Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky; Thomas Ward Lester, University of Kentucky; Joseph Anthony Colella, University of Kentucky College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

leadershipprograms in universities. As noted by Bayless and Robe, many engineering educators have beenresistant to include engineering leadership within the engineering curriculum, considering it a“soft skill, not relevant to the discipline,” and thus potentially redirecting resources orinstructional time from technical material [6].Another impediment in the development of programs on engineering leadership is the nebulousdefinition of the term itself. Although several authors have attempted to summarize thecharacteristics required of effective engineering leaders (see for example Farr, et al. [7,8] andGoodale [9] for early work), Rottmann, et al. showed that there is a lack of consensus ondefining engineering leadership among different professional cohorts

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

alack of understanding during classroom activities [11]. Other studies have suggested that there isno significant differences in the learning outcomes of students in traditional lecture coursesversus flipped courses and that those in less affluent areas may have difficulty with accessing thetechnology needed to complete the course [10].The studies identified above are relevant to engineering education and to specific engineeringdisciplines. As engineering education requires soft-skill development to meet industry needs, thequestion arises as to the effectiveness of the flipped classroom technique in engineeringleadership courses. However, the exploration of a flipped classroom strategy implemented in anengineering leadership course is not found