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Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John M. Feiler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Leo McGonagle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eileen Milligan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alexander Rokosz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Schanne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Reza S. Rahaman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Paper ID #42120Navigating the Mystery: An Approach for Integrating Experiential Learningin Ethics into an Engineering Leadership ProgramDr. James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Magarian is a Sr. Lecturer with the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program. He joined MIT and GEL after nearly a decade in industry as a mechanical engineer and engineering manager in aerospace/defense. His research focuses on engineering workforce formation and the education-careers transition.John M. Feiler, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLeo McGonagle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leo McGonagle

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Competencies and Skills

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anuli Ndubuisi, University of Toronto; Philip Asare, University of Toronto

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Paper ID #44193A Case Study of Integrating Leadership Competencies in a Global EngineeringDesign Course: A Work in ProgressAnuli Ndubuisi, University of Toronto Anuli Ndubuisi is an educator and doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education at the University of Toronto. She has over a decade of experience in the engineering profession, education, and research. Her research is at the intersection of leadership, global learning and boundary crossing in engineering education.Philip Asare, University of Toronto ©American Society for

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Innovative Approaches to Teaching & Developing Engineering Leadership

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology; James Field; Lauren Stewart, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Paper ID #43350Applying Aspects of Professional Settings to Student Teaming in an Engineeringand Design CourseRobert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Robert Simon serves as an Academic Professional for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Georgia Tech. He contributes to our undergraduate Global Engineering Leadership Minor, as well as our new Innovation & Entrepreneurship track, by infusing leadership, innovation, and team effectiveness into our engineering curriculum. He co-instructs our Innovation & Entrepreneurship in CEE Systems course, and is a member of the instructional team

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Louisiana State University and A&M College; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University and A&M College

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 71-86, Feb. 2011, doi: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2048914.[3] Hockey, R.G.J., "Compensatory control in the regulation of human performance under stress and high workload: A cognitive-energetical framework," Biological Psychology, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 73-93, 1997, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-0511(96)05223-4.[4] J. Dewey, How We Think. Boston, MA: Heath, 1910.[5] D. Schön, The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. New York: Basic Books, 1983.[6] D. A. Kolb, Experiential Learning: Experience as a Source of Learning and Development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1984.[7] L. Dee Fink, Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated

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Special Session: Engineering Leadership—The Courage to Change

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Moore, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Amin Azad, University of Toronto

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

the solution in some cases.Further integration of expertise from other disciplines might improve this.The importance of creating effective, psychologically safe teams to be successful in anyendeavour has been a common theme in leadership literature and a common focus of engineeringleadership research [36]. As students tackle increasingly complex problems, the ambiguity of thechallenges makes framing and scoping critical, and team members must work hard to collaboratein the face of uncertainty. Further, splitting the work up as a team is not an option, as the systemsthemselves - and the tools used to illustrate them - are interconnected. Instruction in systemsmapping processes and tools can help students to facilitate that collaboration

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Joint Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Development Division and Engineering Management Division

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Reza S. Rahaman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD), Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Paper ID #37304What Engineering Leaders Lead: The Career Outcomes of an EngineeringLeadership Program’s Alumni CommunityDr. James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Magarian, PhD, is a Sr. Lecturer and Associate Academic Director with the Gordon-MIT En- gineering Leadership (GEL) Program. He joined MIT and GEL after nearly a decade in industry as a mechanical engineer and engineering manager in aerospace/defense. His research focuses on engineering workforce formation and the education-careers transition.Dr. Reza S. Rahaman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Rahaman returned to MIT in 2018 after

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Competencies and Skills

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicente Valenzuela-Riquelme, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Camila Zapata-Casabon, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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of the Andr´es Bello University. The areas of research interest are the impact, relationship and integration of the gender perspective within communications and marketing in the various areas of development, digital marketing and content marketing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Characterization of Leadership Skills in Students: A Case Study in a Chilean Engineering SchoolAbstractLeadership in engineering entails an integration of diverse skills. Engineering leaders employa full spectrum of abilities and knowledge to develop innovations while seeking tounderstand, embrace, and address the current and future impact of their work. These leadersmust actively

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Joint Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Development Division and Engineering Management Division

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Donald, P.E., University of Guelph, Canada; Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta, Canada

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD), Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Teaching and Learning(associated with the norm of femininity). This is especially relevant as instructors aretypically hired without any formal training in pedagogy and have limited support orincentive to improve courses year-to-year nor to integration of curriculum beyond theirown specific teaching requirements. This challenge has been exacerbated by theaccelerating pace of educational technology available to both instructors and students.Examples of engineering leadership concepts that are delivered to engineering studentsand could support a cultural shift in instructors that would increase the femininity normassociated with non-technical content would be the exploration of personal values andorganizational values related to vision, mission and

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Special Session: Engineering Leadership—The Courage to Change

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Mattucci, University of Guelph; Makary Nasser, University of Guelph

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

traction. Initiatives to developleadership in engineering students has been gaining popularity in national communities includingASEE Leadership Division, and NICKEL (National Initiative on Capacity Building andKnowledge Creation for Engineering Leadership [1]) in Canada. However, the focus on studentdevelopment often overlooks how educators are developing professionally and as educationalleaders.One common avenue for leadership and professional development is mentorship. Effectivementorship integrates both career and psychosocial aspects to develop professional identity andpersonal competencies [2]. Mentorship plays a role in shaping the cognitive and technical skillsof future engineers as well as enhancing the transferable skills essential for

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Innovative Approaches to Teaching & Developing Engineering Leadership

