Transfer Experience

1. Transfer Experience Chabot College  UC Berkeley Artos Cen B.S. Chemical Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

2. Chemical Engineering • Branch of engineering that applies: • Physics • Chemistry • Engineering • Someone said: • A combination of mechanical engineering and chemistry.. (by a professor)

3. What do we do? • A lot: • Oil refinary • i.e: minimize the energy loss in the distillation column • Process engineering • Process design • Process control • Biomedical devices • Reserch • Chemical engineering research • Biochemical engineering research

4. Before Transfer • Studied at Chabot College for 2 years, starting in 2009. • Intended to go for chemistry or CS • Don’t feel like a scientist or programmer • Enjoy taking math, chemistry and engineering classes • Participated engineering project • Prefer Chemical Engineering • Very enjoy my life at Chabot College!

5. Transfer Process • Usually takes 3 years • But can be done in two • Will miss some topics and have to take them in Cal • i.e. thermo topic in physics • Best resources: • www.assist.org • Mr.Mayer’s adviced transfer path • Note for ENGR 25 • ENGR 25 + C++ = ENGR7 at Cal (ENGR 7=Matlab) • Talked to the dean and fulfill reqirement by ENGR 25 only.

6. Transfer Process cont. • Remember your application deadline • Write your personal statement earlier • Good P.S. gives you higher chance to get accepted • Good P.S. gives you chances for scholarships • Have your instructors review it, especially ones who have that technical background. • GPA is important for engineering transfer • Activities or accomplishment • Engineering Projects

7. Transfer Process cont. • Suggestions: • Pay 200% attention in ENGR 25! • Very important for engineers to know matlab well • I’ve been using for almost all of my engineering classes at Cal • Useful to know: plotting, simulink, ODE45,matrix • Try understand the contents in ENGR25 • DO NOT just copy solutions and memorize solutions from previous exams. • Math and physics are the basis for Engineers • General physics principles (Energy Bal., Mass Bal.) • Linear algebra and D.E.

8. Transfer Process cont. • Why UC Berkeley? • Undergrad. ChemE program ranked 2nd • More research opportunities • Building up networking • Opportunity to meet rep. from big companies

9. Life at Cal for a ChemE Study Study Sleep Social Sleep Social Chabot UCBerkeley Really have to study hard otherwise you will be much behind the class. Too much social at Cal will kill your GPA. i.e.

10. ChemE Transsfer at Cal • Can do concentrations: • Chemical Processing • Environmental Technology • Material Science • Applied Physical Science • BioTech • Can choose joint major: • ChemE and Material Science Engineering • ChemE and Nuclear Engineering (isotope separation, wast management and fusion reactor fuel processing) • (see www.assist.org for further information) • Useful link for chemE info at Cal: http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/publications/chem_12_13.pdf

11. ChemE Transsfer at Cal cont. • My first midterm of my first ChemE Class at CAL (ChemE-140) • 10% of the class dropped or changed major after that semester Avg Score = 34

12. ChemE Transsfer at Cal cont. • Workload at Cal: • 10 times Chabot’s • Too much HW but not much time for it • i.e. Separation Process, use Excel, Matlab and tons of correlations to solve one problem, takes 5 hours, my maximum sleep time. • Exam is time sensitive • Usually have to finish a 90 min exam in 50 min. • Projects or researches require extra time

13. Course PACE is VERY Fast • The Pace at CAL is about 100% Faster than at Chabot

14. ChemE Transsfer at Cal cont. • Tips on how to survive at Cal: • Time Management---Plan your schedule ahead! • Discussion group for homeworks • Do the questions by yourself first • Check with others later • Otherwise will not understand the problem, at least for me. • Do more practice problems • Talk to T.A. or professors

15. ChemE Transsfer at Cal cont. • Tips cont. : • Don’t take too many units • depending on the difficulty of your major classes. • Most important: • If you think you do right on your work, insist on your own conclusion, even your answer might be wrong compare to the solution manual! •  build up your confidence. •  build up your professional judgement skill on engineering problems

16. ChemE Transsfer at Cal cont. • Tips cont.: • Do good in your 1st semester! • Get high GPA in your 1st smester • Will be able to apply for many internships or research positions in the summer • Companies usually recruit in the spring • Exception: Chevron and dow recruit in the fall • Open up a gate to many opportunities • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

17. Take the Opportunities! • There are many research opportunities • How? • Talk to the professor who teach you or whose group is doing the research topic that you are interested in. • “My group is full, sorry”, usually they will say. • Keep asking for a position • My research • A EE research focus on simulation of a microfluidic process in gravure printing technique (technique used in printing electronic devices)

18. Take the Opportunities! cont. • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (top 8% by GPA) • The oldest national engineering honor society in the country, and one of the most nationally recognized societies. • Provides: • Scholarships • Internship opportunity • Industrial connection • Select by invitation based on GPA • Again, for transfer students, do good in your 1st semester! • For more information: https://tbp.berkeley.edu/ B. Mayer is also a Member of Tau Beta Pi

19. Good Luck! Thank you for your time! Question? Artoscen@gmail.com