Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

leadership learning opportunities and experiencesof undergraduate engineering students as a whole. Our study fills this gap by examining how1203 undergraduate engineering students at a large, Canadian, research-intensive university haveused non-formal learning spaces—co-curricular and extra-curricular activities—to hone theirleadership and engineering skills and identities. Our quantitative analysis of survey resultssuggests that explicit leadership programing, student government and industry-basedprofessional development activities were most effective at helping engineering students developtheir leadership skills. When it came to catalyzing their engineering skills development, wefound that internships, design competitions and professional