INVITATION TO BE AN "ENGINEER IN THE ROOM"
The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) seeks a select number of experienced engineers to serve as “Engineer in the Room” for one afternoon this fall.

DESCRIPTION:
- RCEL core courses meet one afternoon per week (Monday or Wednesday, for fall 2019). Each class combines small group discussions with team challenges that focus on specific leadership development topics.
- “Engineers in the Room” are experienced engineers who devote an afternoon to observing the students in class as they tackle a leadership challenge, and providing coaching and feedback on their performance.

TO SIGN UP:
Upcoming dates and detailed descriptions are at this link: https://forms.gle/hKg2ZSwqoFhKA87P7

Please sign up for the dates that fit your schedule, and invite your colleagues to do the same. And please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you!
--
George Webb EE '88, MEE '91

Thanks for the tremendous response! We have filled nearly all the slots for this fall, but we do have a few slots available for RCEL 100 this Wednesday afternoon, October 23. The session is titled “Active Listening”, and it is intriguing. The Engineer in the Room plays the role of a scientist, engineer or manager, and the student needs to converse with you to obtain specific relevant information that is critical to a particular project scenario. The scenarios are:
1. You are an inventor with a promising but unproven new technology, and the student is a team leader who needs to evaluate its commercial viability.
2. You are a newly-hired project team member who has not met your responsibilities, and the student is the team leader who needs to figure out how to solve the problem.
3. You are a program manager who is exercising close supervision of a particular project team. The student is the project team leader who needs to understand why you are reluctant to delegate more control.
4. You are a brand-new engineer (brilliant but entirely green) with an innovative design for a safety-critical system. The student is a team leader who needs to understand and fully assess your idea.
5. You are a sub-team leader who reports that the design of your sub-system is behind schedule. The student is the Systems Integration Engineer who needs to understand the root cause and decide what to do.

The commitment would be from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm this Wednesday (one day only). To apply for a slot, please go to this link: https://forms.gle/hKg2ZSwqoFhKA87P7

Thank you!
--
George Webb EE '88, MEE '91

The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (http://www.rcelconnect.org) once again invites business and technology professionals with leadership or project management experience to spend one afternoon this spring in a leadership lab course as an "Engineer in the Room", observing and advising Rice students while they tackle a leadership challenge.

"Engineer in the Room" is a compact (about two hours) but rewarding opportunity to share the benefit of your experience with some of Rice's brightest and most ambitious students. You will observe the students as they work through a scenario, and provide coaching and feedback when they finish.

APPLICANTS FROM A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONS AND INDUSTRIES ARE WELCOME. Because the focus of the labs is leadership rather than technical problem-solving, "Engineers in the Room" are not limited to people who practice traditional engineering day-to-day. Rather, the crucial pre-requisites are leadership experience and interest in working with Rice students.

HOW TO SIGN UP:
Please sign up through the application portal, which lists the available dates for Spring 2022, starting January 26: https://forms.gle/2ARu2Fno2mm9UuHu8

VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON OPTIONS
Some of the labs meet via Zoom, while others are in-person. The expected format for each session is clearly indicated in the sign-up form, along with a link to Rice's up-to-date COVID protocols.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

(01-12-2022 10:45 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (http://www.rcelconnect.org) once again invites business and technology professionals with leadership or project management experience to spend one afternoon this spring in a leadership lab course as an "Engineer in the Room", observing and advising Rice students while they tackle a leadership challenge.

"Engineer in the Room" is a compact (about two hours) but rewarding opportunity to share the benefit of your experience with some of Rice's brightest and most ambitious students. You will observe the students as they work through a scenario, and provide coaching and feedback when they finish.

APPLICANTS FROM A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONS AND INDUSTRIES ARE WELCOME. Because the focus of the labs is leadership rather than technical problem-solving, "Engineers in the Room" are not limited to people who practice traditional engineering day-to-day. Rather, the crucial pre-requisites are leadership experience and interest in working with Rice students.

HOW TO SIGN UP:
Please sign up through the application portal, which lists the available dates for Spring 2022, starting January 26: https://forms.gle/2ARu2Fno2mm9UuHu8

VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON OPTIONS
Some of the labs meet via Zoom, while others are in-person. The expected format for each session is clearly indicated in the sign-up form, along with a link to Rice's up-to-date COVID protocols.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

There are a few spots left for this opportunity, with available sessions (in-person and virtual) ranging from January 26 to late April:
https://forms.gle/2ARu2Fno2mm9UuHu8

Again, this is a low-commitment (about two hours on a single afternoon) but meaningful opportunity to interact with some of Rice’s best and most ambitious engineering students. And because the focus is leadership rather than technical problem-solving, it is not limited to people who practice traditional engineering day-to-day. Rather, the crucial pre-requisites are leadership experience and interest in working with Rice students.

The slots will be assigned later this week, so please sign up as soon as you can. And please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.

(01-17-2022 03:34 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(01-12-2022 10:45 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (http://www.rcelconnect.org) once again invites business and technology professionals with leadership or project management experience to spend one afternoon this spring in a leadership lab course as an "Engineer in the Room", observing and advising Rice students while they tackle a leadership challenge.

"Engineer in the Room" is a compact (about two hours) but rewarding opportunity to share the benefit of your experience with some of Rice's brightest and most ambitious students. You will observe the students as they work through a scenario, and provide coaching and feedback when they finish.

APPLICANTS FROM A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONS AND INDUSTRIES ARE WELCOME. Because the focus of the labs is leadership rather than technical problem-solving, "Engineers in the Room" are not limited to people who practice traditional engineering day-to-day. Rather, the crucial pre-requisites are leadership experience and interest in working with Rice students.

HOW TO SIGN UP:
Please sign up through the application portal, which lists the available dates for Spring 2022, starting January 26: https://forms.gle/2ARu2Fno2mm9UuHu8

VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON OPTIONS
Some of the labs meet via Zoom, while others are in-person. The expected format for each session is clearly indicated in the sign-up form, along with a link to Rice's up-to-date COVID protocols.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

There are a few spots left for this opportunity, with available sessions (in-person and virtual) ranging from January 26 to late April:
https://forms.gle/2ARu2Fno2mm9UuHu8

Again, this is a low-commitment (about two hours on a single afternoon) but meaningful opportunity to interact with some of Rice’s best and most ambitious engineering students. And because the focus is leadership rather than technical problem-solving, it is not limited to people who practice traditional engineering day-to-day. Rather, the crucial pre-requisites are leadership experience and interest in working with Rice students.

The slots will be assigned later this week, so please sign up as soon as you can. And please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.

Update:
We still need a few folks for labs on Wed. Feb. 9 and Wed. March 2, from 3-5 pm in Sewall Hall. If you would like to be an "Engineer in the Room" for one of these labs, please let me know.
Thanks!