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ECE400: "Professional Development and Career Guidance", Spring 2012

Course Information

Instructors

• Prof. Mimi Boutin
• Joanne Lax

Lecture

• When? Thursday, 12:30-1:20
• Where? EE170

syllabus

Lecture Schedule

• Lecture 1: "Course Introduction and Expectations" by Mireille Boutin and Joanne Lax, course instructors.
• Lecture 2: "Globalization of Engineering" by Yating Haller, Assistant Director, Global Professional Practice, Purdue University

Short biography of Yating Haller

Questions for Yating Haller

• Lecture 3: "Young Alumni Panel", Joe Myer (Rolls-Royce), TBD, TBD

Questions for Joe Myer

• Lecture 4: "Career Lessons", by Dave Dayton, Retired CEO, Itronix Corporation

Short bio of Dave Dayton

Questions for Dave Dayton

• Lecture 5: "Start-ups in Indiana, Lessons", by Gary Rush, Vice President for IT, Angie's List

Questions for Gary Rush

• Lecture 6: "Working in a Global Environment", by Bill Payne, Head of Innovation- CTO office, Nokia Corp., Nokia Siemens Networks

Questions for Bill Payne

• Lecture 7: "Professional Ethics", by Jim Bender, Director, External Manufacturing Quality, Texas Instruments
• Lecture 8: "Academic Careers", By Chris Maziar, Vice President an Senior Associate provost, Notre-Dame University
• Lecture 9:
• Lecture 10:
• Lecture 11:
• Lecture 12:
• Lecture 13:
• Lecture 14:
• Lecture 15: "Feedback to ECE (mandatory attendance)", by Prof. Michael R. Melloch, ECE, Purdue.

Lecture Blogs

Lecture 1,

Assignments

• Assignment 1: "Professional Statement", due 02-02-2012
• Assignment 2: "Ethics", due 03-01-2012
• Assignment 3: "Proposal", due 04-05-2012
• Assignment "4": "Written Questions for the Speakers"

Writing rubric for the first three assignments is here.

Relevant Documents

• IEEE Code of Ethics

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