Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy R.B. Taylor P.E., University of Kentucky; Johne' M. Parker, University of Kentucky

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Engineering and Public Policy

Page 25.1438.3 1.3) Plan the selection of new electric generation facilities within the power market structure of the utility 2.1) Apply public policy theory to engineering system policy issues 2.2) Plan the selection of new electric generation facilities within the current and future environmental regulatory environment. 2.3) Identify the unintended consequences of public policies 3.1) Communicate professionally within the utility industry 3.2) Describe issues within the utility industry using the general vocabulary of the industry 4.1) Understand how current and potential future market and environmental regulations affect the feasibility of engineering decisions and assumptions 4.2) Apply engineering

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mickey R. Wilhelm P.E., University of Louisville

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Engineering and Public Policy

the school, about the importance of engineers insolving problems and developing products, systems and services used by the public everyday, but who are, for the most part, taken for granted.It must be noted that the author secured permission from the director of the Office ofCommunications and Marketing (OCM) of the university before entering into a contractwith the PR firm to develop the program. The director agreed, subject to two provisos:(1) Any PR campaign developed as a result of this initiative must not compete with theuniversity’s PR programs, and (2) OCM must be kept informed of the nature of the Page 25.133.2campaign and plans during program

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lamis J. Behbehani, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P. Suresh C. Rao, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

and Technology Public Policy curriculum. Ohio University; 2008.21. Creswell JW. Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. 4th ed. Kindle Edition: Allyn & Bacon; 2011.22. Chatzis K. Coping with the Second Industrial Revolution: fragmentation of the French engineering education system, 1870s to the present. Engineering studies. 2009;1(2):79–99.23. Jesiek B, Shen Y. Educating Chinese Engineers: The Case of Shanghai Jiao Tong University During 1896-1949.24. Hira R, Bailey M. Engineering, public policy-making are wed at RIT. Democrat and Chronicle - Online [Internet]. 2008 Aug 1 [cited 2011 Nov 21]; Available from: http://www.rit.edu/news/dateline_archive

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

, utilitypatents and intellectual property protection.The countries that consistently rank highly in the Global Competitiveness Report all haveexcellent higher education systems with a strong focus on technology and innovation. In 2011,the top ten ranked countries in order were Switzerland, Singapore, Sweden, Finland, UnitedStates, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and the United Kingdom. Other notables includeIsrael (22nd), China (26th) and Ireland (29th).Barack Obama spoke to the issue of US innovation in his State of the Union Speech on 25January 2011. In this speech he outlined his plan: …to help the United States win the future by out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building our global competition....What America does better than