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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Pitts, Northeastern University; Steve McGonagle, Northeastern University; Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University

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of Powertrain Planning and then Product Development Operations for all Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda and Volvo brands globally. Prior to joining Northeastern, Pitts served as director of the Ford-MIT Research Alliance.Steve McGonagle,Mr. Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University Director of Engineering Leadership Steven Klosterman works in the Gordon Engineering Leadership Pro- gram. Klosterman is also a professor of the practice in Engineering Leadership at Northeastern University. Klosterman teaches leadership, product development and systems engineering. He has over 25 years of experience in the high technology and renewable energy industries. Following roles in computer archi- tecture and design at the

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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skills such ascommunication, teamwork, planning, example-setting, result-driving, innovation-driving,rapport-building and enablement. Page 23.1011.2Addressing the concerns of the National Academy of Engineering[2], which calls for betterleadership development initiatives for engineering students, requires many strategies. Oneapproach would be for an engineering curriculum to incorporate leadership development coursesinto students’ requirements before graduation. This would speak to engineering students the needand the value of leadership skills, since it is accommodated in their engineering curriculum.However, such an approach may not be popular

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Glen DePalma, Purdue University; Pouneh Eftekhari

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give my peer mentor partner time to talk”. Although peer mentors believed they can assess a situation, understand theaudience, know how to prepare, and know how to report, peer evaluations show thatmentors are not well organized and do not always plan for class. Some of the mentorsshare their weaknesses: “I could also plan more with my peer mentor partner before classso that the class goes smoother and we touch on more topics in one class session”, “Ihave to plan better in order to keep the class engaged and interested for the entire 50minute period”, “Something else that we can improve on is to be more efficient with ouruse of time because some students felt that we take too much time to cover somematerial”. Mentors rank

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Carlson-Dakes, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gregory W Harrington, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison

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to scaleup to meet the increasing demands. The remainder of the paper will focus on the creation,evolution, and future growth plans for the course, and will point to lessons learned that canassist in adaptation for other institutions.Evolution of a Course – Design and StructureThe authors of this paper, with feet planted in academia, industry, and our community,observed a gap in our curriculum that needed to be addressed. Industry was looking to hireengineers with a set of skills and experiences we felt our undergraduates were notadequately receiving. We also perceive a growing need for our students to have globalawareness and community involvement to be better able to act as stewards of theengineering discipline throughout their careers. In

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bayless, Ohio University

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actual experiment will be explained, along with the results and instructor reflectionon learning outcomes. Finally, planned future efforts will be discussed.BackgroundThe pivotal aspect of this work was that skills taught to select engineering students to improvetheir leadership development could be used to help freshmen learn how to ask questions in anopen-ended or interview situation to define a problem or obtain information for a desiredoutcome. The model used for helping students learn these skills was the (unnamed) LeadershipInstitute’s annual leadership class (seminar) that focuses on development of the student’sleadership styles through understanding of leadership concepts, emotional intelligence,examining the leadership styles of proven

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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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graduation he chaired the local Jaycees, Department of Social Services Advisory Council, GE Share Board, and Curling Club; and served on the Human Services Planning Council, United Way, Chamber of Commerce, and Capital Fund Drive Boards of Directors. Erdman has also lectured on lead- ership topics at Penn State and RPI. He returned to campus frequently as a recruiter (25 years) for GE and Lockheed Martin, serving on the Penn State College of Engineering Advisory Council (former chair of the Engineering Science & Mechanics council), helped establish an Alumni Advisory Board, and cur- rently serves as the Vice President of the College of Engineering Alumni Society. Affiliations include the Penn State Alumni Association

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Toby Egan, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology

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. Leading psychologically secure environment can be double-edgedbecause while constructive outcomes may develop, leaders/managers are placed in a position ofhaving to recognize employee feedback out of alignment with their plans and/or vision. Despitethe pressures and complications it entails, leaders need to support dissent while, concurrently,allaying the temptation to dispatch their power and authority in cases when doing so mayencumber perceived psychological safety. Information exchange may provide opportunities forethical behavior and the formation of interpersonal between leaders and followers and amongfollowers. 17 By role modeling and reassuring followers that individual rent seeking, socialundermining, and other obstacles to forming