Chabot Engineering
Introduction to
Engineering
Bruce Mayer, PE
Licensed Electrical & Mechanical Engineer
BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu
2. Nurses (NURS RN Program)
3. Skilled/Manual Trades (e.g., WELD)
4. Teachers (Chabot → CSUEastBay)
5. Sales Representatives (ASBus-Mrktng)
6. Technicians (ESYS, AutoTech)
7. Drivers
8. Information Tech Staff (CAS, ESYS)
9. Laborers
10. Machinist/Machine Operators (MTT)
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http://manpower.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=62
10 HARDEST Jobs to Fill in the USA
1. Engineers (ASEngr → UCBerkeley)
Chabot College - Hayward, CA
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Outline
 Short Self Introduction by The Chabot
Engineering Instructor (me)
 Answer to the Question “What is
Engineering?”
 The BOTTOM LINE
• The $ & ¢ of an Engineering Career
 Answer to the Question “Why Chabot?”
• When I could Go to UCBerkeley or UCLA
or Cal-Poly or CSU East Bay or…?
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EDUCATION, B. Mayer
 MS Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University, 1991
 MS Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University, 1983
 BS Mechanical Engineering, University
of California at Berkeley, 1978
 AS Engineering, Cabrillo College, 1976
• A Proud Community
College Grad
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Professional History
 Industrial Employers (24+ yrs)
• Watkins-Johnson Co.
• Olympus Integrated Technologies
• Dawn VME
• Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory
 Professional Affiliations
• Member ASME & IEEE
• CA State Engineering Licenses EE & ME
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What is Engineering?
 Short Answer →
Technical Product Creation
• The Output of ALL Engineering is
– The Solution to a Practical Problem
– Fulfillment of a Practical Need
• Long Answer → Technology Creation
Through the Application of the Quantitative
(Number-Based) Disciplines
– Mathematics
– Sciences; e.g., Physics, Chemistry, Biology
– Empiricism (Experiments and Tests)
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Engineering vs. Science
 Engineering is Closely Related to
Science & Math, but it is NOT the SAME
Scientists seek to
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS,
while Engineers seek to
CREATE THAT WHICH
NEVER WAS
- Theodore von Kármán, CalTech
Professor, and the Father of Modern
AeroSpace Engineering
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Engineer  Applied Scientist
Engineers take BASIC
Scientific Discoveries and turn
them into things that are
USEFUL to people. In that role,
Engineers are the agents of
PROGRESS for Human Society
Prof. Jim Plummer, Dean of the
Stanford School of Engineering
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Engineer  Applied Scientist
 The First Laser
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 Laser Sheet-Metal
Cutting Machine
Theodore Harold Maiman was born in 1927 in Los Angeles, son of an
electrical engineer. He studied engineering physics at Colorado University,
while repairing electrical appliances to pay for college, and then obtained a
Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford in 1955. Theodore Maiman constructed this
first laser in 1960 while working at Hughes Research Laboratories (T.H.
Maiman, "Stimulated optical radiation in ruby lasers", Nature, 187, 493,
1960). There is a vertical chromium ion doped ruby rod in the center of a
helical xenon flash tube. The ruby rod has mirrored ends. The xenon flash
provides optical pumping of the chromium ions in the ruby rod. The output
is a pulse of red laser light.
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What do Engineers Do?
 Dozens of Branches of Engineering The Major Disciplines include:
 Civil Engineering (CE)
• Archetypical Products = Bridges,
Buildings, Roadways, Water Systems
 Chemical Engineering (ChemE)
• Archetypical Products =
Oil & Gas Refineries
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What Do Engineers Do?
Cont.1
 Electrical/Electronic Engineering (EE)
• Archetypical Products =
– Integrated Circuits (“computer chips”)
– Electricity Distribution (“PG&E”)
 Industrial/Manufact. Engineering (IE)
• Archetypical Products = Efficient Factories
 Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)
• Archetypical Products = High Performance
Metals, Ceramics, Plastic,Composites
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What Do Engineers Do?
