EMgt 4110 Engineering Professionalism and Practice

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EMgt 4110 Engineering Professionalism and Practice

• Week 1 Introduction
• Hongyi Chen

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This weeks Plan

• Introductions
• Self introduction
• Course introduction
• Syllabus
• Presentation skills
• Team formation
• Lab discussions

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Self Introduction

• Name
• Your plan after graduation
• Your interested industries

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BSIE and BSME Outcomes

• d. An ability to function on multi-disciplinary
  teams.
• f. An understanding of the professional and
  ethical responsibilities of an industrial/mechanic
  al engineer.
• g. An ability to communicate effectively,
  including oral, written and visual forms.
• i. A recognition of the need for, and the ability
  to engage in life-long learning.

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Topics to be covered

• Career Planning
• Project Management
• Communication and Team Building
• Design Methods, Issues, Process
• Decision Making
• Engineering Ethics
• Related Law Basics, Contracts
• Other issues

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Format of this course

• Half lecture
• Half discussions and team exercises

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Go through syllabus

• Required books
• Out-of-class requirements
• Project report (due on Dec 4th)
• Article presentation
• Team project
• Important dates
• Grading policy

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Grading Percentages

• Midterm exam 15
• Final exam 25
• Quiz
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• Team project 20
• Individual project report 20
• Article presentation 5
• Class participation 7

Your individual score for the team project
your team project grade satisfactorily
completed work by you as a percentage to the work
assigned to you
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Questions about the syllabus?
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Presentation Skills
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Team Membership Categories Category-1 Team
builder There are many aspects of this problem.
I will find the experts in each area, get their
opinions, then formulate my answer Category-2
Individualist I have enough information about
it, and have formed my opinion. I can not wait
to explain my thoughts on it Category-3 Analyst
I have to do research on this. I will get
detailed information on the issues from the
library and the Internet, analyze them and give
you my answer tomorrow
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Assignments

• Read The Unwritten Laws of Engineering, pp. iii
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• Read Memory Jogger II pp. iv-2
• Read Project Management Memory Jogger pp. iv-viii

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EMgt 4110 Engineering Professionalism and Practice

• Week 1 Lab
• Discuss Laws pp1-19

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What the beginner needs to learn at once
In relation to the work

• Your first job and early assignment
• Keep job rolling / avoid demanding
• Get things done
• Prepare, execute and follow up for business trips
• Express yourself and promote your ideas, but be
  concise and clear
• Lets go see!
• A wrong answer is worse than no answer
• Confirm everything in writing

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What the beginner needs to learn at once (cont.)
In relation to your supervisor

• Selection of your supervisor
• Your direct supervisor is your boss
• Never surprise the boss
• Do not report every detail to the boss
• Whatever your supervisor asks you to do
• Priority
• Reconsiderations, deviations, additions
• Report frequency

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What the beginner needs to learn at once (cont.)
In relation to your colleagues and outsiders

• Never invade the domain of any other department
  without knowledge and consent of the manager in
  charge.
• Avoid overlooking other peoples interests and
  right
• Seek other peoples opinions and recommendations
• Make your complaints first to the most directly
  responsible individual
• Remember that you represent the company

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