Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

, rather than students; thus reflecting the current research andintervention landscape. The lack of focus on policy reflects a broader trend in the interviewswhereby participants externalize the problem of underrepresentation as located not inundergraduate education.In some ways the small amount of attention paid to policy related to students is understandable.To be fair, I also did not originally think to include policy questions in my interview protocol. Idid so only after one of the project’s advisory board members suggested it. On one hand, thismakes some sense. As the one participant stated, “You can’t have a policy in place to tellsomeone, ‘Don’t make her feel bad.’ That’s just a culture.” Certainly, it is true that “familyfriendly” policies

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea Lyn Liebl, University of South Dakota; Alyssa M. Kiesow, Northern State University; Mary Emery; Pam F. Rowland; Cynthia Anderson

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

faculty here reflects a majority cis-gender research population, as thesystem has even lower levels of representation of women faculty of color and fewer LGBTQ+faculty members than national averages. Although the conceptual emphasis is a limitation in theresearch, the specific policies forwarded are intended to help all faculty succeed in this system.Assessment of our success will include specific reference to race and citizenship, although sexualidentity and orientation assessment is limited due to a lack of data across the system.This project is driven by three goals: 1) To establish and sustain system-wide priorities forgender equity in the STEM sciences; 2) To document and evaluate incremental change fromdata-driven policies for gender equity

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, sketches, and an explanation of its suitability to the desert environment. We evaluated the effectiveness of the curricula developed through the RET programbased on the following research question: Does the use of this challenge-based instructionincrease the motivational impact of teaching units? We developed the hypothesis that studentswould find science and engineering more exciting, interesting, and applicable to their daily livesbecause of their teacher’s participation in the RET program. This would be reflected in higherstudent motivational levels during the instruction of the RET teacher’s research-based module ascompared to a control teacher’s instruction.Student Motivation Survey In order to gauge student motivation, an

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

together resulted in acollaborative solution, and only two meetings were required. It is important that all stakeholdersare represented for this process to be successful.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants0811076 and #1209115. The researchers wish to express their gratitude for the support of thisproject. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.REFERENCES[1] Margaret Bailey, S. B., Elizabeth DeBartolo, Carol Marchetti, Sharon Mason, Jacqueline Mozrall, Maureen Valentine (2012). “EFFORT - Establishing the Foundation for Future

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Charles James Larkin, Trinity College Dublin; Shaen Corbet, Dublin City University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

of education [31] since personaldevelopment also addresses “being”, “agency” and “identity”; terms which are also oftenconfused. Without wanting to become someone else (ambition and or identity) there is nopurpose to the pursuit of knowledge and skill. “Becoming” is how we gain the experiencefrom which wisdom as it is commonly understood is derived through self-reflection. 2Academic courses tend to emphasise knowledge at the expense of as skill and rarely directlyaddress being [31].Yet knowledge, skill, and a sense of identity and agency are of little use in a world in whichrapid changes give knowledge and skill finite lifetimes. Thus a more important question maybe how does an educational organization ensure that graduating students are

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

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

ofEngineering Practice,” presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition [17] andan online discussion of, “Nursing Should be a STEM Discipline! Author Regards FlorenceNightingale as First Environmental Engineer,” which appeared in Reflections on NursingLeadership in February, 2018 [18].ResultsThe 2013 NAE report, “Messaging for Engineering: From Research to Action,” included anumber of calls to action [3]. Of great relevance to the members of ASEE was a call to include arecurring session on “messaging” at the annual ASEE conference and at the yearly EngineeringDeans Council Public Policy Colloquium. A search of the ASEE PEER document repositorywith the phrase, “changing the conversation,” identifies a total 214 publications from

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

. Page 23.695.51. Defining Risk Engineering Aside from usage in the finance and insurance industryiii, “Risk Engineering” remainsundefined. However, both risk and engineering have well established definitions as describedbelow. The Department of Defense (DOD) Risk Management guide iv in Section one defines riskas: “…a measure of future uncertainties in achieving program performance goals and objectiveswithin defined cost, schedule and performance constraints.” What are noteworthy of the DODdefinition are its core concepts of:  “Measure of risk” as developed elsewhere, any statement on risk reflects the speaker’s knowledge of risk in general and in particular on this project, expressed in either a

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Engineering and Public Policy

