Training engineering students for the world of work

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milagros Huerta ◽  
Néstor Mora ◽  
Carlota Armillas ◽  
Javier Jacob Núñez
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
The World

Engineering for good: A case of community driven engineering innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinweike Eseonu ◽  
Martin A Cortes
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Consideration

There is a culture of disengagement from social consideration in engineering disciplines. This means that first year engineering students, who arrive planning to change the world through engineering, lose this passion as they progress through the engineering curriculum. The community driven technology innovation and investment program described in this paper is an attempt to reverse this trend by fusing community engagement with the normal engineering design process. This approach differs from existing project or trip based approaches – outreach – because the focus is on local communities with which the university team forms a long-term partnership through weekly in-person meetings and community driven problem statements – engagement.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing University Students’ Performance: A Comparison of Faculties’ Assumptions with Students’ Perceptions

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
Radheshyam H. Gajghat ◽  
Chandrahas C. Handa
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Academic Background ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World ◽  
One Way Anova

In the previous research, it was proved that there were so many factors like students’ personal characteristics, family background, learning habits, previous academic background, college environment etc. which influence directly or indirectly the performance of college students in their university examination. The number of such factors has been identified by studying the previous work carried out by different researchers in different geographical areas and boundaries of the world. In many researches, when the opinions of the students and teaching faculties has been taken for similar factors to know the importance of these factors, the significant differences was found in their opinion for some factors. This paper investigates and compares the faculties’ assumptions with the students’ perceptions for various influencing factors. The comparison is done on the basis of their ranking of mean values of the factors allocated by students and faculties independently as per the importance of factors and one way ANOVA is used to check the significance of differences in their opinion. The result shows that there are similarities in the opinions of both, faculties and students, for most of the factors. But for some factors the significant differences in their opinion is also observed. The result of this research can be used for enhancing the performance of students by improving the influencing factors rank-wise. Top ranked factors may be given higher priority. Also this study will provide a platform for continuing the debate on the importance of various influencing factors for engineering students.

Developing Engineering Students' Communication and Information Retrieval Skills Utilizing Capstone Projects

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron S. Blicblau ◽  
Jamal Naser
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
International Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
The World ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Capstone Projects ◽  
Key Aspects

The pedagogy of engineering requires a better understanding of the requirements of students' abilities to learning the skills necessary for working in the engineering community. In many engineering courses around the world, one of the key aspects required of the students is that they complete an independent project in their final year of studies incorporating information retrieval and subsequent communication skills. The current work provides details teaching and learning approaches to enhance student abilities and expertise involving research skills, communication skills, and information retrieval integrated within capstone projects. Findings from this the work indicated that both domestic and international students benefited from the intensive tutorial activities involving computer based information retrieval skills. The implementation of active tutorial sessions resulted in increased grades for the majority of students, highlighting the importance of intensive active learning events for final year capstone engineering students.

Indonesian Youth, Global Environmentalism and Transnational Mining

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pam Nilan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Global South ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Risk Society ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Good Lives

Indonesian activist students are highly conscious of the environmental risks facing Indonesia and the world. Yet they also want to make good lives for themselves in a nation experiencing strong economic growth. Using the work of Ulrich Beck, this paper examines the accounts of environmental engineering students at a prestigious university who are pro-environmental activists on campus. In interviews, they admitted that it will be difficult to negotiate a lucrative career after graduation while maintaining their environmental idealism. Even though they feel a moral responsibility of care, not only towards nature, but towards the poor of the nation, they are epistemologically anchored to the technocratic tenets of their degree. Moreover, they want to make a successful life. The paper contributes to our understanding of how youth in the Global South engage with the discourse of environmentalism while negotiating the postmillennium risk society.

scholarly journals The main trends in the process of building the creative potential of engineering students

2021 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
pp. 12004
Author(s):  
Rozaliya Akhmetgareeva ◽  
Nurgizya Khasanova ◽  
Meri Gulkanyan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Technical Documentation ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Future Success ◽  
Creative Personality ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Of Students

The article discusses the main trends in the process of building creativity in engineering students. It is highlighted that the productivity of an engineer's activity is determined not only by modern techniques and technologies, but also by the personal potential of the engineer as a creator. The authors investigate the problem of shaping the qualities of a creative personality in engineering students and the development of professionally important competences. The authors' study of the views of various researchers made it possible to identify the main trends in the formation of creative thinking among students in a technical university. Particular attention is paid to the technical bilingualism of the future specialist. It becomes a prerequisite for future success in the profession. Fluent knowledge of a foreign language and the ability to read technical documentation in another language on a par with Russian makes an engineer in demand, and creates more realistic conditions for Russia's integration into the world system of industrial relations. Some directions for the development of students' creative thinking are shown.

