Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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the capability to lead teams in efficiently andeffectively delivering projects and products for their stakeholders. Yet a significant gap existsbetween this need and the output of the traditional engineering education system. This results ina lack of competitiveness for commercial entities, causes failed projects and failed companiesand prevents technologies and innovations from transitioning from the laboratory to customersand society.To bridge this gap innovative integrated approaches that develop not only the technical depth butalso the interpersonal agility essential to successfully lead engineering teams are neededi.The purpose of this paper is to examine a pedagogical technique employed in developingengineering leaders: the use of self

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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and facilitator vs. “the sage onthe stage”), and the class is accompanied by a laboratory where students actively apply andpractice the material they learn in class. Anecdotally, student-written assessment comments tothe instructor at the end of the semester often reflected that students felt they had worked harderper credit in the leadership principles class than in their other classes, but that this extra effortwas worth it. Electively taking and working harder in a non-required class requires intrinsicmotivation. Given the rich literature on the power of intrinsic motivation17, 18 and its effect on Page 23.851.14passion, interest, and

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Undergraduate Students. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 12(2), 60-70.[10] Gordon Engineering Leadership Center. (2013). Engineering Leadership Core Values. (University of California, San Diego) Retrieved March 6, 2013, from Gordon Engineering Leadership Center: http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/GordonCenter/g_about/[11] Cox, M. F. (2012, July 8). Leadership, Change, and Synthesis Survey. Retrieved March 8, 2013, from Pedagogical Evaluation Laboratory at Purdue: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~bahn/survey2.html Page 23.1011.10 Page 23.1011.11Appendix A Page 23.1011.12Appendix A