The Transfer Experience

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The Transfer Experience

• Robert Curry, EIT
• Chabot College, ENGR10
• Aug. 26, 2009

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Presentation Outline

• Who I am
• Your time at Chabot
• Transferring
• Your time at a 4 year university
• Internships/Resume
• Activities

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Education

• Graduated from James Logan High School in 1992
• Attended Chabot College from Fall 1992 to Spring
  1995
• Continued at Chabot from Spring 2004 to Spring
  2007
• Received Associate in Arts in Spring 2004
• Transferred to California State University,
  Sacramento in Fall 2007
• Will graduate from Sac State in December 2009
  with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering
• Chabot GPA 3.42
• Sac State GPA 3.952

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Work Experience

• Summer 1993 Vector Marketing, Bay Area
• Jan 1996 to Jun 2004 Norton Packaging, Hayward,
  CA
• Jan 1996 to June 1997 Machine operator
• June 1997 to July 2000 Shipping Lead
• July 2000 to June 2004 Quality Control Manager
• October 2007 to present Hollywood Video,
  Sacramento, CA
• Free Movies

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Internships

• Summer 2005 San Francisco Bay Water Quality
  Control Board, Industrial Storm Water Program,
  Oakland, CA
• Student Assistant
• Filed storm water annual reports
• Assisted engineers with site inspections,
  reports, presentations and correspondence
• Summer 2008 to present California Department of
  Water Resources (DWR), Sacramento, CA
• Student Assistant
• Performed design drafting and calculations for
  multi-million dollar civil works project
• Researched engineering materials, methods and
  standards
• Completed calculations and drawings

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Computer Skills

• Microstation XM
• Visual Basic (VBA) for Microstation
• AutoCAD
• Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

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Activities

• Member ASCE, Sep. 2007 to present
• Secretary, Sac State ASCE Student Chapter, Jan.
  2008 to Dec. 2009
• Member Sac State ASCE Steel Bridge Team
• History Channels City of the Future Student
  Engineer Competition, Winners, March 2008

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While at Chabot
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While at Chabot

• Determine which schools you could reasonably
  transfer to.

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While at Chabot

• Get a list of the courses required for the degree
  you seek from your choice of transfer schools
• This allows you to get as many undergrad GE
  requirements done at Chabot as possible
• Its cheaper to do it at Chabot

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While at Chabot

• Map out a schedule of classes for your time at
  Chabot and transfer university
• This will allow you to plan for how long it will
  take to complete your degree
• Plan finances
• This a preliminary schedule that will evolve
  based on class offerings, schedule conflicts, and
  enrollment

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While at Chabot

• Take advantage of the opportunities and resources
  at Chabot
• Price
• Instructors
• Counselors Make an appointment to speak with a
  counselor to make sure that the classes you are
  taking meet the necessary requirements

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While at Chabot

• Instructors
• Knowledgeable More than just in academics
• Ask questions
• Utilize office hours
• Have a desire to help students succeed

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While at Chabot

• Get ready to transfer
• Apply to the schools you want to transfer to
• Remember it costs money to apply
• Check application deadlines
• Check your transcripts
• Make sure youve done everything you can at Chabot

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While at Chabot

• Work Hard!
• Nothing beats a good GPA!

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Transferring

• Get to know your new school
• Campus tours
• New student orientation
• Academic advising
• Get familiar with the area around the campus

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Transferring

• Transcripts
• Find out exactly how many copies you need and
  where they need to go
• Order them early
• GE Certification
• Do this early, but after youve been admitted

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Transferring

• Chabot Transfer Center, transfer checklist
• http//www.chabotcollege.edu/Counseling/transfer/T
  ransferChecklist.asp

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Making the most of your time at your transfer
institution
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While at your new school

• Get to know your classmates
• You will see these people for at least the next
  two years
• These will be your colleagues in the professional
  world
• They can help when you are having trouble in a
  class

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While at your new school

• Get to know the faculty, major advisor
• Look for opportunities to interact with them
• They can help guide you through the curriculum
• They can help in obtaining scholarships and
  internships

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While at your new school

• Get to know the department admin staff
• These are the people that can help you get into
  your classes
• They have insight into what is being offered and
  when
• They know how the system works

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While at your new school

• Get involved
• Looks good on a resume
• Great way to meet people
• Student Professional Societies
• ASCE
• ASME
• IEEE

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While at your new school

• Get involved
• Engineering honor societies
• Ex.
• Student Government
• Clubs
• Sports (Intramural or Collegiate)

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While at your new school

• Fundamentals Exam for the Engineer in Training
  certificate, aka. EIT
• Plan on taking this at the end of your junior
  year or beginning of senior year

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The Internship Experience
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Internships

• Great way to get experience
• Show them what you can do
• Make contacts in industry
• Make some money at the same time

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Internships

• Has almost become an industry requirement in
  order to land a full time job
• Some companies and agencies use the internship
  experience as a trial period to see if they want
  to hire you
• Also allows them to get inexpensive on the job
  training

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Internships

• Where do you find out about internship
  opportunities?
• Engineering career fairs
• Engineering department career websites
• Company websites under student or campus
  relations or the like
• Evening with Industry type events
• Chabot ENGR 10 guest speakers

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Internships

• Once I find a position how do I get the job?
• Apply
• Follow up
• Have a great cover letter
• Have a great resume
• Use effective interviewing techniques
• Follow up

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Cover Letter/Resume
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Internships

• Sac State ECS Career Services Website
• http//www.ecs.csus.edu/career/

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Activities

• For the well rounded student

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ASCE
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ASCE

• Walk for a cure

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ASCE

• RPM Racing

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ASCE

• General Meetings

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Steel Bridge

• Fabrication

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Steel Bridge

• Fabrication

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Steel Bridge

• Fabrication

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Steel Bridge

• Competition

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Concrete Canoe
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Concrete Canoe
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Concrete Canoe
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Concrete Canoe
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Mid-Pac
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SF 2108 HYDRO NET
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• Water from reservoirs will be pumped into boilers
• Geothermal energy will be used to power boilers,
  converting the water into steam

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• Steam will be transported under pressure to
  turbines beneath Geothermal Mushrooms for
  auxiliary energy generation

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• The heated water and steam will flow through
  condensers integrated with the geothermal
  mushrooms, bringing the water to a consumption
  level temperature

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• Cooled water will be transferred to large holding
  tanks underground at the tops of the hills
• Static pressure from the tanks will be used to
  pressurize the cities water lines and distribute
  water to the city

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• Excess steam will be dispersed via vents
  throughout the city environment to aid fog
  collection systems

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• In any method of water distribution energy is
  needed
• With reliance on local water sources external
  energy will need to be applied for distribution
• By utilizing geothermal energy beneath the city
  to move water into an advantageous position for
  distribution, electricity can be generated to
  power city
• Two uses for energy, water distribution and
  electricity generation
• The energy was going to be used to move the water
  anyway, whether turned into electricity first,
  then power the water distribution system, might
  as well go direct and get a two for one

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Finally

Free T-Shirts

Free Food
Activities
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