scholarly journals Humanitarian Aspirations of Engineering Students: Differences between Disciplines and Institutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela R. Bielefeldt ◽  
Nathan E. Canney
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
The World ◽  
Environmental Materials ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Humanitarian Engineering ◽  
Motivating Factor ◽  
Attraction And Retention

This study explored the aspirations of undergraduate engineering students in regard to helping others, examining potential differences between disciplines and institutions. Over 1900 undergraduate students from 17 U.S. universities responded to a survey in spring 2014. In open-ended responses, 15.5% of the students included some form of helping people and/or the world as one of the factors that motivated them to select their engineering major; for 6.7% of the students this was the primary or only motivating factor listed. Helping as a motivation was not equally prevalent among different engineering disciplines, being much more common among students majoring in biomedical, environmental, materials, and civil and less common in computer and aerospace. Different disciplines also varied in the priority for helping people relative to other future job factors - highest in chemical/biological, moderate in civil and related majors, and lowest among electrical/computer and mechanical. Institutional differences were found in the extent to which students indicated an importance that their career would help people and the extent to which an ability to help others was a central message in their major. The results indicate the percentages of engineering students who are most likely to embrace humanitarian engineering; fostering these aspirations in students could help with attraction and retention.

scholarly journals Impact of English on the Career of Engineering Students: A Brief Overview in G(local) Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rup Narayan Shrestha ◽  
Bharat Raj Pahari ◽  
Jai Raj Awasthi
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
The World ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Engineering Journal

The present article highlights the importance of the English language in the career of the students of engineering both in global and local contexts. The main objective of this article is to explore the impact of English language on the career of the students of engineering all over the world in general and in Nepal in particular. Based primarily on the literature review for the necessary data, it reveals the fact that the English language is a most essential language for the students of engineering  not only in Nepal but it is equally relevant in the global context as well. It suggests that there is widespread application of English language in the feld of engineering. Journal of the Institute of Engineering, 2015, 11(1): 182-188

Enhancement of Student Learning for Effective Capstone Project Outcomes

2014 ◽  
pp. 40-59
Author(s):  
Aaron S. Blicblau ◽  
Jamal Naser
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Capstone Project ◽  
The World ◽  
Capstone Projects ◽  
Key Aspects

It is commonly accepted that today’s engineers are required to deal with a whole range of matters involving scientific, technological, and importantly communication issues, and so need to be educated with these aspect in mind. The pedagogy of engineering requires a better understanding of students’ abilities to guide their approach to learning the necessary skills of working in the engineering community. Consequently, there is an ever-increasing need for engineering graduates who are able to communicate effectively. In many engineering courses around the world, one of the key aspects required of the students is that they complete an independent project in their final year of studies. This chapter examines student abilities and skills required to successfully develop capstone projects which involve research skills, communication skills, and information-retrieval abilities. Findings from the work show that, although local and international students benefited from the intensive tutorial activities, it was the NESBC students who found the active learning events to be the most beneficial. The implementation of the active tutorial sessions resulted in increased grades for the majority of students. The procedures followed to achieve these findings highlight the importance of intensive active learning events for final year capstone engineering students.

scholarly journals Designing for the Rest of the Global Market

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (09) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Amos Winter
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Developing World ◽  
New Products ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Bottom Of The Pyramid ◽  
Engineering Community ◽  
The World

This article discusses how some engineers are now trying to design products for people living in some of the world’s poorest regions. Engineers have begun to focus more and more on creating and implementing technologies for developing countries. Some of this attention is the result of a number of worthwhile initiatives. The Gates and Clinton Foundations, for example, have given away millions of dollars to spur and support innovative new products to help people at the bottom of the pyramid. Engineers Without Borders has also inspired thousands of students to effect positive change in the world with their technical skills. ASME has added Engineering for Change, an online repository for development technologies and a hub for connecting innovators with stakeholders. The problems of the developing world are expected to gain even greater prominence in the engineering community over the next 20 years. Technical challenges in developing countries will also motivate engineering students, researchers, and professionals, and have a specific attraction to students from demographics typically underrepresented in engineering.

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