ENGINEERING
Appendix A: Budget History and Impact
Audience: Budget Committee, PRBC, and Administrators
Purpose: This analysis describes your history of budget requests from the previous two years and
the impacts of funds received and needs that were not met. This history of documented need
can both support your narrative in Section A and provide additional information for Budget
Committee recommendations.
Instructions: Please provide the requested information, and fully explain the impact of the budget
decisions.
Category
Classified Staffing (# of positions)
Supplies1 & Services
Technology2/Equipment
Other
TOTAL
2011-12
Budget
Requested
0
$500
$500
0
$1000
2011-12
Budget
Received
0
$500
$500
0
1000
2012-13
Budget
Requested
0
$500
$500
0
1000
2012-13
Budget
Received
0
$500
$500
0
1000
1. How has your investment of the budget monies you did receive improved student learning? When
you requested the funding, you provided a rationale. In this section, assess if the anticipated
positive impacts you projected have, in fact, been realized.
The Above Budget could be characterized as a “treading water” budget. The Engineering Budget has
basically remained unchanged since the initial purchase of the MATLAB software in the Fall of 2005.
Note that Engineering has been resourceful in utilizing excess capacity in OTHER Divisions:
 ENGR22 (Engineering Graphics/BluePrints) uses the expensive AutoCAD software provided by
the College to the heavy-using Architecture program
 ENGR43 (Electrical Engineering) uses sophisticated lab equipment and software provided by the
College to the heavy-using ESYS program
o Note that B. Mayer (Engineering) and Wayne Phillips (Electrical Systems) CoTeach
ENGR43 to the great benefit of the students. B. Mayer initiated and organized this effort
with great support from Deans Tom Clark and Tram Vo-Kumamoto.
 Gaining access to Wayne’s expertise and the up-to-date ESYS lab equipment
were critical factors in gaining Articulation to UCBerkeley’s EE40. Chabot is just
one of three California community colleges to earn such articulation.
1
2
Consumable supplies for Engineering Labs
Annual Maintenance for MATLAB Software
Student Learning has NOT been negatively impacted by this small budget due to the assistance from
ARCH and ESYS.
2. What has been the impact of not receiving some of your requested funding? How has student
learning been impacted, or safety compromised, or enrollment or retention negatively impacted?
Due to perennially tight budgets Engineering did not request additional resources during this time. If
Engineering had made such requests they would most likely have been these:
1. Hire a B.S. Level Instructional Assistant for the ENGR25; the MATLAB course
2. Hire an Adjunct to instruct ENGR11, and provide Release time for B. Mayer to allow Mr. Mayer
to work with the universities to improve ARTICULATION
 Articulation is critical in maintaining/improvement enrollment for a highly TRANSFERORIENTED program such as engineering.
3. Purchase new equipment to modernize the Materials Engineering (ENGR45) Laboratory