Infusing Leadership Education in the Undergraduate Engineering Experience: A Framework from UCF's eli2
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Charles H. Reilly; Robert Hoekstra; Robin Knight; Timothy Kotnour; Jack Selter
- Source
- Journal of Leadership Studies. 7:48-57
- Subject
- Engineering management
Engineering
Leadership studies
Process (engineering)
business.industry
Undergraduate engineering
business
Education
- Language
- ISSN
- 1935-2611
The current article describes the efforts to infuse leadership concepts into undergraduate engineering programs. There is a strong national push for enhancing the undergraduate engineering educational experiences. A short overview of the need and current practices is provided. A case study of the University of Central Florida's Engineering Leadership & Innovation Institute (eli2) is provided. The case study provides a process used to define the institute and a description of the institute's program. A person responsible for developing and running an engineering leadership effort can use the information to identify potential approaches for his or her institute.