1 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Presentation of transitioning from College to Engineering for Chabot College Presenter Bernhard Stonas

2 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture College to Work Transition Started at Chabot in fall Went to SJSU from Chabot in Finished my undergraduate degree at SJSU Finished my graduate degree at SJSU 2000.

3 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture What college taught me. Physics and Calculus. The better you understand the details the more of an understanding about problems and their solutions. Understand the fundamentals of engineering Circuits, Logic, Dynamics, Structure of Materials and be able to play with them. Thinking through problems backwards and forwards. Translating logic into equations.

4 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Jobs that I had during college Apprenticed as a bicycle welder summer 1994 (unpaid). Worked for Voodoo Titec in summer Worked for WheelSmith in summer Worked for SJSU semiconductor lab from 1996 through 2000, on and off. 2 internships at BMW summer 1997 and 1999.

5 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture What the jobs taught me. There is no partial credit. You get paid only if the job is done to the customers satisfaction. That everyone will have a different opinion of you the middle ground matters, not the extremes. No one cares where you came from or your disabilities it is just can you perform your job and how good are you at it. The customer does not care if you are having a bad day, also do not take your issues out on customers or coworkers.

6 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture What the jobs taught me Engineering wise Production equipment does not have to be designed to look pretty; it has to never break down. The engineering (design) cost in a product is much higher than that of its production equipment.

7 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Work after College Applied Materials Immersion Stihl Aero Union Wolfe Engineering Runco Invenx Wolfe Engineering Natus Medical Hantel Superbulbs Redwood Systems Wafergen

8 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture 4 Biggest skills sets out of college to learn ECO’s Engineering Change Orders. BOM Bill of Material Understanding other people’s designs. Communication through drawings, documentation, and presentations the organization of parts.

9 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture The most helpful things I wish someone would have taught me. Change management Know what you can negotiate and what you cannot negotiate with. Understanding the difference between the contracting and permanent mind set. Know what you are willing to lose to win and what you are not willing to risk.

10 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Change Management Update yourself with the latest software programs techniques and issues. Social change will open up new fields that you can jump into if you are positioned correctly. If you do not change with the times, change will be forced upon you, or you will be removed.

11 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Know what you can Negotiate with Know the scope and issues of the project/job. Know what engineering issues will cause the system that you are designing to fail. Know the key people around you who can help you achieve what you need. Work with people to build consensus and do not let politics alienate the people you need.

12 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Permanent Placement Stability of job. Stability of people. Benefits. Longer time between jobs. More reliant on certain industries. Much more repetitive of a job.

13 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Contract Engineering Get a breadth of exposure to a lot of different problems. If you get a bad client the job will be over soon. Get to understand many different industries. High turn over of jobs but because of breadth easy to get new jobs.

14 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Know what you are willing to give up Know yourself. Habits Issues Every employment will ask you to sacrifice something different. Know what you can give up and cannot give up. You will have to give up something know how much you are willing to give up.

15 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Tips and Hints Do not stay seated. Expose yourself to new ideas and work. Help people both those above and below. You may never know when you need the people below you. Judge people on how they deal under stress, because the work place is stressful. Judge people with how they treat people below them.

16 Mr. Bernhard Stonas Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering Guest Lecture Any questions What other things do you want me to talk about. Projects Companies Legal Issues ?