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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fu Zhongli, National University of Defense Technology; Huang Zhang, NUDT in China; Tong Wu, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies (CNSSS), National University of Defense Technology (NUDT); Lini ZHOU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology; Jianchuan Li, National University of Defense Technology; Lian Lin, National University of Defense Technology; wang yang, Continuing Education College, National University of Defense Technolgy(NUDT)

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

learning." Understanding adult educationand training. 2 (2000): 225-239.[6] E. F. Crawley, W. A. Lucas, J. Malmqvist, and D. R. Brodeur, “The CDIO Syllabus v2.0: An UpdatedStatement of Goals for Engineering Education,”, Proceedings of the 7th International CDIO Conference,Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, June 20 – 23, 2011, [Online]. Available:http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/local_143186.pdf. [Accessed: 25-April-2014].[7] R. J. Schuhmann, “Engineering Leadership Education – The Search for Definition and a CurricularApproach,” Journal of STEM Education: Innovations & Research, vol. 11, no.3 and 4, 2010:61-69.[8] NSPE, “NSPE Position Statement No. 1752 — Engineering Education Outcomes,” National Society

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

occurredoutside of the scheduled Friday classroom sessions. These activities included recorded lecturesand instructional videos that could be viewed at a time of the student’s choosing. They alsoincluded participation in specific campus events that were integral to success in the course.Students were generally expected to complete the distributed learning activities before the nextFriday class session.A syllabus for the course that details learning outcomes, and lists all learning activities andassignments, is provided in the Appendix to this paper. A style of problem-based learningpedagogy was utilized consistently throughout the course, in that content and pacing were drivenby the twenty-one (21) assignments listed on the syllabus. These consisted

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Curriculum Development in Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

IntroductionAs a series of assignments in a graduate program run by the Gordon Institute of EngineeringLeadership at Northeastern University, students develop and improve their online social mediaprofiles, meet with subject matter experts within their industry, sign up for newsletters, attendevents and seminars in their discipline and identify other ways to improve their personal andprofessional networks.The objective is to increase awareness of and practice several key skills essential for emergingand successful leaders in the areas of Taking Initiative, Connecting Across Disciplines,Communication and Advocacy, Interpersonal Skills and Inquiry. Assessment, using 360-degreefeedback taken before and after participating in the program, indicates average