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This article describes research done among M. Eng. students in several faculties of the Eindhoven University of Technology into their abilities to integrate nontechnical (social) elements in the research that led to their M. Eng. theses. It was found that these students often lacked research skills (the abilities to define the research problem, to comment upon research methodology, to reflect upon research outcomes). As a result, they also tended to neglect social factors relevant to their engineering research.
Recommendations to improve this situation are formulated for the curriculum of engineering education programmes.
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De Vries, M.J., Stroeken, J.H.M. Developing engineering students' research and technology assessment abilities. Int J Technol Des Educ 6, 203–219 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419880
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