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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Darrin S. Muggli; Brian M. Tande

. Students will receive personal attention, with an emphasis on ethics, written andoral communication, and interpersonal skills for which liberal arts programs are well known.These are traits that employers seek when hiring engineers. For example, Steve Jobs stated7 in2011, “It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married withliberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing, andnowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices.” Indeed, a recent article8 in theChronicle of Higher Education outlines the significant benefits of pursing an engineering degreeat a liberal arts college. Thus, the BC Engineering Model, which is currently proving to beextremely successful in

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

W.S. Khan; M. Ceylan; E. Asmatulu; R. Asmatulu

the last century or so [13].Figure 6 shows the damage indicators obtained via Eco-indicator 99.5. EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS OF NANOTECHNOLOGYProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering EducationNanotechnology offers amazing benefits to human life and the environment, but it can lead toeducational consequences, as well. Research and development on nanotechnology andnanoproducts have been growing rapidly for more than a decade; however, educational progresshas not been as rapid as technological development. In other words, technical training is notsufficient for individuals working in the field; parallel training is required, which will be usefulfor the societal and ethical implications of the