Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Kamyar Haghighi, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Australia, building upon a nascentinfrastructure in place at many Australian universities. Singapore has lain out an aggressivenational strategy for both science and engineering research and the translation of that researchinto improved practice in pre-college and collegiate education. The CDIO Institute for Africa, a Page 13.863.4transnational initiative for the continent of Africa, places heavy emphasis on educational theory.CDIO (an acronym for Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) is an international initiative thatbegan at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now operates at universities in theseveral African countries, Australia, Canada

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Orndoff, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Engineering and Public Policy

overviews thestudent exploration of various techniques used by construction professionals, property ownersand policy makers that promote the aesthetic and economic benefits of green construction.The research gathered by the students resulted in the following reports produced byundergraduate students and compiled by graduate students. The compendium of constructionpractices from the student perspective that bring to light the advantages of implementing greenconstruction include the following five sustainability topical areas: Educating Property Ownersand Buyers, A Greener World – Green Construction Practices to Rebuild and Preserve, GreenerRoofs for A Greener Community, Benefits of Protective Construction Practices and TreeConservation through

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

 Team Roller Coaster Construction w/challenges  Team demonstrations  Discuss Engineering Design Process and best practices for team work  Lego build session with partially built kitsSaturday  Lunch at Grace Watson Student Dining HallAfternoon  Robotics Lab Tour/demonstration  Learn NXT Software with Team Leader  Simple robotic challenges to navigate vehicle  Engineering Design Process with homework to “design” demonstration on Arena SchematicSunday  Overview of dayMorning  Teams collectively work to make one demonstration design  Design and Build utilizing Amusement Park Arena

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering and Public Policy

habits in thecontext of engineering practice.Practical design, product development, and project management skills require a synthesis ofknowledge from engineering, business, and humanistic disciplines. Too often, research-basedacademic settings do not integrate these practices effectively to communicate the societal impactof technology. Undergraduate engineering students study humanities and social science inrequired classes that do not relate the humanities to relevant engineering applications. As anexample, an economics class might discuss the effects of rising oil prices, but generally will notexpound on the technical ways in which builders can reduce home-energy use and costs. Still,engineering graduates enter professional worlds where

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

allowed students to vote their preference for the comments posted on the discussion forumbased on their perceived value. Students can now identify the posts that have the highest numberof likes and use that information to decide which are most useful, thus improving the efficiencyand value of using the discussion forum.Another early example of MEERCat’s on-going research-to-practice cycle is the integration ofscalable teaming experiences to our large-enrollment courses, as enabled by CATME (whatbegan as the “Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness”). CATME is a web-based tool that enables instructors to implement best practices in managing student teams [11].The RED team has worked with capstone design instructors, whose collective

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Fayerweather, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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Engineering and Public Policy

research.The objective for each team was to convince their classmates why their design was betterthan the others’ team design. As stated before, they would not be only looking at how acertain power source works, but rather what kinds of impacts it has on society and natureand why their power plant is a better choice than their opponents’. Furthermore, if the Page 11.1001.3assigned power source had certain stigmas attached to it, the groups would attempt tofind support for why this stigma was wrong. However, if this stigma was right, theyshould explain what steps are being taken to improve this shortcoming. The informationgained was then organized into a

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Edward L. Hajduk P.E., University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Engineering and Public Policy

Paper ID #9135A model for realizing human potentialProf. David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell David Kazmer is a Professor of Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell. His teaching and research are related to product and machine design, systems modeling, and controls. He is an inventor with over twenty patents and the author of more than two hundred publications including two books. A Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Society of Plastics Engineers, he is the recipient of over twenty different recognition awards including the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Dunn, Environmental Protection Agency

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Engineering and Public Policy

engineering course through a course project that focused on mobile sourceemissions. Six of the eight students enrolled in the course were third and fourth year mechanicalengineering students. Two graduate students from other engineering schools were also enrolled. To formulate my ideas for the project, I collaborated with staff at the City of ChicagoDepartment of the Environment, the Region 5 EPA office, and EPA headquarters. The resultingproject had two elements. Both originally focused on Pilsen, a Chicago neighborhood that isboth a trucking hub and a population center for working class families. As part of the firstelement, students assumed the role of fleet managers of small trucking firms in Pilsen seeking tojoin EPA’s SmartWay Transport

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

public and conduct themselves honorably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession...” In this paper, rather than discuss the teaching of engineering ethics, the author will explore the significance of the “hold paramount” principle for engineering educators, the engineering curriculum, and its potential impact on public policy and the student body. How we teach engineering may in fact dominate the ethical and societal lessons we wish to teach. Questions explored include: How can one effectively and practically teach fundamental engineering concepts in a way that will equip our graduates to

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

assessment of individual student work in project- based assignments. She received her B.S.E. in Civil Engineering from Duke University (1994) and her M.S. (1995) and Ph.D. (2001) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.Prof. H. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University H. Scott Matthews is a Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and En- gineering & Public Policy and the Research Director of the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. The Green Design Institute is an interdisciplinary research consortium at Carnegie Mellon fo- cused on identifying and assessing the environmental impacts of systems and helping businesses manage their use of

