REESP

Re-Engineering Europe's STEM Pipeline

Coordinatore	DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY    more  Organization address address: RATHMINES ROAD LOWER 143-149 city: DUBLIN postcode: 6 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Brian Cognome: Bowe Email: send email Telefono: +353 14023616 Fax: +353 14023993
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Ireland [IE]
Totale costo	254˙637 €
EC contributo	254˙637 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF
Funding Scheme	MC-IIF
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-06-09   -   2016-06-08

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  Organization address address: RATHMINES ROAD LOWER 143-149 city: DUBLIN postcode: 6 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Brian Cognome: Bowe Email: send email Telefono: +353 14023616 Fax: +353 14023993	IE (DUBLIN)	coordinator	254˙637.80

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The EU faces an alarming deficit of engineers—in 2011 Germany fell 76,400 engineers short. To address this and diversify perspectives, the EU must attract and retain more women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Findings of research I conducted as a Fulbright to Ireland in Engineering Education indicate Project-Based Learning (PBL) increases student engagement and many help address reasons women avoid STEM subjects.

Today, there is a gap in understanding why women chose engineering and how they experience PBL. Phenomenology provides an ideal framework for studying this. Two exploratory studies conducted during my Fulbright provide a foundation: 1) Designing the Identities of Engineers and 2) Using Learning Groups to Transform Engineering Education: A Phenomenological Study of Educators’ Experiences of Change.

I propose to extend this work with a Phenomenological Study of How Women Experience Engineering Education: Understanding How PBL Influences Their Decisions to Join or Leave Engineering. Participants will be women in Ireland, Portugal, and Poland from four segments of the engineering pipeline (high school, college, early career, and late career/CEOs), including those who have experienced PBL and others who have not.

I will investigate effects of PBL tools DIT and I designed (RoboSumo for college students and RoboSlam: Robot-Building Workshops for teens and facilitators/engineers). We will transfer knowledge with: 1) RoboSlam and 2) development of a new Master’s program to infuse cutting-edge research and pedagogy into engineering curricula worldwide. Both will be tested in 3 EU countries.

This project addresses leaks in Europe’s STEM pipeline that lead to shortfall—and lack of diversity—among European engineers. It will produce publications on gender and PBL, tailor phenomenology for use in engineering education research, infuse innovations and research into engineering education, and apply PBL to attract/retain diverse engineers.'