This study extends previous work on two related phenomena, empathy and care, within engineering. In two phases, we collected and thematically analyzed semi-structured interviews with 25 practicing engineers in order to understand how they conceptualized empathy and care (Phase 1) and in what ways they perceived empathy and care to exist within or be important to engineering practice (Phase 2). Qualitative outcomes of this study include 3 categories with 11 themes that highlight how these phenomena are described by engineers (Phase 1) and 4 categories with 13 themes which depict how engineers perceive these phenomena within their work (Phase 2). Using these results, we consider how empathy and care may be conceptualized within an engineering context, the outcomes of an empathetic/caring engineering process, and contextual and philosophical considerations for integrating empathy/care into engineering practice and education.

这项研究扩展了工程学中有关两个相关现象（同情和关怀）的先前工作。在两个阶段中，我们收集了25位执业工程师的半结构化访谈，并对其进行了专题分析，以了解他们如何概念化共情和关怀（第1阶段）以及他们以何种方式认为共情和关怀存在于工程实践中或对工程实践很重要（阶段2）。该研究的定性结果包括3类11个主题，突出了工程师如何描述这些现象（第1阶段）和4类13个主题，它们描绘了工程师在工作中如何理解这些现象（第2阶段）。利用这些结果，我们考虑了如何在工程环境中概念化移情和关怀，移情/关怀工程过程的结果，