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Life of an Engineer: Student to Industry Professional

Follow Maria Melissa B. Quemada's journey from a student engineer to a Process Engineer/Lab Manager at Thermionics Metal Processing Inc. Learn valuable skills, internships experiences, senior project insights, industry tips, graduate school advice, and how to enhance marketable skills. Discover the importance of networking, internships, and continuous education in the field of engineering.

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Life of an Engineer: Student to Industry Professional

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  1. Life of an Engineer Maria Melissa B. Quemada Process Engineer/Lab Manager Thermionics Metal Processing, Inc. Chabot College Fall ’01 – Spring ‘05

  2. Overview • Life of a student engineer • How to survive in a 4-year university • Valuable skills • Internships • My Internship experiences • Senior Project • Life of an engineer • Industry • Graduate school • Marketable skills

  3. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer How to survive in a 4-yr university • Network early • You will need your classmates to help you get through with your classes…especially HOMEWORKS! • Go to office hours • Not only will you find answers to your questions, the TA might also give you helpful hints • Visibility: Professors will recognize you and may lead to other opportunities • Attend your classes • Don’t depend on your classmates’ note-taking, chances are…they’re also not paying attention to what the professor is saying.

  4. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Valuable Skills • Technical writing • Giving presentations • Modeling/Computer-based software

  5. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Internships • Apply to as many internship opportunities as you can! • Go to career fairs • Have someone proof-read your resume • Make sure that you get at least one internship experience to the industry you want to get into.

  6. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer My Internship Experiences • Summer 2005 – INSET (Internships for Nanosystems, Science, Engineering and Technology) • Location: UC Santa Barbara • Project: Making cost-effective fuel cell • Who helped me? Mr. Mayer

  7. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Pulse-Deposition • electrochemical deposition of the Platinum through the hydrophilic channels or the active sites on to the substrate 0.5V Voltage Carbon cloth -0.5V 50ms 50ms Total deposition time Pt4+ + 4e- Pt(s) Eo = -0.5V (approximately)

  8. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer My Internship Experiences • Summer 2006 – SULI (Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships) • Location: LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) • Project: ARUBA (Arsenic Removal Using Bottom Ash)

  9. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer My Internship Experiences • Summer 2007 – Phoenix Biosystems (Start-up) • Industrial internship experience • Project: Fabrication of biosensors to measure glucose response in continuous flow and single-used systems

  10. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer My Internship Experiences

  11. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Senior Project • Chemical Engineering Senior Project • Simulate a real production plant using SuperProTM • Use chemical engineering theory and lab applications • Economic evaluation of project proposal

  12. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Senior Project

  13. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Industry • Applying for a job • Go to your university career fairs • Talk to career counselor at your university • Attend industry’s info-sessions set up by students • Job Interview tips • Look up company profiles before interview • Try to sign up for a mock interview (if available) at your university’s career center

  14. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Industry • Current Job: Process Engineer/Lab Manager • TMPI (Thermionics Metal Processing Inc.) • Responsibilities: • Work with different type of industries such as semiconductor, solar and biotech companies to come up with a processes that will clean different materials used in vacuum systems, etc. • Control and monitor chemistry of etching baths, etc.

  15. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Graduate School • Research the graduate programs and schools you’re interested in • Study and take GRE (Graduate Record Exam) as early as possible (especially if you’ve just taken SAT’s)

  16. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Marketable Skills • Take E.I.T (Engineering-in-Training) exam • Take P.E. (Professional Engineer) exam • Continuous education • Science and technology evolves so rapidly (need to keep up with it) • Learn different software programs, especially those that are specific to your chosen major

  17. Life of a student engineer Life of an engineer Conclusion • Engineers are vital in the advancement of any technology • Will meet interesting people along the way • Will do interesting and rewarding projects throughout your career • Be an engineer…Don’t give up along the way

  18. THANK YOU

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