Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

examining could be regarded as a way that theacademic profession keeps an eye on its own standards of conduct in the one area in which is theirunique prerogative; the awarding of degrees?”[10, p 2]. After investigating this propositionthrough a study of external examiners n his concluding sections he writes: “As is abundantly clearfrom accounts given of examining practice in the written answers and interviews, respondents werealmost always people of notable sophistication and great experience, many of whom thought deeplyabout their subject and its examination. For all that, there is little evidence, indeed, of more than ahandful drawing upon a relevant body of theory and systematically collected evidence aboutexamining in higher education. In the

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Engineering and Public Policy

given technology, rather than stating “the technology is ‘expensive.’" Both the Evaluation andthe Summary were due two months after the selection of the technology.For the Technical Evaluations, the instructor did provide the students with an opportunity to turnin their evaluations for his review up to two weeks before the due date. Such a review of draftshas been found to be valuable.3,4 In his review, the instructor would see if the students weremissing any necessary information, and if they had obvious errors in their writing or reportformat. Eight students took advantage of this opportunity, and all improved their reports as aresult of the review. In addition, some general problems (primarily in the formats of the reports)were noted by the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Salvatore Marsico, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

issue that the academe and faculty face is whethersynchronouspresentation of instructional material is in violation of the copyright laws and ifa viable remedy or defense is available. Pre-Pandemic, educators teaching in the traditionalin-class format used the Fair Use doctrine in deciding on using the copyrighted work to bepresented in class whereasthose in the online remote paradigm faced a different set ofbarriers. Congress enacted the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of2002 (TEACH Act) to overcome the barriers for those educators delivering courses inasynchronous mode using copyrighted instructional materials.The intent of the article is to discuss the premise and fundamentals of the Copyright Law,remedies, and

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Tull, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Engineering and Public Policy

following the writing guidelines: 1. clearly summarize the public policy objective (note: make sure you focus on the actual public policy in place, or being proposed as opposed to a problem that may have resulted from such policy) 2. what is the basis for the policy - and explain the rational for your answer e.g. public good, redistribution, etc. 3. what characteristics made (or can make this) this an “institutional” policy 4. what agenda-setting model best describes this issue and why – make sure to describe the main players and this should help you determine the model – this is the toughest part of the homeworkEP 251: Assignment #5 (to

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Engineering and Public Policy

at Northeastern University and a research faculty in the Nanotechnology and Society Research Group in the CHN. In addition to current work on regulatory dimensions of nanotechnology, Bosso writes on environmental and food safety policy, environmental politics, and public policymaking dynamics. His most recent scholarly work is Environment, Inc.: From Grassroots to Beltway (University Press of Kansas, 2005).Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell CAROL M. F. BARRY is a Professor in the Department of Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, MA. For CHN and at UML, she is the lead for the education and outreach activities for the NSF-sponsored CHN

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

actuarialprofession is to express preferences between future gains and losses. In this sense the riskprofessional should be able to fundamentally order risks as well as convey some idea as to thespread between the risks. Risk forecasts the necessity for an insurance company to price up anunderwriting product, or for a public agency like the FTA to establish a baseline cost estimate onsimilar principles. The difference between and insurance company and the FTA is the amount ofdata or past experience that is available and how it can be organized and used for forecasting.Insurance companies have sufficient datasets to allow analysis on the basis of population groups.In developing a risk model first in 2001 and then again in 2005, the FTA did not have datasets

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

the husbandman; to the ingenuity of the artificer; to the studies of the philosopher; to the researches of the antiquarian; to the navigation of the mariner, and the marches of the soldier; to all the exchanges of peace, and all the operations of war. The knowledge of them, as in established use, is among the first elements of education, and is often learned by those who learn nothing else, not even to read and write. This knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to the employments of men throughout life. ” 1However with the passing of time and new technology advances, the interpretation of standardshas evolved. Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce in 2004 wrote

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Haight, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

intended to provide students with a basic understanding of how these science andengineering principles are applied in a safety context to every day life, products, hobbies,finances and human interaction. The course offers exposure to the fundamental science andengineering principals behind each applied safety-related activity discussed. Since the coursecontent includes engineering principles, collaboration with the College of Engineering’sEngineering Design Course ED&G-100 is explored each semester.Course Objectives:At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to: Page 11.854.8 1. Demonstrate an understanding of how the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H. Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

the program. Students use their general education units and free elective units to take thecourses required for the EPP degree. The program in EPP runs independently of the othertraditional engineering programs, although the departments coordinate with each other onadministrative tasks such as student advising, course scheduling, and accreditation. The EPPprogram is accredited “in conjunction with a traditional engineering program” by ABET.Students are expected to achieve the fundamentals of technical engineering skills in theirtraditional majors all of which are accredited, while the EPP program adds an extra dimension ofhow engineering operates in the real world above and beyond that. The EPP program hasgraduated just over 800 graduates

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); DeLois Kijana Crawford, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wendy A. Dannels, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID)

