Engineering Management

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Engineering Management
ELE 3EMT/EMC

• Subject Information
• Semester 1, 2007

George Alexander G.Alexander_at_latrobe.edu.au http/
/www.latrobe.edu.au/eemanage/
26 February, 2007
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Background

• BSc (Eng) Edinburgh 1967
• MBA Deakin 1986
• Manufacturing 1967-1994
• Logistics, production, engineering including
  maintenance, production eng, test eng, QA
• Design 1994-1998
• Hardware, software projects. Business support
• Consulting/Project Management 1998-2003
• 2003 -2007
• Lecturing in ELE12EDP, ELE22EMT, ELE3EMT/EMC,
  ELE4EMT at La Trobe

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Contact Details
Lecturer George Alexander Department Electroni
c Engineering Office Physical Sciences 2, PS2
129B E-mail G.Alexander_at_latrobe.edu.au Website
www.latrobe.edu.au/eemanage/ Availability Monda
y - Thursday
PLEASE NOTE when e-mailing type ELE 31EMT/EMC in
the subject field
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Lectures Timetable

• Monday 2-4pm PW219
• Thursday 11am PW101 (EMT only)
• Tutorials/labs held on an as needs basis as
  advised in lectures.
• This also applies to the Thursday lecture (EMT
  only)
• As a rule, you will be informed at the Monday
  lecture of the weeks activities.

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Documents to collect today

• Unit Guide
• Draft schedule
• Questionnaire
• MUST BE RETURNED TODAY
• Research Topics
• Copies of overheads

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Questionnaire

• Name/course/contact details/interest areas
• arrange appropriate research topics, contact for
  preference allocation, interviews etc.
• Times for talks
• divide class, as far as possible, according to
  available times

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Library Class

• Library class
• compulsory unless written exemption
• concentrates on mobile phones
• Monday 12th March 3-4pm, TR 2A
• or Monday 19th March 3-4pm TR 2A
• meet in library according to group allocation
• You have a lecture at 2pm, same day as library
  class no library class -gt no lecture.

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Why this course?

• Electronic engineering is a vast and rapidly
  changing subject.
• Impossible to teach you everything you will need
  in your working career.
• Typical undergraduate engineering course
• student required to master a very well defined
  amount of information
• Your degree should form a strong foundation for
  further more specialised learning.

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Why this course?

• Typical task of an engineer
• engineer needs to identify what information is
  required to solve a task
• find information
• work out what is and what is not relevant
• understand in the most efficient way to a level
  required to solve the task the material which is
  relevant
• A major factor in determining an engineers
  usefulness is depth of knowledge in field of
  expertise including latest developments.

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Engineers Australia Accreditation
GuidelinesGraduate Attributes 07/02/05

• ability to apply knowledge of basic science and
  engineering fundamentals
• ability to communicate effectively, not only with
  engineers but also with community at large
• in depth technical competence in at least one
  engineering discipline
• ability to undertake problem identification,
  formulation and solution

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Engineers Australia Accreditation
GuidelinesGraduate Attributes 07/02/05

• ability to utilise a systems approach to design
  and operational performance
• ability to function effectively as an individual
  in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams,
  with the capacity to be a leader or manager as
  well as an effective team member
• understanding of the social, cultural, global,
  and environmental responsibilities and the need
  for sustainable development

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Engineers Australia Accreditation
GuidelinesGraduate Attributes 07/02/05

• understanding of the principles of sustainable
  design and development
• understanding of professional and ethical
  responsibilities and commitment to them
• expectation of the need to undertake lifelong
  learning, and the capacity to do so

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Aims of the course

• Make you aware of the sources of information
  relevant to electronics engineers
• Develop your skills in identifying what
  information is important
• Develop your skills in understanding a range of
  technical literature
• Develop skills in presenting technical
  information
• Give you a broad understanding of the functions
  of the digital mobile phone system and
• a detailed understanding of one part of it
• or other engineering field

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Course designed around theme of GSM mobile phones

• Students (working in pairs) will be allocated an
  engineering topic to research. Refer Research
  Topics.
• Students will develop their research skills in
  the library. and on the internet by seeking
  information on their research topics.
• Students will develop their oral presentation
  skills by presenting a talk on their research
  topic.
• Students will develop their writing skills by
  writing a resume.
• EMT students will also develop their writing
  skills by writing a report.

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Assessment (1)

• EMT
• 5 Contribution to class in group talks
• 5 Library attendance and exercise
• 20 Oral Presentation
• 35 Written Presentation on research topic
• 35 Resume/short listing exercise
• EMC
• 10 Library attendance and exercise
• 10 Contribution to class
• 40 Oral Presentation
• 40 Resume/short listing exercise
• NB Each component must be passed in its own right

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Assessment (2)

• More detailed information on the marking schemes
  for the oral and written presentation will be
  given later

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Course outline (1)

• Introduction
• Literature sources/Talk on CVs
• Oral presentation techniques
• use of Powerpoint
• Report writing EMT only
• Overview of GSM mobile phone network
• Library class

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Course outline (2)

• Talk on cadetship program
• Talk by careers office
• Talk on Interview Skills
• Short listing exercise
• Student talks
• Mock interviews

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Quality Assurance Survey

• Students were in general happy with the subject
  and found it useful (rating 4.3/5).
• Reviewing assessment of CV part of the
  assessment.
• Expand further the scope of topics beyond GSM.

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Thanks for your attentionNext lecture is 2pm
next Monday.