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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University ; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Richard John Schuhmann, Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program

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even creativity in teams,19 the positive assessment results of this classshould perhaps be framed within this context.In the course discussed here, significant changes were seen in areas where focus was great (i.e.,global awareness and ethics). For example, global awareness was integrated implicitly into each“block” (~3 week topical focus) through assigned readings and in-class discussion; students wererequired to read the Economist magazine and be prepared each class to be called upon to give a3-5 minute impromptu presentation relating a recent news story reported by the Economist to thetopical material for that class. Diversity, including intercultural aspects, was also an explicitcourse topic (i.e., understanding others). The 1-credit

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Carlson-Dakes, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gregory W Harrington, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison

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contact with instructors, and active engagement inreal world projects. Yet we struggle to find feasible paths to take action. Pressures toincrease enrollment and cut budgets challenge us to find ways to do more with less withoutdiluting the learning experience. Administrators embrace the need to update curriculum toremain current and relevant, yet there is no room to add in a tightly packed four-yearprogram. These tensions require innovative approaches to engineering education andleadership development to meet the challenges of the future.Introduction – An Overall FrameworkThere is general agreement that a renewed focus on leadership development is critical to thefuture success of the engineering discipline (NAE 2004). Our thinking begins to

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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skills such ascommunication, teamwork, planning, example-setting, result-driving, innovation-driving,rapport-building and enablement. Page 23.1011.2Addressing the concerns of the National Academy of Engineering[2], which calls for betterleadership development initiatives for engineering students, requires many strategies. Oneapproach would be for an engineering curriculum to incorporate leadership development coursesinto students’ requirements before graduation. This would speak to engineering students the needand the value of leadership skills, since it is accommodated in their engineering curriculum.However, such an approach may not be popular

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Pitts, Northeastern University; Steve McGonagle, Northeastern University; Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University

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-assessment and a leadership capabilities framework linked tointeractive leadership laboratories (LLabs). This is part of a curriculum that also includes theteaching of best practices in effective product development and the scientific principlesunderlying major engineering disciplines. Experience-based practice and mastery of methods isgained via the Challenge Project, an intense, tightly-scheduled, deliverable-orienteddemonstration of human leadership, project and resource management and engineering problemsolving.The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL), in the graduate school of engineering atNortheastern University, targets the development of the soft skills, organizational awareness andtechnical agility key to mastering leadership in an

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bayless, Ohio University

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Paper ID #6035Using Leadership Education Practices to Enhance Freshmen EngineeringStudent Interviewing SkillsDr. David Bayless, Ohio University Dr. Bayless is the Loehr professor of Mechanical Engineering and the director of Ohio University’s Center of Excellence in Energy and the Environment. He is also the director of the Robe Leadership Institute, director of the Center for Algal Engineering Research and Commercialization (an Ohio Third Frontier Wright Project), and director of the Ohio Coal Research Center at Ohio University, where he is engaged in the development of energy and environmental technology, such as