Spring 1999 Index:
Rev: Mar 25
This course was created to provide students with information about professional engineering life and career planning. Students should enroll in the course the first semester of their junior year. Students with coop and/or intern experience are already exposed to some of the topics that are covered. Emphasis is placed on; continuing education, the "first years", professional interactions, time management, career planning, intellectual property, independent consulting, ethics, professional liability, organizations and their structure, entrepreneurship, project planning and documentation, and interviewing.
Guest speakers from industry are recruited to come to class and give presentations on professional topics such as interviewing, career management, interviewing, and continuing education.
The textbooks listed for the course are intended to be reference books rather than "traditional" textbooks. You should read the appropriate sections of the books as the material is covered in class. These books should be kept as a part of your professional library.
The grade in class (P-NP) is based on attendance and homework assignments.
Second homework assignment is due Feb 11. Note that the period of record keeping ends Feb 3 and not Mar 3 (an error in the class notes)
Jan 28, 1999 First homework assignment is due today if you have not already turned it in.
Jan 07, 1999
Welcome to the web pages for
EE 391. See you Thursday, January 14, at 1:10 pm in 2245
Coover (old 238 Coover). This URL will be used for notes and announcements
concerning this course. Please check this URL frequently during the
semester.
IEEE Student Branch - Central Iowa Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE Student Membership - National Web Page
Fundamental of Engineering Exam - Professional Engineering Registration
The IEEE Entrepreneurial Skills Seminar Welcome to a video seminar sponsored by the IEEE Foundation to prepare engineers and scientists for entrepreneurial opportunities in the 21st century.
Because we have a dynamic schedule during the semester with some speakers being made available upon short notice, this schedule will change as needed.
| Date | Topics |
| Week-1 | 01-14-99 Class Introduction: Grading Policy, Goals, What are Engineers? |
| Week-2 | 01-21-99 Continuing Education, First Years - The Transition |
| Week-3 | 01-28-99 Management of Self and Relationships with Others |
| Week-4 | 02-04-99 Maslow's hierarch of needs, Professional Interactions , "Perception is Reality" |
| Week-5 | 02-11-99 Time Management (postponed) |
| Week-6 | 02-18-99 Time Management (Walesh: p 30-43) |
| Week-7 | 02-25-99 Time Management (continued) |
| Week-8 | Midterm grades due
03-04-99 Time Management (finished), Professional Documentation: Office Documents, Project Planning and Management Documents, Project Engineering Documents. |
| Week-9 | 03-11-99 Professional Documentation (Continued): Office Documents, Project Planning and Management Documents, Project Engineering Documents. |
| 03-18-99 Spring Break Classes Dismissed |
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| Week-10 | 03-25-99 Intellectual Property |
| Week-11 | 04-01-99 Annual Performance Review, Professional Employment Organization Structures |
| Week-12 | 04-08-99 Business (legal types of) Organizations, Entrepreneurship & Small Startup Company |
| Week-13 |
04-15-99 Professional Ethics |
| Week-14 | 04-22-99 Careers and Salaries, Competencies for Success in Careers and School |
| Week-15 | 04-29-99 Semester Review and Class Evaluations |
| Week-16 | FINAL
EXAM WEEK
EE 391 Does not have a Final Exam Information on the final exam schedule can
by found on the ISU web pages at URLs: |
Outline of additional topics to be covered when speakers are not available:
Boeing Corporation - Business Conduct Guidelines (Appendix E)
Course Title: The Engineering Professional (1-0)
Term: Spring 1999
Time/Location: 1:10 pm Thurs. Coover 2245
Lecture Sections: 1
Lab Sections: not applicable
World Wide Web: www.ee.iastate.edu/~russell/ee391/ee391.html
Instructor:
Iowa State University
Steve F. Russell,
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
3107 Coover ECPE, Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
Phone: 515-294-1273 (voice mail capability)
email: sfr@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~sfr/homepage.html
Office Hours: Office hours and current instructor schedule are posted on the web at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~sfr/schedule.htm
Texts: Walsh, Stuart G., "ENGINEERING Your Future", Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Pentice Hall, 1995 (USBN 0-13-221052-5). and Wells, David J. "Managing Your First Years in Industry", New York, NY: IEEE Press, 1995 (0-7803-1021-7).
Prerequisites and Co-requisites: Junior Classification (refer to current ISU catalog for additional details)
Lecture Notes: None
Course Syllabus: Refer to handout.
Course Requirements and Grading Policy:
You are strongly encouraged to keep your own personal attendence record and a record of the homework assignments that you have turned in.
By Robert (Bob) M. Anderson
Iowa State University
October 7, 1996
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION:
Professional career management has always been an important part of every engineer's life but with the new trends in engineering employment, it has become even more important for engineers just starting their careers. Several things are happening. The idea of lifetime employment with one company is fading. Engineers who have lost their jobs, or are fresh out of school, find themselves competing with other highly talented candidates for fewer professional positions.
"Job openings in the future will be for a new professional breed of highly educated, versatile, experienced, polyglot, career,freelance engineers. They will be self-employed professionals contracting by the job with several clients instead of working exclusively for one company" (Trudy Bell, IEEE Spectrum, August 1993, pp. 18-35).
The objective of this course is to provide our department graduates with a knowledge and understanding of the important "nontechnical" aspects of a professional career in engineering. During the semester we will be reading the texts and discussing their contents. We will have guest lecturers coming to give expert opinions about engineering professional life and what the future will be. We will be customizing the class to fit your needs in learning about professional engineering practice.