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FE (E-I-T) Review Class Instructors

Stephen P. Andrew, MS, PE
  Stephen Andrew has taught review courses for the mechanical engineering PE exam and the Fundamentals of Engineering exam for many years. For more than a decade, he has worked in professional practice as a consultant in the analysis and prevention of failures. He has examined failures in a range of industries, including oil and chemical production, food processing, transportation, and power generation. He is the coauthor of many papers and a book on transit buses. Currently, he serves as a Mechanical Engineering Advisor for Professional Publications Inc.'s Passing Zone. He is also the presenter for an FE video review course based on his PE Review course. Stephen holds BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.
 
Kimberly Cameron, MS, Ph.D, PE
  Kim Cameron graduated from Princeton in 1999 with a mechanical engineering degree and certificates (minors) in engineering physics, applied matematics and materials science. She received her doctorate in mechanical engineering from Stanford in 2005 with a minor in materials science and engineering. She was awarded fellowships from NSF, DoD and Lucent Technologies. Since graduating from Stanford she has worked in the mechanics and materials group at Exponent where she provides consulting services on a variety of engineering problems.
 
Silvino Cruz, PE
  Silvino Cruz has taught for PPI since 1995. He has over 20 years of experience in the analysis, design, construction, and project management of various industrial, health care, educational and commercial electrical power, control, telecommunication, signal, fire alarm and lifesafety systems. Currently, he works at ATI Architects and Engineers in Danville. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree and licensed as a professional engineer in California. He has been an active member of IEEE since 1987.
 
Dennis Dahlquist, MS, PE
  Dennis Dahlquist has taught electrical PE and the Fundamentals of Engineering exam review courses for PPI for many years. A licensed electrical engineer in California, Dennis has spent more than a decade in professional practice as a consultant in product design and development, rapid prototype design, and system design and analysis. In addition to teaching PE and FE courses, he has taught electrical engineering courses at the university and junior college levels. He is active in the IEEE, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the California Society of Professional Engineers, for which he currently serves as vice president. He has published several papers on engineering and how to pass the professional licensing exams. He serves as an Electrical Engineering Advisor for Professional Publications Inc.'s Passing Zone. Dennis earned BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering at California State University, Sacramento.
 
Ernest Kim, MSEE, Ph.D
  Ernie Kim has taught the Fundamentals of Engineering exam review courses for many years. A licensed electrical engineer in California, Ernie had more than a decade as a designer in opticla fiber transmission, radio frequency, and analog circuits prior to his teaching career as a full time tenured member of the faculty at the University of San Diego. He has continued his practice through both research and an active consulting practice in product design and development, prototype design, and manufacturing test. He hold memberships in the IEEE, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the California Society of Professional Engineers. He has published papers and made presentations at international conferences on engineering design. Ernie earned BSEE from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and MSEE and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering at New Mexico State University.
 

Civil PE Review Class Instructors

Atkhem Al-Manaseer, PhD, PE (Canada)
  Dr. Atkhem Al-Manaseer is Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at San Jose State University. He has more than 22 years of teaching experience. He holds professional engineering licenses in England and Canada, has lectured in many countries. He is is the author of a textbook on reinforced Concrete Design using the ACI 318-05 code and has published more than 80 technical papers and reports dealing with concrete technology, computer modeling of concrete structures, and several other civil engineering subjects. He is currently a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, the American Society of Civil Engineering, and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering.
 
Paul Kagoo, SE, LEED AP
  Paul Kagoo is a registered Structural Engineer in the state of California and is a Project Structural Engineer at Englekirk Partners Consulting Structural Engineers in Los Angeles, California. Paul has published a few papers in conference proceedings and is associated with the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California. He recently obtained LEED AP and received his Bachelor of Technology degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has a Masters degree from the University of California, Irvine and occasionally teaches in the Department of Civil Engineering at the California Polytechnic University, Pomona.
 
Kurt McMullin, PhD, PE
  Dr. Kurt McMullin is currently an assistant professor of civil engineering at San Jose State University. Kurt has published in many refereed journals and participated in refereed and non-refereed conferences and engineering reports. He is associated with the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Engineering Educators. He has been licensed in California as a civil engineer since 1991. Kurt received MS and PhD degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in civil engineering.
 
James R. Monroe, Jr., PE
  James R. Monroe, Jr., has taught civil PE review courses for PPI since 1988. Jim is a civil and forensic engineer. He is the author of the Civil Surveying Practice Exam for the California Special Civil Engineer Examination and performed the developmental editing for Surveying Principles for Civil Engineers. Jim also served as an advisor for Professional Publications Inc.'s Passing Zone. He is currently employed by the California State Department of Transportation.
 
