Conference Session

Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

programs tend to focus on leadership asa set of skills or experiences bolted onto a traditional engineering education with limited formalevidence of the impact these experiences have on student development.The purpose of this study is to test the effect of experiences engineering students have in leadershiproles on their perceived gains in leadership skills, using a national dataset. The framework guidingthis study is a model for engineering leadership identity constructed from Lave and Wenger’scommunities of practice model and Komives et al.’s model for leadership identity development(LID) which recognizes that the engineering formation process is, at its core, an identitydevelopment process. Engineering leadership is theorized to develop from

Conference Session

Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

Collection

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

learning, inquiry-based laboratory instruction, and any ini- tiative that empowers students to do hands-on learning. Additional service interests include teaching and leadership training for graduate students, enhancing communication education for undergraduate en- gineering students, developing evidence-based design project team formation strategies, and improving engineering design curricula.Dr. Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Molly H. Goldstein is an engineering design educator and researcher at University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. She previously worked as an environmental engineer specializing in air quality influencing her focus in engineering design with environmental