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C.V. Chelapati, Ph.D (ILL)., P.E (CA)., F. ASCE
  • President, Irvine Institute of Technology (IIT)., President, Professional Engineering Development Publications (PEDP)
  • Emeritus Professor and Past Chairman, Civil Engineering Dept, Director, Continuing Engineering Education, College of Engineering, CSULB
  • Research Specialist US NAVY and Holmes & Narver, Inc., Adv. Computer Structural Analysis, Earthquake Engineering, Nuclear Reactor Structures, Earthquake Damage Prediction & Site Surveys, GIS studies for US NAVAL Bases.
Robert C. Cheng, Ph.D. (UCLA), P.E. (Calif.), Grade 5 Water Treatment Operator (Calif.), Grade 5 Water Distribution Operator (Calif.)
  • Deputy General Manager - Operations (Long Beach Water Department)
  • Past lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, California State University, Pomona
  • Board of Directors, American Water Works Association (AWWA), AWWA Standards Council Chairman
  • Research Advisory Committee member, Water Research Foundation (formerly American Water Works Association Research Foundation)
  • Chairman, Partnership for Safe Water
Richard M. Drake, B.S. (Cal Poly Pomona), M.S. (UC Irvine), P.E. & S.E. (Calif.), SECB
  • Senior Fellow, Structural Engineering, Fluor Corporation
  • Instructor, Cal Poly Pomona - Steel Design, Advanced Steel Design, Earthquake Engineering, Comprehensive Design Projects
  • Member - SEAOC, EERI, AISC, ASCE
  • Member - AISC Seismic Provisions Committee, AISC Seismic Manual Committee, AISC Nonbuilding Structures Committee
  • ASCE 7 Main Committee
Chukwuma G. Ekwueme, PhD, PE, SE, LEED AP
  • Associate Principal, Weidlinger Associates Inc, Marina del Rey, CA
  • Member, Masonry Standards Joint Committee (MSJC) Main Committee, Seismic Committee, Flexure & Axial Loads Committee
  • Director, Board of Directors, The Masonry Society (TMS)
  • Director, Board of Directors, Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC), 2005-2007
Patrick Gibson, P.E., T.E., PTOE
  • MSCE (Northwestern University); Fellow, Institute of Transportation Engineers
  • President of Gibson Transportation Consulting, Inc.
  • Lecturer of the Year, UCLA, Department of Civil Engineering, 2005 and 2008
  • Specializes in traffic impact reports for complex development projects through the Western United States.
  • Co-author of Shared Parking, national research study sponsored by Urban Land Institute
Edward R. Haninger, P. E. & S. E. (Calif.), P. E. (Mich.), M.S., M. ASCE, M. SEAOC
  • Director I, Design Engineering at Fluor Corporation
  • 35 years experience in structural design of structures in concrete, steel, masonry & wood
  • Part-time instructor for structural engineering topics since 1995
  • Published various papers
Carl Kim






Kurt Krause, MSME (CSULB)
  • Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Antenna Mechanical Design Department at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA
  • Former Member of Technical Staff in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Northrop Grumman, Manhattan Beach, CA
  • Former Member of Technical Staff in the Integration and Launch Operations Department at TRW, Manhattan Beach, CA


Jeff Kuo, Ph.D. (USC) P.E. (CA)
  • P.E. in Civil, Mechanical, & Chemical Engineering (California)
  • Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental engineering, CSUF
  • Worked for several major environmental engineering consulting firms & Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts


Marshall Lew






John Pavlik, A.A. (Fullerton), B.A. (CSUF), P.L.S.
  • Right of Way Engineering Manager, O.C. Public Work
  • Instructor, CSU system and community colleges, professional exam preparation courses for LSIT, LS and PE
  • Co-author, CSULB Land Surveying Review Manual and CPEE Engineering Surveying Review Manual
  • Examiner, California Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
  • Past president, Orange County Chapter of the California Land Surveyors Association
  • Active member, International Right of Way Association
  • Developer and only instructor since 1992, Engineering Surveying Review course
Elhami Nasr, Ph.D., PMP
  • Office Chief of Advance Planning, Caltrans
  • Professor, California State University, Long Beach, College of Engineering - Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management