Homy Sikaroudi, PhD, PE
  Dr. Homy Sikaroudi joined PE Review in 1999 as a civil and structural engineering instructor. He is a licensed civil engineer in California and is president and chief engineer of Sikaroudi & Associates, Inc., a structural engineering firm involved in seismic design and retrofit of existing and new buildings. Homy has over 15 years of experience in project and construction management, construction documents preparation, structural evaluation, analysis, design, and shop drawing review. In addition, he has written and presented a number of publications on earthquake-resistant design of irregular buildings. He earned a PhD in civil engineering from King's College, University of London, in 1988. He had been an active member of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) since 1992.
 

Electrical PE Review Class Instructors

Silvino Cruz, PE
  Silvino Cruz has taught for PPI since 1995. He has over 20 years of experience in the analysis, design, construction, and project management of various industrial, health care, educational and commercial electrical power, control, telecommunication, signal, fire alarm and lifesafety systems. Currently, he works at ATI Architects and Engineers in Danville. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree and licensed as a professional engineer in California. He has been an active member of IEEE since 1987.
 
Dennis Dahlquist, MS, PE
  Dennis Dahlquist has taught electrical PE and the Fundamentals of Engineering exam review courses for PPI for many years. A licensed electrical engineer in California, Dennis has spent more than a decade in professional practice as a consultant in product design and development, rapid prototype design, and system design and analysis. In addition to teaching PE and FE courses, he has taught electrical engineering courses at the university and junior college levels. He is active in the IEEE, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the California Society of Professional Engineers, for which he currently serves as vice president. He has published several papers on engineering and how to pass the professional licensing exams. He serves as an Electrical Engineering Advisor for Professional Publications Inc.'s Passing Zone. Dennis earned BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering at California State University, Sacramento.
 
Sung Hu, PhD
  Dr. Sung Hu has taught review courses for the electrical PE exam for PPI for several years. For the past 20 years, he has been a professor of engineering at San Francisco State University. He has been involved in IEEE and the American Society of Electrical Engineers. He has published one book and close to 30 technical articles, primarily dealing with digital systems and microprocessors. Sung obtained his MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Oregon State University.
 
Gregg Wagener, MS, PE
  Gregg Wagener has taught several electrical PE exam review courses for PPI. Gregg is a licensed electrical engineer in Califonia. Since 1982, he has worked as an electronics engineer for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, CA, performing in-service and development engineering for all variants of the Navy's STANDARD Missile and development work on the Evolved SEASPARROW Missile. Gregg has also written a teaching manual for FE exam-review course instructors and a review manual for the electrical discipline-specific FE examination. He currently serves as Electrical Engineering and Fundamentals Advisor for Professional Publications Inc.'s Passing Zone. He holds a BS in physics from the University of New Mexico and a MSEE from the University of Southern California.
 

Mechanical PE Review Class Instructors

Richard Davis, MS
  Richard Davis is a principal engineer for the Nuclear Energy Division of General Electric (GENE), where he has worked for more than 24 years in a range of research and development positions. He has been an instructor for PPI for many years. He is identified as a technical expert in irradiated materials testing at GENE and is a major contributor to the development of electrochemical potential measurement techniques and evaluations for both in-plant and in-reactor laboratory test programs. He has published several papers in technical journals pertaining to his research activities at GE. Currently, Rich serves as a Mechanical Engineering Advisor for Professional Publications Inc.'s Passing Zone. He earned BS and MS degrees in material science from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of California at Davis and performed postgraduate studies at Stanford University.
 
Jan Swider, MS, Ph.D.
  Jan Swider is a licensed mechanical engineer in the State of California. He has over 20 years of experience in nuclear and aerospace industries. He is an expert in probabilistic risk assessment and he has been involved in design and analyses of many engineering systems from nuclear reactors to Space Shuttle Main Engines. Jan has taught in variety of disciplines including space power systems, spacecraft propulsion, and mechanical engineering PE exam review courses. He earned his MS and PhD degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
 

Seismic Seminar Class Instructor

Homy Sikaroudi, PhD, PE
  Dr. Homy Sikaroudi joined PE Review in 1999 as a civil and structural engineering instructor. He is a licensed civil engineer in California and is president and chief engineer of Sikaroudi & Associates, Inc., a structural engineering firm involved in seismic design and retrofit of existing and new buildings. Homy has over 15 years of experience in project and construction management, construction documents preparation, structural evaluation, analysis, design, and shop drawing review. In addition, he has written and presented a number of publications on earthquake-resistant design of irregular buildings. He earned a PhD in civil engineering from King's College, University of London, in 1988. He had been an active member of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) since 1992.
 
