School of Mechanical Engineering Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 2: Sept 4, Announcements, 2. Introductions, 3. Seminar Overview and Policies, 3. Professional Communications Overview 4. Writing Sample (last 20 minutes)

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 2 Introduction ›Dianne Atkinson, Ph.D. ›Office: ME 109, inside “Thermo Area,” end of first floor hallway toward Bell Tower. ›URL: ›Voice:

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 3 Announcements 1.Study Abroad Fair follow-up: Yating Chang and the Global Engineering Program Office, in Civil Engineering Room G175 Everyday— get questions answered in person!Yating Chang 2.Student Organization follow-up: ASME, begin membership! 3.Tonight: Lisa Wichman, two years out is visiting from GE. Global Engineering Info session is 5:30 in Room 117—with pizza!.

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 4 PESC Roundtable “Outlook” ›Roundtable is September 9 and 10: Visit PESC to see ME companies—prepare ahead. PESC ›Visit ME 290 Krannert “company research” link to build your knowledge base.ME 290 Krannert ›CCO/Career Center Opportunities: resume review, practice interviews, workshops, handouts. Companies are already interviewing at CCO—upload a current resume for referral.CCO/Career Center Opportunities

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 5 MEME 290 Seminar Objectives: “Pillars”Pillars 1.Global Professional foundation—global literacy, global opportunities both outside and inside the School: Head of School and guest speakers. 2.BSME Program Opportunities: ME School Faculty speakers, returning ME students. 3.Communications—Generating a “Professional Profile.” 4.Professional Ethics: Making decisions in global professional contexts, informing the Profile.

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 6 Seminar Overview ›Schedule: – First 6 weeks: foundation in globalization, read “The World is Flat 3.0 – Second 6 weeks: begin communications project, continue with WIF and speakers. – Week 12: complete “Global Profile.” – Week 15: Profiles returned.

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 7 Professional engineering— Look back to achievements… ›

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 8 Professional engineering--Look forward to challenges… › ›Examine the National Academy of Engineering’s “Grand Challenges”Examine the National Academy of Engineering’s “Grand Challenges”

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 9 Define “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, engineering

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 10 Contrasts with “Professions” Science and Systems: Sciences: the science of biochemistry or physics – as applied, becomes the profession of medicine Systems: reasoning systems such as philosophy or mathematics – as applied, these become tools in the professions of law or engineering.

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 11 What 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 12 Steven 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 Press

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 13 Example 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 14 Professional Codes Evolve ›ASME Code --Continues to evolve, e.g., a recent addition (#8) is the ethical responsibility of professional mechanical engineers to acknowledge environmental impactASME Code

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 15 Professions 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 16 Professional Practice a.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 17 Professional Practice and Communications ›About 50% of professional time, on average, goes into communications: – Records—calendars, notebooks, data collection – With peers—discussing complex situations, planning. – With supervisors—making recommendations, explaining decisions, providing documentation. – With external regulators—arguing for standards, explaining actions, testifying in court and before policy makers. – With the public—journalists, non-expert clients.

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 18 Facts 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 19 Thiokol managers not persuaded…

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 20 Needed: 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 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 22 The Global Professional Profile A document that conveys a 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 23 Profile content useful: 1.Cover letters 2. Interviews 3. Scholarship applications 4. “Statement of Purpose” for graduate school 5. Career planning 6. Posted on GlobalHub/ME Tools