1. My road to becoming an engineer Nicholas Vickers California Polytechnic State University 9/10/08

2. My Educational Path James Logan HS 2000-2004 Chabot College 2004-2007 Cal Poly 2006- ……. 9/18/20152Chabot Engineering Guest Talk

3. Why Chabot? Cost effective Has Engineering Close to home I could work part time to help pay for school Could finish General Education easily 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk3

4. What I did at Chabot Competed two seasons on the Swim team Played one season of waterpolo Joined EAC (Engineering at Chabot club) Finished half of my GE and most all of my Pre- reqs 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk4

5. Transfering Used www.assist.org Called transfer counselor at Cal Poly Took the required classes to transfer to Cal Poly. (Math 1-6, Physics 4a,b,c, Engineering 45) 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk5

6. Cal Poly Best in the West for` undergraduate engineering 3 rd in Forbes “Top Public Colleges for Getting Rich” Small student to teacher ratio “Learn by doing” hands on approach to learning 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk6

7. What is Materials Engineering? 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk7 physics Chemisty Engineering Structure Properties Performance Processing

8. Me and Mat.E. Found out about Mat.E. from physics professor at Chabot Researched the field – Starting salary, and mean salary – Types of jobs – Types of fields within Mat.E. Also talked to other MatEs and guest speakers to get an idea of what its like 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk8

9. Materials engineering jobs Metallurgist Ceramicist Polymer engineer Design engineer Testing engineer Advaced R&D Failure Analysis Corrosion engineer 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk9 Microsystems engineer Nanotech engineer Biomedical engineer Composites engineer Process designer Structural Engineering Optical and photonics And many many more….

10. Some Projects Solar water heater at the Scitechatorium Optical filter measurement system Total Lumbar disk Arthroplasty Phase change computer memory 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk10

11. Solar water heater A real client A real need Many real solutions One final design One built system 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk11

12. The user 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk12

13. The need 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk13

14. The system 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk14

15. User needs Functional Requirements Design Manufacture Filter measurement System 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk15 Riser Pour Cup

16. Total Lumbar disk Arthroplasty Need Requirements Design Test 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk16

17. Phase Change Memory Honors Research project Worked with graduate students on fabricating and testing a new technology Went to Chicago to give a poster presentation on the research 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk17

18. How it works 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk18

19. Technical Conference Society of Vacuum Coaters 41 st annual conference Won best poster of the Techcon Made some connections, got job offers Walked all around down town Chicago 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk19

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21. Thank you!!! Any Questions? 9/18/2015Chabot Engineering Guest Talk21