Fall 2016 semester, the combined enrollment of the four-yearand two-year institutions was over 175,000 students, in a state whose population isapproximately 5.8 million. [6]In his proposed 2015-17 biennial budget, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin proposed severalmeasures that directly impacted both the daily operations of the University of Wisconsin Systemas well as its long-term operations. The proposed changes reflected growing sentimentsthroughout parts of the United States questioning the value of higher education in its currentform, and the role that a state should play in providing public higher education. After modifyingthe proposed budget, the state legislature passed a 2015-17 budget which included cuts of $250million to the UW System

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

little notice of Robert Runté’s view that it is a waste of time worryingabout the external validation of being a professional. Teachers are, he says “knowledge workers…and as such we have a responsibility to both ourselves and our public to become reflectivepractitioners. As reflective practitioners we can reassert, first our ability, and then our right, toassume responsibility for the educational enterprise” which in today’s practice is to beprofessional 5. Some might respond that that is what professional teachers do, or should do. Itfollows that persons’ who enter higher education as educators have the same obligations.5 Runté begins by noting the principle that suggests that people who go on strike cannot be professional. Yet teachershave

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado at Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

summarized results.Using the Zoomerang survey tool [6], 67 respondents were surveyed concerning their opinions ofthe SFTP events. These respondents were all present or former ITP students and composed awide variety of technical and non-technical backgrounds. Nearly 80% of these individuals havetechnical backgrounds (meaning undergraduate degrees in engineering, science or mathematics)and 70% have two or more years professional work experience. ITP has a strong internationalstudent body and the survey reflects this with 36% of the respondents being from abroad.Finally, the majority of those surveyed attended the SFTP events in the last 18 months.In the student interviews, we found a number of interesting issues regarding the students’perceptions of

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

Nanotechnology sessions, students were asked to reflect on the Week 4 Kay: Regulation 101 or Regulation for Engineers potential societal implications of nanoscale research and manufacturing, including effects on worker safety, environment, and human Week 5 Barry: Manufacturing Polymer Nanocomposites health. In particular, students reflected on whether the touted benefits of nanotech come

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

problems, to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and to consider non-technical perspectives, long before the characteristics of the “Engineer of 2020”1 was everdefined.This paper discusses the EPP program over its four decades and how the program integrates withthe traditional engineering programs. We discuss the curriculum over time, the course selectionsstudents make, and the benefits our alumni receive from the program. We will give an overviewof our capstone EPP Projects course, a truly interdisciplinary teamwork situation addressingcurrent technology issues. Finally we reflect on how the program achieves the ABET (a) through(k) outcomes and work in the ABET system, and how the program has been successful these past40 years.We do not

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University

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Engineering and Public Policy

(hereinafter referred to as 2011 Plan).2011 Plan is another major strategy that reflects the national will after the 211 Project and 985 Pro- 1ject. The implementation of this project is a strategic measure and a practical need to promote theintensive development of higher education, and a major action to deepen the reform of scientificand technological system.The construction of world-class universities and first-rate disciplines (hereinafter referred to asDouble First-rate Initiative) was a crucial measure taken by the Chinese government in October2015, to improve higher education after 211 Project and 985 Project, and to ensure that the nationbecomes rich in human-resource potential. It is also

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Katz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

identified - non-competitive markets, public goods, externalities, information asymmetries, and principal-agentproblems. In this section we review each of these five sources in turn, proceeding with a standarddefinition, examples, and implications for research and policy in engineering education. Some ofthe examples provided are more concrete than others. For each type of failure, we invite thereader to reflect on their own involvement in engineering education and consider examples fromtheir own experiences in engineering education in order to (a) to personalize the analysis and (b)help demonstrate the potential applicability of this approach.Public goods We first take up the notion of public goods, because prior to marketization, education

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Kenneth Nichols, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

resulting in laws and regulations. Thebureaucracy administers these regulations through programs created to benefit the constituents.Political influences often affect the programs and priorities can be changed to reflect theinfluences. As priorities shift, stakeholders make the process more fluid sometimes moreflexible and sometimes more unstable. Depending upon the level of bureaucracy, thebureaucratic process can be multi-layered. A complex bureaucracy may require several stages inthe decision process, often involving extended formal and informal public input, and oftenextending the decision process far longer than desirable.5 Engineers tend to be lineal thinkers and follow systematic processes in developingsolutions to problems. They use

