Conference Session

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

. 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