Cont.2
 Computer (Science) Engineering (CS)
• Archetypical Products = Software Code
 Bio(Medical) Engineering
• Archetypical Products =
– Biomaterials/Tissue, Biomedical
Electronics & Imaging, Biomechanical Devices
 Mechanical Engineering (ME)
M
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• Archetypical Products =
M
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– Heat & Fluid-Flow Distribution
– Machinery (automobiles, pumps,
mach-tools)
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Chabot Engineering at SJSU
 Chabot Students in the San Jose State
University Materials Engineering Lab
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 Measuring the TCR
of Copper Metal
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Chabot Engineering
Transfer Student and
Current UCBerkeley
Mechanical
Engineering Student,
Mr. Robert Irwin,
Poses before
“CalSol[1]”, the
UCBerkeley Solar
Electric Vehicle at
Soquel High School
on 25Apr09. Mr. Irwin
Leads the Steering &
Suspension Design
Team
[1]
http://calsol.berkeley.e
du/blog/index.php
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What is COOL about Engineering?
 Solving Challenging Problems
 Opportunity to DESIGN, BUILD, and
TEST Products that People Really Use
• Engineering is a CREATIVE endeavor
– The Root of the Word “Engineer” is Ingenium;
Not Engine
 Chance to Learn New Things
• Engineering is about Progress; an
Engineer’s Knowledge & Skills
progress as well
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What is COOL about Engineering?
Cont.1
 Working with People
• That’s Right; Not all Engineers are “Nerds”
• Complex Technology Must Be Made Useful
to the Non-Technical Person
• Engineers, aside from applied Math/Sci,
manage Projects and Organizations
– Some of the BEST Managers in Recent Times
have Been Engineers by Training
 Andrew Grove of INTEL → Ph.D. Chem Eng
 Jack Welch of GE → Ph.D. Chem Eng
 James Morgan of Applied Matls → BS Mech Eng
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What is COOL about Engineering?
Cont.1
 Publishing Technical Papers
• Thousands of Engineering/Technical
Journals Publish The Results of Engineer’s
Analyses, Designs, Experiments
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What is COOL about Engineering?
Cont.2
 Earning Patents
• Earning A Patent Requires the
Advancement of a Practical Art; This is
what Engineers do
USA Constitution,
Article 1, Section 8
(Powers Granted to
Congress):
Clause 8: To promote
the Progress of Science
and useful Arts, by
securing for limited
Times to Authors and
Inventors the exclusive
Right to their
respective Writings and
Discoveries
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What is COOL about Engineering?
Cont.2
 Engage in Professional Activities
• Attend/Present-At Technical Conferences
• Attend Trade-Shows
• Society Membership (ASCE, IEEE, ASME)
 See the World – Engineers often Travel
• Special Knowledge/Skills Can often ONLY
be Transmitted In-Person
– Promote/Explain Product to Customers
– Install Product, Train Users
– -Site Product-Testing
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Emperor’s Palace - Tokyo
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Arc de Triomphe – Paris
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Camera & Inspection-Tool
Factory – Tatsuno, Nagano, Jp
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The Bottom Line
 There are VERY FEW Academic
Disciplines Where One Can Move Into
INDUSTRY with A Bachelor of Science
(4yr) Degree
• TWO Primary Categories
– Engineering
– Business
• Difficult for Most Liberal Arts Disciplines
• Somewhat Easier for the Sciences
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Bachelors Degree Field
Construction Mgmnt
NACE
Bachelor's Degree
15 HIGHEST
New-Grad Salaries
Jul2009
53.2
Bio Engineering
54.2
Agri Engineering
54.4
Aero Engineering
56.3
Actuarial Science
56.3
Engineering Tech
56.4
Systems Engineering
57.4
Industrial Engineering
58.4
Mechanical Engineering
58.8
Electrical Engineering
60.1
Computer Science
61.4
Computer Engineering
61.4
Mining Engineering
64.4
Chemical Engineering
64.9
Engineering
Noted in
GREEN
Color
Petroleum Engineering
83.1
0
Salary-Survey-2009_0907.xls
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20
30
40
50
60
70
Average Starting Salary ($k/yr)
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80
90
Bachelors Degree Field
Fitness/Recreation
Psychology
Communications
Hospitality Services
Teacher, 9-12
Foreign Language
Political Sci
Agricultural Mgmnt
Criminal Justice
Marketing
Business Admin
Nursing
Accounting
