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Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Harold Ackler, Boise State University; Heidi Reeder, Boise State University; Abbey Louie

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Engineering Leadership Development

provide a basic ELE education to all students within their capstone experiencewhere they immediately practice these skills, at less institutional expense, but at the cost of lessdepth and rigor.Current ApproachA faculty member in a Material Science and Engineering department initiated a partnership withthe Director of a Leadership Certificate program at the same university with the intention ofdeveloping a series of sequential modules on leadership and teamwork for the senior capstoneprogram. For development assistance, they relied on two leadership training and developmentprofessionals who had prior experience in managing, developing, and delivering leadershipdevelopment programs in industry (i.e., HP and Boeing). These three parties

Conference Session

Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

position of authority within the group [8].The review paper on engineering leadership development programs by Crumpton-Young, et al.showed common agreement between professional engineers and engineering students about whichskills are most useful for an engineer in a leadership position [9]. But their work showed that thereis a need for richer qualitative data, which our study may be able to help provide. One such studyis by Cox et al., who asked engineering faculty members to assess students strengths, weaknesses,and future learning opportunities [10]. While leadership skills of engineering students maydevelop in many contexts, Knight, et al (2017) found that curricular emphasis on leadershipdevelopment is more reliable than student engagement in

Conference Session

Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Russell P. Lemler, U.S. Military Academy

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Engineering Leadership Development

described above… capitalize on what currently exists and integrate those experiences. 3) Provide a progression of leadership responsibility. Practicing following and practicing leading go hand-in-hand. Good leaders are good followers first. 4) Early leadership experiences provide a personal readiness for leadership development. Provide those experiences early in the developmental process, prior to rigorous leadership coursework. 5) Create a cycle for challenges, support, and assessment. Leadership development is not a spectator sport. Students must wrestle with challenges to build their leader identity. 6) Encourage or force students to develop a mentor relationship with a faculty member or seasoned engineer. A

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Skills Development Across the Undergraduate-to-Workforce Transition

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrea Chan, Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead); Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Milan Maljkovic, Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering; Emily Macdonald-Roach

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Engineering Leadership Development

length. The de-identified, verbatim transcripts werethen systematically coded and organized using an inductive and iterative process of thematicanalysis, within a collaborative team environment. The data analysis team consisted of threeengineering graduates, all with industry experience and two of whom are academics and licensedengineers, as well as two social science researchers and an engineering student. Coding of the 29transcripts was divided among team members. Team meetings were planned around the thematicanalysis of each salient professional moment that was explored in the interviews (e.g., struggles,proud moments, salient growing up experiences). At the meetings, members presented the codesthat emerged from their subset of transcripts