or the precipitation quantity from a 100 year storm, or the magnitude andfrequency of earthquakes in a specific region. These are all good and useful exercises, however,the goal of this paper is to: 1. Define “risk engineering” as an integrating discipline that supports design development, project controls and project management. 2. Develop a theoretical

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Edward L. Hajduk P.E., University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Engineering and Public Policy

for an Associate’s degree in engineering was purposefully selected for severalreasons. First, the curricula for this degree is readily understood by the engineering educationcommunity. Second, the example may be informative to the general public contemplating thepursuit of such a degree. Third, there is a diversity of course and other offerings that might beused to satisfy degree requirements. Fourth, there is a diversity of educational and careerpathways that such a degree may create. While engineering is the focus of this paper, the modelis extensible to other degrees and, more generally, to different careers requiring a diversity ofhuman capital.Part 1 – Credentialing & Certification: A resume or curriculum vita provides a snapshot or

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

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Engineering and Public Policy

interest in social issues. Page 23.391.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Developing an instrument to assess student’s prior knowledge, and possible interest in public policy courses.IntroductionAwareness and understanding of the public policy process and analysis have emerged as keythemes of undergraduate engineering education. Undergraduate engineering students need toknow this process and analysis to support the current and future regulation of technology.1–3Identification of students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards public policy is needed

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering and Public Policy

Commerce is worried about whether we’re producing enoughSTEM graduates from our colleges and universities.” American companies are quite Page 23.506.2concerned about impending shortages of workers to fill science, technology, engineering  1 and mathematics jobs in the future. Shortages of workers trained in these fields couldlogically impede the growth of technology, lower competitiveness with otherindustrialized nations, and thereby exacerbate the decline of the U. S. economy.Likely, all engineering educators who are at all interested in policy matters have read thatChina and India are producing from 5 to 10 times