Analysis of the Influence of Undergraduate Research on the Engineering Formation from the Point of View of Students

• Autor(a) principal: Marcelo Soares Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Juliana Vieira Martins, Ana Paula Ferreira Silva, Fernanda Galvão de Paula, Áurea Domingos, White José Dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/39703
• topic: Experiência de Pesquisa de Graduação; Pesquisa científica; Estudantes de Graduação em Engenharia

This paper presents a study carried out to verify how the Undergraduate Research Experience during graduation influences the formation and the decision regarding the professional future of the engineering courses students. In order to reach this goal, a survey was prepared and sent to the students linked to research projects at the Engineering School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, followed by analyses based on the answers obtained. It can be noticed that most of the respondents believe that the scientific research experience contributes in a positive way to their formation and to their ability to learn, the mentors’ approach and mentory was also assessed as positive. However, the majority of the interviewees do not intend to pursue an academic career. It is concluded that the scientific research helped the students to become more critical and allowed them to broaden their knowledge about the topics studied.