Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Roper, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

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

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Divisions

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