Paul Kagoo, SE, LEED AP
  Paul Kagoo is a registered Structural Engineer in the state of California and is a Project Structural Engineer at Englekirk Partners Consulting Structural Engineers in Los Angeles, California. Paul has published a few papers in conference proceedings and is associated with the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California. He recently obtained LEED AP and received his Bachelor of Technology degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has a Masters degree from the University of California, Irvine and occasionally teaches in the Department of Civil Engineering at the California Polytechnic University, Pomona.
 

Surveying Seminar Instructors

James R. Monroe, Jr., PE
  James R. Monroe, Jr., PE has taught civil engineering PE exam review courses for PPI since 1988. Jim is a civil and forensic engineer. He is the author of the Civil Surveying Practice Exam for the California Special Civil Engineer Examination and performed the developmental editing for Surveying Principles for Civil Engineers. Jim also served as an advisor for Professional Publications Inc.'s Passing Zone. He is currently employed by the California State Department of Transportation.
 

LEED® Exam Prep Instructors

Dana Brechwald, LEED AP
  Dana Brechwald is a green building consultant in San Francisco at UrbanGreen, working with real estate developers and architects to develop green building programs and sustainable community plans. She has a BA in Architecture from UC Berkeley and worked in architecture prior to working at UrbanGreen, giving her four years of experience in the building field. She is a LEED AP and has assisted private design firms in educating their staff on LEED and green building.
 
Umber Kazmi, LEED AP
  Umber Kazmi currently serves on Faculty at University of Washington teaching Structures and Studio courses. She serves as adjunt faculty at Newschool of Architecture. She is also an instructor of ARE seminars for various AIA chapters. She has also taught life drawing, graphic design, and architecture at other institutions. She has 8 years experience as Designer, Urban Planner, and Construction Manager on projects throughout UAE, Oman, California , Illinois , New Jersey and Florida . She is also an accredited professional in Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED®). Umber has recently passed the 2006 ARE version 3.1. Her diverse experience through teaching-design-construction has conditioned her to be successful as an instructor.
 
John Lucht, LEED AP
  John Lucht currently works for the Architecture firm Cannon Design in the St. Louis office. Specializing in the Health Care industry he has worked on several LEED accredited Medical research facilities as well as working with Hospital administrators on the complexities of Health care sustainability. He has an accredited BA from Kansas State University, and along with fours of experience working within the Architecture field he is also a LEED AP as well as an associate member of the AIA.
 
Janika McFeely, LEED AP
  Janika McFeely is a Designer for EHDD Architecture in San Francisco, a firm with a reputation for sustainable and energy efficient design. Janika coordinates the LEED® process for all projects in the office, which recently included two LEED® Platinum certified buildings. She also provides green building research support and educational classes for the firm. Janika has extensive experience in green building research including assisting in the development of the Canadian Green Building Council's LEED® Canada Version 1.0 Reference Guide while completing her Masters of Architecture at the University of British Columbia.
   
Alex Sinunu, LEED AP
  Alex Sinunu is an Assistant Project Manager at Pankow Builders in San Francisco . He served as an integral member of four fast track LEED® projects, and is a developer of Pankow Builders green strategic plan. He currently serves on the USGBC-NCC membership committee and is founder of GReMo, a green relocatable classroom company. Previous to working at Pankow, Alex was an instructor for over 10 years in a variety of fields. He has a Master's in Education and specializes in helping students achieve higher test scores.
 
Alex Spigler, LEED AP
  Alex Spilger Alex Spilger is a Sustainability Advisor and has worked on over two dozen diverse green building projects including the first LEED Platinum major renovation on the west coast. In addition to project management, he works to develop and implement educational programs and has taught LEED workshops to organizations such as Cal Trans, BKF Engineers and the local chapters of the USGBC and AIA. His experience includes facilitating LEED charrettes, researching green building technologies and policy, and managing both the people and the processes involved with taking projects through LEED Certification. Alex is an active member of the Northern California Chapter of the USGBC and serves on the USGBC Corresponding Committee for LEED-EB. In addition to green building, he has a year of experience as a volunteer teacher in a rural mountain village in Costa Rica with WorldTeach, a non-profit based out of Harvard University's Center for International Development. Alex is a LEED Accredited Professional, Certified Green Building Professional, HERS Rater and holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from UCLA.
 
Jourdan Younis, LEED AP
  Jourdan Younis has spent ten years in the construction industry, gaining an in-depth knowledge of construction techniques in all facets of commercial and residential construction. His degree in construction management from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo combined with his experience as a real estate developer has accelerated his familiarity with all aspects of the construction industry. Jourdan has led teams in the green initiative in his role as BCCI's Sustainability Manager and as a LEED® accredited professional. He is constantly discovering new ways to cost effectively build to green standards.
 
(Please note: The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) did not participate in the development and/or implementation of these courses. The USGBC is not affiliated with PPI. LEED and USGBC are registered trademarks of the U.S. Green Building Council.)
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