PPI Review Course Instructors

FE/EIT Review Course Instructors	Civil PE Review Course Instructors	Electrical PE Review Course Instructors	Environmental PE Review Course Instructors
Mechanical PE Review Course Instructors	CA Civil Seismic Review Course Instructors	CA Civil Surveying Review Course Instructors	Chemical PE Review Course Instructors

FE/EIT Review Course Instructors
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. Dennis earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in electrical engineering at California State University, Sacramento.

Ernest Kim, MSEE, PhD, PE
	Ernest 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 optic 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 active consulting in product design and development, prototype design, and manufacturing testing. He holds 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 a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a master of science and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering at New Mexico State University.

John Peterson, PE
	John Peterson is a lead mechanical engineer for Hewlett Packard Critical Facilities Services. In addition to being a licensed professional engineer, Mr. Peterson is a certified energy manager (CEM), project management professional (PMP), and LEED-accredited professional (LEED AP BD+C). He has been involved heavily with assisting government agencies with reviews and best industry practices to be adopted in their relative standards. He has also been involved with energy and sustainable management (ESM) teams, authoring the original LEED services and guiding teams to understand the services and expectations for those investigating LEED certification. Mr. Peterson is involved with a number of professional groups, including ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9, ISO 50001 Auditor Scheme Committee, and the National Building Museum. He has been a speaker at many industry-related events and has several recognitions, including Consulting-Specifying Engineer's 2011 "40 Under 40 Award."

S. Bobby Rauf, MBA, CEM, PE
	S. Bobby Rauf has been a staff engineer in the plant engineering and plant maintenance departments at PPG Industries since 1981. He has managed numerous million-dollar projects with responsibilities ranging from safety and construction, to commissioning of automation equipment. Bobby has been an adjunct professor at Gardner-Webb University since 1989. He has authored several books, and he has taught professional development courses for universities, professional associations, and corporations. He is a certified energy manager, and he holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and a master of business administration degree from Pfeiffer University.

Ray Razavi, MS, PE
	Ray Razavi has taught review courses for PPI since the 1990s, and he has been a lecturer at Santa Clara University. He earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in civil engineering from Purdue University. He has over three decades of experience in practicing civil engineering in the public and private sectors, and he recently retired as the city engineer for South San Francisco. Mr. Razavi has been a member of APWA, ASCE, SEAONC, and the MTC advisory committee.

Sri Susarla, PhD, PE
	Sri Susarla, PhD, PE, is an experienced exam review course instructor whose students have a pass rate of nearly 98%. He has taught FE morning session, FE environmental afternoon section, and Environmental PE exam review courses in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Sri has worked for the Environmental Protection Agency, in a consulting firm, and as a researcher. He has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and for conferences. He holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees in chemical engineering and a doctorate degree in environmental engineering.

Mohammad Iqbal, PhD, PE
	Mohammad Iqbal has over two decades of experience as a civil and structural engineer. He is a licensed PE in six states and a licensed SE in seven states. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for the design of buildings, amusement parks, high-rise buildings, and parking structures. He is the co-author of Parking Structures: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Repair, 3rd Edition, and has written numerous technical papers and magazine articles. Mo holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Engineering University, a master of science degree in civil engineering from Middle East Technical University, and a doctorate degree in civil engineering from Washington University.

Neil Weisenfeld, MSEE, PE
	Neil Weisenfeld has been teaching PE and FE/EIT exam review courses for five years, both domestically and internationally. Neil has more than 25 years of experience in the electric utility industry and is currently department manager of distribution equipment with Con Edison of New York. He has experience in international utility benchmarking, asset management, substation and distribution system design, reliability analysis, and forensic engineering. His work on arc detection has been covered on the Discovery Channel, and in 2011, it earned him the Technology Innovation Award from the Electric Power Research Institute. Neil holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees in electrical engineering and was licensed in New York as a professional engineer in 2003. He is a senior member of IEEE, past chair of the New York chapter of the IEEE Power and Engineering Society, has co-authored seven technical papers, and holds four U.S. patents.

