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- Engineering Students’ Industrial Internship Experience Perception and Satisfaction: Work Experience Scale ValidationPublication . Nogueira, Teresa; Magano, José; Fontão, Eunice; Sousa, Marina; Leite, ÂngelaAn essential aspect of higher education institutions’ academic curricula for engineering courses is the students’ industrial internship programs. In the literature, it is well accepted that such programs provide valuable learning outcomes and increase the graduates’ employment prospects. Thus, it is paramount to evaluate the internship programs’ quality to identify opportunities to improve their design and implementation. However, that evaluation typically depends on self- designed academic assessment surveys of questionable validity. The purpose of this paper is to assess engineering students’ perceptions of their internship experiences. For that purpose, the validation of a recently adapted version of the Work Experience Questionnaire (WEQ) was carried out on a sample of 447 engineering students that participated in industrial internship programs offered by Portuguese public universities and polytechnic schools. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to confirm the suitability of the model proposed by the WEQ’s authors on this study’s sample. The psychometric qualities were evaluated through convergent and discriminant validity. The results showed that the model fit the sample well, and convergent and discriminant validity was established. The general competencies subscale was the most important for the participants—specifically, the competency of solving problems. Differences concerning the WEQ and gender, company size, and compensation were found and discussed. This study provides researchers in the field with a new tool validated explicitly for engineering students.
- The reality of spatial plans is delaying the growth of sustainable buildingsPublication . Fontão, EuniceUrban planning aims to organize the change carried out in the territory. Urban planning is country policy in force by legislation and is materialized in spatial plans. All building construction has to comply with the models and regulation established in spatial plans. The aim of this study was to realize if spatial plans are using regulations and space occupancy models that promote energy and water conservation in buildings. The study starts with a brief approach to main design principals, which have to be addressed to achieve energy and water conservation in buildings. After that, a survey, in 20 spatial plans for 7 different Portuguese cities, was conducted in order to find out how many of these features are implemented in the plans. It was concluded that the rules set by the spatial plans reviewed, do not intent energy or water conservation in buildings. Communally the rules are based on urban and building quantification. It is important to realize that this type of regulations are out dated and do not promote sustainable buildings.