Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Paper ID #21094Economic and Pedagogical Analysis of an Alternative Model of EngineeringEducationDr. R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University Alan Cheville studied optoelectronics and ultrafast optics at Rice University, followed by 14 years as a faculty member at Oklahoma State University working on ultrafast optoelectronics and engineering edu- cation. While at Oklahoma State, he led a major curriculum reform initiative. After serving for two and a half years as a program director in engineering education at the National Science Foundation, he took a chair position in electrical engineering at Bucknell University. He is

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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. Therefore, 10 universities (two more than those in 2015) fromChina were selected, proving the outstanding general power of China’s engineeringdisciplines.Main Issues in the Higher Engineering EducationIn terms of the cultivation concept, science and education has not been integrated yet and thephenomenon of “non-engineering” teachers still remains serious. Currently, the faculty teamof China is lacking in “double-qualified” teachers who have both an abundant engineeringbackground and a high academic level [4]. Under the influence of the competitive scientificresearch mechanism and the strategy of promoting the universities to transform the scientificand technological fruits, some universities, including especially those engineeringuniversities and

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Bouazzaoui, Old Dominion University; Charles B. Daniels, Old Dominion University

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Engineering and Public Policy

using thelanguage for policy making but ………”. Along these lines, engineer 2 mentioned “Even though Ihave the technical skills, I prefer to stay away from public policy because I am not familiar withpublic policy process”. This proves that one of the obstacles of engineer’s participation andinfluence is the lack of public policy knowledge. By reviewing engineer’s education curriculums,in the USA educational system, engineers are not exposed to any course related to public policy.The integration of public policy courses into engineer’s education is vital, especially that engineersrecognize that the technical details matter in many policy issues. To further illustrate this point,we refer to studies discussing the relationship between knowledge and

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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- velopment (SPEED) and as the Vice-President of Student Engagement for the International Federation for Engineering Education Societies (IFEES). His research interests include education policy, faculty de- velopment in higher education, integration of technology and entrepreneurship in engineering education, and service learning.Angela Goldenstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette Angela Goldenstein is the Managing Director of MEERCat and comes to Purdue University with a decade of experience in the technology industry working for Google & Cisco. She has a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and is an MBA Candidate at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H. Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; H. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

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Engineering and Public Policy

document. Current courses mention the standards, their development, and use, but do not directly integrate use of the standard in the course. This presents the Standard as secondary to the methods used, even though following the standards is essential for an ISO-compliant LCA or carbon footprint report. Since many students will go on to be practitioners by completing LCAs based on the standards, or reviewing LCAs according to the standards, it is important for them to recognize the complexity and rigor these standards have. 4) Understanding the role of professional peer review for standard compliance. ISO LCA studies must be peer reviewed by external parties if they will support comparative