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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Information Security Program and affiliated with The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Chaminade University of Honolulu. His research areas include global policy, ethics, information security and assurance, technology adoption, biometrics, education, pharmaceutical supply chain, and energy. Page 23.205.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Approaches to Integrating Public Policy into Engineering EducationAbstractPolicy education has been deemed an important

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

foundation for the economics of risk, specifically the development of a rigorous theory of risk in economic terms and suitable for engineering applications in public works and infrastructure projects. 3. Lay the conceptual foundation for risk as an engineering discipline that can be integrated into an educational curriculum using the same building block approach found in other engineering subjects such as structures or hydrology. 4. Understand the role of risk engineering in supporting policy makers or critical decisions for infrastructure projects as well as providing regulatory or programmatic inputs that help in shaping that policy development

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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understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global and societal contexts, also has public policy implications.Depending upon interpretation, ABET outcomes E - Ability to identify, formulate, and solveengineering problems and J - Knowledge of contemporary issues, would have societaldimensions that could derive from policy choices, decisions, and priorities. Page 23.1149.2 While there is an increased need to teach public policy issues in the engineeringcurriculum, curricular innovations in this area are still in their infancy. There are several possiblemethods for integrating policy topics into the engineering curriculum 21. The purpose of

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

Page 23.245.4students into high and low academic GPA. While a letter grade of B equates to a 3.0, acumulative GPA of 2.5 was identified as the cut-off for high achieving students as thisGPA is the highest GPA requirement for entrance into an engineering discipline from thecommon freshman engineering curriculum. A low GPA is classified as less than 2.5 asthese students are prohibited from advancing through the curriculum in severaldepartments.FindingsWhen looking at the distribution of cumulative GPA’s of students who attrite, we foundthat 44% of students over a 3.0 and 67% over a 2.5 attrite from engineering. Additionally,we found that these students attrite between their second (first year, spring semester) andthird (second year, fall