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Rose-Hulman Hosting Workshop to Help Engineers & Students Develop Career & Life Skills
March 29, 2011
The Central Indiana Section of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology's ASME chapter have planned an engaging
seminar and continuing education workshop on Saturday,
April 2, to help provide professional engineers and
engineering students gain the critical career and life skills
necessary to keep pace with today's changing technological
workplace.
There are two program tracks for this event, being hosted from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rose-Hulman.
Professional Skills Seminar Track
A professional skills seminar and networking luncheon on "Stuff
You Don't Learn in Engineering School" will feature professional
engineer Carl Selinger. Key features of this seminar will
include:
- Providing a solid understanding of many important "professional
skills" necessary for making decisions, organizing meetings, being
effective and efficient (and knowing the difference), setting
priorities, effective teamwork, not fearing negotiating, dealing
with stress, finding out why you often don't understand other
people (and why they often don't understand you), improving
writing/speaking/listening skills and being more creative.
- Providing practical, useful and down-to-earth
tips/techniques.
- Increasing confidence and comfort so that you can better deal
with -- and excel in -- the real world, while being happier and
less stressed.
Selinger is author of the book "Stuff You Don't Learn in
Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World" and has
published several articles on professional and career
development. He formerly served as manager for The Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey, developing business,
concessions and technology initiatives to improve services and
increase revenues at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty
airports, one of the world's largest airport systems. His
motto is "Ideas are always welcomed!"
Selinger earned civil and transportation engineering degrees
from New York City's The Cooper Union, Yale University and
Polytechnic University. He is a member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Transportation Engineers
and American Society for Engineering Education.
The cost of the seminar and lunch is $5 for current college
students and $25 for recent graduates.
Professional Development Track
Another workshop track provides an opportunity for engineers to
earn professional development hours, including two hours of
engineering ethics, as required for engineering license renewal in
Indiana. The program includes three two-hour sessions in
which participants can learn about intellectual property,
operations research, ethics, a Six Sigma overview
entrepreneurship.
The courses will cover the following topics: Design of
experiments, examining how experimental design can be used by
engineers in process development and improvement; Ethics, pointing
out the importance of ethics in the engineering profession;
Intellectual property, examining the influence intellectual
property law has on the professional practice of engineers,
scientists and engineering managers; Operations research, taking a
critical look at how management science is relevant for today's
engineers; Six Sigma, providing a forum for engineers to ask
questions about Six Sigma philosophies, structures, techniques and
tools; and entrepreneurship, by answering the question: why should
engineers think like entrepreneurs?
Rose-Hulman professors serving as course instructors will be
Richard Stamper, associate dean of professional experiences and
professor of mechanical engineering, a registered patent agent who
has a wealth of educational and professional experiences, including
forming his own small company to develop medical devices; Tom
Mason, professor emeritus of economics and engineering management,
who has been a long-time advocate for entrepreneurship in
engineering education; Heinz Luegenbiehl, professor of philosophy
and technology studies, who has taught engineering ethics for over
30 years; Craig Downing, interim head of the Department of
Engineering Management, who has expertise in operational and
quality areas of engineering management; David Rader, associate
professor of mathematics, who received his doctorate degree in
operations research; and Michael DeVasher, assistant professor of
mathematics, who specializes in applied statistics and linear
modeling
The cost of this program is $125, which includes lunch.
Advanced registration is required for both workshop
sessions. Persons can
register for the Selinger workshop online here and the continuing
education workshop here.
For more information, contact Richard Onyancha, assistant
professor of mechanical engineering at Rose-Hulman, at (812)
877-8601 or Richard.M.Onyancha@rose-hulman.edu
or ASME-Central Indiana Event Chair Dan Gallagher at dpatrickgallagher@gmail.com.