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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"engineering workforce"”.
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An Outcome-Based Competency Model for Systems Engineering Trainees
… theories relating to outcome-based learning and workforce competency were synthesized into a singular outcome-based competency model to evaluate systems engineering training. A baseline model was developed using leading theories from the academic literature pertaining to competencies for systems …
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Job satisfaction analysis at an R&D center in the Mexican automotive industry
… The Company has recognized the value of their engineering workforce and is focusing more in maximizing employees' tenure by identifying the drivers that either push employees to leave or stay at the company. Data was collected through a survey applied with the purpose of understanding what …
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Pursuing Intentional Design of Global Engineering Programs: Understanding Student Experiences and Learning Outcomes
As engineering work becomes more globalized, it is important to prepare students to succeed in a global engineering workforce. Prior research has explored different factors important to the design of global programs generally, but less is known about the experiences and learning outcomes of …
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Development of transferable skills with part-time HE students in engineering: employer case study
… and team working, are essential for entry to the engineering workforce (where they are often termed "employability skills") and for career progression therein. This study covered the first two cohorts of an employer-specific higher education programme for technical employee development, over a …
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Disaggregating the Monolith: A Case Study on Varied Engineering Career Orientations and Strategies of Black Women in Tech
Diversifying the engineering workforce has been a national imperative for several decades. The increased participation of Black students in engineering is commonly identified as a crucial area for improvement. Yet, the rates of engineering degree completion are slowing for Black women in …
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Leveraging Epistemic Exclusion as a Lens for Investigating Black Engineering Students' Undergraduate Research Experiences
… mechanism for improving the persistence of Black engineering students. However, because most engineering UREs are led by faculty and staff in Colleges of Engineering, it is reasonable to assume they are not immune to the systemic racial issues that plague engineering education. Existing …
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Countering the John Henryism Narrative: A Case Study to Explore How Early-Career Black Engineers Respond to Working Conditions
Adaptability is crucial in the engineering workplace, particularly for Black engineers. Job postings use different terms such as resiliency, agility, or flexibility to denote the importance of adaptability for a role. However, there is a lack of exploration into what adaptability means for …
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The career pursuits of engineering students : inquiries into options, informedness, and intentions at the education-careers interface
This thesis examines how the career plans of U.S. engineering students shape the composition of the engineering workforce. The health of this workforce - including its demographic diversity and inflow of candidates with key skills - attracts substantial attention from employers, policymakers, and …
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Cross-Sector Partnerships in Undergraduate Engineering: Exploring U.S. Public and Private Sector Perspectives on Collaboration Processes
… States' economic viability relies on a strong engineering workforce. There is a widening gap between the needs of the workforce and engineering graduates' skills, contributing to the growing threats to the United States' competitiveness as labor markets are fundamentally transformed by …
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The Influences of First-Year Engineering Matriculation Structures on Electrical and Computer Engineering Students' Self-Efficacy
While first-year engineering (FYE) programs have grown dramatically over the last 30 years, they take a variety of different structures. However, few if any, researchers and FYE program developers has considered how program structure, and specifically matriculation, impacts retention – an issue …
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Design for Ride Quality – Knowledge Transfer of Advanced Dynamics of Passenger Transportation Systems in Buildings for a Multi-cultural/Multi-discipline R&D Environment
… concept for a Distance Learning setting for engineering staff of a global engineering workforce.<br/><br/>The project includes a comprehensive analysis of influencing design factors to the perceived performance (noise and vibration) of a lift system, while the second focal area of the …
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Exploring Engineering Employment Trends: A Decade-long Deep Dive into Skills and Competences Included in Job Advertisements
… advertisement discipline classification to help workforce researchers in analyzing labor market trends and relate it back to higher education. In particular, this study investigates how NLP can be used to identify discipline-specific and education-level skill demands from pre-classified …