Perceptions of engineering identity: Diversity and EWB-USA

K. Litchfield, Amy Javernick‐Will
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Currently, the engineering community faces shortages. These shortages can be conceptualized as both literal shortages of numbers, particularly females, and a more conceptual shortage of engineers who are trained and qualified to handle the transitioning global context of the profession. With its rapid growth, high female involvement, and global vision, Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) stands as a prime research model for the larger engineering field. During a series of five regional EWB-USA workshops, participants were asked to respond to six open-ended questions dealing with identity and gains from their involvement. Thousands of unique responses were coded into emergent themes to identify the most common responses and to compare response themes across questions. Results suggest that EWB-USA members identify strongly with the organization, which may increase their identity with and motivation to remain in the profession. Results also show that EWB-USA members are filling significant education gaps from their organizational involvement and are gaining the desirable global engineering qualities required within the field. These results help unpack the motivations driving EWB-USA members and gains from their membership that may help, through future curriculum development, attract and retain a diverse engineering population able to handle future challenges required by the profession.
工程身份的认知:多样性和EWB-USA
目前,工程界面临短缺。这些短缺可以被概念化为字面上的数量短缺,特别是女性,以及更概念化的工程师短缺,这些工程师受过培训并有资格处理该行业的全球转型背景。随着其快速发展,高女性参与,和全球视野,工程师无国界-美国(EWB-USA)站在一个主要的研究模式,为更大的工程领域。在五个区域EWB-USA讲习班期间,参与者被要求回答六个关于身份和参与收益的开放式问题。数千个独特的回答被编码成紧急主题,以确定最常见的回答,并比较不同问题的回答主题。结果表明,EWB-USA成员对该组织的认同感很强,这可能会增加他们对该行业的认同感和留在该行业的动力。结果还表明,EWB-USA成员正在填补其组织参与的重大教育缺口,并正在获得该领域所需的理想的全球工程素质。这些结果有助于揭示推动EWB-USA成员的动机,并从他们的会员资格中获益,这可能有助于通过未来的课程开发,吸引和留住能够应对该专业未来挑战的多样化工程人口。
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