IELM 4110
Engineers in Society
Chung-Yee Lee
Chair Professor/Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering
Course Website:
http://teaching.ust.hk/~ielm4110
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Course Staff
Course Coordinator
Hannah Ran
Office: Room 5558
Email: hannahrj@ust.hk
Phone: 2358 7093
Teaching Assistants (TA)
Yu Le (Attendance)
Email: lyuaf@ust.hk Phone: 2358 8638
Yang Huanhuan (PRS)
Email: hyangag@ust.hk Phone: 2358 8638
 Yu Le and Yang Huanghuan’s Office: Room 4223
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Career Thinking
Knowledge accumulates geometrically
Engineer vs. Technician
Be CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of your career
planning
Future: Global and Dynamic
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Globalization
Thomas Friedman: The World is Flat
What every country or company should do is
to position itself on the supply chains
according to its core-competence.
Concentrating on core business and outsourcing non-core activities.
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Globalization
Outsourcing, International trade, transportation,
e-commerce,….,
Winner takes all
Customization, Mega and Smart city
Environmental, Emission, Security,…,Health
Sustainable Development,…,etc
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Dynamic
Customization
On line purchasing and 3D printing
On line transaction in finance and trade
Social media (networking); FB, Twitter…
Cloud computing, Big data,
…
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Purpose of the Course
 To prepare you as a professional
engineer in order to make contributions
to the Hong Kong society and beyond
 Realistically, the course will prepare you
with the context and terminology to
discuss contemporary society issues as a
professional engineer
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Design of the Course
 A set of seminars presented by leading
professionals (engineering, legal, political
etc.)
 Sit, listen, think and ask good questions!
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Student Comments
 The Structure of the course is really good.
 The course is very good, and provides a lot
of valuable information for students.
 The course lets students know many things
about engineering in HK. It is very useful.
 The course is interesting and useful. Every
time I’ve learnt a lot from the lecture.
 The course is widening the eyesight of the
engineers in society.
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Respect Each Other
Big class, we need to have a set of norms
 Mute or Turn off your cell phone,
Laptop
 Only talk to the presenter
 No eating and drinking
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Subjects
 Responsibility and Accountability of a
Profession in Engineering
 Fundamental Concepts in Business
 Introduction to Local Industry and
Society
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Responsibility and Accountability
of a Profession in Engineering
 Engineers in Society
Prof. CY Lee
Professor of IELM
 Corporate Integrity, Legally Speaking
Huan Ting Timothy Li
Partner, Sidney Austin
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Responsibility and Accountability
of a Profession in Engineering
 Basic Patent, Trade Secret & Copyright Law
Concept
Dr. David Getzinger
Senior Attorney, Intel Capital Intel Co. Ltd.
 Green Leaders for the next Up Cycle
Mr. Victor C. Li
Business Development Director, Dunwell Group
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Responsibility and Accountability
of a Profession in Engineering
 Business Ethical Issues and Examples
Mr. Matthew Chan
Chairman, WebNova Systems
 Ethics in Practice for Engineers
Ms Markie MAK
Senior Community Relations Officer
Regional Office (Kowloon East/ Sai Kung),
ICAC
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Responsibility and Accountability
of a Profession in Engineering
 Health and Safety in Workplace
Mr. Derek Chan
Cluster General Manager, Hospital Authority
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Overview of Sub-Industries within Logistics Industries
and Job Opportunities
Mr. Alan Au
Asia Representative, Noatum Group
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Fundamental Concepts in Business
 Studies, Professionalism and Success
Mr. Edmund Leung
Hsin Chong Construction Group
 Career and the Hong Kong Job Market
Mr. Toby Marion
Golden Gate Wine Co Ltd
 You and Your Employer
Mr. James Chiu
Chairman, Eurotech Limited GTECH Services HK
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Assessments
The final grade of IELM 4110 course consists of three
parts (Attendance, PRS and an Essay). We will carry
out comprehensive consideration at the end of
semester. Please
Attend ALL lectures
Get at least 60% of the PRS questions
correct
Submit an essay
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Attendance
 In order to keep good order of this big class, everyone
will be assigned a seat. Please sit in your own seat
according to the seating plan posted on the course
website.
 The lecture will begin at 9:30am at LTD.To avoid
disturbing others, please come to join the class on time.
And you will be marked as late if you come after
9:30am.
