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School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 400 Seminar

Spring 2015 Prof. David Love

Megan Gray Thursdays 12:30-1:20pm in EE170

Purdue School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Organizers › Prof. David Love

– MSEE 360 –  [email protected]

› Megan Gray (all wri@ng issues) –  EE 250 –  [email protected]

› Molly Kissinger (alumni only) –  ECE Development staff


Objec:ve of ECE 400 › A series of seminars to help you:

–  develop bePer skills to succeed in your career –  understand the responsibility and the code of ethics as an engineer

– widen your horizon and recognize opportuni@es – manage your professional life –  learn from speakers' experiences


Tenta:ve Topics for Spring 2015 – Graduate School –  Professional Ethics –  Professional E@quePe –  Intellectual Property –  Entrepreneurship –  Financial Planning –  and more …


Learning Objec:ves (Course Outcomes) 1.  an ability to communicate ideas in a wriPen

form 2.  an awareness of skills necessary to achieve

success in the workplace 3.  the ability to research and evaluate current

events in an engineering context 4.  an understanding of the role of ethical

engineering in the work environment It is necessary to demonstrate achievement of all learning objec:ves to receive a passing grade!


LOs achieved through assignments › Assignment 1: Ethics (LOs 1, 4)

› Assignment 2: Professional Statement (LOs 1, 2, 3)

› Assignment 3: Proposal (LOs 1, 2, 3)

› Each assignment has 100 points. You must score 50% or above for an assignment to demonstrate achievement of relevant LO: –  3 chances to achieve LO 1 –  2 chances to achieve LO 2 –  2 chances to achieve LO 3 –  1 chance to achieve LO 4


Grading Summary: Passing grades ›  Must demonstrate achievement of all LOs

›  Score = Average score on three assignments

›  APendance = APendance points (up to 1 per class) ›  Grading scheme:

– Grade A: Score ≥ 80 and APendance ≥ 12; else – Grade B: Score ≥ 70 and APendance ≥ 11; else – Grade C: Score ≥ 60 and APendance ≥ 10; else – Grade D: Score ≥ 50 and APendance ≥ 9


WriOen Assignments › Assignment 1: Ethics (due 2/12)

› Assignment 2: Professional Statement (due 3/26)

› Assignment 3: Proposal (due 4/16)

› There is a wri:ng rubric available on the course website. Grades are based on the following criteria: –  Content –  Organiza@on and format –  Style and tone –  Wri@ng fundamentals


Bonus points ›  Opportuni@es may be presented during the semester

›  Examples from the past: –  Topic and speaker sugges@ons –  Exit survey


AOendance points –  Fill out the passed out aPendance sheet –  Write down your seat label –  You MUST sit in this seat for future lectures –  APendance sheets may be used in the future –  Lecture

• If you have to leave early, do so quietly –  You earn:

• 1 point for aPending a lecture in its en@rety • 0.5 point if you aPend at least half of the lecture (because you arrive late or leave early)

Do not return the a+endance sheet for another student!


Grading Summary: Failing grades ›  Failing to achieve a LO, or

›  Score < 50, or

›  APendance < 9


Assignment Submission – Due to the large volume submit in TWO ways 1) Blackboard (SafeAssign) 2) Hard copy turned in at the beginning of the

class period on due date • Email submission is not accepted • All deadlines are firm

– Deadline is strictly enforced –  Severe penal@es for late submission – Assignment must be submiOed on Blackboard AND in class to be considered for a grade


Plagiarism Checking –  Students caught engaging in an academically dishonest prac@ce will be heavily penalized

–  Penalty could include receiving an F for the course.

– University policy on academic dishonesty will be followed strictly

–  Plagiarism detec;on tools are used. –  Cite all sources of quoted or summarized informa@on


Academic integrity policy ›  The ECE faculty expect every member of the Purdue community to prac@ce honorable and ethical behavior both inside and outside the classroom. Any ac@ons that might unfairly improve a student's score on homework or aPendance will be considered chea@ng and will not be tolerated. Examples of chea@ng include (but are not limited to): –  Sharing results or other informa@on on a homework. –  Reques@ng a regrade of answers or work that has been altered. –  Filing an aPendance sheet for an absent student.

›  At the instructor's discre@on, chea@ng on an assignment or an aPendance sheet will result in a reduced score, a zero score, or a failing grade for the course. All occurrences of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Assistant Dean of Students and copied to the ECE Associate Head for Educa@on. If there is any ques@on as to whether a given ac@on might be construed as chea@ng, please see the instructor or the teaching assistant before you engage in any such ac@on.


EE 170 emergency informa:on


Emergency procedures for course › In the event of a major campus emergency, course requirements, deadlines and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances beyond the instructor’s control. Here are ways to get informa@on about changes in this course. –  Course web page:hPps://engineering.purdue.edu/~djlove/ECE400/

–  Email: [email protected] –  Phone: 496-‐6797


Lecture E:queOe › Turn off all electronic devices when entering the room

› Do not talk to your classmates

› Pay aPen@on to the speaker(s) › If you come in late, do not pass in front of the speaker

› If you do not follow e/que1e guidelines in a class period, you may be penalized 0.5 a1endance points.


Ques:ons and Answers › One final note:

– Megan is available to help with resumes and graduate school statements of purpose

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