Presented By: Aerospace Engineering
Fall 2020 - AE285 Seminar Series, Expectations, Perceptions and Prejudice in the Workplace, Karen Albrecht, Retired Lockheed Martin Executive
Karen Albrecht
Lockheed Martin Executive (retired)
As you begin your career in the Workplace, you enter with certain expectations, and perceptions about what it will be in the Engineering Workplace. This course will provide insight on how your personal expectations and perceptions can be different than others and different from the organization. We will explore how each person’s personal prejudices can add/or detract to an expectation or perception that is not anywhere near the reality of the situation. This class will be interactive and will include viewing a video prior to the class, taking a survey a few minutes before the class and it will include polls during the class. There will be an opportunity to ask questions through the chat mode. Karen will use experiences from her nearly 40 year career as examples. As this course includes examples from a phenomenal career, there can be no pictures or video taken except for the “official” UM Aero Video that will be used only for AE 285 students in this class.
About the speaker...
Karen’s illustrious career as an Aerospace Engineer began at NASA JSC where she developed analytic methods for composite primary structure under fatigue and fracture mechanics for Space Shuttle. Karen participated in the Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH).
At Lockheed Martin, she worked on Missile Launching Systems, Basic Research, Commercial Aircraft, Undersea Systems, SMART Structures, Robotics and high performance Military Aircraft. She developed embedded fiber optics technology. She is a Master Black Belt in 6-sigma and Lean Engineering.
Karen serves on several university engineering and non-profit boards. Karen is the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus –Aerospace for the UM.
Karen is now CEO of Karen Albrecht Enterprises a Career and Personal Development Organization. Karen has delivered over 200 seminars for courses she developed and gives her time and knowledge to help students navigate career fairs and resume. Karen has set up an endowment fund for Aerospace undergraduate education and provides scholarships for Aerospace Engineering students who need the support to finish their education at the University of Michigan. She has already given out 10 scholarships to Aero students.
Lockheed Martin Executive (retired)
As you begin your career in the Workplace, you enter with certain expectations, and perceptions about what it will be in the Engineering Workplace. This course will provide insight on how your personal expectations and perceptions can be different than others and different from the organization. We will explore how each person’s personal prejudices can add/or detract to an expectation or perception that is not anywhere near the reality of the situation. This class will be interactive and will include viewing a video prior to the class, taking a survey a few minutes before the class and it will include polls during the class. There will be an opportunity to ask questions through the chat mode. Karen will use experiences from her nearly 40 year career as examples. As this course includes examples from a phenomenal career, there can be no pictures or video taken except for the “official” UM Aero Video that will be used only for AE 285 students in this class.
About the speaker...
Karen’s illustrious career as an Aerospace Engineer began at NASA JSC where she developed analytic methods for composite primary structure under fatigue and fracture mechanics for Space Shuttle. Karen participated in the Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH).
At Lockheed Martin, she worked on Missile Launching Systems, Basic Research, Commercial Aircraft, Undersea Systems, SMART Structures, Robotics and high performance Military Aircraft. She developed embedded fiber optics technology. She is a Master Black Belt in 6-sigma and Lean Engineering.
Karen serves on several university engineering and non-profit boards. Karen is the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus –Aerospace for the UM.
Karen is now CEO of Karen Albrecht Enterprises a Career and Personal Development Organization. Karen has delivered over 200 seminars for courses she developed and gives her time and knowledge to help students navigate career fairs and resume. Karen has set up an endowment fund for Aerospace undergraduate education and provides scholarships for Aerospace Engineering students who need the support to finish their education at the University of Michigan. She has already given out 10 scholarships to Aero students.
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