Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University; Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

certificate program and a studyabroad experience.IntroductionThe importance of including policy education in the engineering curriculum has been recognizedby experts from bodies including the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)1, and the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE)2, 3. Engineers have a dual role in public policy: helping to createpublic policy related to the use of technology and monitoring and assuring compliance with suchpolicies, and using engineering knowledge to assist in the construction of policy directives tohelp solve social problems. The increasing proliferation of scientific and technological artifactsinto society creates an increased need to

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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Engineering and Public Policy

Enterprises (SMEs) are defined to employ fewer than 250 employees inEurope and fewer than 500 in the United States (Hussey & Eagan, 2007)1. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) contribute between 80% and 90% of all industries (Moore & Manring,2009;2 Pimenova & van der Vorst (2004);3 Shearlock, Hooper, & Millington (2000);4 Walker &Preuss, 20085) in the world. The pollution caused by SMEs is also high due these high numbers.Implementing environmentally sustainable practices is of utmost importance in the currentsituation. One of the major factors affecting companies following such sustainable practices isthe culture of the company (Natarajan & Wyrick, 2011)6. The owner (or group of owners) affectsthe culture heavily, given

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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Engineering and Public Policy

immediate crisis and start building an economy that lasts into the future -- an economy that creates good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer security. We now live in a world where technology has made it possible for companies to take their business anywhere. If we want them to start here and stay here and hire here, we have to be able to out-build and out-educate and out- innovate every other country on Earth.Business leaders also have recognized the imperative of job creation for our economies. Forexample, writing in the July 2010 Business Week, former Intel CEO Andy Grove wrote on thenecessity of ‘job-centric’ leadership and incentives to expand the US domestic economy: … job creation must be the No. 1

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University; Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Ali Ghobahi Katamjani, Wichita State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

from literature. The set of relevant programs isselected and an efficient set identified. The efficient and less efficient programs are compared. Page 24.465.2Efficiency in higher educationThe demand for higher education is increasing significantly [1]. The world today is facingchallenges that motivate the growth of technology in every aspect of life [2]. From 2000 to2010, the number of full-time undergraduates increased by 45% and the number part timeundergraduates increased by 27%.Although the number of engineering BS degrees increased by 5% in 2012 and MS degreesincreased by 6%, there are still unmet needs. Each year over 500,000 new

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Engineering and Public Policy

apprenticeship. The standard qualifications fora general practitioner became those of the Apothecaries and the Surgeons. This meant that aqualification was available to medical schools and encouraged their development in Londonand other cities of the realm. In 1818 Charing Cross Hospital was created as an integratedmedical school and hospital. Armytage [1, p 169] considers the 1815 statute to have been oneof the most significant of the century. The implications for engineering were certainlyprofound because a precedent was established whereby persons seeking to establishthemselves as a profession could seek a charter that would enable them to licence those theyexamined who were successful independently of the universities.1.3. Although University

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Engineering StudentsIntroductionThe significance of economic considerations and financial aid in access to andpersistence in higher education is widely recognized [1-9]. In engineering educationspecifically, researchers have also increasingly begun to analyze economic factors inpersistence and attrition of engineering students [10-13]. Our analysis builds on such recentscholarship. In particular, it explores the role that individual financial need played in theattrition of high achieving engineering students at one institution and proposes individualfinancial status (IFS) as an important variable for future studies.An examination of students who left an engineering program at a private institution in thesouthern region of United States showed that

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

developed, consisting of twenty (20) questions and based on the followingfour points of interest: (1) the student’s view of the classroom experience, (2) the student’sability to relate the lesson to life, (3) the student’s immediate level of interest in the class, and (4)the student’s enjoyment of the topic. The research was conducted in the high school/middleschool classrooms of teachers who participated in the RET program. High school and middleschool students, aged 12-18, were recruited from several area schools. It was found that thestudents’ ability to relate the lesson to life and the student’s enjoyment of the topic weresignificantly greater than the control classroom. While long-term effects were not taken intoaccount, these results did

