1. Introduction to IE 399 Minimum of 20 consecutive business days except for official holidays Some companies require longer durations Manufacturing or Service organization A positive evaluation by the company An interpretive technical essay Project: Solution to a practical IE problem

2. Administrative Issues (Prior to Fall 2010) You need to find a company By yourselves Relatives, friends, acquaintances, etc. Application to companies through their web pages Through the dean’s summer practice office Correspondence: Room No: EA412 Duygu Musaoğlu The companies requesting summer trainees contact the dean’s office Ms. Musaoğlu announces these company requests as they are received, to the students on their webpage http://mfstaj.bilkent.edu.tr:8080/student/index.jsp http://mfstaj.bilkent.edu.tr:8080/student/index.jsp The students are selected via a lottery draw Through our department’s resources Our department has agreements with a number of companies The name of the companies and the selection criteria will be announced through our web page

3. Administrative Issues (Prior to Fall 2010) Get your company approved If the company is not listed among the “approved companies”, then we MUST get your company approved by course coordinators Pick the sealed envelope from Ms. Musaoğlu “Staj Değerlendirme Formu” The latest pick up date of the envelopes is one week before your summer training start date In the first day of your summer practice, hand the sealed envelope to your supervisor in the company Your supervisor will fill in these forms and post them via mail or you can hand the sealed envelope to Ms. Musaoğlu personally

4. Academic Issues (During the Fall Semester) We address academic questions relating to the content of the technical report Reports are evenly distributed among all faculty members Each faculty member evaluates the reports assigned to him/her by taking assistance from a graduate student Course coordinators: IE 299: Figen Eren; IE 399: Osman Alp.

5. Requirements Prerequisites: IE 299 The sealed envelope (Staj Değerlendirme Formu) must be received by the Dean’s Office no later than the sixth Monday of Fall Semester Deadline for submitting the reports is the third Monday of Fall Semester Exact date is announced at the start the semester The students who receive an "unsatisfactory" (U) grade repeat the summer training during the next summer Re-registers to the course in the next Fall semester Summer training during the winter break is not allowed Two summer practices can be conducted in one summer

6. Recommendations Project either assigned by the supervising engineer, or proposed by the student and approved by company A project in which you can use the tools and methods of IE Project to be completed onsite Go over the “Summer Practice Evaluation Form” before visiting the company and writing your report Selection of a well motivated problem A good problem definition This semester two students failed because their project did not meet our standards.

7. Grading of The Report - 1 Reports are evaluated by the faculty members and/or the graduate teaching assistants At the end of the first evaluation, if the student receives a grade  Below 40: Fail in the report evaluation and Unsatisfactory in the course.  Between 40 and 69, inclusive or less than 50% performance in some class of criteria (i.e., Format and Organization, Language, Content): Rewrite in the report evaluation following the feedback provided.  Greater than or equal to 70 with a minimum of 50% performance in each class of criteria: Pass in the report evaluation

8. Grading of The Report - 2 Those students who receive a Rewrite in the first evaluation submit their revised reports in two weeks after the notification. The same faculty member evaluates their reports again  Below 70 or less than 50% performance in some class of criteria : Fail in the report evaluation and Unsatisfactory in the course.  Greater than or equal to 70 with a minimum of 50% performance in each class of criteria: a Pass in the report evaluation

9. Summer Practice Evaluation Form -1 FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION (20%) Cover Page Page Limits and Numbering (5-10 pages) Margins and Alignment Section Division and Headings Appendix (Should be in English, cited in text, no handwriting allowed) References (Uniformity of format, cited in text)

10. Summer Practice Evaluation Form - 2 LANGUAGE (10%) Grammar Spelling and Punctuation Technical Terminology Style (Conciseness and clarity, use of formal language)

11. Summer Practice Evaluation Form - 3 CONTENT (70%) General Information About the Company (Sector, location, suppliers, customers, etc) Project Problem Definition Motivation Approach and Method Results Conclusion

12. Restructuring the Course Currently, we are restructuring the summer practice course according to the feedback we received from our students and the companies We are designing new programs

13. “Focused” Summer Training To fulfill the requirements of this program, the student will work in a company in a well-defined (on-going) project under the supervision of an IE in a multidisciplinary team at least two months during the summer performing IE related tasks

14. “Focused” Summer Training Currently, we are communicating with a number of companies to initiate this program Some companies already initiated such programs by themselves, e.g. Eczacibasi You might also search for such companies by yourselves

15. Linking IE399 to IE477/478 We want to enhance the link between IE399 and IE477/478 projects There might two way links: A prelude to IE477/478 Follow-up for recently finished projects

16. Prelude to IE477/478 Projects An IE477/478 Project can be conducted in the company that you are having your summer training We might give a priority to your team to pick that project

17. Prelude to IE477/478 Projects An extension of the project that you work on could be defined as IE477/478 project A completely different project can also be defined Whichever project is defined, you will be one step ahead since You know the company and the people You know the current system You know how decisions are made, how operations are conducted, etc.

18. Follow-up for IE477/478 Projects In IE477/478 projects, the requirements are to define, solve and implement a real life project in an organization Implementation takes in April and May Sometimes, the semester ends before the implementation completely accomplished Implementation phase is one of the most difficult part of our profession

19. Follow-up for IE477/478 Projects We are planning to arrange summer training positions in some of the companies that senior students are currently conducting an IE477/478 project We will send juniors to complete and support the implementation phases In this way, new IE477/487 projects can also spin off from these projects

20. Please follow the web page… Visit the course page at http://www.ie.bilkent.edu.tr/~ie399 frequently http://www.ie.bilkent.edu.tr/~ie399 New information will be announced as it becomes available Quotas for regular summer training Announcement of new programs and associated companies Updated content of the report

21. FAQ Summer training in a foreign country Practice at two or more companies Others questions?