Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mickey R. Wilhelm P.E., University of Louisville

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AC 2012-3511: ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF EN-GINEERING: A CASE STUDYDr. Mickey R. Wilhelm P.E., University of Louisville Mickey R. Wilhelm is Dean Emeritus and professor of industrial engineering. He was Dean of the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville from 2003-2011, and has been a faculty member at U of L for 36 years. He received a B.S.E. in electrical engineering, and the M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Alabama, Huntsville. He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the World Academy of Productivity Sciences. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the commonwealth of Kentucky and is Emeritus

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM

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skills of atechnically relented workforce. Page 25.236.13References 1 1 Langdon, D., McKittrick, G., Beede, D., Khan, B., & Mark Doms, M. (2011). STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future. ESA 03-11. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce. 2 Dohm, A., & Shniper, L. (2007). Occupational employment projections to 2016. Monthly Labor Review. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 3 Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2007). Table 1: The 30 fastest growing occupations covered in the 2008–2009 Occupational Outlook Handbook. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ooh.t01.htm. 4 Ibid. 5

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lamis J. Behbehani, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P. Suresh C. Rao, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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public policy. He is also interested in topics related to learning communities, social awareness, and motivation in engineering. He finished his bachelor’s degree at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and his magister (honored degree) at Universidad de los Andes. Both degrees were in systems engineering and computing and both universities are located in Bogot´a, Colombia. Email: mendozag@purdue.edu.Ms. Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ida Ngambeki is a doctoral candidate at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research interests include vocational choice in engineering, human-artifact interaction, and engineering and public policy.Lamis J. Behbehani, Purdue University Lamis

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ganapathy Subramanian Natarajan, Texas Tech University; Chinweike I Eseonu, Texas Tech University; David A. Wyrick PE, PEM, Texas Tech University

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. Dennis Jr, W. J. (2011b) Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Public Policy Levers. Journal of Small Business Management, 49, 92-106.13. Ylinenpää, H. (1998). "Northern Light" or "Out in the Cold" - A comparison of two Nordic regions. Conference on SMEs and Districts: Hybrid Governance Forms, Knowledge Creation & Technology Transfer’, LIUC, Castellanza.14. Siegel, D. S. (2007). Quantitative and Qualitative Studies of University Technology Transfer: Synthesis and Policy Recommendations. Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policy, eds. D. B. Audretsch, I. Grilo & A. R. Thurik, 186-199. Page

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

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mission activities span a wide spectrum. They can be grouped into three distinct sets ofactivities: (a) Technology Transfer & Innovation activities; (b) Continuing Education activities,and (c) Social Engagement activities [35]. The activities within the grouping of TechnologyTransfer & Innovation are those most directly associated with economic development andinclude such elements as: intellectual property licensing, technology parks, support for spin-outcompanies, support for external consultancy, technology problem solving, etc. Generally, thirdmission technology transfer and innovation activities are driven by economic objectives.Economic value and value for money are becoming more and more important for universities.Again, while

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy R.B. Taylor P.E., University of Kentucky; Johne' M. Parker, University of Kentucky

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instructors in hardcopy). The students worked in groups comprised of five students each;each student in the group had a distinct and specific role: one student served as a Senator on theEnergy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee; two students served as staffers to the Memberand the remaining two students served as witnesses. Each group drew a) their state affiliation, b)whether they were members of the minority or majority party and c) their seniority on thecommittee). Each group had two witnesses with one witness invited to provide up to 3 minutesof testimony and both witnesses available to answer questions. Each senator had up to eightminutes to question witnesses. States were selected for the exercise based on their specificenergy

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Katie Bardaro, PayScale, Inc.

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. Kuznets, Income from Individual Professional Practice. National Bureau for Economic Research, New York, 1945.9. Mincer, J., Investment in human capital and personal income distribution. The Journal of Political Economy, 1958. 66(4): p. 281-302.10. Becker, G.S., Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, by Gary S. Becker1964: London.11. Smith, E., B. Stradley, and T. Watson, Executive compensation, 1964, University of Louisville.12. Spencer, D.L. and A. Woroniak, Valuing transfer of military acquired skills to civilian employment. Kyklos, 1969. 22(3): p. 467-492.13. Blaug, M., The empirical status of human capital theory: a slightly jaundiced survey. Journal