The Enterprise Program @ Michigan Tech

Husky Construction Enterprise

Enterprise Team: Husky Construction Enterprise
Industry Partner: TBA
Advisor: Dr. Scott Amos, School of Technology
Student team-member enrollment section: #14

Goals & Objectives: TBA

Team Highlight: Aerospace Enterprise

The Aerospace Enterprise provides a hands-on educational experience to Michigan Technological University undergraduate students within the aerospace field. Students have a chance to contribute to this student led, self-sustaining venture while acquiring practical experience in a company atmosphere. Aerospace has approximately sixty members and has branched off into two major projects, with the goal of taking on a diverse portfolio of work in the future.

The Team's mission objective is to design and fly a MTU student-built spacecraft and an autonomous glider. Learn more about the Aerospace Enterprise's history, projects, and sponsorship opportunities on the Aerospace Enterprise website and follow updates via the Team's RSS feed.

MTU IEEE Student Chapter Award for Team Advisor

The MTU IEEE Student Chapter awarded Michael Moore, advisor for the Husky Games and STC Arts Teams a 2006-06 Service Award: "IEEE members were asked to chose professors/lecturers who had made the biggest difference in their academic careers here at Tech. Those teachers who inspired our intellect, commanded our respect and above all made us feel good about learning our challenging discipline of Electrical and Computer Engineering."

Summer Enterprise Communication Workshops: Computer-Mediated Communication in Global & Entrepreneurial Contexts

ENT4952 -- Computer-Mediated Communication in Global & Entrepreneurial Contexts, focuses on the increasingly global nature of technical, entrepreneurial, and professional communication that provides opportunities to navigate issues of distance, time, culture, language, and multiple perspectives associated with digital communication and virtual teams.

One face-to-face and one online section of ENT4952 will have several objectives, including reviewing research in technology-mediated communication in entrepreneurial contexts and exploring a range of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools. Students will be encouraged -- and challenged -- to develop creative and professional applications using podcasts, blogs, vlogs, wikis and other emerging technologies in their work, especially those that align well with their Enterprise Team and professional goals.

http://director.hu.mtu.edu/michael/courses/ent4952/

Summer Enterprise Communication Workshops: Computer-Mediated Communication in Global & Entrepreneurial Contexts

ENT4952, focuses on the increasingly global nature of technical, entrepreneurial, and professional communication that provides opportunities to navigate issues of distance, time, culture, language, and multiple perspectives associated with digital communication and virtual teams.

http://director.hu.mtu.edu/michael/courses/ent4952/

Fall 2006 Professional Development Workshop: Personal Brand Management

A new workshop added for fall 2006:

ENT3990, Section R02 - Personal Brand Management
Instructor - Hajj Flemings
CRN 83870

Class dates - 09/23/06-09/24/06 and 10/21/06-10/22/06.

See Curriculum & Courses for more excellent fall offerings.

Aqua Terra Tech Enterprise in Nicaragua

The Aqua Terra Tech Enterprise's newest project is aimed at creating water security in the small Nicaraguan town of Boaco.

View the team's Nicaragua photography slide show, by Brian Parmeter, MTU Photo Services.

Michigan Tech Lode story on Aqua Terra's project.

3rd Annual Enterprise Communications Conference

On March 18th, 70 Enterprise Team members and guests participated in the 3rd Annual Enterprise Communications Conference, where teams presented on the professional, technical, engineering, and entrepreneurial communication practices they encounter and produce in the The Enterprise Program.

The theme of this year's Enterprise Communication Conference is based on Lucy Suchman's article in Communications of the ACM, "Making Work Visible," where she argues that, "The way in which people work is not always apparent. Too often, assumptions are made as to how tasks are performed rather than unearthing the underlying work practices. By making the work visible, designers create a more intimate view of the workplace landscape."

The Enterprise Communications Conference is a challenge and an opportunity for Enterprise Team members -- both new members and veterans -- to explore and to discuss those "underlying work practices."

]]> Selected 2006 Conference Presentations & Workshops

Aerospace Enterprise:
"Practices for passing on knowledge: Avoiding the yearly brain-drain"

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Pavement Design Construction Management #1:
"Video Conference: Bringing Ice Cream to you from Montana"

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Clean Snowmobile Enterprise:
"Internal Communication: Good Team Communications practices"

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Challenge X Enterprise:
"Webpage Design: A FrontPage Guide for Beginners"

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Pavement Design Construction Management #2:
"Project Scheduling: Time and Resource Management"

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Guest Speaker
Lt. Col Terrence Sunnarborg
Lt. Col Sunnarborg has experience as a B-2 Bomber Pilot
and is involved with Air Force ROTC here at MTU. He will
be speaking on the importance of teamwork and communication
within a organization,based on his experiences in
his military career.

