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)提供资金的。这项授予南卡罗来纳大学的工程教育研究奖将聘请研究人员调查工程学博士项目如何更好地为毕业生在工业领域的职业生涯做准备。这项研究探索了工程学博士教育的转型，从目前强调工程科学和狭隘定义研究主题的结构，转变为产生现代选民重视的结果的有意过程。项目团队将确定行业重视的知识、属性和技能(KA)，以及为学生获得行业重视的KA做好最好准备的博士课程的组成部分。它还将探索潜在的博士候选人对KAS的看法，以及这与他们对攻读博士学位的态度有何关系。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，并维持其在高科技工作岗位中的份额。

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.