Conference Session

Continuous Improvement in Engineering Leadership Development Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

engineering leadership ‘Center’ certificate program. 7 Figure 1E: Percentage of students vs. Confidence level pertaining to the question, for the students not in the engineering leadership ‘Center’ certificate program.The data indicates that the RCEL 1.0 certificate program was effective in ensuring that its studentswere on average much more confident in their leadership mindset. The problem is that the programwas predominantly set up to train engineering students going to traditional jobs in the engineeringindustrial sector. Therefore, a revamped curriculum and approach, “RCEL 2.0”, has been proposedto more broadly cover the diversity of career paths that