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- Syllabus
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- IME 499 Engineering Colloquium
for Winter 99
- (ENGR 4990 at CSU Hayward)
- (Winter 1999 - Monday afternoons, 4:00 - 5:50
p.m.,Cal Poly Pomona: Room 98B 1-254,
Hayward classroom: LI 2195, Contra Costa Campus site: CCLB 50.)
- Theme: The Effective Engineer
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- [Back to
IME 499 Winter 99 Page]
Prof. Phillip R. Rosenkrantz
- Office Phone: 909 869-2553
E-mail: prrosenkrant@csupomona.edu
- Dept Office Phone: 909 869-2555/ FAX 909 869-2564
Office: 13D-11 (modulars)
Office Hours*: Monday (3:00-3:30 p.m.),
Tuesday (10:00-11:00 a.m.), Wednesday (1:00-1:30 p.m., 3:00-4:00
p.m.) Thursday (11:00-12:00 p.m., 3:00-4:00 p.m.)
*Posted by office & on Web
(always call first if convenient--see Policies
and Procedures)
Text: None required
Cal Poly students may take the IME 499 course for 2 units of
credit with their department's approval. IME Students may use
2 units of IME 499 toward IME electives. To use IME 499 toward
degree requirements you will need the approval of your department
on a General Academic Petition. IME students may use a total
of 2 units from colloquiums for elective credit. (The IME Colloquium
is a speaker series open to all engineering students, alumni,
faculty, and industry friends. No reservations are necessary.)
The schedule will be:
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. - Light refreshments
and networking.
4:15 - 5:15 p.m. - Introduction of Speaker(s) and Presentation(s)
5:15 - 5:50 p.m. - Q & A, Discussion.
5:50 p.m. - Adjourn
Theme:The Effective Engineer
- (Speakers and topics subject to change.
- Check with the instructor or the website often
for latest information)
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Proposed Presenter(s) |
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1 |
1/4 |
First class meeting
for enrolling students - no presentation will be made |
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2 |
1/11 |
#1- How to Really
Make an Effective Presentation...What Your Mother Never Told
You! - Making
an effective presentation is more than just how to use PowerPoint.
An effective presentation takes into account a number of factors
from preparing the audience to reading body language. |
Mr. Larry Phelan, Beckman Coulter |
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3 |
1/18 |
Academic Holiday - campus closed |
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4 |
1/25 |
#2 - Knowing When
It Is Time to Move On and Watching What You Leave in Your Wake--Do's and Don'ts related
to leaving your current position. (panel) |
Panel: Ms. Michelle
Wostenberg; Dr. Marv Abrams; Roman Olay, Applied
Materials;
Kristin Vesa, Ernst & Young, LLP |
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5 |
2/1 |
#3 - Concurrent Engineering:
What it is. What it isn't. And How to Make it Work...if you are
lucky!"
Issues related to transformation from a traditionally run organization
to concurrent engineering. |
Dr. Bill Bellows, Rocketdyne |
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6 |
2/8 |
#4 - "Can't
We All Just Get Along?" How to get along with others. Being an effective
team member. How to work for a difficult boss (panel) |
Panel: Dr. Marv Abrams;
Duane Schelvan, Lockheed Martin; Robert L. Barron, Diamond
Lane Communications; Neil Kane, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford
University |
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7 |
2/15 |
#5 - How to Sell
Your "Innovative Ideas" in a "Status Quo"
Environment.
(Or: Leadership and How to Prepare For It) |
Dr. Jack ReVelle, "The Wizard of Odds"
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8 |
2/22 |
#6 - How to Decide
What to Do When You Grow Up: Personal Strategic Planning and
Effective Time Management
- How to keep your career and life exciting and fulfilling. Personal
motivation through making your personal goals mesh with organizational
goals. Deciding what you want to do and how to go for it. |
Prof. Phil Rosenkrantz |
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9 |
3/1 |
#7 "Get Your
Act Together and Put It On the Road" (The best advice from people who have survived
in the engineering arena). Topics may include graduate degree
options and "Generalist vs. Specialist" |
Panel: Prof. Don
Zook, Dr. Arnie Goodman; Prof. Bill Girouard; Mark
Brown, Adastra Systems; Martin S. Plotkin, GD California |
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10 |
3/8 |
(no presentation - final
class meeting) |
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3/15 |
Final Exam Week (no
meeting) |
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*Presentation #6
(Personal Strategic Planning and Effective Time Management) will
be held in readiness during weeks 2, 5 & 7 in the event the
scheduled speaker cannot attend for any reason. Grading will
be based on the following:
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Class participation |
20% |
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Presentation Summary
(group report) |
30% |
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Notebook |
50% |
- CLASS PARTICIPATION
- Attendance, attentiveness, and participation in class discussions
and activities. Attendance is crucial to get the benefit from
the speakers. Plans are being made to video tape the presentations.
Also in this particular situation, class participation will include
acting as hosts to off-campus guests who visit the colloquium.
Helping set up the room and cleaning up after could also be included
here. Students should make efforts to greet visitors, help them
get settled as needed, and, in general, make them feel welcome.
PRESENTATION SUMMARY/WEB PAGE - The class will be divided into
groups. Each group will be responsible for writing a summary
of the actual presentation and discussion from one or two of
the colloquiums. Summaries will be posted to the colloquium website
as a permanent archive of the presentation. This archive will
then become a resource for others. Each group will submit electronic
copy in MS Word, WordPerfect, or finished HTML format. Be sure
submissions are identified with the title of the presentation
and group members involved.
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- Format can be
any anything that fits the presentation. See the web pages created
for the Winter
98 Colloquium
series for examples and ideas. Please do not use tabs or indentations
when submitting in non-HTML format.
WRITTEN REPORT - Due via email (or provide on disk) to Prof.
Rosenkrantz no later than Friday, 5:00 p.m. of the 10th
week. Each student is to turn in a written report, double spaced,
using MS Word or Corel WordPerfect which will include the following:
- Title Page
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- Presentation
Summaries:
Critical Summary of each presentation (1/2 to one page each)
describing the main points and questions that you found to be
the most interesting, useful, or unusual. The main idea is to
"make the presentation your own" by analyzing what
you learned or what questions you now have that need to be explored.
- Critique of
the Colloquium Series:
What worked and didn't work. What could be done to improve the
colloquium series next time. Are there any topics or themes you
think would have general appeal? (1/2 to one page)
- GRADING CRITERIA
- Grading will be based on the quality and quantity and how well
instructions were followed. Professionalism and maturity are
highly regarded attributes.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY - See Cal Poly University Catalog, pg. 49,
for latest policies on Academic Integrity
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