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Many corporations and government organizations are noticing the lack of new engineering talent possessing the ability to step into leadership roles in today’s fast paced, technology driven environment. The Gordon Program is designed to meet this rising demand.
The Gordon Program provides mentorship from major industrial and academic leaders, real industrial challenges, and a solid academic foundation to produce successful engineering leaders.
"The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program helped put me in a position to tackle and solve immediate needs within NeuroLogica. The leadership skills I developed in the program helped me guide teams of engineers to successfully complete projects. The technical component of the program helped me identify the background of my projects while developing novel solutions. The experiences I have had with the Gordon Program will no doubt last with me throughout my career."
- Matt Dickman, Gordon Fellow '08
Features of the Gordon Leadership Program:
- 1 year intensive full-immersion program to develop technical leadership in the next generation of engineers
- Accomplishes what would typically require 5– 10 years in an industrial environment
- Provides candidate with a thorough understanding of engineering practices
- Develops communication skills and the ability to listen, understand and adapt complex ideas
- Advanced technical degree conferred upon candidate
- Gordon Challenge Project
- Market-worthy and technologically feasible project pursued in conjunction with curriculum to reinforce the skill sets gained in the program
- Directly applicable to the strategic goals of the company
- Immediate company benefit from the project
- Requires students to continue working hand in hand with their employer while pursuing an immersive education
- The Gordon fellows are guided by both major industrial & academic leaders
- Mentorship by proven leaders
- Taught the process and skill set to successfully develop a marketable product
- Industrial focus while developing a core engineering skill set for understanding multi-disciplinary practices
- Emphasis on leadership and innovation over management
- Readies candidate to assume significantly higher responsibilities
- Broader role in company direction
- Current wave of Gordon Fellows represent the top new talent from such companies as:
- Raytheon Company
- Analogic Coperation
- Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD)
- Neurologica Corporation
- Textron Systems
- US Air Force Research Labs – AFRL
- Additionally, the Gordon Engineering Leadership program leverages the potency of already existing relationships with current Gordon-CenSSIS partners. View current Gordon-CenSSIS Partners.
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