MEng Concepts Subject Intro-1 Instructors – Eric Adams – Chu Eu Ho Schedule – Monday and Wed; 8:45-9:45* – Friday seminars (w/lunch); 12-1 – Friday project mtgs (at least initially): HPS, GEO, IT: 1-3 ENV: 3-5

MEng Concepts Subject Intro-2 Talbot House follow-up – group and track addresses to Chu – first team assignment: group name Web site – need a few volunteers to help with project web pages Academic matters – registration problems – advising – classes

MEng Concepts Subject Intro-3 Attendance Intramurals – Parsons Lab team welcomes all Syllabus; Goals for subject Relationship among Concepts subj; project; thesis

Themes-1 What the profession does – outside professionals (seminars) – projects (more later) How the profession is run – project level getting work, responding to RFPs project evaluation; management conflict resolution: mediation, arbitration

Themes-2 – company level profile of a company Chase-an-engineer exercise – professional ethics staff presentation, team exercises Personal professional skills – written and oral communication staff presentations practice with critique – self-advocacy, negotiation staff presentations, workshops

Themes-3 – job searching resume writing, interview workshop, networking, job fairs/campus interviews – Professional Registration (more later) – team building/participation group exercises – library skills

Professional Registration-1 Why? – Required to sign engineering drawings, do certain types of consulting, provide expert testimony – Helpful for promotion Procedures – Graduate from accredited undergrad program

Professional Registration-2 – Pass 8 hr FE exam – 4 years of increasingly responsible practice grad school counts 1 – Submit application 6 letters of recommendation Document experience (no more than 1 pound of paper) – Pass 8 hr PE exam

Professional Registration-3 FE Exam (Registration) Dates – Saturday, October 25, 2003 (Sept 1) – Saturday, April 17, 2004 (March 1) Registration Info: More info:

Group Projects Conducted separately by track – Environmental –HPS/Geo –IT – Some mix and match

Group Projects-Logistics Projects introduced/discussed 9/5 and 9/12 Projects selected by 9/19 Draft proposals due early November Final proposals due early December Project work continues during IAP* Final projects due early April* Individual theses culled from group project (usually) Project web sites maintained throughout

First Assignment Write your resume Due – draft by this Friday at noon (for peer review) – on file by Sept 15 – updated as you go

First Seminar Title: The MIT Career Services Office Speaker: D. Rosencrans Friday, Sept 5 at noon Bring: – 3 copies of resume – substantive job description from newspaper or web for a company you’d like to interview with – highlighter (one per person)*