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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University

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inBrigham Young University’s College of Engineering and Technology has integrated theleadership curriculum into its individual graduation requirements for seniors graduating in 2014and beyond. Early adopting departments now have several years of experience. Enrollment inthe required sophomore Leadership Foundations course has risen from several dozen students toroughly 1,000 students annually including approximately 20 percent student participation fromoutside the college since it is an approved General Education course. This paper presents thelongitudinal evolution of the curriculum in response to faculty concerns, student interest andexperience levels, and departmental constraints.Introduction and BackgroundLeadership skill development has become

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clinton Stephens, Iowa State University; Katherine Lynn Friesen, College of Engineering, Iowa State University

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, there are few opportunities for engineering students to forgo anengineering course to take a course studying leadership. We have addressed these challengesdirectly on our campus and successfully implemented a new model of teaching engineeringleadership while students continue to pursue their engineering degree and graduate on time.   This paper will move beyond a case study and share transferrable insights, assessmenttools, and curriculum to support engineering programs integrating leadership education into theirexisting offerings. First we will summarize the theoretical framework used, then discuss each ofthe four modules. This discussion will include the target experience levels of students inengineering, an overview of the

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel

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achieve a sustainable world, and to raise the global quality of life 1,2.A path for accomplishing this major reform in education and pre-licensure experience in theengineering profession is further described by Walesh 3. Furthermore, longstanding ethicalcannons of engineering practice require that civil engineering graduates serve the profession andsociety as principled leaders 4. To prepare students to meet an increasing demand forprofessional skills in the engineering profession, undergraduate programs are responding throughmodification of academic curriculum material and course content 5. The American Society ofCivil Engineers published an expanded set of 24 civil engineering outcomes in the CivilEngineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st

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Curriculum Development in Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bayless, Ohio University

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Capstone Leadership Project and the S-Triangle Pedagogy to Guide Engineering Leadership Development EducationAbstractThis paper presents the methodology for teaching leadership development using an overarchingcapstone project to inform the teaching/learning of the understanding self, style, and situation,also known as the leadership “S-triangle.” In this model, the “needs of instruction” for executionof the capstone leadership project are delivered on a just-in-time basis to reinforce leadershipdevelopment. While the study of leadership styles and characteristics, understanding of self, andsituational strategies is not unique, the integrated approach guided by a capstone project hasquantifiably improved student self-reported

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Agnew Trevey, Marquette University; Andrea L. Gorman, Marquette University; Kristina M. Ropella, Marquette University

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Paper ID #13734Implementation of an Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum to Prepare21st Century LeadersMs. Katherine Agnew Trevey, Marquette University Ms. Trevey currently serves as the Director of Engineering Leadership Programs in the Opus College of Engineering at Marquette University. She has more than 10 years of experience creating leadership development programs for undergraduate students. In early 2014, she was hired to run the newly created E-Lead Program (a three-year people-focused, technical leadership program offered to undergraduate students in the College of Engineering). Her responsibilities include

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

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to lead outside the formal curriculum    AbstractLeadership has historically been part of professional engineers’ work life, but until recently itwas not integrated into the formal engineering curriculum. With the support of the NationalAcademy of Engineering and Engineers Canada along with regulatory pressures from theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Canadian EngineeringAccreditation Board, committed engineering educators with ties to industry have begun to takeup this curricular challenge in greater numbers. Unfortunately, many of these programs touchonly a small segment of the student body because they remain on the periphery of engineeringfaculties. As a result, we know little about the

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yazmin Montoya, LEAD; Aaron Eduardo Pacheco Rimada, University of Texas, El Paso; Erwin Ignacio Delgado, Univerity of Texas, El Paso ; Isaiah Nathaniel Webb; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso

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Paper ID #11725Developing Leaders by Putting Students in the Curriculum Development DriverSeatMiss Yazmin Montoya, LEADMr. Aaron Eduardo Pacheco Rimada, University of Texas at El PasoErwin Delgado, Univerity of Texas at El PasoIsaiah Nathaniel Webb,Dr. Meagan R. Vaughan, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Meagan R. Vaughan received her PhD from The University of Texas at Austin where her research focused on the design of a low-cost, volume adjustable prosthetic socket. Now an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, she is helping develop a new Engineering Leadership Program to help students to bridge the gap

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tim G. Kotnour, University of Central Florida; Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida; John A. Selter, University of Central Florida