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

with active learning pedagogies on student learning, and effective strategies for increasing gender diversity in STEM disciplines.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Professor Margaret Bailey, Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Bailey teaches courses and conducts re- search related to Thermodynamics, engineering and public policy, engineering education, and gender in engineering and science. She is the co-author on an engineering textbook, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, which is used worldwide in over 250 institutions. Dr. Bailey is the Principal Investi- gator (PI

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University; Mary C. Verstraete, The University of Akron; Deborah J. O'Bannon P.E., University of Missouri, Kansas City

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #15210The Changing Role of Professional Societies for AcademicsDr. Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University Gretchen Hein is a senior lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech. She have been teaching ENG3200, Thermo-Fluids since 2005. She also teaches first-tear engineering classes. She has been active in incorporating innovative instructional methods into all course she teaches. Her research areas also include why students persist in STEM programs and underrepresented groups in engineering.Dr. Daniela Faas, Harvard University Dr. Faas is currently the Senior Preceptor in Design Instruction

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

and Technology (CPEST) offers a communication toolkit that,“provid[es] guidance for scientists to build skills to more effectively communicate and engagewith public audiences, including ways to apply the fundamentals of communication to scientifictopics,” [5]. And to increase influence, the AAAS has partnered with the Association ofAmerican Universities (AAU) to launch the Engaging Scientists and Engineers in Policy (ESEP)Coalition [6]. ESEP is, “an ad hoc alliance of organizations that have joined together toempower scientists and engineers to effectively engage in the policy making process at all levelsof government (federal, state, and local).” The stated goals of ESEP include, “to encourage well-informed policy decisions which: 1) are

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

viewed passively as facilitators of economic development or actively asengines of economic development. Either way, there is generally no mission confusion regardingtheir first and second mission activities. However, third mission activities have gainedprominence only since the latter half of the 20th century. Consequently, as universities engage inan expanding set of third mission activities, it is not surprising that their importance andrelevance to the individual university are questioned and arguments are made about missiondilution and mission confusion. Thus, for example, a former president of Stanford Universitywarned against some types of engagement as distractions from the fundamental purpose of aresearch-intensive university[4].Third

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H. Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; H. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

assessments intended for the public (which many are). Learning how peer review is done, and the role of critical feedback, is a critical piece of the standard process. This means both writing peer reviews and reading/ comprehending existing reviews.Study MethodThe research involved study over a 2 year period. We asked faculty who taught a full-semesterlife cycle assessment course that used our textbook as a resource to participate and eleven facultyat different institutions volunteered. These institutions included eight doctoral, highest researchlevel universities, and one each of doctoral - higher research, doctoral - moderate research, andmasters institutions. The courses included mostly courses for graduate students but

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

often (though not always) relative and “fundamentally linked toissues of privilege, power, membership and mobility” 28. Relative need is need compared toothers and often defines one’s place in a distribution (see equity). According to Stone 28individuals and communities “generally try to protect their internal social structure as well astheir sheer existence” 28, making relative need the more salient policy criterion because relativeneed is the standard that allows them to do that (protect their internal social structure). Some needs can be classified as instrumental in that we need them “not for directsatisfaction but for what they allow us to do” 28. Government protection is often justified on thebasis of instrumental need. For

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dark, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

in their explanation. Examples included: a) “Policyinfluences our everyday lives. Policy is something that I think the American people need to knowmore about and understand more”; b) “I believe it is something that every citizen, be it anAmerican or global citizen in general should have a fundamental understanding of policy…”;and c) “I am interested because the world is governed by policy and our ways of life are guidedby them”. The last major theme of this category, policy was a necessity to experience, which hadthree participants who included this theme in their explanations as illustrated: a) “I feel it isnecessary to be expose to policies” and b) “I feel as though policies will obviously be usedheavily in my future and it would be

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bodde, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

full concept of ethical reasoning reaches well beyond the bland admonishment to“be nice.” (To be sure, none of us knows what “nice” really means—unless, of course,the concept applies to ourselves, in which case the meaning can become quite specific.)More fundamentally, however, the ethical choice is unlikely to please all parties, andoften requires the decision maker to be un-nice to someone. This poses difficult choices,and a more formal framework can sometimes help. Such a framework for ethicalreasoning would include two basic elements: the analytical and the judgmental.2 First, Iwill speak to the analytical component—presumably the sweet spot for the engineeringmind—and later address the judgmental component.A Framework for Ethical

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

argued that the maintenance of technological progress is dependent on the ampleuse of science and, the educational system that provides the qualified men and women toinitiate this utilisation. It is evident that the British were very slow to realise the practicalpossibilities of scientific discoveries. For example it took forty years for Faraday’sdiscoveries to be realised in the dynamo. Lilley cites the case of the synthetic dye industrywhere British discoveries were taken over by the Germans and a large chemical industryestablished. One of the reasons given for this was the academic attainment of and the largenumbers of people working with appropriate qualifications in German industry [9, p61 ff].But writes Lilley, the origins of German pre