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tao Hong, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

et al. in 2006. Furtherevaluation of this instrument will benefit educators and their efforts to immerseengineering into K-12 curricula.ParticipantsThe DET instrument was taken by 405 elementary teachers, who attended a teacherprofessional program between 2006 and 2010. Table 1 shows the detailed composition ofthe sample across four background variables: gender, ethnicity, years of teaching andsurvey format. Among these respondents, 88% were females, while 12% were males.Approximately 36 percent of them had no more than five years of teaching experience,while 40 percent had six to fifteen years and 24 percent had more than fifteen years ofexperience. Caucasian teachers dominated the sample with 82 percent, as compared to the18 percent of non

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

viaformation, nurturance and sustaining an important targeted school-university urban educationalpartnership. Our university has partnered with large urban school districts to plan, deliver andsustain a targeted inservice teacher professional development and a middle and high schoolSTEM curriculum intervention. The partnership goals are to assist inservice middle and highschool science teachers in: (1) designing and implementing integrated science and engineeringcurricula and (2) development of instructional methods and strategies that enable teachers toeffectively (a) teach challenging content and research skills in middle and high school asdemanded by state/national science standards; (b) generate knowledge and transform practice inhigh school STEM

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

manage complex systems. He has worked on translation of research findings to development of practical solutions, and to inform policy development.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 25.383.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Defining the knowledge and skills that enable engineers to participate in public policyAbstractThe role of engineers in public policy can be seen as a twofold endeavor: (1) to help createpublic policy related to the utilization of technology to solve public problems as well as monitorand

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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Engineering and Public Policy

andsolidarity. This concept of “social justice” suggests a very different allocation of resources acrosssocieties. The reason for the different suggested allocation of resources is that rates of return oninvestments in education decrease on the margin, meaning that rates of return decrease withincreasing levels of education and salary. Accordingly, global economic analyses [1-3] suggestthat global resources are more equitably distributed through the offering of lower levels ofeducation in poor countries rather than higher levels of education in rich countries. While someengineers may view such lines of inquiry as provocative, theories about the investment anddepreciation of human capital have become well developed and can provide useful

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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Engineering and Public Policy

Member of the Kentucky Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors (its Chairman in 2010). He is also an Emeritus Member of the National Council of Examiners of Engineers and Surveyors, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of ABET. Page 25.133.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Addressing the Public Understanding of Engineering: A Case StudyIn 2008, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)1 asserted that, “despite the impactof engineering in our daily lives, most Americans do not understand what engineers doand are largely unaware

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 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

method to evaluate policy risks associated with their technical solutions. Studentperformance on exam, homework, term project problems and course evaluation from the firstoffering of the course (discussed later) indicate that the theories may be a useful method forincorporating public policy into engineering education.Class overviewThe University of Kentucky follows the traditional two-semester, 9-month curriculum format.EGR-540 is a three credit-hour course taught in the spring semester with bi-weekly, 75 minutelectures resulting in 28 class meetings (including exams) for a total of 35 contact hours duringthe semester. The current course objectives are as follows: 1) Introduce students to the economics of the power industry 2) Introduce

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tehri Parker, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

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Engineering and Public Policy

to develop and deliverappropriate solar workforce training in the Midwest.Nationwide Solar Workforce Training The Solar Foundation, a non-profit advocacy group for the solar industry, completed itsfirst national solar jobs census in 2010. The report indicates that there are 93,000 people whospend at least 50% of their time supporting solar related work in the United States, but the area ispoised for rapid growth. Over the next 12 months, 50% of solar firms expect to add jobs. Thiswill increase the overall solar employment to 120,000 people, an annual growth rate of over25%. That is particularly significant for a troubled U.S. economy whose overall growth isexpected to be around 2% over that same time period.1 Although solar

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Adams, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Engineering and Public Policy

military training and experience; and transitional support programson college campuses.” 2 Based on focus groups conducted by ACE, veteran’s reported findinginstitutions that recognize their military training and experience during the admissions processwas difficult. They return from serving our country with weeks, hours and months of militarycourse credit, on-the-job training only to be told there is little to no equivalency for theirexperience as it relates to pursuing an engineering degree. In many cases veterans werecompared to traditional students and given little to no credit for “the range of experiences andleadership skills the veteran will bring.”1 This paper presents the efforts of the authors to understand and propose a system

