Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

documentation for product lifecycle management. He teaches Global Standardization, one of the four graduate standardization courses mentioned in the paper.Paul McPherson, Purdue University Paul B. McPherson is a graduate of Berea College in Kentucky and currently a graduate student at Purdue. His interests include mechanical design, standardization, green manufacturing and alternate energy systems. Page 14.725.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Incorporating standards into engineering and engineering technology curriculum: It’s a matter of public policyAbstractStandards are those

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

-preservation.Prior ResearchBased on (a) the idea of social construction of gender roles rather than these roles beingimmutable and nature, and (b) the idea that heavy television viewers create a worldview based onwhat they observe on television (cultivation theory), Wasburn [7] hypothesized that individualswho see women engineers or technicians will view careers in STEM as viable options forwomen, while non-viewers will not see these careers as appropriate for women. In a telephonesurvey, respondents were asked if they had seen women in several professions, whether theythought men would prefer a spouse who was either an elementary school teacher or in one ofthose professions, and whether they agreed that women could be in certain professions. The

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Lott, University of Texas, Austin; Carey King, University of Texas, Austin; Michael Webber, University of Texas, Austin

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2009-525: USING THE TEXAS INTERACTIVE POWER SIMULATOR FORDIRECT INSTRUCTIONMelissa Lott, University of Texas, Austin Melissa Lott is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work includes a unique pairing of mechanical engineering and public policy in the field of energy systems research. She is a graduate of the University of California at Davis, receiving a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biological Systems Engineering. Melissa is currently working as a member of the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a 2008 recipient of the Rylander Excellence in Teaching Endowment for her achievements in the