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Paper ID #10938Integrating Leadership Education into the Undergraduate Engineering Ex-perienceDr. Tim G Kotnour, University of Central Florida Tim Kotnour, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Kotnour partners with senior management teams to develop solutions for sustained performance excellence for their organization. He completed his doctorate in In- dustrial & Systems Engineering with an emphasis in Management Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is the Director of the UCF Engineering Leadership and Innovation Institute

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Dan Ewert

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students in the Iron Range program to enroll in them and then trying to make Page 26.1060.8 them, you know, do project-based learning and use the kinds of pedagogy and teach the kind of content that we wanted for the Iron Range program. But it was not an approved degree program at that point on the Mankato campus.” “It was a problem because there was no department of integrated engineering in Mankato, and we had the classical civil, electrical, mechanical and computer engineering, and where did it go?”A higher education consultant understood the curriculum-level challenges of the new program,as well as the

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Lynne Gradon Cowe Falls P.Eng., University of Calgary

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descriptions included emphasis on the use ofexperiential and project-based learning. Comments included “provide a blend of education andpractice opportunities”15 and create an environment where students can “engage in public lifemaking social contributions”11. Experiential and active learning approaches have been shown toincrease student motivation, integrate multidisciplinary curriculum knowledge, develop skillsproblem solving with a systems approach, enhance interpersonal skills, and build a communityamong students27. Many of these are parallel with leadership skills, thus it would be predictablethat experiential learning would be beneficial for teaching engineering leadership.System thinking. The final theme observed was the idea that “engineers

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Meghan Daly, James Madison University; Cairo Jahan Lakil Sherrell, James Madison University; Thomas Atcheson Ware; Diane L. Foucar-Szocki, College of Education, James Madison University; Justin J. Henriques, James Madison University

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briefing the leaders on the discussion and activities thatwould take place later in that day in their first-year groups and how to effectively execute thoseactivities. The last class of the week was devoted to reflecting on the first-year studentapplication sessions, the activities in ENGR 498 and with activities tied to the department.The application session with the first-year families and the leader duo was viewed by the leadersas the most beneficial part of the integration between ENGR 101 and ENGR 498. Leaders gainedpractical experience by leading the first-years in discussions and assignments with the goal ofcreating an open and engaging atmosphere. During this time, first-years frequently asked leadersabout their experience in the program

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Curriculum Development in Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Niño, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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. This is a very important point to emphasize, especially for engineeringstudents who are drawn to quantitative data and who tend to be less comfortable with qualitativedata and analyses. Hence, this “set up” for a discussion on analyzing the stories they receivedfrom their respondents is critical to a successful implementation of this exercise. Otherwise,students will take the “path of least resistance” and base most of their paper on the quantitativeassessments described below.When I introduce this phase, I spend a few minutes describing how strengths are holisticallydefined in this exercise (summarized on a PowerPoint) 16. Strengths are an integration of our (a)self-identities, which is how we express ourselves in a given situation, (b

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynne Cowe Falls, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Gord Aker P.Eng. PCC, Logical Leadership

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Paper ID #13727Developing a New Generation of Leadership at the University of CalgaryCase Study on the Maier Student Leadership ProgramDr. Lynne Cowe Falls, University of Calgary Lynne Cowe Falls, PhD, P. Eng., FCAE, FCSCE, is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering, the University of Calgary. She is a co-author of over 30 technical papers and several books in the area of pavement and infrastructure management and most recently of Current Pavement Management. With over 20 years in industry prior to joining the University of Calgary, she is a Vice-President and Board Member of the

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammadreza Ostadali Makhmalbaf, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

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andconstruction students.Discussion of findingsThe results of curricular components show that there is an emphasis on the development oftechnical competencies in civil engineering curricula in comparison to the development ofemotional intelligence skills. In addition, while improving communication and professional skillsis an integral part of leadership development, much of this skill development is postponed until thecapstone course.41 In capstone courses, students learn and practice how to collaborate with otherstudents and perform in teams. Capstone courses enhance students’ communication skills, such aspresentation skills, and improve their understanding of ethical and social concerns associated withthe engineering field. The findings show that the

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven W. Klosterman, Northeastern University; Steven T. McGonagle, Northeastern University; Simon Pitts, Northeastern University

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engineering and technology.This paper describes how the program builds awareness of the broad characteristics of leadershipleading up to this exercise, enriching the understanding of how leadership emerges and evolves,as a blueprint of a best practice in a nationally recognized curriculum. Included is an overviewand structure of the leadership program and brief descriptions of the leadership topics taught inthe class, including supporting literature, and outcomes.2 The Assignment – Personal Case StudyThe purpose of the assignment is to give students the opportunity to analyze the leadershipapproach and philosophies of historic figures and reflect upon how their styles match andcontrast with what they’ve been taught in the classroom, and then share

