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Advancing Research on Engineering Leaders’ Confidence, Careers, and Styles

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Fromel, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Bennett; Lei Wei, ELIM program, Pennsylvania State University; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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energy-saving strategies can increase awareness of energy use and/or in- crease energy saving behaviors. Dr. Lang’s current research interests focus on identifying, assessing, and developing key skills, knowledge, attitudes, and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors required for engineers to effectively lead others, particularly other engineers and across cultures.Prof. Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Andrew M. ”Mike” Erdman received his B.S. in Engineering Science from Penn State and his M.S. from USC. At Rocketdyne (Pratt & Whitney), he helped design the Space Shuttle. As manager of Reactor Safety Analysis, Experimental Engineering, and Fluid Dynamics Technology at KAPL (Bechtel

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Advancing Research on Engineering Leaders’ Confidence, Careers, and Styles

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, University of Toronto; Milan Maljkovic; Emily L. Moore, University of Toronto

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team member at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead). Mike has an MA in Higher Education and a BASc in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto.Ms. Milan MaljkovicDr. Emily L. Moore, University of Toronto Dr. Emily Moore is the Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead) at the University of Toronto. Emily spent 20 years as a professional chemical engineer, first as an R&D engineer in a Fortune 500 company, and then leading innovation and technology development efforts in a major engineering firm. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 “Counting Past Two:” Engineers’ Leadership

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Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Michael Aucoin, Leading Edge Management, LLC; Dennis Arthur Conners

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does acknowledge systems thinking, yetsuch references are few and typically made in passing (e.g., [10]). In a few cases, (e.g., [21])there is a deeper treatment, but the focus is on technology or the engineered system and less onunderstanding and optimizing the function of social system. An important exception to thistheme has been explored in Engineers Without Borders as will be explained later in this paper. We suggest that the ability of engineers to think in systems terms promotes their leadershipskills in team and organizational settings. Better development of this thread is likely to providesubstantial benefits in engineering leadership development. Such an approach can complementand augment the prevalent initiatives for

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Advancing Research on Engineering Leaders’ Confidence, Careers, and Styles

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University; Emma Annand, Montana State University; Romy M. Beigel, Montana State University; Monika B Kwapisz, Montana State University

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State.Monika B Kwapisz, Montana State University Monika Kwapisz (they/them) is an undergraduate at Montana State University studying Industrial and Management Systems Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. Monika is the president of MSU’s chapter of Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM), a cross-country ski coach, and an avid outdoors-person. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Exploring the Relationship Between Students’ Engineering Identity and Leadership Self-EfficacyAbstractIn order to lead the social process required to solve society’s grandest challenges and ensure thatthe capabilities of an expanded engineering workforce are

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Continuous Improvement in Engineering Leadership Development Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. Fred Higgs III, Rice University; Kaz Karwowski, Rice University; David Allen Van Kleeck, Rice University ; Thomas Edward Phalen Jr., Rice University; Gayle Moran; Cesare Wright, Rice University; James Philip Hennessy, Rice University

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.’ Many of thesestudents lack the confidence and skillsets to lead the teams and organizations that must executethe complex and often-large project work of technology research, management, and/ordevelopment. Students who possess the ability to solve technical problems, manage budgets, andapply basic business principles in an effort to develop a product or solution may become adeptengineering managers. However, students who can inspire a team to complete and deploy productsand solutions so that the whole team’s productivity is greater than the sum of the expertise of eachindividual team member can become engineering leaders. Engineering leadership programs atresearch universities often have the challenging problem of developing curriculum for

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Continuous Improvement in Engineering Leadership Development Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher McComb, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University; Astri Briliyanti, Michigan State University; Dirk Joel-Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University

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Paper ID #27288Engineering Futures: Updating a Successful Professional Development Pro-gram to Address New ChallengesDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and

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Continuous Improvement in Engineering Leadership Development Programs

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Seth Claberon Sullivan, Texas A&M University; Beth Koufteros, Texas A&M University

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demonstrates that we accomplish more and are willing to go further because we are part of a group.”References[1] Hay, Iain. Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography. Oxford University Press. 2005.[2] National Academy of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020, 1st ed. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2004. [E-book]. Available: National Academy of Sciences.[3] K. Jablokow, “Engineers as Problem-Solving Leaders: Embracing the Humanities,” IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 29-35, Winter 2007.[4] P. G. Northouse, Leadership: Theory and Practice. Edition 8. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2018.[5] S. L. Connaughton, F. L. Lawerence, and B. D. Reuben, “Leadership Development as

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David Bayless, Ohio University

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Paper ID #24799Engineering Leadership Development using an Interdisciplinary Competition-based Approach with Cross Functional TeamsDr. David Bayless, Ohio University Dr. Bayless is the Gerald Loehr Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of Ohio Uni- versity’s Coal Research Center, part of Ohio University’s Center of Excellence in Energy and the Envi- ronment. He is also the director of the Robe Leadership Institute and director of the Center for Algal Engineering Research and Commercialization (an Ohio Third Frontier Wright Project) He is engaged in the development of energy and environmental technology

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Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

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need for greater emphasis on leadership in engineeringeducation, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET),through its Engineering Accreditation Commission, updated its accreditationcriteria for student outcomes in 2017 [1]. ABET shifted from simply stating theneed for engineers to “function on multidisciplinary teams” to a more detailedcriterion, which identifies specific aspects of leadership, including “an ability tofunction effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, createa collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” [1]. The importance of including leadership as a focus in anengineering curriculum has long been confirmed by the National Academy

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Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; John Jongho Park, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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focus on identifying, assessing, and developing key skills, knowledge, attitudes, and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors required for engineers to effectively lead others, particularly other engineers and across cultures.Prof. Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Andrew M. ”Mike” Erdman received his B.S. in Engineering Science from Penn State and his M.S. from USC. At Rocketdyne (Pratt & Whitney), he helped design the Space Shuttle. As manager of Reactor Safety Analysis, Experimental Engineering, and Fluid Dynamics Technology at KAPL (Bechtel), he con- ducted research for Naval Reactors. He currently serves as the Walter L. Robb director of Engineering Leadership and as a

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Continuous Improvement in Engineering Leadership Development Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta; John M. Shaw

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, 2016). Society is transitive. Thecultural, moral, technological, economic, environmental, and safety realities of individuals                                                                                                                1  The  definition  of  methodology  used  here  is  a  collection  of  methods  used  to  perform  the  research  and  analysis.      2  The  definition  of  complex  as  outlined  in  Clark,  et.  al.  2012.      along with human beliefs have evolved over time. Students, instructors, and engineers are alla part of society and experience this reality from their own perspective. Case studies, such asthis one, are inherently rooted in Critical Realism.We use a Situative Theory framework to deliver our capstone

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Advancing Research on Engineering Leaders’ Confidence, Careers, and Styles

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto; Qin Liu, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, University of Toronto; Jamie Ricci, Indspire; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

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professional engineer, first as an R&D engineer in a Fortune 500 company, and then leading innovation and technology development efforts in a major engineering firm. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 1 Perceived Importance and Confidence in Leadership Ability: A National Survey of Final Year Canadian Engineering StudentsIntroductionEngineering leadership as a field of study has grown rapidly in the last two decades (Handley etal., 2018; Klassen et al., 2016), but there is limited understanding of how engineering studentsview the importance of leadership skills