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Tradeoff studies used in engineering choices are organized in a branching tree conceptual structure that curiously matches the conceptual schema employed by the law to find the best alternative in the natural world of human occurrences. Just as tradeoff study trees differentiate a level of attributes and a level of measures, common law legal practice has institutionalized the separation of the law and facts, which are separate determined by a trier-of-law and the trier-of- fact. Recognition of this similarity leads to the investigation of how the knowledge employed in each method can inform the other, both having evolved in rather insular research and practice fields. Broadly speaking, technical tradeoff studies can lend precision to this hybridization, while legal processes utilized in the jury trial system can provide wisdom as to the management of human perceptions and biases. This cross-disciplinary comparison helps engineering acknowledge and engage these human biases with a formulation and analysis of the components and workings of the law. While both decision processes span the breach between complementary qualitative and quantitative regions, they employ vastly different apparati that are best studied together. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes enhancement of green energy and manufacturing subjects using a project based learning and leadership workshops as an educational strategy in a new manufacturing engineering program. There are a number of challenges facing green energy manufacturing from industrial perspective. For example, green energy manufacturing is a complex and technology-concentrated set of processes; therefore, it requires a very specialized and experienced workforce. In this paper, a LEGO® based project and various "Green Energy Manufacturing (GEM)" leadership workshops, which are used to enhance student's professional success, are introduced. Basically, a semester long GEM project using LEGO® and a few general and technical leadership workshops were arranged and delivered during the Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (IMSE) Day. The paper is aimed at integrating green energy into the manufacturing engineering curriculum and to cultivate leaders in the field among minority and female engineering students. Successful completion of the course will lead to excellence in green energy and advanced engineering education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes integration of green energy and manufacturing subjects using a technology-based, real-world problem-solving-focused educational strategy in a new manufacturing engineering program. There are a number of challenges facing green energy manufacturing from an industrial perspective. For example, green energy manufacturing is a complex and technology-concentrated set of processes; therefore, it requires a very specialized and experienced workforce. In this paper, four "Green Energy Manufacturing (GEM)" leadership workshops which are used to enhance student's professional success are introduced. Basically, two general leadership workshops and two technical leadership workshops were arranged and delivered during the Systems Engineering Day. The paper is aimed at integrating green energy into the manufacturing engineering curriculum and to cultivate leaders in the field among minority and female engineering students. Successful completion of the course will lead to excellence in green energy and advanced engineering education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]