Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: September 22, 2011How to “join” GlobalHUB?Profile: Professional OpportunityThe Profile PackageWhat’s inside?What else….And, in conclusion….Professional engineering--Look forward to challenges…“Professional Profiles” provide:The Global Professional ProfileProfile content useful:School of Mechanical Engineering 1. Quiz this week: 10 questions, first three chapters2. GlobalHUB—please register on GlobalHUB and join our ME 290 group—Global Engineering Student Profiles at http://globalhub.org/3. Profile Assignment—see blue hand-out, due November 34. Survey #2—Prof. Jesiek, Global Engineering researchGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: September 22, 2011Global Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 201121. Go to the website: http://globalhub.org/ 2. “Register” with a login, create password3. Under “Members,” click on “groups” and search….any term in “Global Engineering Student Profiles.”4. Click on “Request Membership.”5. Browse around a little, e.g., East Asia…How to “join” GlobalHUB?Global Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 20113Profile: Professional Opportunity›Way to discover what you really have to offer!–50% completion of BSME–Credentials—courses, projects, activities–Capabilities—illustrated with extended examples, evidence!Global Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 20114The Profile Package›About 1000 words›Two pages, single-spaced, formal report format• Title, headings (3 minimum), subheads, page numbers, etc.• open line between paragraphs• Perfection!Global Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 20115What’s inside?›The answer to the interview question, “Tell me about yourself!”–Timeline: present, then past and future!–Begin with present—”Who are you?”• “context”—an introduction, e.g., current status as a sophomore in the Purdue BSME programGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 20116What else….›The past•Only those elements that relate to where you are going in the future!•Examples: reasons why you have chosen the profession of engineering, examples of character or strengthsGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 20117And, in conclusion….›Future–Where are you headed?–Show literacy!–Show passion!Global Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 20118Professional engineering--Look forward to challenges…›Examine the National Academy of Engineering’s “Grand Challenges”Global Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 20119“Professional Profiles” provide: –Identity—who you are…as a professional engineer in a particular time and place–Opportunity space—what is held in common with reader/audience/site visitor, what is the transactional/collaborative potential?–Action—what is a strategic approach to going forward?Global Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 201110The Global Professional ProfileA document that conveys the current identity of a mechanical engineer in training who has particular technical interests and the intention to become a contributing professional in a world that is increasingly interdependent and where major challenges are emerging.Global Engineering Professional Seminar Fall 201111Profile content useful:1.Cover letters2. Interviews3. Scholarship applications4. “Statement of Purpose” for graduate school5. Career planning6. Posted on NSF’s