UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury - New Zealand

Mr Roger Chen

Contact

Department: Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Email: roger.chen@canterbury.ac.nz

Office: E320

Language: English

Methods & Equipment

Fields of Research

Engineering education supporting mentors and emerging graduate engineers.

Researcher Summary

My research is to understand the current skills and capabilities that an engineering graduate requires and adopt suitable pedagogical methods to improve them.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Education: Adult Education ; Assessment and Evaluation ; Career Development ; Curriculum Development ; Diversity ; Pedagogy ; Science Education ; Teacher Education ; Tertiary Education

Affiliations

Ako Aotearoa Academy (Teaching/Research Organisation): Member
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (Professional Organisation): American Society of Engineering Education member
Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) (Professional Organisation): Member
Engineering New Zealand (Professional Organisation): Member

Future Research

Refinement of capstone engineering course

Key Methodologies

Conducting interviews and surveys
Quantitative and qualititative analysis