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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Engineering and Public Policy

each other as well as the changing period where the globaleconomic pattern will change profoundly along with the rise and fall of regional economicpowers [1]. The “superposition of the three periods” provides an important strategicopportunity for the accelerating development, transformation and upgrading of themanufacturing industry. From 2011 to 2013, the US has successively announced the launch ofAdvanced Manufacturing Partnership, A National Strategic Plan for AdvancedManufacturing and National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. In 2013, Germanreleased Recommendations for Implementing the Strategic Initiative INDUSTRIE 4.0. Later,Japan released White Paper on Manufacturing Industry in 2014; Britain released the strategyof Made in UK 2015

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Engineering and Public Policy

by the dean,provost and chancellor (or designee). Note, the policy provides campuses with flexibility in howthe initial review will be conducted, and in general it was assumed that this review would beconducted by tenured faculty in the faculty member’s unit. RPD 20-9 also introduced andrequired the possibility that a review could result in a decision of “Does not meet expectations”for a faculty member. If such a determination was made, a remediation plan would be created,and the faculty member would be given three academic semesters to improve his/herperformance (unless the shortcoming was research-related, in which case he/she would have fouracademic semesters to rectify the shortcomings). If a faculty member was not deemed to

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

subsidy. This would beplaced in a growing asset at 2%, which results in a total endowment by age 20 ofapproximately €57,000. In the US this correlates with 529-type college savings plans [34].Alternatively, a CPI-linked endowment payment can be made at age 20 that equalsapproximately €57,000. It is important to note that there are many tax expenditures that canbe redirected towards this form of positive-return on capital investment. For example one ofleast effective tax expenditures as highlighted by the International Monetary Fund relates tohousehold fuel and energy consumption which could also be considered a source of funds forthis endowment.This endowment represents an accounting measure, with the allocation of the endowmentdone by voucher or

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

done in quantitative investigations, theoreticalsampling cannot be planned before embarking on a grounded theory study. The specific samplingdecisions evolve during the research process itself” [12]. The theoretical sampling processcontinued until the point of theoretical saturation, which means that the researcher stoppedinterviewing engineers when no new relevant data emerges and the relationship between thedifferent categories is established [16]. A total of 13 semi-structured interviews; open-ended questions; were conducted. Theduration of each interview ranged from 30 to 45 minutes. Following is a list of questions askedwithin the interview: • What avenues does an Engineer have, to get more involved in public policy issues

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Katz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

allocative efficiency [42]. And yet, aprimary reason we have taken this conversation up in the first place is that the proverbial cat isalready out of the bag; implicit market assumptions, whether helpful or unhelpful, accurate orinaccurate, are already informing everyday decision-making and long-term planning in highereducation and engineering education worldwide. On a basic level, some type of market treatment may be correct in that a financialtransaction (or series of transactions) occurs between the student and the university at the end ofwhich the student usually receives a diploma indicating their qualifications. On the other hand,one might easily argue that this simplified, unidimensional analysis falters in at least two ways.First