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

criteria of expertise, behavior, and ethical standardsevidenced by a code of conduct it is worth asking whether engineering educators should seekprofessional status in the larger sense of the word. The difficulties inherent in answering thisquestion have already been alluded to earlier in the paper and relate to the way engineeringeducators are socialized into the university and how “engineering” is defined within academia.Schools of engineering seek the best graduates from their or other schools for doctoral programs.Typically the most successful graduates are recruited directly into the university in a position thathas defined duties in both teaching and research. Since they have no ‘world’ experience ofengineering they bring a view of the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University; Mary C. Verstraete, The University of Akron; Deborah J. O'Bannon P.E., University of Missouri, Kansas City

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #15210The Changing Role of Professional Societies for AcademicsDr. Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University Gretchen Hein is a senior lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech. She have been teaching ENG3200, Thermo-Fluids since 2005. She also teaches first-tear engineering classes. She has been active in incorporating innovative instructional methods into all course she teaches. Her research areas also include why students persist in STEM programs and underrepresented groups in engineering.Dr. Daniela Faas, Harvard University Dr. Faas is currently the Senior Preceptor in Design Instruction

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)

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

, 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 which emphasize issues of meaning within the organization.One initiative in the AdvanceRIT project is a professional development workshop series called theConnectivity Series. The Connectivity Series integrates practices that promote and advance womenfaculty by offering professional development for faculty that relate to the themes of retention,recruitment and advancement. Workshops and panel sessions are designed to developcompetencies such as

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

probability of the engineered product’s impact to society, times the consequence ofthe product; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of the design; or to forecastthe behavior under specific operating conditions; with respect to its intended function, economicsof operation or safety to life and property, or other probability/statistical likelihood functions.Risk Engineering as a discipline acknowledges that uncertainty as a concept is unknowable andmore importantly for engineering, indeterminate. Risk Engineering replaces this indeterminacywith the twin concepts of process variability and data/knowledge gaps for internal project risksand shareholder risk for those external acts, inclusive of the environment, whoseactions/inactions

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

apply applicable standards, regulations, and codes;”10 • In the general criteria for engineering programs (2008-09) and (2009-10) it specifies that the curriculum is to include courses in which students can apply engineering standards, stating specifically, “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through a curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints.”11 • In the aeronautical engineering technology program criteria under outcomes, “… program must demonstrate that graduates can apply … b. Technical expertise in assembly and support processes, industry standards

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

from teachingand a stipend for research activities every year for two years for each awardee. The strategysought to support junior female faculty at a teaching institution which also has a strongscholarship requirement for tenure and promotion. Through the support of the grant, theretention rate and promotion of female faculty in STEM disciplines was increased. By the endof the grant, six awardees will have benefitted from the grant. Metrics to measure the impact ofthis strategy are in place. The efforts will be continued through a university-wide, competitiverelease time program.Strategy 3, Leadership Development, was to formalize professional development opportunitiesfor faculty on the topic of leadership, previously not available at Gannon

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Gillespie, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

in solving real world engineering problems each semester. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSE from Rowan University and BSCE from MIT. His areas of research include novel electric generation technology and Mach's Principle.William Riddell, Rowan University William Riddell is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University. His research and teaching interests include design, structural mechanics, transportation safety, energy efficiency and clean energy generation. Prior to Rowan University, he worked for the US Department of Transportation Research and Special Program Administration, and was a National Research Council

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

jobseekers, Page 22.1311.2code officials, and educators. The Nationwide Solar Instructor Training Network was launched by the U.S. Departmentof Energy in 2010 with $10 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds toaddress the challenges that educational institutions are facing in developing the trainingprograms that meet the needs of the growing solar industry. The problems include a lack ofhighly qualified instructors, laboratory training facilities, and a nationally normed curriculum.There is also an expressed need for sharing best practices in the design and installation of solarphotovoltaic and solar thermal systems because the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Engineering and Public Policy

currently interested in engineer- ing design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophical underpinnings of engineering education.Dr. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin John Heywood is professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. he is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. he has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. he is author of Engineering Education. research and development in Curriculum and Instruction.Dr. Charles James Larkin, Trinity College Dublin Charles Larkin is an adjunct lecturer and research fellow at Trinity College Dublin. He also lectures in Global Political Economy for the Global

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Kamali, Utah Valley University

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Engineering and Public Policy

regulation. Spectrum engineering is thetechnical skill to solve problems in spectrum management and includes frequency licensing,electromagnetic compatibility, and radio regulation. In this paper, fundamental of spectrumengineering with a focus on radio regulation policies is covered and considered as a topic ofstudy in courses such as Communications Systems and Wireless Communications. I. IntroductionOver the years, electromagnetic spectrum has contributed to several applications such ascommunication, navigation, surveillance and medical. While useful ranges of radio frequencyspectrum are already assigned to current services, new applications are rushing for spectrum.However most of the new graduates of universities from the related fields have

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Efrain O'Neill-Carrillo P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; James D. McCalley, Iowa State University; Anne Kimber, Iowa State University; Robert Haug, Public Power Services

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Engineering and Public Policy

, in particular to capstone design projects. Furthermore, Criterion 3 alsoemphasizes on “…the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, andsocietal contexts.” The teaching of infrastructure-related courses and capstone courses could beenhanced by including emergency preparedness, resiliency and collaboration with communities,giving students a broader view of the engineering practice and their social responsibility asengineering professionals. Besides topics for capstone design projects [6], [11], [12], modulesand class examples on resiliency and emergency management could be developed and integratedinto infrastructure-related courses.Besides the traditional integration of these topics into courses, a deeper revision