Search for dissertations about: "engineers"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 423 swedish dissertations containing the word engineers.

  2. 6. Do excellent engineers approach their studies strategically? : A quantitative study of students' approaches to learning in computer science education

    Author : Maria Svedin; Olle Bälter; Stefan Hrastinski; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Johan Thorbiörnson; Arnold Pears; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Approaches to learning; computer science engineering education; Computing education research; online learning; Human-computer Interaction; Människa-datorinteraktion;

    Abstract : This thesis is about students’ approaches to learning (SAL) in computer science education. Since the initial development of SAL instruments and inventories in the 70’s, they have been used as a means to understand students’ approaches to learning better, as well as to measure and predict academic achievement (such as retention, grades and credits taken) and other correlating factors. READ MORE

  4. 7. Collaborative design procedures for architects and engineers

    Author : Oliver Tessmann; Manfred Grohmann; Ludger Hovestadt; Universität Kassel; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Collaborative design; Computational design; Generative Design;

    Abstract : This book argues for novel strategies to integrate engineering design procedures and structural analysis data into architectural design. Algorithmic procedures that recently migrated into the architectural practice are utilized to improve the interface of both disciplines. READ MORE

  5. 8. Engineering Knowledge: How Engineers and Managers Practice Knowledge Management

    Author : Andreas Diedrich; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Knowledge management; best practice; mimesis;

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  6. 9. Engineering lives : Technology, time and space in a male-centred world

    Author : Ulf Mellström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Ethnography; technology; engineering; MSc engineers; work; career; life-path; microculture; time; space; perspective; horizon; socialisation; masculinity; cars; integrated circuits; participant observation; life-histories; methodological eclecticism; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Genus och teknik;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with engineers. It is an ethnographic study of the life organisation for seventeen engineers with Master's degrees working at two different workplaces, Automobile Inc. and Microchips Inc. The study is based on participant observation and life-history interviews. READ MORE

  7. 10. Swift transition and knowledge cycling : A study of knowledge transfer in technical consulting

    Author : Svjetlana Pantic-Dragisic; Jonas Söderlund; Cecilia Enberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Professional service firm; technical consulting firm; technical consultants; mobile engineers; knowledge transfer; mobility; swift transition; knowledge cycling; formal training;

    Abstract : The prominent shifts towards greater flexibility in work arrangements as well as in organizational forms have had profound effects on the labor market for engineers, and given rise to the technical consulting industry. The technical consulting firm is becoming increasingly important in many technology-based industries, as a growing number of technology-based firms rely on technical consulting firms to produce their outputs. READ MORE