Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-121: MINDING THE GAP: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE ONENGINEERING AND PUBLIC POLICYRobert Green, Mississippi State University Robert A. Green is the Undergraduate Coordinator for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. He has a BS degree in Chemical Engineering, an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the US Naval War College. He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration at Mississippi State. He is a registered professional engineer and was a research engineer for 14 years prior to assuming his current position.Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University Jerry Emison is an

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-1722: HOLD PARAMOUNT: DESIGNING AN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONTO OPEN MINDS AND SERVE THE PUBLIC GOODCarole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens Carole Womeldorf is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University. Her areas of technical expertise and interests include distributed energy generation, combustion, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. She worked in the Fire Sciences Division of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 1993 to 2000. Dr. Womeldorf earned her Sc.B. et A.B. in Mechanical Engineering and English and American Literature from Brown University, her Masters of Science in Oceanographic Engineering from

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering and Public Policy

knowledge to actual problems.7 In the Fall of 1993, an American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) task force of engineering deans and industry leaders observedthat social conditions limit engineering design more than technological considerations do.8Three years later, in 1996, the IEEE Spectrum convened an "Employment Roundtable,"concluding that the “non-engineering context” plays heavily into engineers’ careers and that theymust actively participate in decision-making processes.9 Page 11.1054.3In spite of these and many other admonitions, engineering instruction has changed slowly.Course and curriculum integration such as that initiated at

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

impact, and the minimal disruption on the path to graduation. An integral partof the ELP mission is to promote a robust contemporaneous and projective world-view instudents and user-friendly international programs are a significant part of this effort.With respect to leadership education and internationalization, the ELP curriculum appears to beon target with alumni perceptions and the program will continue to build upon and refine itsmission to educate World Class Engineers. Students will be taught leadership in a global contextso that they are sensitive to cultural differences and aware of the world and that people andnations are interconnected; as part of this effort, additional short-term international experienceswill continue to be built

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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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

) research. We firstsurveyed seven students then administered an anonymous online survey with 67 responses. Inthis paper we describe the program and conferences, the results of both our interviews andsurveys, and our recommendations for both these programs and similar efforts to introducestudents to public policy debates through high quality legally oriented conferences.2. IntroductionThe Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado educatesmaster’s students in a mixture of engineering, business, economics, and law; about half theprogram’s students are engineers. For the last four years, as part of the curriculum, students havebeen required to attend a year’s worth of conferences from the Silicon

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Tull, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Engineering and Public Policy

program are either interested in engineering management careers, or areusing the degree as a foundation for careers other than engineering. Because of the diversestudent interests, the course is designed to allow the students to understand the pervasive role ofgovernment in the technical arena, and the need to use/manage technology within that context.The emphasis of the course material is on the federal level, however international, state, andlocal differences are included. This paper presents the curriculum for EP251 and discussesinstructor observations about how well the course works for sophomore engineering students.The instructor is interested in feedback about the need for such a curriculum.IntroductionLafayette College offers a sophomore