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Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: February 10, 2011

Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: February 10, 2011. Introduction—Dr. Atkinson, Technical and Professional Communications Getting started—assignments, opportunities! Engineering Term Abroad-in China! Writing sample if time allows. ME 290 connections.

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Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: February 10, 2011

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  1. Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: February 10, 2011 Introduction—Dr. Atkinson, Technical and Professional Communications Getting started—assignments, opportunities! Engineering Term Abroad-in China! Writing sample if time allows

  2. ME 290 connections • D. L. Atkinson, Ph.D., office hours 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday. Office: ME 109, “Thermo Area” • Email: dla@purdue.edu • Course page: MECOM, on “Academics” pull-down menu on ME home page, https://engineering.purdue.edu/MECOM/

  3. ME 290 textbooks: • Chapters from two books, to make one complete picture….

  4. Schedule—on website, distributed…

  5. ME 290 Assignments

  6. ME 290 Package • Seminar participation (complete 12)—technical areas, industry perspectives, professional ethics, professional communications • Foundational reading + 2 quizzes • Professional photograph • Cultural center visit • Professional profile

  7. Notice opportunities! • Bonus points— • 9 bonus points can be earned • Each supplemental seminar = 3 points • Use points— • Help with quiz scores • Replace points lost for missed class (3)

  8. Culmination: You, Global Engineer! • 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 class

  9. Engineering—low rates of SA Purdue ME: about 30% of graduates have some international experience! Do you?

  10. Last 20 years, 5-fold increase

  11. We asked Purdue ME’s… • Why not study abroad as part of your Purdue BSME? • They told us: • 1. Expensive! • 2. Extends time to graduation! • 3. Missing out on friends and family!

  12. So we built our ME program in China to those specifications: • 1. NO additional cost! (Including airfare!) • 2. NO extended time to graduation! • 3. GOwith 29 ME friends—a class full! • And we added: For everyone in “good standing,” and classes in English, no foreign language requirement!

  13. China-ETA this semester, 31 ME’s!

  14. Note: • Shirtsleeves! Ok, we missed the snow recess. • These 33 ME’s will complete a semester of study at SJTU and return to campus for their senior year job search—with CHINA on their resume. • They are smiling!

  15. The China-ETA Program • One semester at SJTU, 15 to 18 credits • Pre-certified for Purdue credit (15 to 19) • Fits the usual “Semester Six” POS • Finish Mid-May • Taught in English, • Both Purdue and SJTU Faculty

  16. Next Spring, Semester 6 in China!

  17. Enrollment • Apply by April 30, 2011 for Spring 2012 • Complete orientation offered Fall 2011, 1 credit • Background reading, course registrations, visas, travel arrangements completed • Travel as a group first week in January 2012 • Return as a group mid-May 2012

  18. dla@purdue.edu A professional investment: • Stay competitive—international experience used to be the exception, but a revolution is underway, e.g, RPI, majority of engineers to graduate with international experience. • Internationally known partner—our partner is ranked #1 in China in Mechanical Engineering—Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

  19. What else? • Program travel to engineering and manufacturing sites (e.g., Delphi, Honeywell) • Program travel to nearby historic sites, e.g., Hangzhou • “Spring Break” at Chinese New Year’s—and guess who invented black powder?

  20. At CTC: fuel systems development, environmental, durability, vibration and electromagnetic testing. Also, products such as in-car entertainment and electronic and safety systems. Jan 2011--Delphi China Tech Center

  21. Delphi in China Delphi total investment in China is about US$500 million Delphi has 17 legal entities in China.

  22. dla@purdue.edu SJTU engineering campus The “New Gate” at the new “SJTU Minhang Campus” where the School of Mechanical Engineering is located next to the ME School

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