Infusing Leadership Education in the Undergraduate Engineering Experience: A Framework from UCF's eli2

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.