. History of your EL program’s/track’s development 3. Basic leadership philosophy in your program (For example, are ‘leadership’ and ‘engineering leadership’ considered to be synonymous?) 4. Key frameworks used in teaching/framing your engineering leadership development approach (such as Expectancy-Value Theory, Entrepreneurial Mindset, etc.) 5. Materials used in courses or other EL development activities (such as the Northouse textbook) 6. Cornerstone activities/learning experiences used in EL development 7. The role of value in your program 8. Level of explicitness of EL development as a goal of your program/track 9. The role and amount of leadership theory and practice in your
engineering leadership ‘Center’ certificate program. 7 Figure 1E: Percentage of students vs. Confidence level pertaining to the question, for the students not in the engineering leadership ‘Center’ certificate program.The data indicates that the RCEL 1.0 certificate program was effective in ensuring that its studentswere on average much more confident in their leadership mindset. The problem is that the programwas predominantly set up to train engineering students going to traditional jobs in the engineeringindustrial sector. Therefore, a revamped curriculum and approach, “RCEL 2.0”, has been proposedto more broadly cover the diversity of career paths that
concerns. Her research interests include how students approach decision making in an engineering design context. She obtained her BS in General Engineering (Systems & Design) and MS in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering from the University of Illinois and PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Dr. Joe Bradley, University of illinois Joe Bradley is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Bioengineering, Teaching Assistant Professor at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and Lecturer in the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has worked in a variety of industry sectors that includes – consumer products, software, and govern- ment research. He teaches
bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire; a Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering and PhD in metallurgy from the University of Minnesota; and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas. Prior to joining the University of St. Thomas, Bennett held executive positions in industry for more than 20 years, working at BMC Industries, CPI (now Boston Scientific) and Teltech as well as in several entrepreneurial organizations. Bennett served as Executive Director of the Minnesota Center for Engineering and Man- ufacturing Excellence (MnCEME). His current focus is on webinars and workshops on leadership for engineers in industry and academia. Bennett has a variety of academic