Human Resources
Logistics/Matl-Mgmnt
Finance
MIS/DP
Civil Engineering
Construction Mgmnt
Aero Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Engineering
Chemical Engineering
34.2
NACE
34.9
Bachelor's Degree
35.0
New-Grad Salaries
35.4
Jul2009
35.9
36.5
38.8
40.7
43.2
43.6
45.8
46.7
48.3
49.2
49.3
49.8
Engineering
51.0
51.8
Noted in
53.6
GREEN
56.3
57.6 Color
57.7
58.7
61.0
65.4
0
Salary-Survey-2009_0907.xls
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10
15
20
25
30
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40
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50
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Average Starting Salary ($k/yr)
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65
70
UC Berkeley Engineering Bachelor's New-Grad Salary • 2007
50.4
Engineering Discipline
Bio
Mechanical
56.2
Civil
56.5
57.5
Materials
59.1
Industrial
60.8
Chemical
66.7
Nuclear
67.4
Electrical
0
5
10
Chabot College Engineering
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25
30
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40
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50
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Job Offers
Circa
Jan 1979
Thank You
UC Berkeley
Placement
Center
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~$60k in 2009-$
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Resume
Used to
Obtain 12
Job Offers
Circa Nov78
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Why Chabot College?
 1 Big Reason; Several Smaller ones
 Biggest Reason → As GOOD, or
Even BETTER, Instruction For Lower
Division CourseWork (1st Two
College Years)
• Applies to ALL Academic Disciplines
– e.g., Math, Science, English, History, etc.
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Why Community College? Cont.
 Other Reasons
• Reduced Cost (see next Slides)
• Smaller Class Sizes
• More Personal Atmosphere
• Enhanced Support Services
• Generally More Convenient
• Much Greater Flexibility
– UC’s Often have “progress” Requirements
 To Take Fewer Than 12 Units May Require
a Special Waiver
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Instructional Effectiveness
UC BERKELEY Graduation Rates • 2006
100
UC DAVIS Graduation Rates • 2004
90
93
91
UCDavis Engineering Graduation Rates
UCBerkeley Engineering Grad Rates
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
84
84
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
UCBekeley Natives
file = Salary-Survey-2001_0307.xls
CC Transfers
Student Track
 UC Berkeley CoE
UCDavis Natives
src = Rgiomi E10 Fa06
file = Salary-Survey-2001_0307.xls
CC Transfers
Student Track
 UC DAVIS CoE
 Community College transfer Students
Graduate at Essentially the SAME rate as
students UC “Native” Students
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src = ISBN: 0-309-54757-1 (2005)
ClassRoom Performance  GPA
CC Transfers
2.97
UCB Natives
Student Track
UC Berkeley College of Engineering 3rd Year GPA • 03-04
3.12
0.0
0.5
Salary-Survey-2009_0907.xls
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3rd Year GPA ar UCB CoE
3.5
src = R.Giomi of UCB
• Per R. Giomi, Asst. Dean At the
UCBerkeley College of Engineering
– Grades Earned for 3rd & 4th Year Students are
Statistically INDISTINGUISHABLE Between
Native & Transfer Students
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College/University Costs • 2008-2009
Chabot
College
$626
College or University
CC Average
NationWide
$2,761
CalState
East Bay
$3,810
San Jose
State Univ.
$3,992
CalPoly
SLO
$5,043
UC
Berkeley
$8,932
UC
Davis
$9,484
$0
$1,000
file = Salary-Survey-2001_0307.xls
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$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
$6,000
$7,000
$8,000
Annual Tuition and/or Fees
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$9,000
$10,000
Live ON-Campus College/University Costs • 2008-2009
Chabot
College
$626 Live at HOME - Chabot does offer College Residences
College or University
UC San
Diego
$23,760
UC
Davis
$25,011
UCLA
$25,135
Stanford
$47,212
USC
$51,968
$0
$5,000
$10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000 $35,000 $40,000 $45,000 $50,000 $55,000
file = Salary-Survey-2001_0307.xls
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Annual Tuition and/or Fees
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Engineering
Discipline
Transfer
Univiersity
Other University
Acceptances
Daniel Barath
AeroSpace
Cal Poly SLO
SJSU, UCD, UCSC
Fanley Tseng
Computer
Cal Poly SLO
SJSU
Davie Eccles
Nuclear
Purdue University
Robert Curry
Civil
Sacramento State Univ.
