Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole E. Genco; Katja Holtta-Otto, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

standard engineering curricula.2 In most Americanuniversities, creativity is currently taught as a set of methods such as brainstorming, TRIZ3, orDesign by Analogy4. These ideation techniques have been found to be effective5-8 whencompared to unguided concept generation.While creativity methods can be effective, other factors may be even more important inincreasing the innovation potential of engineering students. Particularly relevant researchindicates that freshman students entering the engineering program are capable of generatingmore creative designs than senior students.9 This finding is in line with the research in cognitivepsychology, which indicates that skill acquisition can decrease a person’s ability to solve illdefined problems that

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Peck; John E. Nydahl

beused and how to configure the apparatus to minimize the resulting error. Embedding thisuncomplicated technique in a spreadsheet environment is very helpful to the student sincespreadsheets are the natural experimental platform for data presentation and reduction, and thissoftware already possesses various statistical packages. The details of an example with fourdegrees of freedom are documented.I. IntroductionIn 1992, University of Wyoming’s College of Engineering completed an internal review inwhich a questionnaire was sent to alumni who graduated in the last decade 1. Most reported thatthey were adequately prepared to compete with their colleagues but recommended that more“real world” engineering tasks be incorporated in future curriculums

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Stephen Roberts, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

elaborate on specific issues.Each lab consists of two to five different problems or case studies that need to be modeled. Ascan be seen from the example lab1, four different problems are used to illustrate different pointsfor that day. It is known from instructional research that giving group exercises with outaccountability is not as effective3,6. Therefore, the students are asked to answer a series ofquestions and turn them in to be graded. This counts for 8-10 percent of their grade to emphasizethe importance of them and to recognize the attendance of students (our university requireattendance to be taken for first-year classes). The following lists the contents of each lab. • Beginning portion of the lab gives an overview of the problems and

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 4: Capstone, Safety and Beyond

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Lynn Hrivnak, Ohio State University; Sheena Nastasia Marston, Dynotec Inc; Lisa E. Burris, Ohio State University; Fabian Hadipriono Tan Dr.Eng., Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

Paper ID #23569Interactive Safety Training: A Technological Tool for Fall Protection on Con-struction SitesMelissa Lynn Hrivnak, Ohio State University Melissa Hrivnak has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics Education and a Master’s in Civil Engineering at The Ohio State University. Melissa worked as a Math Teacher for two years before deciding to go back to school. During her time as a Master’s student, she worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant with the Department of Engineering Education teaching the Introduction to Engineering series for incoming freshmen. Melissa’s passion lies in teaching safety and the procedures

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Disability Experiences & Empathy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Paper ID #19287The Impacts of Active Learning on Learning Disabled StudentsDr. Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University Dr. Fernando Gonzalez joined FGCU as an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Program in the fall of 2013. Previously he has worked at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas, the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico and at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Gonzalez graduated from the University of Illinois in 1997 with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He received his Master’s degree in

Conference Session

The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates, Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

at Boise State to organize the RAISE summer program (Recreation and Academics In a Summer Experience) for incoming first-year STEM students. She also teaches a service-learning Introduction to Engineering course at Boise State. Ann graduated with her Masters in Materials Science & Engineering with an interdisciplinary emphasis in Public Policy and Administration from Boise State University. In the Spring of 2016, Ann was recognized as part of the first cohort of University Innovation Fellows at Boise State. As a Fellow, she has worked on issues around diversity and makerspace culture, and has facilitated Design Thinking workshops for the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, Boise State, and the

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Koehler, Northwestern University; Wendy Murray, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

AC 2010-1764: FROM REMEDIATION TO APPLICATION: AN INVESTIGATIONOF COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH VECTOR ANALYSIS INAN UNDERGRADUATE BIOMECHANICS COURSESara Koehler, Northwestern University SARA R. KOEHLER is a Ph.D. candidate in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern University and a participant in the Graduate Teaching Certificate Program at Northwestern University's Searle Center for Teaching Excellence. Her research focuses on the biomechanics of transfemoral amputee gait.Wendy Murray, Northwestern University WENDY M. MURRAY is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, with joint appointments in Biomedical Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

are assigned to studentson their level of mastery of each step. Often there is little opportunity to revisit the concept:students often abandon those learning steps where they “performed poorly”.If students could see errors, revisit concepts and correct their understanding of how to applythem, learning would be reinforced. This process occurs in a relatively informal way when newstudents join a research group, and come up to the leading edge of a technical field. In the caseof new graduate students, it may be argued that their excellent undergraduate backgroundenables them to grasp the research literature rapidly. However, experience at our laboratory hasshown that such learning works very well with students at all levels, and indeed this

