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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clinton Stephens, Iowa State University; Katherine Lynn Friesen, College of Engineering, Iowa State University

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, there are few opportunities for engineering students to forgo anengineering course to take a course studying leadership. We have addressed these challengesdirectly on our campus and successfully implemented a new model of teaching engineeringleadership while students continue to pursue their engineering degree and graduate on time.   This paper will move beyond a case study and share transferrable insights, assessmenttools, and curriculum to support engineering programs integrating leadership education into theirexisting offerings. First we will summarize the theoretical framework used, then discuss each ofthe four modules. This discussion will include the target experience levels of students inengineering, an overview of the

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel

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achieve a sustainable world, and to raise the global quality of life 1,2.A path for accomplishing this major reform in education and pre-licensure experience in theengineering profession is further described by Walesh 3. Furthermore, longstanding ethicalcannons of engineering practice require that civil engineering graduates serve the profession andsociety as principled leaders 4. To prepare students to meet an increasing demand forprofessional skills in the engineering profession, undergraduate programs are responding throughmodification of academic curriculum material and course content 5. The American Society ofCivil Engineers published an expanded set of 24 civil engineering outcomes in the CivilEngineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Agnew Trevey, Marquette University; Andrea L. Gorman, Marquette University; Kristina M. Ropella, Marquette University

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Paper ID #13734Implementation of an Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum to Prepare21st Century LeadersMs. Katherine Agnew Trevey, Marquette University Ms. Trevey currently serves as the Director of Engineering Leadership Programs in the Opus College of Engineering at Marquette University. She has more than 10 years of experience creating leadership development programs for undergraduate students. In early 2014, she was hired to run the newly created E-Lead Program (a three-year people-focused, technical leadership program offered to undergraduate students in the College of Engineering). Her responsibilities include

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yazmin Montoya, LEAD; Aaron Eduardo Pacheco Rimada, University of Texas, El Paso; Erwin Ignacio Delgado, Univerity of Texas, El Paso ; Isaiah Nathaniel Webb; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso

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Paper ID #11725Developing Leaders by Putting Students in the Curriculum Development DriverSeatMiss Yazmin Montoya, LEADMr. Aaron Eduardo Pacheco Rimada, University of Texas at El PasoErwin Delgado, Univerity of Texas at El PasoIsaiah Nathaniel Webb,Dr. Meagan R. Vaughan, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Meagan R. Vaughan received her PhD from The University of Texas at Austin where her research focused on the design of a low-cost, volume adjustable prosthetic socket. Now an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, she is helping develop a new Engineering Leadership Program to help students to bridge the gap

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Dan Ewert

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students in the Iron Range program to enroll in them and then trying to make Page 26.1060.8 them, you know, do project-based learning and use the kinds of pedagogy and teach the kind of content that we wanted for the Iron Range program. But it was not an approved degree program at that point on the Mankato campus.” “It was a problem because there was no department of integrated engineering in Mankato, and we had the classical civil, electrical, mechanical and computer engineering, and where did it go?”A higher education consultant understood the curriculum-level challenges of the new program,as well as the

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Lynne Gradon Cowe Falls P.Eng., University of Calgary

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descriptions included emphasis on the use ofexperiential and project-based learning. Comments included “provide a blend of education andpractice opportunities”15 and create an environment where students can “engage in public lifemaking social contributions”11. Experiential and active learning approaches have been shown toincrease student motivation, integrate multidisciplinary curriculum knowledge, develop skillsproblem solving with a systems approach, enhance interpersonal skills, and build a communityamong students27. Many of these are parallel with leadership skills, thus it would be predictablethat experiential learning would be beneficial for teaching engineering leadership.System thinking. The final theme observed was the idea that “engineers

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Meghan Daly, James Madison University; Cairo Jahan Lakil Sherrell, James Madison University; Thomas Atcheson Ware; Diane L. Foucar-Szocki, College of Education, James Madison University; Justin J. Henriques, James Madison University

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briefing the leaders on the discussion and activities thatwould take place later in that day in their first-year groups and how to effectively execute thoseactivities. The last class of the week was devoted to reflecting on the first-year studentapplication sessions, the activities in ENGR 498 and with activities tied to the department.The application session with the first-year families and the leader duo was viewed by the leadersas the most beneficial part of the integration between ENGR 101 and ENGR 498. Leaders gainedpractical experience by leading the first-years in discussions and assignments with the goal ofcreating an open and engaging atmosphere. During this time, first-years frequently asked leadersabout their experience in the program

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynne Cowe Falls, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Gord Aker P.Eng. PCC, Logical Leadership

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Paper ID #13727Developing a New Generation of Leadership at the University of CalgaryCase Study on the Maier Student Leadership ProgramDr. Lynne Cowe Falls, University of Calgary Lynne Cowe Falls, PhD, P. Eng., FCAE, FCSCE, is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering, the University of Calgary. She is a co-author of over 30 technical papers and several books in the area of pavement and infrastructure management and most recently of Current Pavement Management. With over 20 years in industry prior to joining the University of Calgary, she is a Vice-President and Board Member of the

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammadreza Ostadali Makhmalbaf, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

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andconstruction students.Discussion of findingsThe results of curricular components show that there is an emphasis on the development oftechnical competencies in civil engineering curricula in comparison to the development ofemotional intelligence skills. In addition, while improving communication and professional skillsis an integral part of leadership development, much of this skill development is postponed until thecapstone course.41 In capstone courses, students learn and practice how to collaborate with otherstudents and perform in teams. Capstone courses enhance students’ communication skills, such aspresentation skills, and improve their understanding of ethical and social concerns associated withthe engineering field. The findings show that the

