Career: Global Engineers: An Ethnography of Globalization in the Education, Hiring Practices, and Problem-Solving of Engineers in the US, Europe, and Latin America

职业：全球工程师：美国、欧洲和拉丁美洲工程师教育、招聘实践和问题解决的全球化民族志

• 批准号: 9875089
• 负责人: Juan Lucena
• 金额: $ 20.69万
• 依托单位: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-15 至 2002-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9875089&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Career; Global; Engineers; Ethnography; Globalization

This grant will help a young tenure-track faculty in Science and Technology Studies (STS) to develop his career in the areas of research, teaching, and service. The research topic is the impact of globalization on the education, hiring, practices, and problem-solving of engineers. The main research is a four-year ethnography which will include interviewing, participant observation, and archival research at a variety of sites in the US, Europe, and Latin America where engineers encounter images of globalization in their daily experiences. Research sites include aviation and aerospace corporations and departments at universities in Brazil, France, Germany, and the US. These institutions have agreed to host the investigator. Informants will include engineering students and faculty, and engineers at different levels of management and experience, in different design projects, with different international experience, and from different gender, race, and ethnic backgrounds. Human resource and personnel officers will also be interviewed to find out how images of globalization impact the hiring process. An outstanding group of social scientists has agreed to provide advice over the course of the award. The project also involves the development of innovative courses and course components, and the participation of minority and women engineering students as research assistants. This research will produce a book, peer-reviewed articles, curricula on globalization and engineering, and other significant activities for industry and higher education. Results can contribute significantly to the improvement of engineering education and STS scholarship on the subject of globalization in relationship to engineering careers.

这笔赠款将帮助一位年轻的科学技术研究（STS）终身教授在研究、教学和服务领域发展他的职业生涯。 研究主题是全球化对工程师的教育、招聘、实践和问题解决的影响。主要研究是一项为期四年的民族志研究，其中包括在美国、欧洲和拉丁美洲的多个地点进行访谈、参与观察和档案研究，工程师在这些地点的日常经历中会遇到全球化的图像。研究地点包括巴西、法国、德国和美国的航空航天公司和大学部门。这些机构已同意接待调查员。 举报人将包括工程专业的学生和教师，以及不同管理水平和经验、参与不同设计项目、具有不同国际经验、来自不同性别、种族和民族背景的工程师。人力资源和人事官员也将接受采访，以了解全球化的形象如何影响招聘过程。一群杰出的社会科学家同意在颁奖过程中提供建议。 该项目还涉及创新课程和课程组成部分的开发，以及少数族裔和女性工程学生作为研究助理的参与。 这项研究将出版一本书、同行评审的文章、全球化和工程课程以及其他针对工业和高等教育的重要活动。研究结果可以极大地促进工程教育和 STS 学术在全球化与工程职业相关的主题上的改善。