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

spend much time waiting for somebody to help them. If the girls have towait for help and become frustrated, they will form negative feelings about the experiment.The Civil Engineering Technology experiment involves the study of concrete and bridgeconstruction. Concrete is a material the girls are well familiar with, but probably have neverreally thought of the science behind it. After learning about how concrete is made, the girls aregiven a recipe to make their own small batch of concrete. They use a precision scale to weightheir dry ingredients and a graduated cylinder for measuring liquid ingredients. They are thengiven a choice of molds to pour their concrete into and a small straw is used to form a hole. Theend result is a concrete pendant

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

 role  has  to  be  framed  in  terms  of  a  clear  understanding  that  it  is  the  student  who  needs  to  experience  and  enact  inquiry.      DEWEY  ON  RHETORIC  AND  LECTURE  These  key  Deweyan  observations  suggest  pedagogic  environments  like  studios,  a  topic  the  authors  have  explored  elsewhere.  But  they  also  suggest  modifications  to  existing  pedagogic  environments.    Since  Dewey  also  devotes  a  chapter  to  discussing  communication  of  information,  we  will  summarize  this  material  before  getting  to  specific  suggestions.    Although  Dewey  argues  that  students  must  do  their  own  research  by  identifying  problems  and  centering  their  studies  of  subject  matter  on  solving  those

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

easy-to-use authoring tools to create such labs. Dr. Cherner holds an MS in Experimental Physics, and Ph.D. in Physics and Materials Science. He published over 80 papers in national and international journals and made dozens presentations at various national and international conferences and workshops. Dr. Cherner has served as a Principal Investigator for several government-funded educational projects.Ahmed Khan, DeVry University AHMED S. KHAN, Ph.D., is a senior Professor in the EET dept. at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management., and

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lesko, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2009-1244: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR VIRTUAL-CLASSROOM ANDLABORATORY ENVIRONMENTSCharles Lesko, East Carolina University Charles Lesko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems, College of Technology & Computer Science at East Carolina University. He received his BS at the US Naval Academy; he holds a MS in Forensics from National University and a second MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University; his PhD is in Applied Management from Walden University. His current teaching and research regime focus on strategic technology management and communication, information technology project management, and virtual reality technology use in the

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough

disadvantaged,Native Americans, African Americans, and Hispanics, in these fields. Programs which will beexamined include school-based programs at all age levels from elementary school throughgraduate study; teacher education programs; informal education programs, including summerprograms, after-school programs, and museum-based programs; software and websitedevelopment; and conference and publication related activities. A special discussion will begiven to three of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's relevant programs:• Adventures in Computers, Engineering, and Space (ACES), to encourage middle school girls to consider careers in these fields, and to continue their education in science and mathematics;• Upward Bound Promoting

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim M. Papadopoulos, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Vincent C. Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

that the mathematical approach did not help them learn, but we have seen no clear evidence that it did. Our perception is that both the workplace and the schools have already partially conceded the abandonment of mathematical skill (except for graduate studies).Thus, mathematics-related concerns focused on FEA could be misplaced. There are alreadysubstantial problems with students not becoming mathematically fluent, that cannot be laid at thefeet of advanced software. Page 22.83.6Here is how we view the question of tradeoffs: would a student become a better engineer byhaving a tool that can solve complex problems, and an education

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; Kenneth Brannan, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Division of ASEE, and a New Faculty Fellow at the 2004 Frontiers in Education Conference. Dr. Bower is currently pursuing research in ethical and moral development in the engineering profession and how that relates to student learning.Kenneth Brannan, The Citadel Ken Brannan is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. He was Chair of the Freshman Programs Division during 2001-2002 and served as President of the Southeastern Section in 1998-1999. He earned B.C.E and M.S. degrees from Auburn University and the Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. His professional interests include freshman engineering education and wastewater treatment.William Davis, The Citadel

Conference Session

Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Jane Parmentier, Arizona State University; Haritha Mogilisetti, Intel; N.K. Kishore, IIT, Karagpur; Uma Devi Sundararajan, National Highways, India; Krutarth Mehta, Arizona State University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

