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

这笔赠款将帮助一个年轻的终身教职的科学和技术研究（STS）教师在研究，教学和服务领域发展自己的职业生涯。 研究主题是全球化对工程师的教育，招聘，实践和解决问题的影响。主要的研究是一个为期四年的人种志，其中将包括采访，参与者观察和档案研究在美国，欧洲和拉丁美洲的各种网站，工程师在他们的日常经验中遇到全球化的图像。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，以及不同管理和经验水平的工程师，他们参与不同的设计项目，具有不同的国际经验，并来自不同的性别，种族和民族背景。人力资源和人事干事也将接受采访，以了解全球化的形象如何影响招聘过程。一个杰出的社会科学家小组已同意在颁奖过程中提供建议。 该项目还涉及开发创新课程和课程组成部分，以及少数民族和妇女工程专业学生作为研究助理的参与。 这项研究将产生一本书，同行评议的文章，全球化和工程课程，以及其他重要的活动，为工业和高等教育。结果可以显着改善工程教育和STS奖学金的主题全球化的关系，工程职业。

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.