Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bayless, Ohio University

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other functional groups within thebusiness structure to attain project success in the “real world.”In response to calls from our alumni advisory board for a leadership experience integratingbusiness and engineering disciplines, a leadership development competition was designed usingsustainability as the theme. Students developing leadership skills from both engineering andbusiness were organized into teams to identify and solve a sustainability problem. Each studentwas not only focused on the overall competition, but also in defining their roles and leadershipopportunities. Both teams and individual students had periodic metrics to report, as well as detailtheir plans for influencing stakeholders or teammates in specific action areas. While

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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making [.451*]{.622**} >4b. Identifying the changing needs of the client [.436**]{.544**} 1c. Maintaining an open climate for discussion [.496*]{.661**} >4c. Anticipating what the client will want next [.270*]{.521**} 2 Developing people (⍺ =.543) 5 Initiating significant change (⍺ =.763) >2a. Encouraging skill development [290*]{.420*} 5a. Initiating bold projects [.947**]{.863**} >2b. Seeing that everyone has a project plan [.606*]{.436**} >5b. Starting ambitious projects [.922**]{.738**} >2c. Coaching people on team issues [.726**]{.809**} >5c. Launching important

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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interpersonal skill.6. Understand and describe the principles and processes that lead to effective teams. Evaluate and improve your effectiveness as a member of a team on assignments, activities, and/or a class project.7. Value diversity and the different perspectives, experience, skills that individuals bring to a team. Be able to effectively utilize those differences to enhance team performance.8. Develop skills needed to understand and establish a vision, establish goals, formulate a strategy and develop a plan consistent with a vision. Develop an ability to manage and prioritize your time effectively.9. Understand and be able to describe globalization including its historical context, driving forces and influences. Compare and

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineers for Developing Countries (CEDC) is a student-driven service-orientedprogram whose mission is to provide sustainable, engineered solutions to communities in thedeveloping world. One of the most successful features of CEDC, from both undergraduateeducation and community development perspectives, is the structured and innovative internshipexperience. In addition to in-class student participation in design, planning, and projectimplementation, a few students are selected annually for an internship in the host communitywhere they have the opportunity to develop and enhance their leadership skills in an internationaland diverse setting. The internship program consists of Clemson University engineering studentsliving in rural Haiti for 6-12

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University

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. Erdman has also taken courses at RPI, Union, UCLA, UCSB, MIT, and Dartmouth. At Rocket- dyne (Pratt & Whitney), he helped design the Space Shuttle. As manager of Reactor Safety Analysis, Experimental Engineering, and Fluid Dynamics Technology at KAPL (Lockheed Martin), he conducted research for Naval Reactors. He currently serves as the Walter L. Robb director of Engineering Lead- ership and as an instructor in Engineering Science at Penn State. Erdman has 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

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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and the work underway to refine and validate thismodel. The initial analyses offer preliminary insight into the data used to validate and refine theproposed engineering leadership identity development model. While these results indicate agreater proportion of engineering students involved in leadership activities than expected, aconsiderable amount of work, including more complex statistical testing currently underway,remains to understand the impact of these roles and how engineering educators might betterprepare engineers who are ready to lead. The following section outlines key aspects of theproject planned for the next several years.Future WorkThe complete research plan outlined in this work will be executed over the next three years

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

their lab partner improve and to develop a plan for their own leadershipdevelopment.As part of a funded leadership grant, the instructor kept an online journal of each day’s activitiesand the opportunities students had to engage in leadership through each of these activities. Onelab session was also videoed to formalize the observation of student leadership. This video wasreviewed and coded to assess the types of interactions the students had with their lab partners,other peers, and the instructor. Various leadership qualities were noted including askingquestions when having difficulty, seeking help from other students, seeking help from theinstructor, and collaboration in teams.IntroductionThe development of engineering students into

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. S.. Shelley, California State University, Long Beach; Kenneth Wayne Santarelli P.E., California State University, Long Beach; Christopher R. Warren, California State University, Long Beach; Amelia Bahrami, California State University, Long Beach

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individualdifferences and basic preferences. Specifically, through a series of items it assesses where peoplefocus their attention, how they prefer to make decisions, how they process information andwhether they prefer to plan their decisions5. Individuals are placed into one of 16 personalitycategories, which are represented by a four-letter combination. These categories are derived fromfour main groups, each with opposing personality preferences: extraversion (E) or introversion(I), sensing (S) or intuition (N), thinking (T) or feeling (F) and judging (J) or perceiving (P) 5.Regardless of the results of the assessment, the MBTI provides individuals with an opportunityto identify strengths and preferences within themselves and within others to work

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

, Say, problems C, D, and E were proposed by customers. But what they proposedwere not needs, it was his (or her) direct perception, say, the product does not have this,or that (function). Does that mean it will be all set if you add on the functions that theysuggest? Not necessary. …We cannot cover all users, right? You may need to consideradditional investigation or additional data source, some of the needs are more of nichemarket, some of them are more of mass market, so then we can formulate a goal andexecute it.--Ishmael Here, Ishmael summarized about understanding customers’ needs, making senseof them, and conducting further investigation before actually making a plan. Someengineers also mentioned the importance of conducting a cost