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven W. Klosterman, Northeastern University; Steven T. McGonagle, Northeastern University; Simon Pitts, Northeastern University

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engineering and technology.This paper describes how the program builds awareness of the broad characteristics of leadershipleading up to this exercise, enriching the understanding of how leadership emerges and evolves,as a blueprint of a best practice in a nationally recognized curriculum. Included is an overviewand structure of the leadership program and brief descriptions of the leadership topics taught inthe class, including supporting literature, and outcomes.2 The Assignment – Personal Case StudyThe purpose of the assignment is to give students the opportunity to analyze the leadershipapproach and philosophies of historic figures and reflect upon how their styles match andcontrast with what they’ve been taught in the classroom, and then share

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Scott Rebentisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stephen Townsend, Project Management Institute; Edivandro Carlos Conforto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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professional level, and describing the interactions betweenthe use of standards, integration, formalization, level of effectiveness, and degree ofunproductive tension between Program Management and Systems Engineering. The surveyquestionnaire that emerged contained 39 questions that explored the organization (e.g., industrysector, annual revenue, and location), program characteristics (size of the program, budget,duration and main result), processes (e.g., main standards and practices, tools and techniquesadopted) and professional characteristics such as background, years of experience, andengineering and program leader responsibilities in the organization. Data were collected during the fall of 2012. An invitation to participate in the study was

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard J. Schuhmann, The Landing School; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffrey G. Soper, Montreux School of Business; Donald H. Horner Jr., Jacksonville University

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the first Chair, and the late Dr. William Leonhard gave full backing to theEngineering Leadership Development Minor throughout its existence.In May, 1992, Dr. Matson was recruited from the University of Houston by the EngineeringCollege at Penn State to be the first Director of The Leonard Center for Innovation andEnhancement of Engineering Education. The stated goal of the Center was to identify the needsof the students and of the marketplace, develop curriculum innovations and teaching methods,test the innovations, and integrate the successful results into the engineering programs. Drawingon his experience developing and teaching courses in creativity, innovation, andentrepreneurship, Matson applied those lessons to the creation of the

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Gary Allen Gilot P.E., University of Notre Dame

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programs present and presenting. COMPLETE 2014 offered achance to network with 14 other universities with Engineering Leadership programs. There is much in common in terms of the challenges to changing the status quo in how engineering education is done. Leadership is viewed as important, but extra-curricular with rigorous engineering curriculum making it difficult to insert leadership classes while displacing core engineering curriculum. Feedback from alumni and business is that leadership is much more emphasized in practice than it is in academic preparation. A key comment from an industry presenter who hires a lot of engineers: “Engineers are hired for technical skills. Engineers are fired for

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Logan Oplinger, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Makers design experiments and systems (b, c) solve problems (e),possess the ability to engage in life-long learning (i), and utilize techniques and skills toaccomplish goals (k).In order to achieve these goals educators may be able to apply Making opportunities to theengineering education curriculum. This can be achieved especially through project-basedlearning, a teaching method suggested in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of theField28. Design projects allow for students to integrate knowledge and develop skills28. Studentsoperating in self-managed teams would be able to develop leadership skills through operating invarious roles5. By taking on the typical role of “team lead” students are able to developleadership roles as

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farah I. Jibril, Qatar University ; Bassnt Mohamed Yasser, Qatar University; Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University; Mazen O. Hasna, Qatar University; Mohieddine A. Benammar, Qatar University; Saud A. Ghani, Qatar University

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instruments (HPLC, UV,TOC,GC, KF—etc.) and also monitoring drug shelf life through both accelerated and shelf life stability programs. After which started at GlaxoSmithKline Beecham Egypt in which i was a laboratory senior analyst an- alyzing all dosage forms as finished products dealing with all laboratory instruments with very good experience on HPLC and GC in addition of GLP and GMP knowledge, SOP writing and audits carry out internally then i was promoted to a section head of validation and quality assurance for the pharmaceuti- cal industry for both Lactam and non-Lactam areas in which i was responsible for sterile and non-sterile areas qualification, validation and periodic verification dealing with process

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Lynne Gradon Cowe Falls P.Eng., University of Calgary

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educationprogramsStudents understood the importance of being technically competent as an engineering leader,however they had a lower confidence in their own technical leadership abilities. This gap Page 26.1424.10emphasized the importance of integrated learning within the engineering curriculum.Providing students with integrated engineering leadership experiences directly within thetechnical curriculum would allow the necessary leadership skills to be gained concurrentlywith an understanding how these skills will apply to an engineering career.Future DirectionsThe methods and results used in this pilot study will be applied to a variety of

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto, ILead; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto

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experiences into the curriculum. Leadership strategies that may feel uncomfortable to undergraduate students will become increasingly relevant as they gain experience with organizational contexts outside of the university classroom, but it can be overwhelming for them to wait until they leave university to learn these skills. Two historically popular strategies for integrating workplace learning into engineering education are semester long co-op terms and 16-month internships. If these two options are not feasible in a particular institutional Page 26.1519.12 context, it is possible to infuse meaningful experiential

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Louis, Purdue University; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Karan Sharma, Purdue University

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Purdue University. Her research interests include graduate-level en- gineering education, including inter- and multidisciplinary graduate education, innovative and novel grad- uate education experiences, global learning, and preparation of engineering graduate students for future careers.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity, the Inaugural Director of the College of Engineering’s Leadership Minor, and the Director of the International Institute of Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). In 2013, she became founder and owner of STEMinent LLC, a company focused on STEM education assessment