Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Kenneth Nichols, University of Maine

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2008-2622: CREATING CLASSROOM LINKS BETWEEN PUBLICADMINISTRATION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINESPhilip Dunn, University of MaineKenneth Nichols, University of Maine Kenneth Nichols holds a doctorate from Georgetown University. He retired from a career with IRS before changing careers into teaching. He teaches courses in Public Administration at the University of Maine in Orono Page 13.342.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Creating Classroom Links between Public Administration and Civil Engineering DisciplinesAbstract Professionals from the public

Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

faculty, and other employee categories by full-time and part-time status, sex and racial ethnic categories; 2) full-time faculty by rank and tenure; and 3) new hires by full-time and part-time status, sex and racial ethnic categories [11].Most academic institutions must also develop Affirmative Action plans that include classifyingthose positions likely to underutilize women and minorities, to describe likely career paths forthose categories, and to develop a plan to employ women and minorities in those positions innumbers commensurate with both the local population diversity as well as the diversity of thefield as a whole.With these sources of information, it would be possible and

Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering and Public Policy

for a longitudinal study of the effects ofinnovative teaching (DUE-9150407) and in 1993 prestigious NSF Faculty Early CareerDevelopment (CAREER) awards were made to engineers Cynthia Atman of the University ofWashington (DRL-9358516) and Martin Ramirez of Johns Hopkins University (DRL-9358518)with joint funding provided by three different NSF units. Atman’s research examined how first-year engineering students developed strategies for solving open-ended, ambiguous problems thatclosely resemble problems in the engineering workplace, while Ramirez used research fromcognitive science and educational psychology to develop a framework for teaching engineeringso students learned how to make appropriate judgments for their work. By 2001, NSF

Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zarjon Baha, Purdue University; Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton

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Engineering and Public Policy

and female students were admitted to the Faculty of Engineering at KabulUniversity, and Kabul Polytechnic Institute, through a general University Entrance Examthat was conducted by the Ministry of Higher Education. Among the applicants,Engineering Faculty was the third favourite career of higher learning after the Medical andLaw faculties in the country.In addition to Faculty of Engineering at Kabul University, and Kabul Polytechnic, severaltechnical community colleges and vocational high schools existed in Afghanistan wheretechnicians and skilled workers in various fields of technology were educated. There wasalso a well-established two-year telecommunication college within the Ministry ofCommunications which trained technicians for the

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

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Engineering and Public Policy

provide both an asset to sustainability efforts in New Jerseyand educational experiences to the students. Specific aspects of ongoing projects that addressvarious ABET A-K criteria are identified. In particular, these projects teach engineeringstudents about the ethical responsibilities of engineers in regard to environmental consciousness,teach them to promote and enact change in the local community, and prepare them for careers insustainability.Project-Based Learning at Rowan UniversityThe engineering clinic sequence is an essential aspect of the Rowan University Engineeringcurriculum. The engineering clinics were established to help students to develop the so-called“soft skills” identified by the ABET A-K criteria, as well as to apply and