Abstract
This paper describes an in-progress research study to develop consensus among working industry professionals and chemical engineering faculty on the particular skills and workforce competencies needed in the hydrocarbon industry for the National Science Foundation-sponsored Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR). This study uses a Delphi methodology, which is a systematic solicitation and collection of feedback from a pool of experts (approximately 10-30) on a particular topic through a set of carefully designed sequential surveys. In between survey collection rounds, data are synthesized, summarized, and presented back to the experts for reflection and group consensus building. Once consensus for this study is reached, the list of skills and competencies will be used in the center's graduate courses, summer programs (e.g., Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Research Experiences for Teachers), and K-12 outreach efforts.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 1637 |
| Journal | ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings |
| Volume | 2020-June |
| State | Published - Jun 22 2020 |
| Event | 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, ASEE 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: Jun 22 2020 → Jun 26 2020 |
Funding
Jacqueline A. Rohde is a third-year graduate student at Purdue University as the recipient of an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Her research interests in engineering education include the development student identity and attitudes, with a specific focus on the pre-professional identities of engineering undergraduates who join non-industry occupations upon graduation.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering
