Engineering Students and Group Membership: Patterns of Variation in Leadership Confidence and Risk Orientation

Abstract

is an instructor with the Gordon Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program and is a doctoral candidate in the Mechanical Engineering department at MIT. 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 development and the college-careers interface.

What Engineering Leaders Lead: The Career Outcomes of an Engineering Leadership Program’s Alumni Community

“…As prior works have pointed out, most EL student cohorts are self-selected [32], so causal attribution of student outcomes to program participation is often difficult. Yet, even non-causal characterizations of EL participants' career outcomes can assist EL educators by providing an awareness of what to expect about students' career needs.…”

Examining Leadership within the Unique Context of Engineering Consulting

“…Lappalainen takes a higher level line of analysis and concludes emotional intelligence is more associated with leadership by subordinates compared to intelligence or personality, therefore calling for more intrapersonal and interpersonal professional development to benefit future managerial success [36]. Alternatively, some engineering educators have focused on how to best prepare students by investigating leadership developmental frameworks or pedagogical practices [37], [38], assessment tools of leadership capabilities of engineering students [39] and students' perceived confidence or competence in these skills [40], [41].…”