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Boerger, Engineering Economic Associates, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

between those problems lies, asociety must make such divisions. The mere fact that we have a field called “public policy”implies that there are matters that lie outside of the public sphere, and making that distinction,while not always easy, is necessary and is in fact done. Figure 2. Level 3 of the taxonomy: public vs. private technologically related problems. Page 13.123.47. The fourth level: two kinds of public problemsSome might think that all “public” problems having an engineering component are the domain ofengineering. But upon reflection, it should be evident that not all public problems are candidatesfor inclusion in the class of EPP

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering and Public Policy

. This difference is reflected in business and educationalpractices, as discussed above. Cultural adversity also affects institutional support for initiativesperceived as sustainable or “green.”Dennis (2011a)11, (2011b) 12 suggests that institutions and culture are two major levers used toinfluence SME growth and entrepreneurship culture. He suggests that a lagging culture can beled by institutions, such as universities (Ylinenpaa, 1998;13 Siegel, 200714). Engineeringeducation at universities provides one such avenue for institutional leadership in light of globalcompetition for (1) employment, (2) sustainable projects, (3) international students, and (4)natural resources.The Education – Entrepreneurship – Sustainability - Policy ConnectionSmall

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

for that question (100% wouldmean a student selected only the correct boxes and none of the incorrect boxes), as well as thescores for the individual elements of a question (the percentage of students identifying one of theoptions as correct response, or not selecting an incorrect response). Few students were able to getall elements correct as reflected in the overall score, whereas certain elements were easilyidentified as the correct response.Table 1. Pre- and Post-Assessment Scores Question Pre-assessment percent correct Post-assessment percent correct Which of the following are examples 73% 83% of life cycle thinking? Which

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiangyu Zhou, Zhejiang University; Lina Wei, Zhejiang University; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

system, universities need to createknowledge and develop technology to carry out scientific and technologicalinnovation activities.[16]The performance of scientific and technologicalinnovation in universities reflects the quality and level of university construction. Itis the evaluation of the high level of scientific and technological innovationproduced by universities through the effective transformation of academic factorsand the input of scientific and technological innovation activities in the ways ofknowledge innovation, achievement transformation ,and management innovation.Studies have shown that patents are a direct indicator of knowledgeaccumulation.[17]Therefore, the performance of scientific and technologicalinnovation in universities

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

NTIDcommunity and faculty’s professional development plans. The Connectivity series at RIT issupporting the goals of the AdvanceRIT project by removing barriers to resources that supportcareer success and creating new interventions and resources.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants0811076 and #1209115. The researchers wishes to express their gratitude for the support of thisproject. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Hill, C.; Corbett, C.; Rose, A., Why so few. American Association of University Women: Washington D.C

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Fayerweather, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

bemost significant, represented as columns that reflect the number of students that sharedthat particular response. Here are the statements the students were asked to respond to: 1. Compared to a standard approach, this project demonstrated better that thermodynamics affects contemporary issues. (Average = 4) 2. This projected demonstrated how economic, environmental, and societal concerns must be included in the design process. (Average = 4.4) 3. This project helped me communicate more effectively. (Average = 3.4) 4. This project took too much time. (Average = 2.5) 5. I enjoyed this project more than a standard lecture/homework/quiz approach. (Average = 3.7) 6. I learned a lot of new

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Bouazzaoui, Old Dominion University; Charles B. Daniels, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

policyData indicated that most of the engineers are not involved in public decision making due to theirlack of knowledge related to this discipline. 9 Participants out of 13 mentioned that introducingengineering students to public policy concepts is important. One noted remark from Engineer 10who stated “I reflect for myself, Am I qualified enough to voice my concern? Lack of education Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE North Central Section Conference 4 Copyright © 2018, American Society for Engineering Educationwhen it comes to policy making. I have to ask two to three times of how can I bring this attentionwith comparing notes of the best way to bring my attention. It may be for those who are

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Haws, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

begsthe question of why there should be public hearings at all. Nietzsche, in his responsev to von Hartmann’s manipulation of Hegel’s “world-process,”agreed that ethics could not be based on any chimerical allusion to Natural Rights. But whileRousseau, Kant and Hegel posited a moral foundation in man’s historic (social) nature, and theinevitable movement toward global freedom, Nietzsche felt that an optimistic allusion to historyand “world-process” would prove similarly fruitless. He agreed that his supra-historical viewwas nihilistic, and morally debilitating, but none-the-less felt his to be the inevitable conclusionof adequate reflection (and that the inevitable chaos would be embraced by “great” men—whowould thus become noble, blonde

