My road to becoming an engineer
Nicholas VickersCalifornia Polytechnic State University
9/10/08
My Educational Path• James Logan HS
2000-2004
• Chabot College 2004-2007
• Cal Poly 2006- …….
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Why Chabot?
• Cost effective• Has Engineering• Close to home• I could work part time to help pay for school• Could finish General Education easily
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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
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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)
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Cal Poly• Best in the West for`
undergraduate engineering
• 3rd in Forbes “Top Public Colleges for Getting Rich”
• Small student to teacher ratio• “Learn by doing” hands on
approach to learning
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What is Materials Engineering?
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physicsChemistyEngineering
Structure
Properties
PerformanceProcessing
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
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Materials engineering jobs• Metallurgist• Ceramicist• Polymer engineer• Design engineer• Testing engineer• Advaced R&D• Failure Analysis• Corrosion engineer
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• Microsystems engineer• Nanotech engineer• Biomedical engineer• Composites engineer• Process designer• Structural Engineering• Optical and photonics • And many many more….
Some Projects
• Solar water heater at the Scitechatorium
• Optical filter measurement system
• Total Lumbar disk Arthroplasty
• Phase change computer memory
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Solar water heater• A real client
• A real need
• Many real solutions
• One final design
• One built system
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The user
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The need
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The system
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• User needs
• Functional Requirements
• Design
• Manufacture
Filter measurement System
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Riser
Pour Cup
Total Lumbar disk Arthroplasty
• Need
• Requirements
• Design
• Test
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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
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How it works
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Technical Conference
• Society of Vacuum Coaters 41st annual conference
• Won best poster of the Techcon
• Made some connections, got job offers
• Walked all around down town Chicago
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Thank you!!!Any Questions?
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