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SEPTEMBER 2009AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION

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COVER STORY

COVER STORY

EXPANDING
HORIZONS

From energy and climate to cancer and aerospace, the Obama White House has ambitious research plans. But not all win favor with skeptics in Congress.

BY BOYCE RENSBERGER

SHADOWED BY THE PAST

EMERGENCY
RESPONSE

Crisis engineers bring needed
skills and order to disaster zones,
easing victims' plight with water,
shelter, and sanitation systems.
BY THOMAS K. GROSE

WAY TO GO

EXPOSED!

The quiet field of life-cycle assessments hits the mainstream, measuring the environmental impact of what we make.
BY DON BOROUGHS

TEACHING

COVER STORY

10 Ways to Save

Engineering educators suggest
inventive cost cuts.
BY Thomas K. Grose

BRIEFINGS

COMMENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

BRIEFINGS

DATABYTES

UP CLOSE:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Jeanine Plummer
BY ROBIN TATU

REFRACTIONS:
Thinking Science
BY HENRY PETROSKI

JEE SELECTS: The Persuasion Gap
BY Gary Lichtenstein

ON THE SHELF: A Call for Radical Change
BY ROBIN TATU

ASEE TODAY

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

2009 ASEE AWARDS

LAST WORD: Teach Smarter, Cheaper
BY JAMES H. AYLOR

ON THE SHELF

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