International

theeducation [10]. Jefferson believed that the U.S. could not become a democracy without aneducated citizenry. The framers of the land-grant bill believed that there needed to be a focus onintellectual effort for the improvement of industry and agriculture. State universities, withmodest tuitions and a mandate to educate all who could benefit from it, have produced one of thebest citizenries in the world. The support of academic research has delivered prosperity,security, and health as well as a graduate education system that is one of the most highlyregarded in the world. Higher education is the key to enhanced socioeconomic attainment,freedom and independence of individuals and hence countries.A similar trend is being seen in India lately. While the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Nicholson

re-think many aspects oflife. One area drastically altered was the way we design and construct buildings.Building designers suddenly had to consider energy consumption as a primary issuedictating design. The Department of Energy (DOE) was created in 1977 to combine andcoordinate the activities of the Federal Energy Administration, the Energy Research andDevelopment Administration, the Federal Power Commission, and parts of several otheragencies. The newly formed Department of Energy found itself charged with developingstrategic plans and programs for long-term energy development and policy, includingenergy conservation programs.During this time in American history, the environmental movement focused muchnational attention on the degradation

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna M. Zajicek, University of Arkansas; Shauna A. Morimoto, University of Arkansas; Aparna S. Terdalkar, University of Arkansas; Valerie H. Hunt, University of Arkansas; Joseph J. Rencis, University of Arkansas; Rodica Lisnic, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

equity efforts undertaken under the auspicesof the NSF ADVANCE program, we categorized the ADVANCE scholarship into four types: 1)cross-institutional and institutional-level ADVANCE evaluation research;8-12 2) case studiesassessing the implementation and outcomes of specific ADVANCE initiatives undertaken byindividual institutions;13-19 3) historical overviews comparing and assessing the value of differentapproaches to advancing women in science and engineering;20-22 and 4) reflective accounts ofADVANCE-related politics and challenges.23 Since we examine this literature elsewhere, herewe limit our review to Fox’s10 study of ADVANCE initiatives. Building on Fox’s ideas, our goalis to contribute to a more in-depth understanding of what

Conference Session

Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen O'Brien, College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-solving teaching skills. Both our elementary and secondary TE/PreEE majors are being prepared to integrate math, and the other STEM components, into the classroom to support such broader standards. 4) Both affect and aptitude in math and science are largely determined by the middle school years, a grade range that clearly impacts our K-5 graduates since it is in these earlier grades where improvements can be best impacted. [9 Reference!] 5) Female interest in STEM subjects continues to be a problem, as represented by fewer female students choosing STEM majors in college and STEM careers. A recent study of K-5 grade students verified that math anxiety follows like-gender (female) role models.[10] In this

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Meuth, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Paul Robinette, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Donald Wunsch, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2009-162: INTRODUCING ROBOTSRyan Meuth, Missouri University of Science and Technology Ryan Meuth received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Engineering from the University of Missouri –Rolla in 2005 and 2007 respectively. He is currently a Computer Engineering PhD student at Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri – Rolla). He works as a research assistant in the Applied Computational Intelligence Laboratory, contributing to research projects on optimizing the behavior of robot swarms, large scale optimization problems such as computer Go, and high performance computing methods utilizing video game consoles and graphics processing units. His

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Cirenza, Virginia Tech; Thomas E. Diller, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #12145Assessing Effects of Challenge-Based Instruction on Conceptual Understand-ing In Heat TransferChristopher Cirenza, Virginia Tech Christopher Cirenza is a second year graduate student at Virginia Tech pursuing his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include designing and implementing workshops for the undergraduate heat transfer class, calibrating high-temperature heat flux sensors, and screen-printing in- expensive thin film heat flux sensors. He received his Bachelors degree in Physics at Davidson College in 2013.Dr. Thomas E. Diller, Virginia Tech

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Katherine Fu; Robert Kirkman; Bumsoo Lee

Bumsoo Lee is a graduate research assistant in the Engineering ­Design Research Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is pursuing his Masters of Science and PhD in mechanical engineering under the advisement of Dr. Katherine Fu. He completed his Bachelors of Science in mechanical engineering in December 2015 at Georgia Institute of Technology.FALL 2017 17

