Chabot Community College
Guest Lecture
PRESENTED BY:
ISHMAEL AYESH, CIVIL, UC BERKELEY
GARRICK BORNKAMP, MECHANICAL, UC DAVIS
JOSE M. SERVANDA II, MECHANICAL, UC BERKELEY
THEIN WIN, CIVIL, UC BERKELEY
Topics For Discussion
 Individual Introductions
 Transition From Chabot to UC
 Advanced Engineering Courses
 Internships/Co-Ops
 Future Perspective
Jose M. Servanda II
 Arrived at Chabot Fall 2002
 Co-founder and former president of EaC
 Transferred to UC Berkeley in Fall 2005
 Interned with W. L Gore & Associates’ Medical
Division in 2006
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Conducted time studies
Performed IQ/OQ/PQ on various equipment
 Graduated Spring 2007
Ishmael Ayesh
 Chabot College (Fall 2001 –Spring 2005)
 Transferred to UCBerkeley in Civil &Environmental
Engineering (Fall 2005 – Spring 2007)
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Internship with Kiewit Pacific Co.
New East Span of the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge
 Highway 1: Devil’s Slide Tunnel Project
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Garrick Bornkamp
 Chabot College (Spring 2003 –Spring 2005)
 Co-Founder and Former Treasurer of EaC
Transferred to UC Davis in Mechanical Engineering
(Fall 2005 – March 2008)
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Interned with Lockheed Martin in Summer 2006
Not an engineering internship however.
 Still a good experience.
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Thein Win
 Chabot: Fall 2002 – Spring 2005
 Berkeley: Fall 2005 – Fall 2007
 Focus: Civil Engineering and Project Management
 Involved in UC PRC (Pavement Research Center)
 Quiet Pavement Studies with CALTRANS
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Noise effects on Neighborhood from Rigid (Concrete) and Flexible
(Asphalt ) Pavement
 Internship at Kiewit Pacific Co.
 Schaefer Ranch Project, Dublin, CA (on I-580)
(Land Development for 350 New Homes)
 Daily Quantity Claims for Cost Summary and Progress of Tasks
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From Chabot to the UCs
 At Chabot
 Establish a network of engineer colleagues
 Join
Engineering at Chabot (EaC)
 Get to know your fellow engineering classmates
 Create study groups
 Get to know your professors at office hours
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Utilize your Resources available to you
Use the Math Lab and Tutoring Centers
 Attend personal statement workshops
 Schedule an appointment to have resume reviewed the career
center (for internships)
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From Chabot to the UCs
 At the UCs
 A new environment - adapt quickly!
 Build
a network
 Join a club
 Make new friends, but keep in touch with Chabot friends
 Meet your professors
 Find out what’s available to students
 Utilize
 Make
resources available to you
frequent appointments with counselors and advisors
 Create or join study Groups
Advanced Engineering Courses
 ME:
 Statics, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Vibrations,
Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Mechanics of Materials,
Properties of Materials, Nanotechnology, Combustion...
 CE:
 Structure Design: Reinforced Concrete, Wood, and Steel
 Geotech: Rock Mechanics, Seepage, and Foundations
 Environmental: Air & Water Quality, Hydrology
 Transportation: Facility & System Transportation and Design
 Construction: Project Management, Concrete Materials…..
ME Projects at UC Berkeley
 Stunna Shades
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Automatic Car Shades
Went from an idea to an
actual prototype
 Kinetic Toothbrush
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Automatic toothbrush
powered by Electromagnetic
Induction
Kinetic energy in brushing is
converted into electrical
energy
ME Projects at UC Davis
 EME 50 Manufacturing
Processes – A hands on class in
designing and manufacturing
open ended projects.
 Project 1 – Totem Pole Piece.
 Project 2 – Gyroscope.
 Both Projects designed using
Solid Edge and constructed in
lab using the mill, lathe, and
drill press.
Internships & Co-Ops
 Valuable first hand experience
 Learn the tricks for the trade
 Some education is outside of the textbook
 Allows you to explore a career path
 Find which specific part of engineering is for you
W. L. Gore & Associates
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
(AAA) Devices
KIEWIT
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
(East Span Construction)
Schaefer Ranch Project
What’s After a BSCE/BSME
 Start your career
 Obtain an entry level engineering position
 Go
back to school in the future
 Pursue a graduate degree
 Masters in or outside of engineering
 PHD
 Work
at the forefront of technology
 Invent the next big thing!
Conclusion
Take
Home Points
Build a Network
 Utilize your resources at Chabot/UC
 Study, Study, and oh more Studying
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Other
Advice
Master time management skills
 Learn as much as your can about your major, requirements,
courses, and desired school of transfer
 Speak with employers
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Questions?
 Ishmael Ayesh, CE, UCB

iayesh@gmail.com
 Garrick Bornkamp, ME, UCD

garrickb@sbcglobal.net
 Jose M. Servanda II, ME, UCB

jmservanda@gmail.com
 Thein Win, CE, UCB

thein.win@gmail.com