Jose Mojica
AeroSpace
San Jose State Univ.
Airny Huynh
Electrical
San Jose State Univ.
Jesse Lucero
Electrical
San Jose State Univ.
Veronica Sandoval
Mechanical
San Jose State Univ.
Hussain Maikhan
Mechanical
San Jose State Univ.
Oanh Hoang
Bio
UC Berkeley
UCLA, UCD, UCIrvine
Yui Lun Wu
Chemistry
UC Berkeley
UCLA, UCD, UCSD
Zhen Hang Ma
Civil
UC Berkeley
UCLA, UCD
Lucas Huezo
Civil
UC Berkeley
CalPolySLO, SJSU, UCD
Joshua Benz
Mechanical
UC Berkeley
UCLA, UCD, SJSU
Yifu Yan
Mechanical
UC Berkeley
UCLA, UCD, UCSD
Bo Gao
Mechanical
UC Berkeley
UCLA, UCD, UCSD
Bo Zhang
MSE & ME
UC Berkeley
UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCSB, UCSC
Danny Dang
Civil
UC Davis
UCLA, UCSD
Garret Gomes
Mechanical
UC Davis
Tomasz Jagoda
Mechanical
UC Santa Barbara
UCDavis
Antonio Espinoza
Electrical
UCDavis
SJSU
Hyang S. Lee
Civil
UCLA
UCD, UCI
Suu Hoang
Mechanical
UCLA
UCD, UCSB
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Chabot Fall07 Transfers
Name
1960 CA Master Plan for Higher Ed
California
Public High
School Grads
12.5%
100%
33%
California
Community
Colleges
University
Of
California
2.4 GPA
2.0 GPA
California
State
University
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/~ucalhist/archives_exhibits/masterplan/heart.html
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Chabot College Engineering Student Tranfser Survey • 2004-2009
7
Other
101 Transfers Total
4
Transfer University
UCSanDiego
5
UCLA
6
CalPoly SLO
14
UCDavis
31
SJSU
34
UCBerkeley
0
5
file = Transfer_Summary_0808.xls
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10
15
20
25
30
Number of Students
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Chabot Transfer Agreements
 Guaranteed Transfer Admission After
Students Meets Terms of the Agreement
 UC Davis
 UC Riverside
 UC San Diego
 San Jose State
 UC Santa Cruz
 CSUEB (Hayward)
 UC Santa Barbara
 CSU Monterey Bay
 UC Irvine
 Santa Clara Univ
 UC Merced
• Good Students have a GUARANTEED
Path to EXCELLENT Universities
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Chabot
Engineering Degree
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Interested?
 Contact Me (Bruce Mayer)
• eMail bmayer@chabotcollege.edu
• Ph 510 723-7182
 Visit the Chabot College Campus
• 25555 Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA
 Check out the Engineering Website
• http://online.chabotcollege.edu/
bmayer/index.htm
– Google-Search = Chabot Mayer
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Chabot Engineering
Appendix
Bruce Mayer, PE
Licensed Electrical & Mechanical Engineer
BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu
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 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed
an educational initiative that aims to boost by
almost 50% the number of California-trained
engineers during the next decade...
 The goal of the Engineer Initiative is to bring
20,000 to 24,000 new engineers into the
state's workforce. Even though the number of
engineers in the state is expected to grow to
44,000 by 2014, there are too few graduates
to meet the demand for civil, electronics,
mechanical, aerospace and other
industries, according to the state's
Labor & Workforce Development Agency.
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Lisa M. Krieger – SJ Mercury News - 01/01/2008
California Needs Engineers
Dec78 Resume
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Dec78
Course List
with
Grades
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Concept Drawing for
IC Manuf. Machine Tool
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Chabot Engineering Labs
 Measuring Steel Strength by Tear-Apart
 Pull with 15,000 – 20,000 lbs
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