Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: September 22, 2011
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Transcript of Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: September 22, 2011
School of Mechanical Engineering
1. Quiz this week: 10 questions, first three chapters
2. 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 3
4. Survey #2—Prof. Jesiek, Global Engineering research
Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Agenda Week 5: September 22, 2011
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1. Go to the website: http://globalhub.org/
2. “Register” with a login, create password
3. 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?
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Profile: 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!
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The 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!
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What’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 program
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What 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 strengths
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And, in conclusion….
› Future
– Where are you headed?
– Show literacy!
– Show passion!
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Professional engineering--Look forward to challenges…
› Examine the National Academy of Engineering’s “Grand Challenges”
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“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?
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The Global Professional Profile
A 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.