Transforming Graduate Education in Transportation Engineering: Applying Cognitive Apprenticeship to Translate Doctoral Student Skills from Research-to-Practice
转变交通工程研究生教育:应用认知学徒制将博士生技能从研究转化为实践
基本信息
- 批准号:2224724
- 负责人:
- 金额:$ 45万
- 依托单位:
- 依托单位国家:美国
- 项目类别:Standard Grant
- 财政年份:2022
- 资助国家:美国
- 起止时间:2022-10-01 至 2025-09-30
- 项目状态:未结题
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项目摘要
Transportation Ph.D. students increasingly choose jobs within industry or government agencies upon graduation. Despite the in-depth training during their degree programs, most of these students do not have the broad skills needed to start positions at a mid-career level (equivalent to 5+ years of work experience). This NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) award to Rowan University will pilot a new research-to-practice training model to bridge this gap. Students will progressively build their skills and learn how to apply them to the transportation industry through intentional learning experiences built around a cognitive apprenticeship model. In this program, transportation Ph.D. and Master’s students who are conducting research and writing a thesis will develop technical competencies, business and communication skills, leadership and team development approaches, and build their networking capabilities. The training program is novel as few programs focus on applying a cognitive apprenticeship model to assist students with learning how to apply their research skills in a non-academic setting. The training program also collaborates closely with industry and government partners, which will help ensure that the transportation Ph.D. students are prepared for mid-career level positions upon graduation. Moreover, this experience will benefit all participating graduate students because it provides practical experiences that will assist in professional development. The revised structure of the transportation Ph.D. program with an emphasis on industrial/government applications will attract a diverse student population interested in creating value for the local and broader community.This pilot transportation Ph.D. training program will seek to answer “How can a research-to-practice model assist students in preparing for a transportation engineering career outside of academia?” More specifically, it will address three research questions: (1) What impact does the research-to-practice graduate model have on developing transportation engineering doctoral students’ professional identity? (2) How does the cognitive apprenticeship framework prepare doctoral students for professional practice in transportation engineering? and (3) What influences does the research-to-practice graduate model have on doctoral students’ motivation towards degree completion? The research design uses qualitative and explanatory mixed methods approaches, including student reflections, interviews, and surveys, to address the proposed research questions. As both professional identity and motivation are related to persistence and retention within graduate degree programs, particularly for students from groups that are underrepresented in the field, this research will help address the preparation of a diverse doctoral student population for careers in transportation engineering. This effort is also anticipated to lead to better retention of students in the transportation Ph.D. program. This project’s completion will improve understanding of how a cognitive apprenticeship model can be applied to scaffold doctoral students’ professional development in preparation for non-academic careers. Although the results will be specific to the transportation engineering doctoral population, using a mixed methods approach will help achieve results that could be transferable to other engineering programs and contexts. The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is focused on research in graduate education. The goals of IGE are to pilot, test and validate innovative approaches to graduate education and to generate the knowledge required to move these approaches into the broader community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
交通学博士生毕业后越来越多地选择在行业或政府机构工作。尽管这些学生在学位课程期间接受了深入的培训,但他们中的大多数人并不具备在职业生涯中期(相当于5年以上的工作经验)开始工作所需的广泛技能。授予罗文大学的NSF研究生教育创新(IGE)奖将试验一种新的从研究到实践的培训模式,以弥合这一差距。学生将逐步建立他们的技能,并通过围绕认知学徒模式建立的有意学习体验,学习如何将其应用于交通行业。在这个项目中,正在进行研究和撰写论文的运输学博士和硕士学生将培养技术能力、商业和沟通技能、领导力和团队发展方法,并建立他们的网络能力。该培训计划是新颖的,因为很少有计划专注于应用认知学徒模式来帮助学生学习如何在非学术环境中应用他们的研究技能。该培训计划还与行业和政府合作伙伴密切合作,这将有助于确保交通运输博士生在毕业后为职业生涯中期水平的职位做好准备。此外,这一经验将使所有参与的研究生受益,因为它提供了有助于专业发展的实践经验。交通运输博士课程的修订结构侧重于工业/政府应用,将吸引对为当地和更广泛的社区创造价值感兴趣的多样化学生群体。这一试点交通运输博士培训项目将寻求答案:“从研究到实践的模式如何帮助学生为学术之外的交通工程职业生涯做准备?”更具体地说,它将解决三个研究问题:(1)研究-实践研究生模式对交通工程博士生职业认同的发展有什么影响?(2)认知学徒制框架如何为交通工程博士生的专业实践做准备?研究-实践研究生模式对博士生攻读学位的动机有何影响?研究设计采用定性和解释性相结合的方法,包括学生反思、访谈和调查,以解决所提出的研究问题。由于专业认同感和动机都与研究生学位项目中的坚持性和保持性有关,特别是对于来自该领域代表性不足的群体的学生来说,这项研究将有助于解决为交通工程职业准备多样化的博士生群体的问题。这一努力也有望更好地留住交通运输博士项目的学生。该项目的完成将提高对如何将认知学徒模式应用于为非学术职业做准备的博士生专业发展的理解。虽然研究结果将针对运输工程博士群体,但使用混合方法将有助于取得可应用于其他工程项目和背景的结果。研究生教育创新(IGE)项目专注于研究生教育的研究。IGE的目标是试验、测试和验证研究生教育的创新方法,并产生将这些方法推广到更广泛社区所需的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命,并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估,被认为值得支持。
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Laboratory cracking and interlayer bond strength performance characterization of full-scale accelerated geosynthetic reinforced asphalt concrete
- DOI:
10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135628 - 发表时间:
2024-03-22 - 期刊:
- 影响因子:
- 作者:
Ali Raza Khan;Arunkumar Goli;Ayman Ali;Yusuf Mehta;Wade Lein - 通讯作者:
Wade Lein
Estimating tensile strength ratio of asphalt mixtures using Surface Free Energy (SFE) and Fourier Transform Infrared Attenuated Total Reflectance (FTIR-ATR)
使用表面自由能 (SFE) 和傅里叶变换红外衰减全反射率 (FTIR-ATR) 估算沥青混合料的拉伸强度比
- DOI:
- 发表时间:
2023 - 期刊:
- 影响因子:7.4
- 作者:
Ahmad Alfalah;Ayman Ali;Yusuf Mehta - 通讯作者:
Yusuf Mehta
Effect of rejuvenator types and mixing procedures on volumetric properties of asphalt mixtures with 50% RAP
- DOI:
10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.05.093 - 发表时间:
2019-09-10 - 期刊:
- 影响因子:
- 作者:
Zhaoxing Xie;Hashim Rizvi;Caitlin Purdy;Ayman Ali;Yusuf Mehta - 通讯作者:
Yusuf Mehta
Laboratory performance characterization of polyolefin/ aramid fibers and synthetic aramid fibers reinforced asphalt mixtures
- DOI:
10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135576 - 发表时间:
2024-03-15 - 期刊:
- 影响因子:
- 作者:
Ali Raza Khan;Ayman Ali;Yusuf Mehta;Wade Lein - 通讯作者:
Wade Lein
Field cracking performance of airfield rigid pavements
- DOI:
10.1016/j.jtte.2017.05.010 - 发表时间:
2017-08-01 - 期刊:
- 影响因子:
- 作者:
Yusuf Mehta;Douglas Cleary;Ayman W. Ali - 通讯作者:
Ayman W. Ali
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