Communication Skills? How to Make Them an Asset for Young Engineers

Beaudry, Nicole; Fisher, Carole; Grandtner, Anne-Marie; Haghebaert, Élisabeth; Brousseau, Jean

doi:10.24908/pceea.v0i0.3787

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“…There were many observations which are common in many contexts. A study conducted in Canada has identified that early career engineers lack the necessary communication skills in the written and spoken aspects [8]. Hence, they have proposed writing across the curriculum (WAC) and communication across the curriculum (CAC) movements that suggest constructing a progressive pathway to the skill development of engineering undergraduates within the university.…”

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The Attributes and Areas for Improvement of Early Career Engineers in Sri Lanka

Wijesinghe,

Jayawardane

2024

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Over two thousand engineering graduates enter the job market in Sri Lanka annually from state and private sector universities. There is a growing concern in the industry whether those graduates have attained the required expectations of the employers. Academic literature also lacks sufficient evidence to demonstrate Sri Lankan early career engineers' strengths and areas for improvement. This study explores the strengths and areas for improvement of early career engineers from the perspectives of senior employer engineers in Sri Lanka. This study was conducted qualitatively by holding semi-structured face-to-face interviews with a purposively selected sample of twenty-two employer engineers. Voice-recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed employing the inductive thematic analysis method. Analysis has revealed that enhanced technical knowledge, analytical skills and computer literacy are the strengths of early career engineers, while money-mindedness, negative attitudes, sticking only to the job role and lack of hard-working skills, interpersonal skills and practical knowledge as the areas for improvement of present-day early career engineers in Sri Lanka. Further, few employer engineers have suggested modifying the university education system and educating academics & training engineers to guide engineering undergraduates on the proper path to achieve the career success.

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“…These pieces of evidence show that employer engineers have identified improved communication skills as a strength of young engineers. Usually, many studies have identified that improved communication skills are essential for any successful professionals, including engineers worldwide [8], [11].…”

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The Attributes and Areas for Improvement of Early Career Engineers in Sri Lanka

Wijesinghe,

Jayawardane

2024

Engineer

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“…From this perspective, and after many efforts made to identify skills that engineering students have to develop, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) establishes a number of criteria [4] that the different engineering courses have to satisfy. This list contains communication skills [5], learning and learning independently skills, work as a team skills, keeping up with technological and science information, and maintaining one's competency throughout one's career [6].…”

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A Practical Approach to Develop Information Seeking Skills of Engineering Students

Mauppin¹,

Brousseau²,

Ouafi³

2011

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During their undergraduate studies, the engineering students must develop the skills necessary to carry out proper research of information. The project-based courses give a perfect context and allow for the development of such proficiencies. The information seeking challenges offered by an engineering project is omnipresent during the entire product development and design phases. According to the phase of the process, the students may want to identify competitive products, look for solutions, find principles used in other applications that can be applied to the issue at hand, consult an expert in order to better appreciate the risks related to a concept, find parts and suppliers, consult scientific literature to better understand a phenomena and to assess a system, verify the existence of patents, ensure that a solution is conforming to the standards and regulations in effect. Nonetheless, the students are often reluctant to make the necessary efforts to effect a good research of information. Without the benefit of the senior engineer's experience, it is imperative that they proceed in a systematic manner in order to identify and look up the pertinent information. This article offers an approach that has been put in place to support engineering students during their research of information. The Guide that has been elaborated proposes a systematic approach along with research tools for each type of information required by the engineers. On the other hand, experience has shown that putting a research guide in the hands of the students is not sufficient enough for them to become skilled researchers. To reach this objective, we must insist on in-depth researches supported by an information seeking report. Without these elements of evaluation, it is not possible to substantiate that the students have developed the skills that were hoped for.

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Communication Skills? How to Make Them an Asset for Young Engineers

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The Attributes and Areas for Improvement of Early Career Engineers in Sri Lanka

The Attributes and Areas for Improvement of Early Career Engineers in Sri Lanka

A Practical Approach to Develop Information Seeking Skills of Engineering Students

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