The Enterprise Program Michigan Technological University

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The Enterprise Program Michigan Technological
University
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The Enterprise Program

• What is the Enterprise Program and How Does it
  Work?
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Questions?

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The Enterprise Program Mission

• The Enterprise Program employs a
  multi-disciplinary approach to address real-world
  projects in a business-like setting thereby
  helping students to develop the skills necessary
  to succeed in industry
• Strong technical capabilities
• Skills in communication and persuasion
• Ability to lead and work effectively as a member
  of a team
• Understanding of non-technical forces that affect
  engineering decisions
• Commitment to life-long learning
• Awareness of global markets and competition

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How Does it Work?

• Students select to join one of the existing
  Enterprises or help start their own Enterprise.
• Enterprise Teams work with Industry and
  Government to identify projects and specific
  problems to be addressed within the projects
• Members of an Enterprise Team work together to
• solve real-world industry problems
• design, prototype, test, and manufacture
• manage multiple projects
• manage to a budget and schedule
• develop business and marketing plans
• recruit, hire and train new student employees

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Who Can Join?

• Motivated and hard-working undergraduates of any
  major can participate in Enterprise
• Sophomore through Senior-level students can
  enroll in Enterprise courses
• Second semester Freshmen can try out an
  enterprise by enrolling in a 1-credit project
  course (ENT1960)

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How Do I Join an Enterprise?

• The Program has two levels of participation
  across the entire campus
• 12 credit Concentration presently available in
  each engineering program and in most
  non-engineering programs
• 6 credits of project work
• 3 credits of modules in Teaming and
  Communications
• 3 credits of elective professional development
  courses
• 20 credit Minor in Enterprise presently available
  to all majors
• 6-7 credits of project work
• 3 credits of modules in Teaming and
  Communications
• 5 credits of modules in Business related topics
• 5-6 credits of elective professional development
  courses

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What Enterprise Teams are Available?

• Robotic Systems Engineering Alternative Energies
  Group
• Automotive Systems Enterprise Consumer Products
  Mfg
• Aerospace Enterprise
• Advanced Motor Sports Husky Game Development
• Future Truck Information Technology
• Mini Baja
• Clean Snowmobile Challenge STC/Arts
  Enterprise
• MTU Formula SAE Racing
• Noise, Vibration and Harshness Enterprise Aqua
  Terra Tech
• Pavement Design, Construction Materials
• Program In Integrated Sustainable Mfg.
• Innovative Castings International Business
  Ventures
• BoardSport Technologies Entrepreneurial
  Enterprise
• Efficiency thru Engineering Construction
• Wireless Communications
• Integrated Microsystems
• Blue Marble Security

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What type of projects will I work on?

• Design and build a nano-satellite to measure
  variations in radio wave emissions that would
  show how much manmade radiation is seeping into
  the frequencies characteristic of soil moisture
  and hopefully help us better understand and
  predict the Earths climate.
• Invent new products like the Transportable
  Research Instrument (TRIcorder) - a data
  analyzing/data acquisition unit built on the Palm
  Compatible Platform for use in the K-12 lab
  environment. 
• Develop a ground vehicle which uses alternative
  forms of energy to perform military
  transportation missions for moving troops, heavy
  equipment and supplies.
• Design and build a robotic measurement system to
  explore multi-path propagation effects inside
  commercial aircraft.
• Travel to developing countries in Central America
  to develop sustainable water resources for a
  community.

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Whats In It for Me?

• An opportunity to practice being an engineer, an
  accountant, a marketing analyst, an entrepreneur,
  a leader.
• Develop skills needed to succeed in todays fast
  paced, ever-changing industry environment
• Network with professionals from
  industrycompanies like GM, Ford, DENSO,
  Kimberly-Clark, and many more. Develop key
  relationships that can help when looking for
  internships, co-op and full-time job
  opportunities.
• The satisfaction of completing real-world
  projects that will help build your resume!!!

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Developing Skills

• EDUCATION EDUCATION
• Michigan Technological University Houghton,
  MI Michigan Technological University, Houghton,
  M
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May 2004 B. S,
  in Electrical Engineering, CS Minor, Fall 2003
• Cumulative GPA of 3.95 Cumulative G.P.A of
  3.36
• Recipient MTU Ambassador Student
  Scholarship
• for exceptional academic achievement
• WORK EXPERIENCE WORK EXPERIENCE
• Crystal Cool Ice Co., Muskegon Heights,
  MI Wireless Communication Enterprise, MTU
• Ice Man 1999-2003 Project Engineer January
  2002-Present
• Obtained Commercial Driver License
  Programmed a chip for a wireless snow alarm
• Delivered ice, bagged ice and unloaded
  semis As project manager, managed relations
• Trained new employees with
  industry, enterprise staff and team
• Built a communicating transmitter and
  receiver
• Fruitport Middle School Fruitport, MI
  Designed an RF amplifier and Butterworth filter
• Asst Wrestling Coach 2001-2002 Served as
  Financial Manager, responsible for
• Coached and motivated athletes
  project accounting and procurement
• Administered first aid

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What Enterprise Students are Saying

• I think joining the WCE was the best decision I
  made as an undergraduate. As a result of
  enterprise my skills range from design
  engineering and project management to technical
  writing and documentation. I have interacted with
  many other incoming graduates from other
  universities and no university has any program
  that even closely resembles ours. Former
  WCE Team Leader
• While on co-op, I easily transitioned from the
  world of academia to the world of Corporate
  America largely in part due to my enterprise
  experience. My hiring manager at The Dow
  Chemical Company informed me that he extended a
  job offer because of my enterprise
  experience. Former CPM Team Leader
• Every engineering college graduate takes
  basically the same courses. In an interview, my
  distinguishing characteristic is never my grade
  point average, its always my Enterprise
  experience. Employers are pleasantly surprised
  to learn that not only have I just completed an
  engineering degree, but I was effectively working
  as an engineer for most of that time. Former
  WCE Team Leader

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What Industry Partners are Saying

• Engineering today is about team work,
  communication and working with the public. The
  Enterprise program at MTU combines all these
  skills in the program and better prepares
  students for entering the professional workforce.
  It is one of the most impressive programs that I
  have seen in all my travels to Universities
  across the country. Patricia Galloway,
  CEO, Neilsen-Wurster Group
• The skills and attitudes that are targeted by
  the Enterprise concept, such as leadership,
  communication, teamwork, and motivation for
  lifelong learning, have been successfully learned
  by the students, and now they are budding
  superstars for the firms that have hired them.
• Richard Anderson, Principal Engineer,
  SOMAT, Inc.
• The Michigan Tech Enterprise is a leading
  program in preparing engineering students with
  leadership skills, attitudes, and valuable
  insights to enable rapid personal and
  professional excellence. This program supports a
  critical U.S. Engineering educational need to
  prepare students to thrive in the fast paced,
  rapidly changing environment that is facing all
  U.S. industry. Randy Hill, VP of Product
  Technology Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  

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Where Can I Find out More About Enterprise?

• For More Info on
• Enterprise Teams
• Faculty Advisors
• Curriculum and Courses
• www.enterprise.mtu.edu
• -or-
• Contact the Program Director mraber_at_mtu.edu

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The Enterprise Program

• Questions
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