School of Mechanical Engineering Global Engineering Professional Seminar Week 7 Agenda, 25 February 2010 1.Please take one hand-out from accordion folder

School of Mechanical Engineering

Global Engineering Professional Seminar Week 7 Agenda, 25 February 2010 1.Please take one hand-out from accordion folder2.Introduction & announcements3.WIF Quiz 14.Ahead: China! Note: March 4, and April 305.Overview: Seminar Assignments

Global Engineering Professional Seminar 2

Introduction› Dianne Atkinson, Ph.D.

› Office: ME 109, inside “Thermo Area,” end of first floor hallway toward Bell Tower.

–Hours: 10 to 11:30 a.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday

› Email: [email protected]

› URL: https://engineering.purdue.edu/MECOM


Announcements--Spring Job Fair

Date: Monday, March 1, 2010Time: 9:00AM - 4:00PMLocation: Purdue Union Ballrooms


Announcements

– Expo Prep-Night: Get ready for the job fair, plus free food!

– Tonight--Thursday Feb 25th, 7pm in PHYS 114, http://purdueesc.org/

– Company information—go beyond websites! Krannert Library? Wall Street Journal news?


Seminar News

› Supplemental seminars—great value!

– Nominations invited!

– Be sure to email “same day”!

– Offer is good until April 23 (Week 14)

– All points created equal

•Make up missed classes

•Make up missed points on assignments


Friedman Quizzes› 1. First quiz – today, pp. 1--163

› 2 Second quiz—pp. 163--375

› 3. Third quiz—pp. 375—635

› Start quiz one…..


Engineering Term Abroad—CHINA!

› Shanghai Jiao Tong University, new engineering campus at Minhang, Shanghai, PRC

Purdue University Global Engineering Programs

Engineering Term in China—Semester 6 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

› No additional cost—airfare is included

› No additional time to graduation—POS friendly

› Take your friends with you—a classroom full of 30 Purdue ME’s

› Earn significant international credential just in time for the senior year job search


Classroom buildings at Minhang

› Red bricks?


Shanghai is the “Paris of the East”

› The “Bund” is the “downtown” area along the river….


Current Participants

› 30 Purdue Mechanical Engineers now at Shanghai Jiao Tong!


Shanghai has history

› This is Yuyuan Garden built by the Pan family about 1560—Shanghai grew up around it.


Shanghai has technology

› Ride the “Maglev” from the airport to downtown!


Consider the “Fact Sheet”

› Applications require $500 deposit

› Applications due April 30, 2010

› Talk over during Spring Break?

› Call-out for all international programs is March 4 at 6 p.m. “here”


ME 290 Seminar Objectives: “Pillars”

1. Global Professional foundation—global literacy, global opportunities both outside and inside the School.

2. Global Communications—Cultural Issues; Generating a “Professional Profile.”

3. Professional Ethics: Making decisions in global professional contexts, informing the Profile.


Seminar Overview

›Schedule: – First 8 weeks: foundation in globalization,

speakers, “The World is Flat 3.0, professional ethics

– Second 4 weeks: Communications project, Cultural visit, professional picture

– Last 3 weeks: Technical Area presentations, International Opportunities, closure.


Seminar Assignments

› World is Flat—3 quizzes 30 points

› Cultural Center Lecture-Tour 5 points

› Professional picture and Global Profile, posted to NSF GlobalHUB 20 points

› 15 Seminars @ 3 points 45 points

› Total 100 points


Professional engineering—Look back to achievements…

› http://www.greatachievements.org/


Professional engineering--Look forward to challenges…

› Examine the National Academy of Engineering’s

“Grand Challenges”


Visit National Academy of Engineering Website

Documents

School of Mechanical Engineering Global Engineering Professional Seminar Week 7 Agenda, 25 February 2010 1.Please take one hand-out from accordion folder