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

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Read a short message from our guest speaker Ben Brame on the Lecture 3 blog.
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Course Information

Instructors

Lecture

Lecture 1, (1/12): "Course Introduction and Expectations" by Mireille Boutin and Joanne Lax, course instructors.
Lecture 2, (1/19): "Globalization of Engineering" by Yating Haller, Assistant Director, Global Professional Practice, Purdue University

Lecture 3, (1/26): "Young Alumni Panel", Joe Myer (Rolls-Royce), Ross Howard (Purdue PhD student), Ben Brame (president, Allegro Dynamics)

Lecture 4, (2/2): "Career Lessons", by Dave Dayton, Retired CEO, Itronix Corporation

Lecture 5, (2/9): "Start-ups in Indiana, Lessons", by Gary Rush, Vice President for IT, Angie's List

Lecture 6, (2/16): "Working in a Global Environment", by Bill Payne, Head of Innovation- CTO office, Nokia Corp., Nokia Siemens Networks

Lecture 7, (2/23): "Professional Ethics", by Jim Bender, Director, External Manufacturing Quality, Texas Instruments
Lecture 8, (3/1): "Academic Careers", By Chris Maziar, Vice President and Senior Associate provost, Notre-Dame University
Lecture 9, (3/8):
Lecture 10, (3/22):
Lecture 11, (3/29):
Lecture 12, (4/5):
Lecture 13, (4/12):
Lecture 14, (4/19):
Lecture 15, (4/26): "Feedback to ECE (mandatory attendance)", by Prof. Michael R. Melloch, ECE, Purdue.

Post your Professional Statement here for extra credit.

Read this page on "how to address speakers" before posting your questions.

Writing rubric for the first three assignments is here.