Global Engineering Competency: Definitions, Development Paths, and Situational Assessment

这个工程教育研究项目将开发一种方法来衡量工程专业学生在全球劳动力中的能力。 该项目使用了一种基于情景判断测试的技术来确定全球能力。 通过创建一种方法来衡量全球竞争力，然后广泛分布的测量仪器，该项目可以帮助工程学位课程开发有效的课程和课程，为学生当前的全球工程实践做好准备，这个项目的更广泛的意义和重要性，通过工程学位课程的需要，开发成本效益高的方法，为学生在全球化的劳动力中发挥作用。 通过帮助项目评估学生的能力，这项研究最终可以提高美国工程劳动力的水平。 该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过准备一支具有新能力和专业知识的工程队伍来改变前沿。 此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过为教育政策和实践提供信息来创造对社会有用的结果和研究。

This engineering education research project will develop a means to measure engineering students' ability to function in a global workforce. The project uses a technique based on situational judgment tests to determine global competence. By creating a means to measure global competence then widely distributing the measurement instrument, the project can help engineering degree programs to develop effective courses and curricula that prepare students for current, global engineering practice.The broader significance and importance of this project arises through the need of engineering degree programs to develop cost effective ways of preparing students to function in a globalized workforce. By helping program evaluate students' competence, this research can eventually lead to improvements in the US engineering workforce. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by creating results and research that are useful for society by informing educational policy and practices.