Purdue ME 29000 - Global Engineering Professional Seminar

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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…Define “Professional”?Contrasts with “Professions”What is distinctive about professions?Steven Brint, In the Age of Experts*Example of “morality "dimension:Professional Codes EvolveProfessions evolve collaboratively:Professional PracticeFacts are not enoughThiokol managers not persuaded…Slide 19Needed: Persuasive Communication“Professional Profiles” provide:The Global Professional ProfileSchool 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 242Global 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 opportunitiesGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar 9Define “Professional”?Lee Shulman, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation: “The idea of ‘profession’ describes a special and unique set of circumstances for deep understanding, complex practice, ethical conduct, and higher-order learning.”Historical professions: medicine, law, engineeringGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar 10Contrasts with “Professions”Science and Systems:Sciences: the science of biochemistry or physics – as applied, becomes the profession of medicineSystems: reasoning systems such as philosophy or mathematics – as applied, these become tools in the professions of law or engineering.Global Engineering Professional Seminar 11What is distinctive about professions?(From Shulman) Historical professions address critical needs for society:Health, namely, doctors;Justice, namely, lawyers;Productivity and safety, namely, engineers.Global Engineering Professional Seminar 12Steven Brint, In the Age of Experts*›Two components of professionalism:Technical: application of broad and complex knowledge [requiring] formal academic study.Moral: commitment to “important social ends…[and] demanding high levels of self-governance.”* Princeton University PressGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar 13Example of “morality "dimension:--From the ASME Code: engineers are ethically required to limit their practice to their area of competency, which is usually a small portion of a discipline, which can be a factor in negligence lawsuits.Global Engineering Professional Seminar 14Professional Codes Evolve›ASME Code --Continues to evolve, e.g., a recent addition (#8) is the ethical responsibility of professional mechanical engineers to acknowledge environmental impactGlobal Engineering Professional Seminar 15Professions evolve collaboratively:›Knowledge is not enough. ›Community is the core of professionalism. ›In an “age of experts,” professionals are accorded power that is based on knowledge but that is grounded in an ethical community of peers that self-regulate and that enforce on-going learning and collaborating.Global Engineering Professional Seminar 16Professional Practicea. Examines problems—define problems, design investigations, set up testing, make inferences.b. Conveys recommendations—propose possible solutions, address short falls—provide technical leadership.c. Explains decisions—connect with diverse audiences, unpack issues—deliver professional expertise.Global Engineering Professional Seminar 17Facts are not enough›Roger Boisjoly has spoken widely about the Morton Thiokol O-rings test data that were provided to NASA prior to the Challenger launch that resulted in the loss of the mission.Global Engineering Professional Seminar 18Thiokol managers not persuaded…Global Engineering Professional Seminar 19Thiokol managers not persuaded…Global Engineering Professional Seminar 20Needed: Persuasive Communication›The basic components of persuasion:–Successfully establishing who you are—your credentials, your character—that is, your credibility. –Successfully understanding the commitments and values of both yourself and your audience/client—the problem space. –Successfully conveying to your client/audience the information they need to continue to interact with you.Global Engineering Professional Seminar 21“Professional Profiles” provide: –Identity—who you are…as a professional engineer in a


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