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Expectations for Liaison Engineers
Liaison engineers play a vital role in both the successful
completion of the IPPD project and in the development of students
into professionals ready for the workforce. The students will
be looking to you as a role model. It is important that they
learn how professionals get the job done. The following provides
a non-exhaustive but key list of expectations for liaison engineers.
- be available for a weekly, regularly scheduled teleconference
with the project team
- identify a backup if you are unable to attend a teleconference
- coordinate team visits to your facility
- respond to team e-mails; note that the students should try
to consolidate e-mail requests so that the liaison is not
flooded with requests
- review deliverables produced by the team and provide timely
feedback
- reinforce the importance of the project--if it is important
to you, it will be important to project team
- critique and sanitize design review presentations as required
prior to public design reviews
- voice concerns with the coach privately, especially if you
are not happy with the team's performance
- provide technical feedback; find the expertise in your organization
for feedback if you don't personally have the knowledge
- assist team in obtaining support items
- direct team to preferred suppliers and provide assistance
when suppliers are unresponsive to student requests (sometimes
suppliers may "blow us off", while they are attentive
to their regular customers)
- facilitate the loan of equipment for the duration of the
project or the use of the company's facilities for testing
- treat the project team as professionals
- learn the names of the project team members
Click here to review liaison engineer
frequently asked questions.
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