Creating Industry-Ready PhD Graduates

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这个工程教育研究奖给南卡罗来纳州大学将聘请研究人员调查工程博士课程如何更好地为毕业生在工业界的职业生涯做准备。本研究探讨了博士工程教育的转变，从目前的结构，重点是工程科学和狭义的研究课题，有意识的过程中，产生的结果是由现代选民的价值。该项目小组将确定知识，属性和技能（KAS）由行业和博士学位的组成部分重视。课程，最好的准备学生在获得KAS行业重视。它还将探索潜在的博士学位。候选人对KAS的看法，以及这与他们攻读博士学位的态度之间的关系。℃下这项研究可能会对战略产生重大影响，使美国能够保持其经济领导地位和创新能力，并保持其在高技术就业中的份额。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This engineering education research award to the University of South Carolina will employ researchers to investigate how engineering doctoral programs can better prepare graduates for careers in industry. This research explores the transformation of doctoral engineering education from the current structure with an emphasis on engineering science and narrowly defined research topics, to an intentional process that produces outcomes which are valued by modern constituencies. The project team will determine the knowledge, attributes and skills (KAS) valued by industry and the components of the Ph.D. programs that best prepare students in acquiring KAS valued by industry. It will also explore potential Ph.D. candidates' perceptions of KAS and how this relates to their attitudes towards pursuing a Ph.D. degree. This research could have a significant effect on strategies which will enable the United States to maintain its economic leadership and capacity to innovate and to sustain its share of high-technology jobs.