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LeadershipELDM sets engineering leadershipexample for MITIn preparation to launch its new $20 million Bernard M.Gordon-Massachusetts Institute of Technology EngineeringLeadership Program (ELP), MIT released a white paperreviewing the engineering leadership programs fromaround the world to identify examples of global goodpractice. Information was collected during interviews withinternational experts in engineering education and directorsof established engineering leadership programs; more thanseventy individuals were consulted and more than fortyprograms were investigated.Penn State’s Engineering Leadership Development Minor(ELDM) led the list of four case study examples of goodpractice in engineering leadership education highlighted inthe report.The report cited the ELDM as a good example of a “programwith a strong focus on global engineering leadership.” Thecase study provided an overview of the program structure andfocus of the minor.The ELDM, which is offered within the School ofEngineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs,helps students of all disciplines—not just engineeringmajors—develop the leadership and business skills necessaryfor success in the global economy.The minor focuses on honing non-technical skills throughteam leadership, building networks, and helping othersthrough hands-on, socially relevant leadership projects.ELDM is well known for its successful projects andcollaborations with business students at Corvinus Universityin Budapest, Hungary, and engineering students at ÉcoleMohammadia d’Ingénieurs in Rabat, Morocco.In the class International Entrepreneurship andOrganizational Leadership, students collaborate virtuallywith their peers from Hungary on socially relevantentrepreneurship projects around the world. Followingexam week in May, the ELDM students travel to Budapestto give their final presentations at Corvinus University. Thisclass provides an academic understanding of organizationalleadership in a global engineering business environment andthe opportunity for hands-on application.In the class Leadership, Innovation, and Global ResourceChallenges, students participate in a semester-long course atPenn State with a spring break trip to École Mohammadiad’Ingénieurs in Rabat, Morocco. Students study leadershipand innovation primarily in the context of water resourcemanagement and engineering with their Moroccan peers.The teams work together to complete real-world, hands-ontechnical and cultural field challenges.In addition to the Hungary and Morocco courses, the ELDMalso offers global engineering leadership projects throughthe minor’s introductory Individual Leadership Experience.In this self-directed, hands-on course, students practicetheir leadership skills while working on real-world projects.Students in this class are currently working on projects withoutcomes in Cambodia, Benin, Morocco, and Pakistan.“Students in our program learn about themselves and cometo understand and become friends with others from verydifferent cultures; they know their place in the world and canwalk confidently,” said Richard Schuhmann, director of theELDM. “Our aspirations are for them to become innovativeand effective leaders of character.”Similar to Penn State’s ELDM, MIT’s Bernard M. Gordon-MIT ELP seeks to educate the next generation of leadersthrough “project-based learning, extensive interaction withindustry leaders, hands-on product development, engineeringleadership labs, and authentic leadership challenges andexercises.To view the MIT white paper, visit web.mit.edu/gordonelp/elewhitepaper.pdf.For more informationabout the EngineeringLeadershipDevelopment Minor,contact directorRichard Schuhmannat rxs34@psu.edu, orvisit the ELDM Website: www.eldm.psu.edu.HungaryStudents in ENGR 497B International Entrepreneurshipand Organizational Leadership, collaborate virtuallywith their peers from Hungary on socially relevantentrepreneurial projects around the world and thengive final presentations at Corvinus University inBudapest, Hungary, following exam week in May.This class provides an academic understanding oforganizational leadership in a global engineeringbusiness environment and the opportunity for handsonapplication. The course includes a one-week trip toHungary in addition to the semester-long course. Thecourse is worth two credits, and the trip to Hungaryis worth one credit. It is co-taught by Walter L. RobbDirector of Engineering Leadership Developmentrichard schuhmann (rxs34@psu.edu) and Instructorin Engineering Design andras gordon (axg17@psu.edu).MoroccoStudents in ENGR 497D Leadership Innovation andGlobal Resource Challenges, take part in a semesterlongcourse at Penn State and take an embeddedtrip to École Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs in Rabat,Morocco. Students study leadership and innovationin the context of water resource management andengineering with their Moroccan peers during springbreak. The teams work together to complete real-world,hands-on technical and cultural field challenges. Thetwo-credit course is taught by Walter L. Robb Directorof Engineering Leadership Development richardschuhmann (rxs34@psu.edu).CambodiaStudents in ENGR 493 Individual Leadership Experienceare required to work on an approved individual projector internship to practice the leadership skills developedthrough the Engineering Leadership DevelopmentMinor. Students in this course work toward buildinga school in Cambodia. The semester-long project,supervised by Walter L. Robb Director of EngineeringLeadership Development richard schuhmann(rxs34@psu.edu), is worth one credit and is taught inPenn State classrooms.JamaicaStudents in ENGR 493 Individual Leadership Experienceare required to work on an approved individual projector internship to practice the leadership skills developedthrough the Engineering Leadership DevelopmentMinor. Students in this course work on Mustard SeedCommunity projects, which are based in Jamaica. Thesemester-long project, supervised by Walter L. RobbDirector of Engineering Leadership Developmentrichard schuhmann (rxs34@psu.edu), is worth onecredit and is taught in Penn State classrooms.I N T E r N a T I O N a L P r O g r a M s50 | SEDTAPP NEwS | SPriNg 2010 SPriNg 2010 | SEDTAPP NEwS | 51