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Attendance
 If you cannot attend the class, please submit the leave
application form together with supporting document to the
IELM 4110 Collection Box (outside RM 5551) within one week
from the specific lecture. The leave application form can be
downloaded from the course website. Only a hard copy of the
leave application form is accepted. You will be notified of the
result within two weeks after your submission of the
application form.
 You can check the attendance record on the course website
http://teaching.ust.hk/~ielm4110. If you find any errors
regarding your attendance record, please report to the TA
within three weeks after the specific lecture.
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PRS
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There will be a quiz session in each lecture, and the student is required
to use PRS to answer the questions. Please check your PRS record
which will be uploaded to the course website after each lecture.
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Please remember to bring your PRS to the lecture. Marks will not
be counted to the student who forgot to bring their PRS or whose PRS
handset has any problem to answer the question. If you really forget to
bring your PRS handset or your handset has any problem, please report
to the TAs before or after the lecture. Venue for picking up PRS
handsets: The AV counter of ITSC at Rm 2021 (Lift 2)
Paper answers will NOT be accepted.
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Please Do not help your classmate to answer the PRS questions. Marks
will not be counted if you were checked to be cheated.
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Essay Topic
Topic:
Mr. (or Ms.) XXX’s (The Interviewee’s)
First Engineering Job in Hong Kong
Deadline:8AM, 10th April 2015(Friday)
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Essay
 Interview a practicing engineer about his/her engineering
job
 Practicing engineers: Professionals work (or worked) in
Hong Kong for at least 2 years in the field of engineering
and have contributed to the society. They can be alumni
from your department, friends, relatives, and someone
you just introduce yourself. You are not recommended
to interview your teachers in this university.
 Write a short essay summarizing your learning and
viewpoints with at least 1,000 words (please refer to
the essay cover page for other requirements).
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Essay Cover Page
(Download from the Course Website)
Attach the interviewee’s business card with your essay
Student Name:
ID:
Department:
Major:
E-mail:
Who did you interview?
Name:
Position:
Email:
Company:
Interview Date and Time:
Is it checked by the Communication Tutor? Yes / No
If yes, communication tutor’s signature _______________.
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Essay Outline
Part 1:Background of the interview
When, Where and How to start your interview
with your interviewee?
Who is your interviewee? (Name, address, and
contact - phone number or E-mail)
How did you come to know your interviewee?
Why do you chose this person as your
interviewee?
This is for your reference. You may have your own structure
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Essay Outline
Part 2:Background of your interviewee
Where does the interviewee work? (Describe
about his/her company, Industry of the company
etc.)
Describe about his/her job (job duties etc.)?
Describe what kinds project he/she usually do?
Why did the interviewee choose engineering
as his/her profession?
This is for your reference. You may have your own structure
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Essay Outline
Part 3: Sharing from your interviewee
What was his/her best rewarding experience as well
as the main challenge as a Hong Kong Engineer?
What are the challenges he/she faces in his/ her job?
How did the interviewee adapt to the job?
What advice he/she given to you for your future?
This is for your reference. You may have your own structure
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Essay Outline
Part 4: Lesson learnt from the interview
How do you feel after the interview?
Summarize your main lessons learnt from your
interviewee that can apply/extend to yourself (e.g.
insights you got from the interview relating to your
future)
This is for your reference. You may have your own structure
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Essay Outline
Information that should include in your essay:
 Who? Person you interviewed, name, address,
and contact (phone number or E-mail)
 How did you come to know this person?
 Short introduction of the person interviewed
 When and where you did the interview?
 Why did you chose this person? Why did he
choose his profession?
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Turnitin
 A software aims for checking plagiarism
 It can detect if you copy from worldwide webs,
others’ work (works of your classmates,
previous semester, etc), journals, articles,
magazines, etc.
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How to submit your essay
(soft copy) to Turnitin?
