Implementation of research agendas in the training of engineers: Academic training with social sense

Abstract

The implementation of research intervention strategies is presented as the main theme of this longitudinal study, within the framework of the application of the research agenda of engineering programs. Classroom work, training practices, business practices, classroom projects, and research group projects are proposed as training scenarios. The strategies are actions that are applied in three productive processes of interest for the engineering, such as: (i) productive process of object systems (ii) primary biomass productive process and (iii) primary artisanal cosmetics production process. The objective is to show the results of the research agendas application as an academic process planning tool for form research competencies. Three cases have presented that show the knowledge construction and the research intervention traceability in different the engineer fields in his training process. The three production processes become application centers of an area of the engineer research interest, as is the supply chain optimization. In the results, the planning methods of the agenda highlight, with the collective construction of knowledge of the training process, the targeting of the area of research interest, the linking of actors, the articulation of research lines of the program, and the scope of the strategies of intervention and didactics by scenarios. The study shows training relevant processes in the economic, social and environmental fields, promoting collective learning opportunities and fostering innovation through inclusive industrialization.