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Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffery M. Plumblee II, The Citadel; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Leadership Development

Paper ID #21520The Engineering Leader of the Future: Research and PerspectivesDr. Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Meg Handley is currently the Associate Director for Engineering Leadership Outreach at Penn State University. Previously, Meg served as the Director of the Career & Corporate Connection’s office at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. Meg completed her PhD in Workforce Education at Penn State, where she focused on interpersonal behaviors and their impact on engineering leadership potential. Meg is a board certified coach with experience in developing

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Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James N Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

– in the absence of more in-depth research on the impacts of studentsorting effects upon EL learning environments – that cohort and team composition of these fourstudent group and demographic affiliations may be of concern to EL educators.AcknowledgementsThis paper came to fruition thanks to the support of several individuals and organizations. Theauthors would first like to thank Warren Seering for his help in coordinating sample acquisitionand in managing cross-university communications during the project. We are also indebted to theMechanical Engineering departments of Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, MIT,Penn State University, Santa Clara University, Tufts University, Texas A&M University, theUniversity of Connecticut

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Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Lamb P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College; Alicia M. Kinoshita, San Diego State University; Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University

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Engineering Leadership Development

(i.e., searching for the heroic leader [6]). Recent work by Goleman [7]described knowledge of self, and its companion, self-control, as two of the four domains thatmake up Emotional Intelligence.While emotional intelligence also deals with social awareness and relationship management,other researchers have developed approaches specifically focused on how the leader connects tofollowers and motivates them to do their best. These approaches include leader-memberexchange [8], situational leadership [9], resonant leadership [10], servant leadership [11],transformational leadership [12], and path-goal [13].In leadership literature, leading a cause is a process defined by the technical requirements of aproject as well as the political (regulatory

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Education: A Review of Best Practices” 122nd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 14-17, 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA.[6] Bayless, David J. and T. Richard Robe, “Leadership Education for Engineering Students”, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington DC, Oct 27-30, 2010.[7] Farr, J. V., & Brazil, D. M. (2009). Leadership skills development for engineers. Engineering Management Journal, 21(1), 3–8.[8] Farr, J. V., Walesh, S. G., & Forsythe, G. B. (1997). Leadership development for engineering managers. Journal of Management in Engineering, 13(4), 38–41.[9] Goodale, M. J. (2005). The right stuff: Traits and skills of effective leaders. Leadership and Management in

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Poster Session - Engineering Leadership Development Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Arindom Sen, University of Calgary; Emily Wyatt, University of Calgary: Schulich School of Engineering

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Engineering Leadership Development

. Emily holds a master’s degree in higher education and student development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 What is engineering leadership? A proposed definition.AbstractIn response to the demand for engineering graduates with stronger leadership skills, manyengineering leadership development programs have been established around the world. Many ofthe best practices in such programs are similar to those in general leadership programs, and thereseems to be a lack of understanding of how to define engineering leadership, and explain how itdiffers from general leadership. To address this issue, a survey was distributed to 163participants (87% students, 13% alumni from a Canadian

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Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Leadership Development

, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Perceived Importance of Leadership in their Future Careers Relative to Other Foundational, Technical and Professional Skills among Senior Civil Engineering StudentsAbstractMany demands are placed on undergraduate students to possess a broad range of foundational,technical, and professional knowledge and skills when they graduate. Expectancy value theory(EVT) indicates that students will be more motivated to learn topics that they believe will beimportant in their future, due to utility value. Self-efficacy beliefs also contribute to learning.Given this framework, the research

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

learning goals and explore potential new learninggoals.Qualitative DataA total of 297 weekly reflection papers and 27 final papers from 27 undergraduate studentsacross two independent cohorts served as the source of data for this qualitative research study.For the weekly reflection papers, the students were asked to reflect on their experiences duringthe weekly T-Group. The students were asked to write a reflection about situations which had asignificant impact on them. The weekly reflection papers enabled the author to perform alongitudinal analysis in regards to the student’s development of their authentic leadership skillsand to conduct triangulation of the data between individuals, peers, and facilitator.For the final papers (min. 3,500 words