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Pavement Design Construction Management #3:
"Motivation within the Enterprise: How to Get the Most out of Team Members"

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Mini Baja Enterprise:
"Communications Strategies for Acquiring and Sustaining Sponsorships"

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SAE Enterprise:
"Proper Document Format: Presenting yourself as a Professional"

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Invited ENG3962 Team:
"IDEO: A Study in Product Improvement"

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Pavement Design Construction Management #4:
"Engineer's Salaries: Geographic Location"

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Innovative Casting Enterprise:
"Concise Communications Practices: Ensuring your Emails are Effective"

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Cross-Team Presentation:
"Bright Idea: How to Find One and Where to go With It"

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ItOxygen Enterprise:
"Making Work Visible: Creating Presentations for a Diverse
Audience"

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Wireless Communication Enterprise:
"Effective Technical Communication: A Guide to Writing Standards for Scientists and Engineers"

Enterprise Intellectual Property Handbook

Designed for and by Enterprise Team members:
http://www.enterprise.mtu.edu/forms/ip_handbook.pdf

2006 Enterprise Team Award Nominations

The Enterprise Program's Student Advisory Board has collaborated with Mary Raber -- Enterprise Program Director -- and the Program's Governing Board to establish this year's annual Enterprise Team awards:

Multi-Disciplinary Enterprise Team of the Year Award
(nomination form PDF)
Enterprise Product/Service of the Year Award
(nomination form PDF)
Enterprise Management Team of the Year Award
(nomination form PDF)
Enterprise Website of the Year Award
(nomination form PDF)
Most Improved Enterprise Team of the Year Award
(nomination form PDF)

Teams are encouraged to self-nominate for any/all award categories. Completed nomination forms are to be submitted to Mary Raber on or before April 11th, 2006.

Fall 2006 Enterprise Courses

ENT2961: Multi-Disciplinary & Cross-Functional Teaming

Be sure to enroll in the section assigned to your particular Enterprise Team:

R01 FOR STUDENTS IN ENTERPRISE SECTIONS L01-L06
83816 ENT 2961 R01 T
83817 ENT 2961 L01 T

R02 FOR STUDENTS IN ENTERPRISE SECTIONS L07-L12
83825 ENT 2961 R02
83826 ENT 2961 L02

R03 FOR STUDENTS IN ENTERPRISE SECTIONS L13-L18
83827 ENT 2961 R03 T
83828 ENT 2961 L03 T

R04 FOR STUDENTS IN ENTERPRISE SECTIONS L19-L25
83829 ENT 2961 R04 T
83830 ENT 2961 L04 T

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ENG3954: Enterprise Marketing
T/R 2-3pm for first 7 weeks of semester
Instructor: Alan Brokaw
[Sample syllabus PDF]

Industrial Health and Safety
83852 ENT 3956 R01 T 1605-1655

Product/Process Development I
83855 ENT 3957 R01 R 1505-1555

Ethics in Engg Des/Impl
ENT3958 - Prerequisite: ENG1101
83858 R01 BY ARR

Project Phases of Design/Impl.
ENT3969 - Prerequisite: ENG1102
83860 R01 BY ARR

Electronic Circuit Des and Fab
83861 ENT 3972 L01 BY ARR

Fuel Cell Fundamentals
ENT3974 - Prerequisite: CH1100 or CH1110
83867 0A BY ARR

Personal Brand Management
ENT3990, Section R02: CRN 83870
Instructor - Hajj Flemings
Class dates - 09/23/06-09/24/06 and 10/21/06-10/22/06.

Complex Communication Practices
Special Topic: Entreprenurial Communication
ENT4952
83872 R01 M 1:05-1:55 p.m.; Room TBA

Global Competition
ENT4954 - Prerequisite: ENT2961 and UN2002
83874 R01 BY ARR

ENT: New Enterprise Course Designation

Beginning in the fall 2006, Enterprise courses and workshops appear with ENT designations, a change from ENG. According to Mary Raber, Director of the Enterprise Program, this was done to "facilitate participation of non-engineering majors, and to emphasize the unique, multi-disciplinary, nature of the program.

Summer 2006: online and in-person

ENT4952: Complex Communication Practices
Summer Session B: Monday, June 26 to Thursday, August 10

Summer 2006 Special Topic: Computer-Mediated Communication in Global & Professional Contexts

Required Info Sessions in 724 M&M:
Fri. 3/31 @ 2:00-3:00 p.m. or
Sat. 4/1 @ 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Instructor: Michael Moore
mmoore@mtu.edu

Husky Games Member Wins Industry Scholarship

Junior Mike Haka (Junior, Electrical Engineering), a member of the Husky Game Development Enterprise team, was awarded a prestigious Student Scholarship from the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). Haka joins other winners from Columbia University, San Francisco State University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Ulster (Northern Ireland), Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine), Yale University and other schools in being invited to the 2006 Game Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., in March. The scholarship covers expenses related to the conference, which includes attendance at invitation-only events and workshops.

Enterprise Recruiting Fair: March 15

Enterprise Recruiting Fair
Wednesday March 15, 2006
12 to 5pm
Ballroom A, Memorial Union Building
Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be awarded