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University; Sumita Ambasta; Vinayak Krishan Joshi, Plaksha University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

leadershipin the process of developing technological innovations. However, during a typicalundergraduate engineering program the students are not taught about effective decision-making or leadership, as these are considered to be management modules and outside thecore engineering curriculum. This research paper, based on a case study from PlakshaUniversity, a new engineering university in India presents a pedagogical innovation thatcenters research design as an effective pedagogical tool to teach decision-making andleadership skills to engineering students. To test this, we collected data on three majorquestions: student perception of the importance of decision-making and leadership, actualstudent performance in the course, and student perception of

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Inclusive Leadership: A Panel Discussion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Volpe, University of Florida; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Sara Valentina Rojas

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withhigh levels of leadership and professional skills [3]–[5]. Historically, leadership and professionalskills have been referred to as “soft skills” indicating lesser importance than the “hard” ortechnical skills typically associated with engineering. Leadership development was often pushedto the margins of engineering education using an end-of-program project or a few electivecourses to fulfill the requirements [6], [7]. However, recent work explores the potential andsuccess of integrating leadership and professional development into the technical aspects ofengineering education. This literature indicates that out-of-class activities such as summerinternships or research experiences (e.g., REU programs) can be beneficial in furthering

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Joint Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Development Division and Engineering Management Division

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD), Engineering Management Division (EMD)

. This theme suggested a stronger emphasis onleadership education throughout the engineering curriculum. ABET’s current leadership-related student outcome 3.5 requiresengineering program students to demonstrate, “an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives,” [7]. This studentoutcome suggests a requirement for students to grasp and apply leadership principles in team-based work but lacks a direct outcomefor educational institutions to pivot for an integrated approach to leadership education in engineering. Participants suggested this lackof integration prohibits the ability for students to link and apply

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Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farnoosh B. Brock, Prolific Living Inc.; Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Andy Brock, Prolific Living; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University and National Science Foundation

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Engineering Network) award titled ”Educating the Whole Engineer” to integrate important competencies such as virtues, character, entrepreneurial mindset, and leadership across the Wake Forest Engineering curriculum. She has led Wake Forest Engineering with a focus on inclusive innovation and excellence, curricular and pedagogical innovation, and creative partnerships across the humanities, social sciences, industry, entrepreneurs, etc. in order to rethink and reimagine engineering education. All this has led to Wake Forest Engineering achieving unprecedented student diversity (42% women, 25% racial and ethnic minorities) and faculty diversity (50% women, 25% racial and ethnic diversity). Olga is an engineering education

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Special Session: Engineering Leadership—The Courage to Change

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marnie Jamieson, University of Alberta; John R. Donald P.Eng., University of Guelph

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

paper entitled Engineering Leadership: Bridging the Culture Gap in EngineeringEducation [1] we argued that a major barrier to change in engineering education, including theincorporation of engineering leadership into the curriculum, is the culture that exists in ourinstitutions. We proposed that the elements and dynamics of this culture can be examined in theform of co-contraries (or opposites that need each other) and that the relative emphasis in theseco-contraries reflects the engineering educational culture in a department, an institution or inengineering education as a whole. Example cultural co-contraries identified include: the powerdistance dynamic between the student and the professor; the nature of the distribution of effortbetween

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Competencies and Skills

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Michael Dailey, University of Michigan

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

integrate growth in these competencies into future experiences. Due to the lack ofshared curricular requirements across the eighteen engineering majors offered at U-M,incorporating a bookend approach seemed to be a potentially effective strategy. Updating anexisting course in the first year, where some shared curriculum does exist, and implementing anew course in the senior year when most students are completing their senior design experienceand preparing to enter the workforce, proved to be the most feasible.This practice paper primarily provides information regarding the design of these two courses,including explanation of the motivations for implementing these courses and the research basisthat informs the course design. Additionally, we analyze

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Joint Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Development Division and Engineering Management Division

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica J. Li, P.E., University of Toronto, Canada; Andrea Chan, University of Toronto, Canada; Catherine MacKenzie Campbell; Elham Marzi, University of Toronto, Canada; Emily Moore, P.E., University of Toronto, Canada

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD), Engineering Management Division (EMD)

, approximately 200,000individuals are employed in this sector, and the 36 billion Canadian dollar industry has more thandoubled in size since 2006 [15], [16].Beyond its steady growth as a sector, engineering consulting is an industry where leadershipskills are a valued and integral part of the work. Engineering consultants communicate withclients and other stakeholders frequently, primarily work in teams, and collaborate closely withclients in the development of custom solutions [17]–[22]. Engineers in these firms can also moveswiftly from one engagement to another, where the team, client, and technical nature of the jobmay be different depending on the specific requirements of the project [19]. According to Hininget al., PSF typically generate

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Inclusive Leadership: A Panel Discussion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katreena Thomas, Clemson University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

leadership that areunderexplored in research and practice. While leadership is recognized as an integral part ofengineering and engineering education, there are nuances of leadership that are unique tomarginalized groups in engineering, such as Black engineers. Studies regarding engineeringleadership often highlight the importance of technical competency and social or professionalskills related to effective engineering leadership [3]–[5]. These skills are closely connected to anengineer's various funds of identity in where, how, and who they interact with in leadership.However, for the early-career Black engineers in this study, these aspects of their identity andleadership are only recognized and appreciated in specific spaces in engineering. In

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Innovative Approaches to Teaching & Developing Engineering Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Latorre, University of Florida

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Paper ID #43844Assessing Student Engagement, Success, Leadership and Teamwork Skillswith Respect to Team Role Selection and ExecutionDr. Edward Latorre, University of Florida https://www.eng.ufl.edu/eed/faculty-staff/edward-latorre-navarro/ ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Assessing Student Engagement, Success, Leadership and Teamwork Skills with respect to Team Role Selection and ExecutionAbstractThe importance of working in teams throughout the engineering education curriculum has beenwell documented in research. Therefore, most engineering curricula conclude with a team-basedcapstone design