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Good Morning! Announcements

Good Morning! Announcements. Please pick up an Attendance Form. Final Project paper due December 4 th ( SafeAssign TM will be used) Check your grades on blackboard. Semester Project – Objectives Develop your process to be successful!.

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Good Morning! Announcements

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  1. Good Morning!Announcements • Please pick up an Attendance Form. • Final Project paper due December 4th (SafeAssignTM will be used) • Check your grades on blackboard

  2. Semester Project – ObjectivesDevelop your process to be successful! • Set your goal(s), which major to chose at UAA, graduating, etc.  HW#1, HW#2 • Strengthen your commitment to your goal(s)  HW#1, HW#2 • Clarify your goal(s)  HW#1, HW#2 • Set‐up a "Road Map", a plan to guide you over the next years to graduation  HW#10

  3. Semester Project – ObjectivesDevelop your process to be successful! • Be prepared to deal with adversity • Outline what attitudes and behaviors you need to change/add to be successful  all HW, especially 3, 4, 8, 9! • Enhance your self‐awareness and improve your skills to practice academic success strategies  HW#4, HW#5 • Build relationships, making effective use of your peers  peer review of journals

  4. Semester Project – ObjectivesDevelop your process to be successful! • Manage time and tasks  HW#6 • Organize your learning process  HW#3, HW#4 • Co‐curricular activities • Navigate the UAA system, resources and academic advising  HW#7 • add at least 3 additional objectives you perceive are important for your success

  5. Semester Project – ObjectivesDevelop your process to be successful! To develop your process to be successful, evaluate each topic/objective based on: • Where are you currently on implementing these topics/objectives • Where a "world‐class" engineering student would want to be on each of these objectives • What you need to do to move from where you are to where you want to be

  6. Chapter 6 Personal Growth and Development

  7. “The Common Denominator of Success” – Albert E.N. Gray • Successful [people] are influenced by the desire for pleasing results. [They] have a purpose strong enough to make them form the habit of doing things they don’t like to do in order to accomplish the purpose they want to accomplish. • Failuresare influenced by the desire for pleasing methods and are inclined to be satisfied with such results as can be obtained by doing things they like to do.

  8. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

  9. “Needs” and “Wants” Needs are things that you must have, things that are essential. Wants are things that you desire. Do you really need it? Or just want it?

  10. With whom would you like to be acquainted? • Person A has a low self-esteem

  11. I have low self-esteem Your college years provide a unique opportunity for you to enhance your self-esteem by building both your self-efficacy and your self respect! Is it because you suck?

  12. Your Engineering Education Will Enhance Your Self-Esteem • Building self-efficacy: • Develop problem-solving skills • Technical knowledge • Work with other in teams/groups • Building self-worth • Academic success will bring positive feedback from professors and fellow students (self-respect) • Scholarships, internships, officer in student organization, design competition,…

  13. Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorWhat Personality Type are You? • E-Extrovert or I-Introvert • S-Sensing or N- Intuiting • T-Thinking or F-Feeling • J-Judging or P-Perceiving

  14. Number in () are the most frequent personality type found among engineering students

  15. Based on: Jung Typology Survey Results, ENGR A151, Fall 2012

  16. Benefits of Knowing Your Personality Type and Learning Styles • Guide you in selecting the engineering job functions you are most suited to • Guide you in creating your own learning experience to meet your needs • Assist you in appreciating your own uniqueness • Assist you in appreciating the uniqueness of others

  17. Employers Want More National survey of over 1,000 engineering employers revealed that industry’s #1 concern was: To give engineering students more instruction in written and oral communication.

  18. Oral Communication Demands of an Engineer • Oral progress reports • Formal presentations • Project and committee meetings • Team collaborations • Short courses and training seminars • Guest lectures at engineering schools or professional society conferences • Oral evaluations of subordinates

  19. Writing Demands of an Engineer • Letters, memoranda, and e-mail correspondence • Design specifications • Requests for proposals (RFPs) • Proposals submitted in response to RFPs • Contracts, patents, and other government documents • Written progress reports • Technical reports • Publications in professional engineering journals • Written performance evaluations of subordinates

  20. Developing Your Communication Skills • Importance of communications skills in engineering • Employers want more • Developing a positive attitude • Developing a plan to improve your communication skills

  21. Develop a Plan to Improve Your Communication Skills • Take courses in oral and written communications (COMM A111, 235, 237, 214; ENGL A111, 211, 212, 213, 214, 311, 312, 414) • Look for opportunities to write (keep a journal, write a poem or short story, send e-mails) • Read – anything and everything (newspaper, magazines, technical journals, novels) • Look for opportunities to speak (student organizations, high school class, regular class)

  22. Tips for Good Health • Eat nutritionally • Engage in regular aerobic exercise • Get adequate sleep • Avoid drugs Remember the 3 steps: Knowledge, Commitment, Implementation

  23. Work Play Smart Hard • Strike a balance between immediate and future gratification • Too much immediate gratification – Don’t get work done; feel guilty • Too much delayed gratification – feelings of deprivation and resentment can sabotage your commitment Find a proper balance between work and play which works for you!

  24. Group Discussion TopicPositive Aspects of being a College Student In your group, brainstorm a list of the positive aspects of being a college student. Then discuss each item. Appoint a leader to keep the discussion on topic Make sure you note the important conclusions in your journal. Date: 11/13/2012 Group Discussion–Positive aspects of being a college student

  25. Assignments due by Monday 11/19 Hand in your attendance form! • Read Chapter 8 sections 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 of the textbook • Note your opinions of the sections in your journal • Note questions, issues or perspectives you have/gained • Homework #9: • Read the handout “Stress and the College Student” (posted on blackboard) • Do the “How do you respond to stress” test on page 3. Write a 1 page reflection on effective ways of coping with your stress reactions. • Determine your stress score using the test on page 7. Write a short paragraph what this score tells you. • Homework #9 needs to submitted as doc(x) or pdf file through blackboard (email submissions will not be accepted)

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