ECE 5044 – Industry Topics and Professionalism (3C)
Course Description
Research and development methods for Engineers. Presentation of current industry and research topics in electrical and computer engineering by local and visiting industry leaders and scholars. Systematic approaches to Project planning, organization and implementation. Introduction to literature searches and library resources. An introduction to patent law and intellectual property as it applies to academic and industrial research. Ethical standards in teaching, mentoring, and professional activities, including issues of ethics and integrity including plagiarism, text reuse, and data falsification. Master of Engineering (MEng) and Industry Cohort students only. P/F only.
Why take this course?
Industry Topics and Professionalism presents current practices and topics for Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) and Industry Cohort Students. The course provides seminars by scholars and industry experts on current topics in electrical and computer engineering.
The course also acquaints first-year ECE graduate students with departmental policies and procedures, the effective use of the University’s library facilities, and the appropriate use of computer and information technologies. This course is a foundational course for the Master of Engineering students as they prepare to work on the project-based learning sequence of courses offered at the Innovation Campus. In addition, the course will introduce graduate students to modern methods of research literature search and intellectual property as well as ethical standards. These topics help to prepare ECE graduate students to face the complex challenges in these areas that they will meet in their post-graduate careers.
Learning Objectives
- Appraise current and departmental research and industry affiliated activities from the perspective of an ECE MEng or Industry Cohort graduate student.
- Design and use hierarchical organization techniques for state-of-the art engineering projects.
- Employ the scientific method in engineering project synthesis and implements.
- Use literature searches to aid research and development using databases and repositories such as Google Scholar and library resources.
- Appraise the importance of intellectual property and the prospect of patent opportunities in examples of academic and industrial research.
- Apply ethical requirements to situations in teaching and research and other professional activities.