ECE361 Engineering Practice

1. ECE361Engineering Practice Professionalism Page 1

2. Design Review Now the Work Begins Page 2

3. Professionalism What does it mean to be a professional? Are you a professional now? Page 3

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5. Some Practical Characteristicsof a Professional • Skills include both technical and non-technical capabilities • Ongoing professional development (technical and non-technical) • Responsibility and accountability • Participation in professional societies and progress of profession • Dedication to an ethical code Page 5

6. Professional Societies Serve Specific Social and Technical Purposes Professional societies are the preferred method for staying in touch with your colleagues and monitoring technical and professional progress in your technical field • Professional Societies: • Encourage professional behavior and development • Participate in government activities • Develop and maintain technical standards • Membership (and dues) required • Not to be confused with Honor or Service Societies • Not a Union – associated with worker solidarity and collective bargaining • Some professional societies you are familiar with: • IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) • ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) • AMA (American Medical Association) • ABA (American Bar Association) • ASEE (American Society of Engineering Educators) Page 6

7. Professional Engineer / Licensure • Indication of dedication to profession • Legal status as an engineer in all states • “Guild” status of profession • May be mandatory for your work • First official step is passing the FE exam Excellent Resource: NSPE Website http://www.nspe.org/pf-home.asp Page 7

8. Indiana Code Regulates Engineering Registration IC 25-31-1-2(b) "Professional engineer" means an individual who, by reason of that individual's special knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design which are acquired by education and practical experience, is qualified to engage in the practice of engineering as attested by that individual's registration as a professional engineer. “Professional Engineer” is a title with legal standing. Indiana State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers Full details available at http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/engineers/ Page 8

9. Registration Process Governed by State Board • Graduation from an “approved engineering curriculum” • Pass Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam • Gain work experience • BS degree requires 4 years engineering experience • Get reference letters from three PEs • Pass Professional Engineer (PE) exam • Principles and Practices exam • Professional Conduct and Registration Law exam • Pay fees and get seal • Maintain registration Full details at http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/title864.html Page 9

10. Certain Functions are to be Performed Only by a PE • Any business in IN may not practice engineering except under the direct supervision of a PE (IC 25-31-1-18) • Only production of manufactured goods is exempted • A governmental agency at any level in IN must have engineering work performed under direct supervision of a PE (IC 25-31-1-19) • Each state has similar laws • http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title25/ar31/ch1.html Sample seal to be affixed to official documentation Page 10

11. Personal Professional Development Plan Assignment: Prepare a personal Professional Development Plan for your time remaining at RHIT. This is a departmental graduation requirement as well as an assignment in this course. Hard-copy, initialed Plan is due 31 Oct, 1 Nov, 2005. ECE Professional Activities memo, log sheet, and activities list is available in the ECE Professional Development community Group on Angel Page 11

12. Details of PDP Assignment Each student in EC361 will prepare and submit a professional development plan as an assignment in ECE 361. The plan should be submitted in the form of a memo no longer than two pages, excluding attachments. The plan should include (but not necessarily be limited to) the following items: 1. A brief statement of the student’s commitment to professionalism, including ethical and moral conduct, education outside the classroom, responsibility for lifetime learning, and awareness of the interaction of profession and society; 2. Statement of Professional development plan a. If Method I, include a log sheet, showing attendance at a minimum of one event, with appropriate signatures, and proof of membership in a professional society; b. If Method II, a clear description of your proposed plan, to be approved by instructor. You will be asked to provide evidence of meeting the terms of your plan in your senior year. METHOD I The ECE faculty believes that the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the premier professional society for electrical and computer engineers in the USA and recognize participation in it as a legitimate professional development activity. Consequently, an acceptable method of fulfilling these requirements is for a student to 1. Join the IEEE professional society as a student member [current cost is $30/year] and 2. Attend a combined total of nine (9) ECE departmentally-approved activities during the sophomore, junior, and senior years. METHOD II Alternative methods of fulfilling these professional development requirements are open to each student. A more personalized professional development plan can be proposed in writing by each student that uniquely fulfills his/her educational and professional objectives. A clear statement of objectives, a coordinated plan and set of activities for achieving professional growth, and a means of documenting the completion of these activities is required in this plan. Page 12

13. ECE 361 Assignments • TEAM ACTIVITY – Continue Design Work! • INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT - Prepare professional development plan, able to satisfy departmental graduation requirements • Due 31 Oct, 1 Nov in class, one per student, hard copy Page 13