Conference Session

Innovative and Impactful Engineering Leadership Pedagogy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; John Brooks Slaughter P.E., University of Southern California; Meagan C. Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

for Success (ECLIPS) Lab. His research focuses on contemporary and inclu- sive pedagogical practices, emotions in engineering, competency development, and understanding the experiences of Latinx and Native Americans in engineering from an asset-based perspective. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, and was inducted in the Bouchet Honor Society.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State Uni- versity. Prior to this appointment, she was an Associate Professor in the School of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

embrace these changing dynamics and strive to better prepare future engineersfor both known and unknown challenges. In the recently published book, The Engineer of 2020:Visions of Engineering of the New Century3, along with its companion, Educating the Engineerof 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century4, the National Academy ofEngineering gives a vision of these challenges, including social, political, cultural, andeconomic, as well as addresses many of the professional attributes needed for future graduates,such as strong analytical skills, creativity, ingenuity, professionalism, and leadership4.Additionally, and in support of this common vision, the engineering community has developedan extensive research agenda directed

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia; Matthew L. Watermann, NSEI - University of Missouri; Denis Alexander Wisniewski; Janese Annetta Neher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute-University of Missouri Columbia; Charles Lyndell Weaver III, University of Missouri - Columbia

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Nuclear and Radiological

Page 24.99.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Review of Nuclear-Pumped Lasers and Applications (Asteroid Deflection) Mark A. Prelas, Matthew L. Wattermann, Denis A. Wisniewski, Janese A. Neher, Charles L. Weaver III, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia MO Abstract A graduate course focused on bringing cutting edge research into the classroom, titledNuclear Pumped Lasers and applications, was taught at the University of Missouri in 1991 as atopics course; due to renewed interests in high power/high energy lasers for civilian applications,the course has been updated with new research and is being offered in the spring of

Conference Session

Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler PE, Engineering Encounters; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

. Figure 1. ABET organizational structureABET is federation of professional societies, currently consisting of 30 Member Societies andthree Associate Member Societies.4 The Member Societies include 27 professional organizationsrepresenting specific disciplinary curricular areas within the engineering, engineeringtechnology, computing, and applied science professions; plus the National Council of Examinersfor Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and the National Society of Professional Engineers(NSPE), representing the professional licensure community; and the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE), representing the education community. ABET’s three AssociateMembers are the Materials Research Society (MRS), the Society of Women Engineers

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Srinand Karuppoor; Ravinder Chona; Christian Burger

Institute forInnovation and Design in Engineering (IIDE) at Texas A&M University. His teaching interests in the past decadehave focused on senior-level and graduate level engineering design courses at Texas A&M University. His researchinterests include experimental solid mechanics, design methods and design process.RAVINDER CHONARavinder Chona is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University.His teaching has largely been in the areas of engineering mechanics and engineering design. His research interestsinclude the use of experimental mechanics methods to study problems in fracture mechanics and, materialcharacterization and evaluation

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

, only7.2% were Hispanic [12].The Hispanic population’s under-representation in MATHCOUNTS as well as its implications isa huge topic itself deserving in-depth research, and it is not the purpose of this study. However, Iwould like to highlight a few things we are doing to improve the situation.The Effort of Enhancing ParticipationIn addition to the efforts mentioned earlier to improve the general participation, we also targetedsome local schools by inviting students as the unofficial participants. In addition to mathcompetitions, we also reached out to the local schools by engaging in county Science andEngineering Fair and other STEM related activities. During those events, our faculty membersand students were actively engaged in conversation with

Collection

2009 GSW

Authors

Dr. Lynn Peterson; Dr. Carter Tiernan; Lynard Broussard

Girlgeneering camp, the UT Arlington Collegeof Engineering is excited about the outreach possibilities offered by continuing the girls-onlycamp in conjunction with its successful existing co-ed camps. The College of Engineering looksforward to contributing to an increase of girls choosing to pursue engineering in their future fortheir benefit and that of society. References1. Sanders, Jo, 1994, Lifting the Barrier, Center for Gender Equity, Washington Research Institute, Seattle, Jo Sanders Publications, http://www.josanders.com/educators.html#pdf .2. Agosto, Denise, 2000, “A Study of Girls’ and Young Women’s Electronic Information Design and Content Preferences”, Girls Tech, Douglass

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Green, Mississippi State University; Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

2006-121: MINDING THE GAP: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE ONENGINEERING AND PUBLIC POLICYRobert Green, Mississippi State University Robert A. Green is the Undergraduate Coordinator for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. He has a BS degree in Chemical Engineering, an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the US Naval War College. He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration at Mississippi State. He is a registered professional engineer and was a research engineer for 14 years prior to assuming his current position.Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University Jerry Emison is an