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

having qualifying grades to proceed atthe institution. Indeed, as mentioned above, this was found to be the case at otherinstitutions[29]. Another possible hypothesis is that the students with higher need arequicker to leave the university as they recognize that the monetary requirements to persistoutweigh the risk of not completing the degree or failing to receive the requisite GPA.These findings should lead to further exploration of the role that scholarships or grantsplay in the persistence of high achieving students who are limited by their individualfinancial status. They should also prompt financial aid policy changes that reflect thesignificance of IFS. However, prior to suggesting concrete policy recommendations thatwould be appropriate

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom C. Roberts P.E., Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

in the early2000’s Kansas was the epicenter for renewed evolution debates related to K-12 curriculumchanges. Science standards were changed to reflect “Intelligent Design” for 2 years before beingrescinded in 2005).The 2009 Transportation Conference survey results showed that contact with local (county andcity) officials (30%) was double that with state officials. However, consistent with statepercentages, fewer than 10% of the respondents had contact with local school board officials.In June 2010, the authors co-presented to the KSPE Annual Meeting using similar content to the2006 ASEE Midwest Section presentation. However, the entire morning of the conference wasfocused on legislative issues and the final presentation of the morning was

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University; Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University; Weslene Tallmadge, Gannon University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

members.Upon review several modifications to the website were communicated to the HR specialist, whoalso acted as liaison between any and all constituents. A major modification reflected howmedium-to-large institutions receive and process applications. Through various communicationand performance difficulties on the part of the webmaster required that, the HR specialistworked closely with the webmaster over the next18 months in order for a majority of therequested changes to be implemented. Unfortunately, these changes were not completed tospecification or functioning.To address these technical limitations and frustrations, a local technology group was hired toexamine and to correct the architecture and functioning of the website. After six months

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amro El Badawy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Marie Yeung, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Engineering and Public Policy

more about the next steps of theresearch component of the exercise. Despite being suggestions for improvements, these responsesalso reflected a high level of motivation about this curricular intervention.The curricular intervention did not include control groups (i.e., CE 251 and MCRO 224 studentswho were not involved in the curricular activities presented herein). However, anecdotal evidencebased on instruction of CE 251 in years prior to this curricular intervention suggests thatcontextualizing the regression unit of the CE 251 added a real-world relevance to this subject andincreased the level of student engagement and understanding of this course module. In MCRO224, the scope of the laboratory activities and test protocols developed and

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

alone. We explained to the students that, intheir professional careers, they will often run across those who do not share the load equally butthe job must still be done and, if done poorly, reflects on everyone on the team. We consideredthe possibility of using peer reviews of the teams when we assigned grades but so far have optedto give the same grade to each team member. Figure 3 shows that, in spite of the few problems,most of the students thought everyone contributed. Page 11.932.9 Everyone in my group contributed to the case study presentation. 20

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Tramba, University of Virginia; Edmund Russell, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

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Engineering and Public Policy

students to demonstrate the resourcefulness and initiativeto define problems and design solutions. As is happening in engineering schools across thecountry, a realization is dawning that students cannot learn to be engineers simply by listening tolectures and working textbook problems. Ninety years after the publication of Democracy andEducation, in which John Dewey laid out a case for the importance of education in preparingyoung people to participate in public life and “alter conditions,” engineering education isbeginning to recognize that experiential learning is the core of true education.27Tramba’s personal experience reflects the potential impact of creatively integrating hands-onexperience into the engineering curriculum. During her summer

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Tull, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

, Medicare existsto help senior citizens with basic health care needs but does not cover prescription drugs, and allhealth care costs continue to rise above inflation in the USA. These are just some of the issuesrelated to the project topic. As your text states, prescription drugs “reflects the larger struggleover health care policy issues.” Prescription drugs represent the benefits that technology providesfor the improvement of health care and our overall quality of life. Even more benefits areexpected as biotechnology matures. At the same time, prescription drugs are expensive and costscontinue to rise as new technology develops. Who should receive the benefits of such technologyand what role should public policy have?PROJECT OBJECTIVES: A