Communication of What Mechanical Engineers Do: A Strategy for Recruiting Women

机械工程师的工作交流：招聘女性的策略

• 批准号: 0835875
• 负责人: Karen Thole
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0835875&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Communication; What; Mechanical; Engineers; Do

This exploratory project will determine whether a national impact on recruitment of women into a discipline such as mechanical engineering can be made through the dissemination of communication materials which emphasize how the discipline helps people. The Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Penn State will be used to test strategies for increasing the number of female undergraduates. This project will create a clear image of the mechanical engineering discipline and communicating that image through materials emphasizing activities that appeal to women. It will first clearly define ?mechanical engineering? as a discipline and gather examples of mechanical engineers helping people in the context of the discipline. Then it will create communication materials to articulate what mechanical engineering is, with an emphasis on how the discipline helps people. Female engineering students will be engaged in an interactive presentation that uses the materials to assess the effect of the materials and make revisions. Then the materials will be disseminated to high school guidance counselors, high school STEM teachers, and to all U.S. mechanical engineering department heads.To meet the future engineering workforce needs and to provide innovative solutions which are generally derived through diverse teams it is crucial that engineering disciplines such as mechanical engineering increase the participation of women. Many female students entering college and contemplating a major have a misconception about what mechanical engineers do. Because of its name, history, and culture, mechanical engineering faces a challenge in clarifying its identity to females and other underrepresented groups. This project will create and disseminate communication materials to help reduce these misconceptions.

这一探索性项目将确定是否可以通过传播强调机械工程等学科如何帮助人们的宣传材料，在全国范围内对招聘妇女进入这一学科产生影响。宾夕法尼亚州立大学的机械和核工程系将被用来测试增加女大学生数量的策略。该项目将创建一个明确的机械工程学科的形象，并通过强调吸引妇女的活动的材料来传达这一形象。首先要明确定义？机械工程？作为一门学科，并收集机械工程师在学科背景下帮助人们的例子。然后，它将创建沟通材料，阐明机械工程是什么，重点是如何帮助人们的纪律。女工科学生将参与互动演示，使用这些材料来评估材料的效果并进行修改。然后，这些材料将分发给高中指导顾问、高中STEM教师和美国所有机械工程系主任。为了满足未来工程人才的需求，并提供通常通过不同团队获得的创新解决方案，机械工程等工程学科增加女性的参与至关重要。许多女大学生进入大学，并考虑一个专业有一个误解，机械工程师做什么。由于其名称，历史和文化，机械工程面临着一个挑战，澄清其身份的女性和其他代表性不足的群体。该项目将编制和传播宣传材料，以帮助减少这些误解。