Conference Session

Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Novoselich P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

. Zafft et al.32quantitatively determined that student design teams distribute leadership roles across multiple teammembers while Feister et al.33 found that engineering students describe leadership as emergent andfluid in their teaming experiences. This study accounted for this conceptual shift in leadership byexamining team leadership from a shared perspective.Data and MethodsSample and Data CollectionStudent surveys were administered online during the 2014-2015 academic year at the end of thespring semester. Participants were enrolled in year-long, team-based, mechanical engineering-centric, senior-level capstone design courses at three institutions: a large, mid-Atlantic researchuniversity (site A) and two smaller military institutions (sites