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Curriculum Development in Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University

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professional network.Networking has been long highlighted as an essential skill in finding a job11,12, but lessemphasized as part of an ongoing process of staying current, staying connected and stayingrelevant in one’s areas of knowledge and expertise. Benefits cited include13: 1. Gaining solid ground in the current operational state in which the engineer operates, even just within his or her own firm, significantly improves the ability to understand how every part of the organization contributes to the success of the company. 2. The pace of technology advances in every area of engineering increases, integration of these technologies across disciplines becomes more possible, sophisticated, existing technologies rapidly

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Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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aleadership identity within the formation of an engineering identity. Together, these developmentprocesses constitute the formation of engineering leaders.This paper presents the methods underway to validate and refine a proposed theoretical model ofengineering leadership identity development. This model can be used to reshape existingengineering leadership education programs and integrate leadership into the engineeringcurriculum in an innovative manner. The model starts with a fundamental assumption that theengineering leadership formation process is, at its core, an identity development process. Thisassumption is also central to two established theoretical perspectives that informed theconstruction of this model. Lave and Wenger’s (1991

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Stephanie Hladik, University of Calgary; Marcela P Rodriguez, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Lynne Gradon Cowe Falls P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Paper ID #17141Impact of an Extracurricular Activity Funding Program in Engineering Ed-ucationMs. Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary Emily Marasco is a Ph.D. student at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on creativity and cross-disciplinary curriculum development for engineering students as well as for K-12 and community outreach programs.Robyn Paul, University of Calgary Robyn is a Master’s student researching engineering leadership education at the University of Calgary. She graduated from Manufacturing Engineering in 2011 and worked in industry for a few years before returning to school.Ms

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Amy Huynh, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Totonto

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product development in an engineering context, with an industry- based project, and integrated leadership labs. Incoming students have an average of five years of industry experience.Iowa State Iowa State University offers university-wide Certificates and MinorsUniversity (2009) in Leadership. These include a series of linked 1-credit courses, a project and leadership electives. Engineering students have access to both, and take the same core courses but have engineering specific leadership course electives. Leadership is also explicitly integrated into the graduate attributes of the Construction Engineering program.Southern SMU’s

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard J. Schuhmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Huttner-Loan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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continuumabstraction is an important foundation upon which this paper is premised: although leadership andmanagement are two different systems, leadership and management are related; leadership andmanagement are not entirely mutually exclusive and instead exist on a continuum; opportunities exist tofind leadership in management curriculum just as opportunities exist to find management in leadershipcurriculum; opportunities exist to effectively incorporate elements of leadership into managementcurriculum just as opportunities exists to effectively incorporate elements of management into aleadership curriculum.There is interest within the engineering leadership academic community to identify opportunities withinthe engineering curriculum for the integration of

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University

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Paper ID #9937Leadership in Multidisciplinary Project Teams: Investigating the emergentnature of leadership in an engineering education contextMegan Kenny Feister, Purdue University Megan K. Feister is a doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue Uni- versity. Her research focuses on organizational identity and socialization, team communication, ethical reasoning development and assessment, and innovation and design. Megan holds a B.A. in communica- tion from Saint Louis University and a M.A. in Organizational Communication from the University of Cincinnati.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Scott Rebentisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stephen Townsend, Project Management Institute; Edivandro Carlos Conforto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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professional level, and describing the interactions betweenthe use of standards, integration, formalization, level of effectiveness, and degree ofunproductive tension between Program Management and Systems Engineering. The surveyquestionnaire that emerged contained 39 questions that explored the organization (e.g., industrysector, annual revenue, and location), program characteristics (size of the program, budget,duration and main result), processes (e.g., main standards and practices, tools and techniquesadopted) and professional characteristics such as background, years of experience, andengineering and program leader responsibilities in the organization. Data were collected during the fall of 2012. An invitation to participate in the study was

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young University; Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University

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his work investigating the role of ligaments as related to biomechanics of the lumbar spine. He is actively involved in the development and teaching of the integrated leadership, ethics, and globalization curriculum at BYU and was recently appointed Weidman Professor in Leadership. Page 24.157.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 An Experiential Learning Approach to Develop Leadership Competencies in Engineering and Technology StudentsAbstractThere is a shift occurring among many engineering and technology programs throughout theworld in the mode of

