Paper ID #22538Engineering Students and Group Membership: Patterns of Variation in Lead-ership Confidence and Risk OrientationJames N Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Magarian is an instructor with the Gordon Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program and is a doctoral candidate in the Mechanical Engineering department at MIT. He joined MIT and GEL after nearly a decade in industry as a mechanical engineer and engineering manager in aerospace/defense. His research focuses on engineering workforce development and the college-careers interface.Dr. Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto Alison Olechowski is an
Paper ID #24049The UTEP Edge: A Student Success Initiative for Developing High-impactPracticesDr. Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso Professor and Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Engineering and Leadership at UTEP; Director of the Center for Research in Engineering & Technology Education (CRE@TE); Provost Faculty Fellow in Residence in the Center for Faculty Leadership and Development at UTEP.Mr. Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso Mike Pitcher is the Director of Academic Technologies at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has had experience in learning in both a
engineering, also addresses the need for engineering leadership intheir most recent syllabus update [6, p. 69]. The Canadian book, Fundamental Competencies forthe 21st Century Engineers, has also recognized this need, and has added leadership as anessential competency for engineers in their most recent edition [7]. The attribute of leadershiphas also been included in the new student outcomes for ABET (Accreditation Board for 1Engineering and Technology), which will become effective in the 2019-2020 accreditation cycle(replacing the “a-k” outcomes). Students must be able to “function effectively on a team whosemembers together provide leadership, create
leadership that resonate with working engineers: technical mastery,collaboration based on teamwork and leading teams, and organizational innovation.Our case studies touch on all three of these areas in various ways, but perhaps the category whichis most interesting and elusive is the ‘organizational innovator’. In Rottmann et al.’s work, thisemerges as an entrepreneurial function with a technological orientation, which incorporates adiverse set of skills, such as understanding markets, needs, values inherent in the goal, and likelyimpacts of the goal.Hartmann and Jahren [11] provide a slightly different view on ‘engineering leadership,’ as theyreported on industry employers who specifically request leadership skills as part of the suite
departmental-level leadership classes available to both chemical and materialsengineering majors, and more recently an expansion of the program to a broader set of studentsacross the college through a set of elective courses. Moreover, the college is developing aleadership module for its introductory engineering course work for all students in the college.Longitudinal studies of the attitudes of graduates who participated in these efforts will greatlyaugment our current understanding of where college efforts are bearing fruit and where futureimprovements are required.Literature Cited:[1] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (2011). “Criteria for accrediting engineering programs: Effective for reviews during the 2012–2013
. Meg is a board certified coach with experience in developing students’ leadership and professional com- petencies through teaching and one-on-one coaching. She is most interested in developing student knowl- edge of leadership to impact their successful transition to the workplace.Mr. Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University Andrew M. ”Mike” Erdman received his B.S. in Engineering Science from Penn State and his M.S. from USC. Erdman has also taken courses at RPI, Union, UCLA, UCSB, MIT, and Dartmouth. At Rocket- dyne (Pratt & Whitney), he helped design the Space Shuttle. As manager of Reactor Safety Analysis, Experimental Engineering, and Fluid Dynamics Technology at KAPL (Lockheed Martin), he
dissertation research sought to better understand the relationship between sustainability and resilience in residential construction. He contin- ued his work in resilience by helping to kick start a new business line at Fluor Corporation in Business Continuity and Disaster Management Solutions, where he primarily worked as a consultant with Fortune 100 aerospace and pharmaceutical clients. Plumblee’s research interests focus on building a more resilient society, as well as innovation in resource constrained settings (primarily humanitarian technology and delivery). Plumblee founded an international award winning organization (Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries), which has successfully com- pleted over $2 million
Engineering (ILead). She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying product development decision-making during complex industry projects. Dr. Olechowski completed her BSc (Engineering) at Queen’s Uni- versity and her MS at MIT, both in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Olechowski studies the processes and tools that teams of engineers use in industry as they design innovative new products. She has studied engineering products and projects in the automotive, electronics, aerospace, medical device and oil & gas industries.Ms. Madeleine Santia c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Examining the Engineering Leadership Literature: Community of
leadership theoryin engineers’ professional identities,” Leadership, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 351–373, 2015.[10] G. Warnick, J. Schmidt, and A. Bowden, “An experiential learning approach to developleadership competencies in engineering and technology students,” presented at the ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, Indianapolis, 2014.[11] O. Pierrakos, M. Borrego, and J. Lo, “Assessing learning outcomes of senior mechanicalengineers in a capstone design experience,” in American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, HI, 2007.[12] K. S. Cameron, R. E. Quinn, J. DeGraff, and A. V. Thakor, Competing Values Leadership,2nd ed. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2014.[13] K. A. Lawrence, P. Lenk, and R. E
expressedhere are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Stevens, R., A. Johri, and K. O’Connor, Professional engineering work, in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B.M. Olds, Editors. 2014, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, MA. p. 119-138.2. Dannels, D.P., Learning to be professional technical classroom discourse, practice, and professional identity construction. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 2000. 14(1): p. 5-37.3. Faulkner, W., Nuts and Bolts and People'Gender-Troubled Engineering Identities. Social studies of science, 2007. 37(3): p. 331-356.4. Noble, D.F., Technology and the
Paper ID #21233But How Do You Feel?Mr. Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College Werner Zorman is the Associate Professor and Annenberg Chair of Leadership at Harvey Mudd Col- lege. Before he joined Harvey Mudd, he was the Associate Director of Leadership Programs at Cornell’s College of Engineering from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Zorman received his M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Technology in Vienna. He worked for 23+ years in the telecom industry in Europe and North America as engineer, leader, mentor, coach and leadership development professional. After a long and fulfilling customer-facing career, Mr
was the Associate Director of Leadership Programs at Cornell’s College of Engineering from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Zorman received his M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Technology in Vienna. He worked for 23+ years in the telecom industry in Europe and North America as engineer, leader, mentor, coach and leadership development professional. After a long and fulfilling customer-facing career, Mr. Zorman decided in 2007 to change his career direction and to focus on leadership development, mentoring and coaching to support engineers on their journey to become effective and successful leaders. He designed and delivered programs in the area of leadership- and team development addressing areas like