This National Science Foundation project grant of $264,627 supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from October 2022 through September 2025 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research aims to identify effective collaborative behaviors performed least frequently by engineering students and practitioners in design teams. It will characterize reasons for performing or not performing targeted behaviors and examine similarities and differences between students and practitioners. Findings will provide insight to better support engineers as collaborators in academic and professional contexts. Research products will enhance understanding of how engineers' collaborative behaviors and reasons for performing behaviors are similar or different in school versus work. Extending literature, investigators will provide a nuanced characterization of why targeted behaviors are not performed in engineering teams, considering individual beliefs and social/cultural/political factors inherent in design teams.
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