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Development of university-industry partnerships in railroad engineering education.

机译：在铁路工程教育中发展大学与工业界的伙伴关系。

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Rail transportation has been an important part of the North American transportation network since the 19th century and it continues to be a major contributor to the economic well-being and the global competitiveness of the U.S. The recent expansion in freight rail volumes and forecasts for continuous growth, together with more favorable attitudes for urban passenger rail present several challenges for the rail industry.; One of the challenges is the availability of a well educated engineering workforce. The rail industry has recognized a need to attract new railroad professionals from various disciplines for management and technical positions, but most universities eliminated railroad engineering from their curricula after the recruitment levels faded several decades ago. Today, railroad expertise and related engineering courses exist at only a few universities and most students graduate without any exposure to rail topics. While industry representatives have expressed their concern about a future workforce, little data is available on the extent of the demand, on the characteristics and skills of preferred candidates, and on the role that universities can play.; A benchmarking study was undertaken to investigate the demand for university engineering graduates and assess whether current methods are sufficient to attract, educate, recruit, train and retain engineering students in the railroad profession. Data was collected from industry human resources and training managers to define the quantitative and qualitative needs for railroad engineers. In addition, recently hired engineers working in the rail industry were surveyed to determine the extent of their university exposure in rail topics and how it affected their career choice.; The surveys indicated an increase of over 300 percent in the annual recruitment for railroad engineers by the participating companies between 2002 and 2005. Recruitment levels are expected to remain high for the next five to ten years due to high demand for rail transportation and an older engineering workforce with the greatest demand for civil, electrical and mechanical engineers with bachelor's degrees.; The rail industry and universities have grown apart over the past several decades, as rail programs and courses were abandoned at universities and there were very limited recruitment and research activities by the railroads at universities. Today, specialized course(s) in rail topics are offered at approximately three percent of ABET accredited civil engineering programs in the U.S. and only 16 percent of engineers who responded to the survey had received university exposure to rail topics.; The research findings suggest that increased university participation has the potential to assist the rail industry in all aspects related to attracting, educating, recruiting, training and retaining engineering graduates. The primary advantages would be greater industry visibility and student knowledge in rail topics. Increased prior knowledge, on the other hand, improves the effectiveness of industry training programs and offers a potential for sizable training cost reductions.; As a final conclusion, the research suggests that the most effective approach for developing future railroad engineers is a balancing act where the responsibilities should be shared by the rail industry and universities based on each others strengths. University participation should include multiple types and levels, including introductory lectures, co-op/internship programs, courses in railroad engineering, and a minor or certificate in railroad engineering that would include several courses. Due to the urgent demand for railroad engineers and time it takes to rebuild the expertise on campuses, the development process should begin immediately, be incremental, and utilize concepts, such as cooperation with other universities or engineer-in-residence, that reduce the demand of internal university resources. The challenges to the proc
机译：自19世纪以来，铁路运输一直是北美运输网络的重要组成部分，并且仍将继续为美国的经济福祉和全球竞争力做出重要贡献。最近货运量的增长以及对持续增长的预测加上对城市客运铁路更有利的态度，对铁路行业提出了一些挑战。挑战之一是提供受过良好教育的工程人员。铁路行业已经认识到有必要吸引来自各个学科的新铁路专业人员来担任管理和技术职务，但是在几十年前招聘水平下降之后，大多数大学从课程中取消了铁路工程。如今，只有少数几所大学拥有铁路专业知识和相关工程课程，并且大多数学生毕业后都不会接触任何铁路主题。尽管行业代表对未来的劳动力表示了担忧，但关于需求的程度，首选候选人的特征和技能以及大学可以发挥的作用的数据很少。进行了基准研究，以调查对大学工程专业毕业生的需求，并评估当前的方法是否足以吸引，教育，招募，培训和保留铁路专业的工程专业学生。从行业人力资源和培训经理那里收集了数据，以定义铁路工程师的数量和质量需求。此外，对最近在铁路行业工作的工程师进行了调查，以确定他们在大学中对铁路主题的了解程度以及它如何影响他们的职业选择。调查显示，参与公司在2002年至2005年之间每年聘用铁路工程师的人数增加了300％以上。由于铁路运输的需求旺盛和工程技术较老，预计未来五到十年的招聘水平仍将很高具有学士学位的土木，电气和机械工程师需求最大的劳动力；在过去的几十年中，由于大学放弃了铁路计划和课程，并且铁路在大学中进行的招聘和研究活动非常有限，因此铁路行业和大学逐渐分开。如今，美国约有3％的ABET认可的土木工程课程提供有关铁路主题的专业课程，并且只有16％接受调查的工程师接受了大学对铁路主题的培训。研究结果表明，大学参与的增加有可能在吸引，教育，招募，培训和留住工程学毕业生的各个方面协助铁路行业。主要优势将是提高行业知名度和学生对铁路主题的了解。另一方面，增加的先验知识可以提高行业培训计划的效率，并有可能大幅降低培训成本。作为最后的结论，研究表明，培养未来的铁路工程师最有效的方法是一种平衡行为，铁路行业和大学应根据彼此的长处分担责任。大学的参与应该包括多种类型和级别，包括入门讲座，合作社/实习计划，铁路工程课程以及铁路工程辅修或证书课程，其中包括几门课程。由于对铁路工程师的迫切需求以及在校园中重建专业知识所需的时间，因此开发过程应立即开始，逐步进行，并利用诸如与其他大学或驻地工程师的合作等概念来减少需求内部大学资源。过程的挑战

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    Lautala, Pasi T.;

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    Michigan Technological University.;

  • 授予单位 Michigan Technological University.;
  • 学科 Engineering Civil.; Education Sciences.; Education Higher.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2007
  • 页码 231 p.
  • 总页数 231
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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