Civil PE Review Course Instructors
Abdulrahim N. Chafi, PhD, PE
	Abdulrahim Chafi is a chemist and a registered civil engineer. He has been teaching PE and FE/EIT exam review courses for 10 years. Additionally, as an adjunct faculty member, he has been teaching for 25 years at California State University, Fresno, National University, and Fresno Pacific University. Abdulrahim is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, and the Water Environment Federation. He currently works for the California Department of Transportation.

Morgan Griffith, PE
	Morgan Griffith is a civil engineer with Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, where he specializes in non-linear structural analysis, performance-based design and assessment of structures, earthquake engineering, and soil-structure interaction. Prior to joining Exponent, he worked as a geotechnical engineer in the Netherlands, a design engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, and as a graduate student instructor for a civil engineering materials course at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Griffith has a bachelor of science degree in civil and environmental engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a master of science degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Liliana Kandic, PE
	Liliana Kandic is currently a Senior Engineer with Con Edison of New York and has over 20 years of experience in structural analysis, concrete, steel, foundations and roadway design, and supervision of production of project documentation. Her experience includes the civil, structural and architectural design of electric utility infrastructure, from pre-cast concrete substation installations to various equipment framings, foundations and subsurface structures. Her current projects include improvement of damage assessment guidelines for installations housing electrical equipment. She has prepared course materials and has served as an instructor for designer preparatory exams. Ms. Kandic has been invited to serve as a member of the ASCE Forensic Engineering Technical Group. She holds a MSc degree in Civil Engineering from Belgrade University and an ME degree in Structural engineering from City University of New York, and is a registered professional engineer of civil engineering in the state of New York.

Juneseok Lee, PhD, PE
	Dr. Lee has been an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at San Jose State University since 2008. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, and master of science and doctorate degrees from Virginia Tech, all in civil engineering. He is a registered professional engineer of civil engineering in the state of California. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA).

Ruwan Rajapakse, PE, CCM, CCE, AVS
	Ruwan Rajapakse has two decades of experience as a professional engineer in design, construction management, and project control. In addition, Mr. Rajapakse has served as an adjunct lecturer for graduate studies at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds a master of science degree in engineering, PE licenses in New York and New Jersey, and is certified as a construction manager, a cost engineer, and as an associated value specialist.

Ray Razavi, MS, PE
	Ray Razavi has taught review courses for PPI since the 1990s, and he has been a lecturer at Santa Clara University. He earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in civil engineering from Purdue University. He has over three decades of experience in practicing civil engineering in the public and private sectors, and he recently retired as the city engineer for South San Francisco. Mr. Razavi has been a member of APWA, ASCE, SEAONC, and the MTC advisory committee.

Andy Richardson, PE
	Andy Richardson began his career in 1998. He has over 13 years of experience in structural and civil engineering, with the majority of that time devoted to structural engineering. Andy Richardson has a deep understanding of construction and structural framing of many different types of buildings and materials, plus strong knowledge of the International Building Code. His competent areas of structural design include concrete, steel, light gauge steel, masonry, and wood, with an emphasis on design for high-risk coastal areas

Electrical PE Review Course Instructors
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. Dennis earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in electrical engineering at California State University, Sacramento.

Ernest Kim, MSEE, PhD, PE
	Ernest 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 optic 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 active consulting in product design and development, prototype design, and manufacturing testing. He holds 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 a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a master of science and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering at New Mexico State University.

James A. Mirabile, PE
	James A. Mirabile, a licensed professional engineer, has held various technical and leadership positions at Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) Company for the past 26 years. He was named BGE’s director of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Initiatives in 2006, and led the effort to prepare for growth associated with Department of Defense operations moving to Maryland’s Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Meade military installations. Named a Transmission Compliance Consultant in 2009, Mr. Mirabile provides consulting services to BGE Subject Matter Experts on how to achieve and maintain compliance with applicable reliability standards. Mr. Mirabile holds memberships in IEEE, the IEEE Power and Energy Society, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers, and the United States Green Building Council – Maryland Chapter. He is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Energy Auditor (CEA), Certified Power Quality Professional (CPQ), and a LEED AP O+M. Mr. Mirabile was named the “2011 Outstanding Engineer” by the IEEE Power and Energy Society – Baltimore Chapter. He holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University and a master of science degree in administrative science from the Johns Hopkins University.

Gregg Wagener, MS, PE
	Gregg Wagener has taught several electrical PE exam review courses for PPI. Gregg is a licensed electrical engineer in California. 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 an electrical engineering and fundamentals advisor for PPI's Passing Zone. He holds a bachelor of science degree in physics from the University of New Mexico and a master of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California.

Environmental PE Review Course Instructors
Hemanth Kumar Thippeswamy, PhD, PE
	Dr. Hemanth Kumar Thippeswamy has Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Civil Engineering and is a Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Dr. Thippeswamy has collaborated and interacted extensively on various projects with personnel from Federal, State, County and Private agencies, other subject matter experts and researchers, engineers, contractors, consultants and vendors. He has disseminated technology to engineering community through conferences, consortia, workshops, seminars, short-term courses, clearinghouse, presentations and publications. He has authored several technical papers, reports and manuals, and has presented his work at National and International conferences. Dr. Thippeswamy is a recipient of many awards including cooperator of the year award by Fairfax County’s Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District for his work on BMPs, LIDs and Environmental Education. Dr. Thippeswamy currently serves as a Program Manager for Federal/State mandated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program at Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering Division of Fairfax County Public Schools.

Mechanical PE Review Course Instructors
Jude Cozzolino, PE
	Jude Cozzolino is a registered professional engineer in New York. He has engineering, construction, and management experience, including 15 years of power industry experience. He has managed multimillion-dollar international nuclear and fossil power plant construction projects from inception to completion, and used multi-disciplinary teams for equipment design, installation, start-up, testing, modification, and repair. Jude received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the New York Institute of Technology. He also holds certificates in plumbing and sprinkler design from New York University, and he provides training on these topics to engineering interns from local universities.

Richard Davis, MS, PE
	Richard Davis retired as 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 has published several papers in technical journals pertaining to his research activities at GE. Currently, Rich serves as a mechanical engineering advisor for PPI's Passing Zone. He earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in material science from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of California at Davis and performed postgraduate studies at Stanford University.

Chemical PE Review Course Instructors
L. Adam Williamson, PE
	L. Adam Williamson is a registered professional engineer in Connecticut. He is a process design engineer with Alstom Power, where he specializes in fluidized bed combustion and chemical recovery unit operation. Prior to joining Alstom, he worked as an applications engineer designing spray systems to be installed in both flue gas desulfurization and selective non-catalytic reaction systems. He has a dual bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and physics from Clarkson University, and is pursuing his master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

California Civil Seismic Review Course Instructors
Khushru Wadia, SE
	Khushru Wadia, SE holds both professional engineering and structural engineering licenses in California. He received a bachelor of science degree in construction engineering from Mumbai University and a master of science degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Khushru was a Project Structural Engineer with Englekirk Structural Engineers, Inc. and a civil engineering lecturer at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA). He is currently pursuing an MBA degree at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

Homayoun (Homy) Sikaroudi, PhD, MSc, PE
	Dr. Homy Sikaroudi has been working with PPI as a Civil PE and California Civil Seismic Review Course instructor since October 2000. He is the co-founder of West Coast Premier Construction, Inc., a design-build contractor located in Oakland, CA. This company provides seismic retrofit engineering and construction services for multi-story buildings and general full service construction. He is also the principal of Sikaroudi & Associates, Inc., an Oakland-based company providing structural engineering consulting, evaluation, and design. Dr. Sikaroudi has more than 22 years of experience in all aspects of structural engineering, cooperate manangement, construction, and numerous completed design-build projects as the engineer of record. In addition, he has presented a number of publications and seminars on earthquake-resistant consideration and retrofit of irregular multi-story buildings. He obtained a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering in 1982, a master's degree in structural engineering in 1984, and a PhD degree from King's College University of London in 1988, with the research area focusing on earthquake resistance design of irregular buildings. He is a licensed professional civil engineer in the State of California.

California Civil Surveying Review Course Instructors
Juneseok Lee, PhD, PE
	Dr. Lee has been an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at San Jose State University since 2008. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, and master of science and doctorate degrees from Virginia Tech, all in civil engineering. He is a registered professional engineer of civil engineering in the state of California. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA).