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Jim Haverkamp Engineering-10: Intro to Engineering

You could be an Engineer

Jim Haverkamp 10/10/09



Pop Quiz

• Does your idea of good interpersonal communication mean getting the decimal

point in the right place?



• Did you use a CAD package to design your Pine Wood Derby car?



• Do you window shop at Radio Shack?



Have you have ever taken the back off your TV just to see what's inside?



• Do you find that the salespeople at Best Buy or Fry’s cannot answer any of your questions?



• Do you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work?



• Do you carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a test that actually takes

five minutes to run?



• Have you ever tried to repair a $5.00 radio?



• If a three year old asks why the sky is blue, would you try to explain atmospheric

absorption theory?



• Have you ever used coat hangers for something other than hanging cloths?



Bonus Question

• Can you can remember 7 computer passwords but forget your anniversary

• Especially your second anniversary?



Welcome

• My name is Jim Haverkamp• I hold a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC

Berkeley• I am a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Lam

Research



Why am I here?

• Talk about what lead me to engineering• How I got there• Tell you about some exciting moments I have

experienced as an engineer• And some less then exciting• Mention a few obligations that all engineers

have



This is YOUR time• I have come with simple prepared slides, but feel

no great need to go through them all. • I have come here to answer your questions as

best as I can.• If there is some point that you want me you give

more detail on, please ask.• As one of my professors was fond of saying, “The

only stupid question if one left unasked”.



Disclaimer

I am going to be talking about experiences that I believe have made me a good engineer. I may even mention some traits that I believe make people good engineers. Please do not change your life's goals because your life does not parallel mine or you do not feel that you have the traits that I believe and engineer should have. That would be a travesty!



History• Always curious as to how things worked• I didn’t think twice toward taking a toy apart• Spend allowance on a thrift store clock• Mother accused me of being the most

destructive kid she ever knew• Many memorable moments, Radio, TV, Clocks,

mechanisms, 12V DC motor• I had great fun taking thing apart



Military• After a “less then stellar” run in high school I

found myself in the US Navy.• After a few wrong turns I eventually found myself

in a group called R division. The R was for repair.• When they told me that part of the job was to

take things apart I was all smiles, • But then they dropped the other shoe and told

me that I had to put things back together• Not only that, but the thing had to work when I

got it together.



Military continued

• I discovered that I have an aptitude for it.• Learned to weld, braze, sheet metal,

plumbing, and firefighting.• Made specialty tools and jigs.• Became aware of design and layout.



Education

• I spent three years at Chabot college and yes, in 1986 I was a student sitting where you are now.

• Two years at UC Berkeley• Throughout that time I worked a graveyard

shift.



First job• My first job is with Watkins Johnson as a field

service engineer• The job involved installing and troubleshooting

problems with the equipment.• The position was to get my foot in the door to

the semiconductor industry• Involves lot and lots of travel• Field service is a position based on trust• High profile with the customer, low profile with

the company.



First Job continued

• My area of expertise was Asia (Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong)

• I lived in Taiwan for a year and a half and actually had a Taiwanese equivalent to a green card.

• One of the lessons learned was to not make anything look easy.

• It is difficult to hold the company line when facing the customer every day.



Matheson Tri-Gas

• I have a brief stint with Matheson Tri-Gas where my job was to design a test bench

• This brought home the reason why engineers need to cross-train in other engineering disciplines. Much of my test bench duties required understanding electronics.

• While working for Matheson I took the Pro-E classes at De Anza College



Mattson Technology

• It is my belief that the deciding factor the my being hired by Mattson is because I had some training with Pro E.

• Initially worked on customer specials• With a small company you are required to wear

many hats: designer, drafter, material specialist.• Need to use what already exists• Be careful as to what you say to whom• Document it or you will be going with it



Mattson Continued

• Eventually I became part of the R&D group• Design for manufacture• If you do it once, you have just become the

expert.• Interact with more people, scientists and

marketing.• Obligation to point out dangerous design• Learned about FEA• Re-examine design after design changes



Lam Research

• At Lam my duties and similar to Mattson but much more significant.

• More hands on• More operation



Questions

• Jim Haverkamp• [email protected]

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