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Jie Zhou, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University; Dyah A. Hening; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2011-289: WHAT IS STEM?David A. Koonce, Ohio UniversityJie Zhou, Ohio UniversityCynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University Cynthia Anderson is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio Uni- versity. In addition to research on community college faculty, Dr. Anderson has published research on inequality, labor markets, rural communities, and gender.Dyah A. HeningDr. Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University Page 22.1684.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 What is STEM?1. IntroductionSTEM in the U.S.The shortage US

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Engineering and Public Policy

satisfied and all safety and efficiency standards are met. Additionally,the Environmental Policy Act 1 (NEPA), requires governmental agencies to perform apublic scoping process that includes making plans available for public review, sponsoringdedicated time for public comment, and holding at least one public meeting. As such,engineering professionals who work for both government agencies and private firms areresponsible for facilitating and participating in public meetings at some point during theircareer. To prepare for this eventuality, civil engineers must be able to facilitate effective,productive public meetings. The research and curriculum development presented in thispaper is a first step to preparing new engineers for this important task

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University; Joseph M. Nowakowski, Muskingum University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Page 22.1678.2highly educated and valuable group of potential employees, is relatively high, even in a recessedeconomy.Like all markets, thelabor market forengineers is subject tothe forces of supply anddemand. Simply put, animbalance between thequantity of engineerssupplied (i.e., thenumber of qualifiedengineers available) andthe quantity demandedby government, industryand academia willeventually result inchanges in the levels ofcompensation. A surplus Figure 1 - Source: Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Theof engineers will push Market for Engineerswages down, and a shortage will push wages up. The reduction in wages will presumablyencourage aspirants to pursue other professions, while an increase in wages will have

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shauna O'Hurley, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert P. Lillis, Evalumetrics Research; Betsy Khol, Women in Engineering; Robert D. Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

appropriate for any given program requiresspecifying an evaluation logic model that is based on theory and/or knowledge of the behaviorbeing addressed, i.e. pursuing education and careers in STEM. The WE@RIT has specified abasic logic model shown in Figure 1. This model assumes that young women who areintroduced to science will have an interest in STEM and gain knowledge and competency aboutSTEM and STEM career options will commit to STEM education and pursue STEM careers.The behavioral logic model also specifies a number of variables that have been shown toinfluence each of the major areas of the model. Interest is influenced by the individual‟sperceptions of norms related to science. For young girls the most notable is the persistent genderbias

Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; William Bender, Central Washington University

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Engineering and Public Policy

determine if money was being saved. Data was obtained for March, April, and May of 2008and 2009. Electronic metering exists on all the transformers on campus. The electricalconsumption data is read directly from the meter in the form of kWh and stored in a computerdatabase. There are two transformers that feed power to the Hogue Technology Building. Datawas obtained from these two transformers for the prescribed time period.FMD also measures the amount of steam condensate that is pumped back to the central heatingplant from all the steam heated buildings on campus. This information can then be converted totherms (1 therm = 100,000 BTU’s). The amount of condensate that is pumped out of a buildingis directly proportional to how much steam the

Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Myers, Ohio University; Ben Stuart, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

address how this course came to be, how itwas accepted by the faculty and students and how it was used to satisfy ABET accreditation anduniversity requirements.Introduction Technology continues to advance in society at an ever increasing rate and becomes morepervasive in our lives year to year. As this occurs “our elected representatives understand lessand less about it” 1. Engineers and technologists are responsible for many of the technologicalinnovations but are often distanced from the regulatory process that constricts sometimesinappropriately a technology or in some cases does not restrict the technology enough. Engineers and technologists are not typically cross-trained in the social sciences andsocial scientists are not

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom C. Roberts P.E., Kansas State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

keynote, Kerns asked several questions to stimulate member thinking.1 How, throughASEE members, could ASEE become a critical player in solving the world’s greatest challenges?For example, how could corporate partners advocate for funding needed for engineeringeducation and research in ways that academia cannot? Where do we begin? Why? How? Whatdo we know? What do we need to learn?The first reference to the term “Citizen Engineer” the authors can find is from a 2002 IEEE-USApresentation to the Student Professional Awareness Committee.2 The opening power point slideof the presentation states:“Being a Citizen Engineer Implies Recognizing and Acting On • Professional Responsibilities • Public Responsibilities • Enlightened Self Interest”The

Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Roper, George Mason University

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Engineering and Public Policy

. A number of information exchangemeetings were held during the semester including an In-progress-Review the end of October andFinal Recommendations Briefing at the end of November as well as a special meeting with theDirector of the County’s Department of Economic Development. This project was closelyaligned with the course class material but did require extensive literature review and analysis ofthe green tourism experience in other parts of the county. The class was divided into three teamsfor the first part of the project to develop strategies for; 1) transportation, 2) hotels andrestaurants and 3) special destinations. The teams than came together in the development andpresentation of the final recommendations to the county. The county

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

population, the usage of a specific technology, or theextent of a particular law. As there are many examples, we will provide two: 1. One method for delimiting scope is around a particular actor(s), which aligns to the instructional goal of studying major policy actors. An example would be Franklin Roosevelt whose education in “the field of utility economics and regulation began at the Page 23.1149.7 turn of the century with course work at Harvard College and Columbia Law School” 7. In 1933 and the period of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. During his 1932

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University; Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University; Weslene Tallmadge, Gannon University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Faculty forOrganizational Retention and Management. TRANSFORM initiatives aimed to increase therecruitment, retention, advancement, and leadership development of female faculty in STEMdisciplines at a Master’s L institution by adapting strategies proven successful at researchuniversities. The grant has been operationalized through three strategies: (1) Dual CareerServices aiming to provide employment opportunities to accompanying partners via the creationof a consortium and a website; (2) Research Initiation Awards supporting advancement andtenure needs by providing release time and funds to early-career female STEM faculty; and (3)Leadership Developments increasing education opportunities in the areas of leadership forfaculty and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie J Newman, Louisiana Tech University; Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Seminar Seriesb c d Figure 1. Flyer and brochures from the first four years of the Seminar Series. (a) 2012- 2013 was a simple word document flyer, (b) 2013-2014 had an image of DNA generated by a faculty member and student, (c) 2014-2015 was a purchased image, (d) 2015-2016 was illustrated by an art professor at the University who will oversee future covers created by students and faculty.supportive climate, enhancing promotion and leadership, and increasing retention of womenfaculty in STEM. Support for a seminar series that would increase faculties’ networkingopportunities and allow a young female to take on a leadership role in the organization of theseries was in

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

hard-of-hearing women faculty. Project objectives include: 1) Refine and strengthen targeted institutional structures, and install practices that promote representation and advancement of women faculty. 2) Improve the quality of women faculty work life, professional development, and incentive/reward structures. 3) Align institutional, administrative, and informal systems of power and resources to support and sustain progress by shaping the political frameworks that impact representation and advancement of women. 4) Enhance the working environment and support career advancement for women faculty using symbolic measures that emphasize issues of meaning within the organization.Other concurrent

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); DeLois Kijana Crawford, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wendy A. Dannels, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID)

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

credibility or respect 13, 19; andlack of mentoring and/or sponsorship by a senior colleague. 11, 13, 18, 20These findings from the faculty climate survey, objective data review, and benchmarking laid theground work for the successful submission and subsequent funding of the National ScienceFoundation Institutional Transformation (IT) grant. The AdvanceRIT (NSF Award #1209115project was implemented in 2012. The objectives of this project are to: 1. Refine and strengthen targeted institutional structures, and install practices that promoting representation and advancement of women faculty. 2. Improve the quality of women faculty work life, professional development, and incentive/reward structures. 3. Align institutional

Conference Session

Peace, Conflict, and Sustainability: Addressing Global and Ethical Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J Muscat, Global Peace Services USA; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Engineering and Public Policy

involved in Page 26.1216.5planning and implementation) should take account of factors such as:1. Is the project located near borders between rival groups?2. Will the location and design of irrigation channels impinge on divisions between different ethnic (or religious, etc) groups?3. In the case of international waterways, consider the World Bank’s safeguard cautions.4. The World Bank cautions should similarly be applied to projects in internationally contested areas, and in border-spanning resource development (e.g. natural gas, petroleum, water).5. Are there external “diseconomies” (e.g. pollution causing health or economic damage) that