Conference Session

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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-credit curricular and not-for-credit extracurricular engineering learning environments. Paper presented at the Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference, Montreal, QC.22. Ha, Minha R. (2013). Experiential learning in leadership development: Select program at McMaster University. Paper presented at the Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference, Montreal, QC.23. McGrath, Laura. (2010). Report on focus groups on engineering and leadership (pp. 57). Toronto: ILead, University of Toronto.24. Bayless, David J. (2013). Developing leadership skills in engineering students: Foundational approach through enhancement of self-awarness and interpersonal communication. Paper presented at the Canadian

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Canada published a similar policy paper—Leading a Canadian future: The newEngineer in Society, to support leadership and professional skills education in Canadian facultiesof engineering 3. These two national calls for change have been formalized through learningoutcomes (graduate attributes) generated by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) in the United States and the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board(CEAB) in Canada 1, 2, 7. While engineering practice has historically blended technical,communication and interpersonal skills 8-12, the recent era of accountability in higher educationhas marked these competencies as legitimate features of engineering education.An increasing number of professors, instructors and

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., University of Texas, El Paso; Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso; Jessica Townsend, Olin College of Engineering

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. Departmental boundaries, constraintson resources, and even student and faculty culture can make program reinvention or curricularchange difficult. These challenges will not look unfamiliar to other institutions and programsseeking to drive change and it is intended that the creative solutions developed at UTEP couldhave traction for others as well.Forging a multi-institutional collaborationAlthough UTEP has developed relationships with a number of institutions and programs centeredon engineering leadership, they sought out a significant partnership with the Olin College ofEngineering. Olin College was started from scratch in 1999 through a generous gift from theOlin Foundation to address calls for transformation in engineering education, and graduated