Iraj Nasseri, Ph.D. (Stanford), D.I.C. , P.E. (CA), M. ASCE
  • Chief Hydrologist, County of los Angeles
  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, USC
  • Specialized in engineering hydrology, hydraulics, groundwater hydraulics & water resources engineering.
  • Developed major flood control and water conservation projects.
  • Conducted research and developed hydrologic methods, procedures, and policies for the County of Los Angeles.
  • Provided training in hydrology and hydraulics to the engineering staff of consulting firms, cities, counties, and Caltrans.
T. H. Nguyen, Ph.D. (Penn State), P.E. (ND)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management, California State University, Long Beach
  • Member of Construction Research Council and the editorial board of The Open Construction and Building Technology Journal (ISSN 1874-8368)
  • Research specialist in Information Technology in building design and construction engineering management
Bruce M. Phillips, M.S. (USC), M.S. (CSULB), P.E. (Calif., Ariz.)
  • Senior Vice President, Stormwater Management, PACE
  • Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, CSULB (since 1989), University of California at Irvine, University of California at Riverside
  • Previous chairman for the California Special Civil Exam, with over 20 years teaching experience in the area of hydraulics
  • Author of many publications, including Current Regulatory Best Management Practices for Urban Runoff; Effectiveness of Stormwater Detention Basins for Pollutant Removal; Streambank Stabilization with Geogrid System
Girish Roy, M.S. Civil Engineering- Structural Engineering (U. of Ill), Ph.D. (Illinois Institute of Technology)
  • Director- Construction Management, Supervising Engineer, Engineering Project Manager, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  • Senior Project Manager, Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority
  • Project Engineer/Resident Engineer, Brown & Root Inc.
  • MTA Employee of the Month, 1998
  • American Society of Civil Engineers, Member of Technical Committee for Shotcrete Design in Tunnels
  • Adjunct professor, Civil Engineering Department, California State University, Fullerton
Boris Stein, D. Sc. (Materials Science, Honoris Causa), M. Sc. (Engineering), consulting engineer, concrete materials scientist and educator
  • Vice President , Materials Engineering & Research, Twining Laboratories
  • Co-founder and partner, CMT Research Associates
  • Author and coauthor of numerous publications on concrete materials science and technology; editor and coauthor of English-Russian Dictionary on Chemistry and Technology of Silicate Materials
  • Holds fifteen certificates on inventions and patents
  • Contributed to the development and application of innovative concrete technologies in California, including ultra-rapid strength concrete for rehabilitation of highways, airfields and city streets
Douglas S. Thompson, B.S. (Cal Poly SLO), S.E. (Calif.),
  • Executive Vice President of STB Structural Engineers, Inc., Lake Forest, CA
  • Co-Author: Seismic Design Manual-published by SEAOC/ICC
  • Co-Author: Guide to the Design of Diaphragms, Chords and Collectors-published by NCSEA/ICC



Jeremy Welton, B.S. A.E. (Cal Poly SLO), S.E. (Calif., Nev., Ariz.), M.S. Civil Engineering (UC Irvine)
  • Has worked for Fluor Daniel, EQE (ABS Consulting) and Integrated Design Services, Inc
  • Principal of Spire Structural Engineering Inc. since 2005
  • Specializes in design of all types of structures (concrete, masonry, steel and wood) for residential, commercial, school and hospital projects
  • Performs dynamic analyses using most popular computer programs for new and retrofit designs
  • Routinely involved in seismic assessment of all types of structures
  • Maintains NCEES Record
R. Brett Williams, Ph.D. (VA Tech), P.E. (CA)
  • Principal Mechanical Engineer in the Antenna Mechanical Design Department at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA
  • Former Staff Engineer in the Instrument Mechanical Engineering Section at NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA
  • Instructor of Aerospace Engineering Structures at USC and UCLA
  • Author of numerous publications for research in space structures, intelligent structures, and composite materials




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