Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

earlier in their college career – ideally their first year.In response to this feedback, with the support of the Pieper Foundation(srpieperfamilyfoundation.com), and under the leadership of an endowed professorship forServant Leadership, we created and launched a pilot course in Fall 2011 for 25 incomingfirst year students. One course enrollment slot was open during each summer orientationsession until the course filled. Quickly we had a waiting list of additional students wantingto enroll, so in Spring and Fall 2012, the enrollment cap expanded to 35. Each time thecourse filled to capacity. As we write this paper, we are considering feasible models to

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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Engineering Leadership Development Division

a two-part initiative where students willhave the opportunity to receive mentoring from an industry-based or academia-based leader oftheir choosing. This way, students may engage proactively with individuals who may or may notbe in their current professional networks. This may then reinforce the knowledge and skillsstudents learn from their mentors and allow students to serve as peer mentors to otherengineering students.The mentoring system is a personal development relationship between students and their chosenmentors and mentees, which involves routine activities and interactions. Students' activities withtheir mentors and mentees are expected to be in-person, or as direct as possible, and will befacilitated by technological means such as