Transferring from Chabot to UC Berkeley

Robert MooreNov 15, 2010

Why Engineering?• Grew up around cars, always fascinated

with anything with an engine

• Became interested in metal fabrication

• Graduated from James Logan in 2002

• Took welding and machining classes in high school and at Chabot, as well as GE

• Started at Math 55 at Chabot

• Went to work as a machinist for 2 years

Path to Transferring• Decided to go back to school to pursue

Engineering

• Started back at Chabot full time in Fall 2006

• Worked ~20 hours / week while going to school

• Took 3 years to complete coursework at Chabot

Chabot Class ScheduleFall 2006 Course No. Units Spring 2007 Course No. Units

History of California HIS 12 3 General Colllege Chemistry Chem 1A 5

Pre-Calculus Mathematics MTH 20 5 Intro/Structured Progr in C++ CSCI 14 4

Introduction to Engineering ENGR 10 2 Engineering Design Graphics ENGR 22 3

      Calculus 1 MTH 1 5

           

  Total Units 10   Total Units 17

Fall 2007 Course No. Units Spring 2008 Course No. Units

Computational Methods for Engineers ENGR 25 3 Engineering Circuit Analysis ENGR 43 4

Calculus 2 MTH 2 5 Multivariable Calculus 3 MTH 3 5

General Physics 1 PHYS 4A 5 General Physics 2 PHYS 4B 5

           

  Total Units 13   Total Units 14

Fall 2008 Course No. Units Spring 2009 Course No. Units

Critical Readying & Composition ENGL 1A 3 Critical Thinking / Writing Lit ENGL 4 3

Engineering Mechanics - Statics ENGR 36 3 Engineering Materials ENGR 45 3

Elementary Linear Algebra MTH 6 3 Elementary Differential Equations MTH 4 3

General Physics 3 PHYS 4C 5 Speech Communication SPCH 1 3

      Fitness for Everyone 2 PHED 2FFE 1

  Total Units 14   Total Units 13

Final GPA: 3.52

Advice for Students

• Work to learn all you can in your math classes, math is essential in all future classes

• Take advantage of the help offered by professors

• Master study skills while at Chabot

• Become skilled in Matlab

Differences between Chabot and Cal• Pace at Cal is twice as fast as Chabot

• Large Classes

• Test are harder and very time sensitive

Biggest Surprises:

• Not everyone at Cal is a genius

• A student that started at Cal doesn’t have an advantage

Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

All can be completed at Chabot College

UC Berkeley ScheduleFall 2009 Course No. Units Spring 2010 Course No. Units

Thermodynamics ME 40 3 Advanced Engineering Design Graphics E128 3

Intro To Solid Mechanics ME C85 3 Engineering Mechanics 2 ME 104 3

Dynamic system Feedback Control ME 132 3 Fluid Mechanics ME 106 3

Enviromental Economics ECON C3 4 Mechanical Behavior of Materials ME 108 4

Transitioning to cal EDU 198 1 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems ME 131 3

           

  Total Units 14   Total Units 16

Fall 2010 Course No. Units Spring 2010 Course No. Units

Computer Aided Mechanical Design ME 128 3 Mechatronics Design ME 102B 3

Heat Transfer ME 109 3 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory ME 107 3

Intro to Measuring systems for Mechatronics ME102A 4 Design of microprocessor-Based systems ME 135 4

Energy and Society 100 ER 100 4 Advanced Programming with MATLAB E 177 3

           

  Total Units 14   Total Units 13

Summer 2010 Course No. Units

Macro Economic Analysis ECON 100B 4

Electrical Tech for Engineers (circuits) EL ENG 100 4

  Total Units 8

GPA after summer 2010: 3.6

Student Groups at CAL• Super high Mileage

Vehicle

• CalSol

• FSAE

FSAE at UC Berkeley• Student ran group, from design to racing

– Get hands on experience building a race car– Compete against other universities

2011 Car Design

Designing 2011 Car• Car is completely design in SolidWorks• Finite Element Analysis performed on all

components

Chassis fixture design• Goal: design a fixture to aid in manufacturing the

chassis, locate all pickup points and tubes

Result:

Any Questions?

• e-mail me any questions:

robert.moore@berkeley.edu

Information:

fsae.berkeley.edu

me.berkeley.edu

coe.berkeley.edu