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AGENDA
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Class Overview
Speaker/Tour selection
Discussion: Purpose and Outcomes
Name Game
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Class Overview
 This class is intended to:
• Show you what it’s like to be an engineer
• Expose you to many aspects/fields of
engineering
• Challenge you with real engineering
problems
• Support your education and career
success
• Instill a sense of professionalism
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Class Content
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Readings and writings from textbook
Visiting speakers
Site Tours and college open houses
Craft-stick Bridge competition
Lots of Engineering Videos (see
syllabus)
 Weekly assignments
 4 Quizzes
 Final Design Competition
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Possible Speakers
 Kevin Gilman, former MPC, ME CalPoly,
Chief Engineer, Lansmont
 Tad Masek, former CSUMB, ME, Light and
Motion, NPS
 Dennis Jones, MechEngr, HVAC,
Plumbing/Fire, Engergy compliance
 R. Wayne Johnson, Architect/Civil Engineer
 Steven Jacobs, SJAutomation, Commercial
Robotics
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Possible Tours
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Light and Motion
Bestor Engineering
MBARI
Granite Construction (Watsonville)
Lansmont Corp
SJ Automation
(Marina)
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