This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant awarded to CAL Poly Corporation will chart the development of sociotechnical thinking in engineering students and professionals. The $171,088 award will run from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027.
The project will use scenario-based design tasks and interviews to examine how engineers' reasoning about social, cultural, political, environmental and other contextual factors evolves as they gain education and professional experience. The research outcome will be a developmental model characterizing the dimensions of sociotechnical thinking and how engineers' perspectives change over time. This work aims to inform engineering education and practice to promote more thoughtful, context-aware engineering solutions to complex problems. No subawards are planned under this grant.
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