E³ Teamwork and Leadership in Engineering

About the program

This course engages students in the fundamental principles of engineering and sociotechnical thinking while developing critical leadership and teamwork skills. Students will engage in accessibility focused engineering challenges to develop skills in applying the engineering design process and mindsets to solve a series of challenges. Through each activity, students will build their understanding of how engineers must work collaboratively to make a meaningful impact. Additionally, students will engage in specific leadership and teamwork principles and perspectives, practice each individually in the context of an experiential challenge, and then work to integrate all three to solve larger more complex problems. The ultimate goal is for students to actively integrate the engineering design process, leadership, and teamwork. 

This class is part of E³: Exploring Engineering Essentials. The UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a series of classes that can be taken individually or together to help aspiring engineers learn more about the foundations of engineering and what is possible when you apply the same framework to different topics.

This is an in-person course that meets daily in Fairfax, 9am – 4pm EST. Tuition cover materials, meals (lunch/snacks), and transportation to any offsite excursions.

Meet the Instructor

Leyf Starling – UVA School of Engineering & Applied Science Director, First-Year Engineering Center

Professor Starling is part of UVA Engineering’s First-Year Engineering Center, which has a dedicated cohort of faculty who both teach and advise first-year engineering students. The Center offers a two-semester Engineering Foundations course sequence that gives first-year students a common foundation across engineering disciplines and integrates engineering design skills with academic advising, sociotechnical issues, communication skills and career development programming.