 You’ll receive an email with your email address
(XXX@stu.ust.hk) and password from Turnitin
(Help Desk) around the week of 16th February 2015
 Please use your own password to login the system
at http://www.turnitin.com/static/index.html
(corner of your right side)
 After loginning in, please follow the steps of
http://www.turnitin.com/resources/documentation/
turnitin/training/en_us/qs_student_en_us.pdf and
submit your essay in soft copy to Turnitin’s system
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Turnitin
 For more information, please visit
http://www.turnitin.com/resources/docu
mentation/turnitin/training/en_us/Stude
nt_Manual_en_us.pdf for student manual
 And watch the Student Training Videos:
 Creating a student user profile
 How to enroll in a class
 How to submit a paper
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Turnitin Report
Total % of the paper that was
found to match sources
Original text from student’s essay
Text will be showed in different
colors that are same as sources’
links (next column)
Matching
Sources
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Turnitin Report
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Notes for Turnitin
 To avoid server traffic jam of Turnitin, we
highly recommend you to submit your
essay slightly before the deadline
 We’ll keep your essay in the Tunitin’s
system for future use
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Time Line
Due Date
Event
8:00 AM,
10th April 2015
-Submit your essay in hard copy with cover page
(download from web) to the IELM4110 Collection
Box (outside room 5551 via Lift 27/28)
Friday Morning
8:00 AM
-Submit your essay in soft copy with cover page
(download from web) to the Turnitin’s system
-Students are encouraged to seek help from
communication tutors and others to improve their
essays
- Essay with poor quality could lead to fail grade of
this class
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Where to Submit?
 Submit your essay in hard copy to IELM4110
Collection Box, outside IELM Department General
Office, Room 5551, via Lift 27-28
IELM 4110
Collection Box
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Plagiarism
(Very important, please read carefully)
What is Plagiarism?
a. Using another student's work and claiming it as your
own, even with permission.
b. Copying and pasting text from any web site, printed
material, such as books, magazines or newspapers,
without acknowledging the source.
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Plagiarism
(Very important, please read carefully)
 TOTALLY PROHIBITED!
 Those who plagiarize will be reported to the
university and penalized.
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Grade Worse than
“F”
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNe
ws/20090812/bc_sfu_cheating_090812/2009081
2?hub=BritishColumbia
FD = 'failure with academic dishonesty'
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Examples of Plagiarism
Written by Student A:
During those years in Intel Corporation, although he had faced many problems
or challenges, he could solve them eventually. He was a junior technical
engineer when he entered that Corporation. Later, he became a mid-level
manager…
Written by Student B:
During the years in Intel Corporation, he faced different challenges and
problems, but he could solve them eventually. At the beginning, he was just
a junior technical engineer. Later, he has promoted to mid-level manager…
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Examples of Plagiarism
Written by Student C:
Another point mentioned by Mr. Chung is the weakness of local civil
engineering students. New graduates suppose that design is the most
important part of a project. Mr. Chung pointed out that design is very
important, but the project implementation is no less importance.
Written by Student D:
We then discussed the weaknesses of the local civil engineering
students. He pointed out that although most graduates regard the
design work as the most important part of a project, the project
implementation and management should not be ignored.
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What make these
paragraphs plagiarism?
The writers have only changed around a few
words and phrases, or changed the order of
the original's sentences.
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How to avoid Plagiarism?
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Don’t copy others’ work
Don’t copy from websites, books, magazines…..
Don’t let other students copy your work
Don’t give any chance to other students to copy your
work
 e.g. Do submit your work by yourself, but not by
others
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Venue for picking up PRS handsets
 Please also be reminded that the place for you to pick up
their PRS handsets is the AV counter of ITSC at Room
2021, next to lift 2 (Security Centre). This is also the
location for you to return your PRS handsets.
 Office hours
Mon - Thur
9:00 – 12:30,14:00 to 17:15
Fri
9:00 – 12:30,14:00 to 17:30
Sat
9:00 – 12:00
(Sunday and public holidays closed)
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Course Website
 http://teaching.ust.hk/~ielm4110
 Please visit the course website for recent
update and information (like schedule,
attendance/PRS/essay record, etc)
 You are strongly encouraged to check the
course website regularly
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PRS Session
Time to test your PRS!
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PRS Session
1. In IELM4110 classes, you should do as the
following except:
Sit quietly when the speaker is presenting.
b) Listen carefully and think actively when
the speaker is presenting.
c) Be indifferent to the Q&A session.
d) Ask good questions.
a)
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PRS Session
2. As for the plagiarism issue of essay writing, which
statement is wrong?
a) Plagiarism is totally prohibited.
b) Those who plagiarize will be reported to the
university and penalized.
c) If you Use another student's work and claiming it as
your own (even with permission), it is still regarded
as plagiarism.
d) You can allow your good friends to copy your work.
e) Don’t copy from websites, books, magazines.
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Suggestions
Equip yourself with sufficient skills:
Communication Skill
Problem Solving Skill
Information Technology Skill
Business Knowledge
Globalize yourself
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Suggestions
Spend 80% of your time on
what you have to do.
Spend at least 20% of your time on
what you want to do.
Luck is when opportunity and
preparation meet.
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