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Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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goals. For example,Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program established an integrated curriculumprogram to develop leadership characteristics and skills among engineering studentsthrough a cooperation with MIT Sloan Business School [6]. Royal Academy ofEngineering in the U.K. involves engineering students in leadership training by settingup Engineering Leadership Standard/Advanced Award programs [7]. The EngineeringLeadership Development Minor (ELDM) at Penn State University requires engineeringstudents to complete a minor degree through taking related leadership classes andobtaining corresponding credits [8]. Engineering leadership has been increasingly considered as a key aspect forengineers’ training [9]. Multiple definitions can be

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Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan R. Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University

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program evaluation in educational settings with the general objective of understanding and improving the teaching and learning process. His research has a specific focus of evaluating technology integration, assessment policy, and educational practices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 StudentPerceptionsandAttitudesTowardsaRequiredvs.an OptionalCourseinLeadership AbstractFor almost ten years, the majority of students in the College of Engineering and Technology atBrigham Young University have been required to take a sophomore level leadership foundationscourse focused on leadership principles, ethics, and global issues. The course is part of an

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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learning, and provide realism to students’ learning7,8.Despite these advantages, the use of cases in engineering undergraduate curriculum has beenlimited due to faculty’s lack of understanding in effectively linking cases to other course’smaterials5,9. To highlight some of the challenges and lessons learned, the author team used casesin a course that taught engineering leadership to undergraduates. These cases explore andengage student’s interpretations of the definition of engineering leadership as a repertoire of“exemplary attitudes, behaviors, and skills necessary for an engineer to be an effective leader”10.The course described is a core class engineering undergraduates are required to take to earn aminor in Engineering Leadership in the

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Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron S. Gordon, Clemson University; Jeffery M. Plumblee II, Clemson University; Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University

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Barry, C., 2011. Service-Learning Integrated throughout a College of Engineering (SLICE). Advances in Engineering Education, American Society of Engineering Education.Dunn, K., 2009. The Case for Leadership Skills Courses in the Engineering Curriculum Kaylea Dunn. s.l., s.n. 11Dutson, A. J., Todd, R. H., Magleby, S. P. & Sorensen, C. D., 1997. A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses. Journal of Engineering Education, January.EWB-USA, 2015. Principles of Development. Engineers Without Borders.Gordon, A., Plumblee, J., & Vaughn, D., 2017. Developing Rural Water Systems in Haiti: An Evaluation of the First

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University ; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Richard John Schuhmann, Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program

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even creativity in teams,19 the positive assessment results of this classshould perhaps be framed within this context.In the course discussed here, significant changes were seen in areas where focus was great (i.e.,global awareness and ethics). For example, global awareness was integrated implicitly into each“block” (~3 week topical focus) through assigned readings and in-class discussion; students wererequired to read the Economist magazine and be prepared each class to be called upon to give a3-5 minute impromptu presentation relating a recent news story reported by the Economist to thetopical material for that class. Diversity, including intercultural aspects, was also an explicitcourse topic (i.e., understanding others). The 1-credit

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fu Zhongli, National University of Defense Technology; Huang Zhang, NUDT in China; Tong Wu, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies (CNSSS), National University of Defense Technology (NUDT); Lini ZHOU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology; Jianchuan Li, National University of Defense Technology; Lian Lin, National University of Defense Technology; wang yang, Continuing Education College, National University of Defense Technolgy(NUDT)

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face of constraints or obstacles, resourcefulness and flexibility, trustand loyalty in a team setting, and the ability to relate to others”8 (p.1). The CDIO Syllabusdefined engineering leadership as “the role of helping to organize effort, create vision, andfacilitate the work of others” (p.68)9. It is clearly stated that leadership is not orthogonal tothe remainder of the engineering curriculum, but rather there is an extensive amount ofoverlap between leadership skills and the other engineering skills9. More studyoperationalized leadership, change, and synthesis within the context of engineering education,it may help to define learning outcomes and competencies for engineering leadershipprograms3,10.Some research grouped three main themes

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard J. Schuhmann, The Landing School; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffrey G. Soper, Montreux School of Business; Donald H. Horner Jr., Jacksonville University

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the first Chair, and the late Dr. William Leonhard gave full backing to theEngineering Leadership Development Minor throughout its existence.In May, 1992, Dr. Matson was recruited from the University of Houston by the EngineeringCollege at Penn State to be the first Director of The Leonard Center for Innovation andEnhancement of Engineering Education. The stated goal of the Center was to identify the needsof the students and of the marketplace, develop curriculum innovations and teaching methods,test the innovations, and integrate the successful results into the engineering programs. Drawingon his experience developing and teaching courses in creativity, innovation, andentrepreneurship, Matson applied those lessons to the creation of the