Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 2: September 2, 2010 1. Introductions--ME Tech Services & Mike Logan 2. China Maymester—ME 497 tech elective credit, Eric Todd 3. Begin today: Professionalism & Ethics 4. Next week: Looking toward RT, Sept 14 and 15 5. Last 15 minutes today: Required Writing SampleME Technical ServicesAnnouncement! China!See info, get application!Further notes re textbooks!Profiles due November 11 (Week 12)Profile content useful:Professional engineering--Look forward to challenges…School of Mechanical Engineering Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 2: September 2, 20101. Introductions--ME Tech Services & Mike Logan2. China Maymester—ME 497 tech elective credit, Eric Todd 3. Begin today: Professionalism & Ethics4. Next week: Looking toward RT, Sept 14 and 155. Last 15 minutes today: Required Writing SampleGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar 2ME Technical Services› Mike Logan, ME 244,› Wea Township Volunteer› Fire DepartmentGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar 3Announcement! China!›ME 497K, 3 credits of technical elective, 2 weeks on site in China, returning May 29, 2011—same cost as Maymester here—includes air fare! Fee: $2500›Apply by December 1, 2010; applications available in class today, also online at “MECOM” See China for yourself!Global Engineering Professional Seminar 4See info, get application!Global Engineering Professional Seminar 5Further notes re textbooks!›Please get books right away—cheap on-line! ($1.99?)›For Thermo students, easy to remember quiz dates–October 21–November 18Global Engineering Professional Seminar 6Profiles due November 11 (Week 12)›Global Engineering Profile–Global professional narrative—how you as an engineer connect to the “grand challenges” facing this planet–About 1000 words (2 pages, single spaced)–May include professional picture–Must include at least a paragraph relating to professional ethics–Posted on Global-Hub; also printed out for classGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar 7Profile content useful:1.Cover letters2. Interviews3. Scholarship applications4. “Statement of Purpose” for graduate school5. Career planning6. Posted on GlobalHub/ME ToolsGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar 8Professional engineering--Look forward to challenges…›http://engineeringchallenges.org/cms/challenges.asp›Examine the National Academy of Engineering’s “Grand Challenges”›……begin now to identify the intersection between begin now to identify the intersection between your interests and these opportunitiesyour interests and these
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