PPI Instructors
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Andrea holds a Bachelor of Architecture (Summa Cum Laude) from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and a Master of Architecture from The University of Texas at Austin. Before graduating from Universidad Central de Venezuela, she completed a residency at Espacio 2A and gained valuable experience through internships at E-Studio FM and NORTE Constructions in Caracas. Her work has been featured in various publications, including AIA Austin’s Force Majeure and the UTSOA’s Design Excellence Exhibition.
Andrea's contributions to student leadership, scholarship, and design excellence have earned her multiple awards, highlighting her dedication to creating impactful and inclusive spaces.
- Hydraulic and hydrologic modeling (HEC-RAS, SWMM, WaterGEMS)
- GIS integration and watershed analysis (ArcGIS Pro)
- FEMA flood risk studies and infrastructure planning
- Stormwater system design, detention/retention pond analysis, and culvert hydraulics
Bhaven has had working experience with federal and state funded research projects and has over the last 18+ years made significant contributions to the transportation systems engineering area through his research works. Beyond engineering, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, working on DIY construction projects, watching soccer (footie!), and worshipping God.
Let’s get ready for the PE exam with Bhaven!!
When she's not working her day job, Bonnie enjoys working with her husband on their "fixer upper" lake house, trying to create/maintain a pollinator friendly habitat in their yard, caring for their Blue Orchard Bees, activities with their dogs (agility, nosework, etc.), traveling, camping, cool-weather hiking, kayaking, attempting to catch fish, attending the occasional rock concert, and generally having way more interests than she has time.
Bonnie's favorite thing about teaching is the "aha moment," when something that had been difficult and unclear suddenly makes sense for someone, and they can go on to be successful with that newfound understanding. Bonnie's favorite thing about standardized tests is the confidence boost when you pass them. She got hooked on standardized tests as a teen. When her homeschool family moved from TX to WA State, she had to take the Iowa Basic Skills test. She'd always felt sure she must be behind her peers, but was amazed and highly motivated when she received back percentile scores in the upper 90s. The rest is history: SAT, ACT, the NALA paralegal certification exam, many CLEP tests (including the dread Chemistry CLEP), four separate Oklahoma educator certifications (6-12 math, 6-12 English, K-12 special education, K-12 English as a foreign language), the FE, and most recently, the PE. Here at PPI, she looks forward to helping fellow engineers prepare and experience success on their exam days, too.
Previously, he worked as a consultant designing bridges, retaining walls, solar site foundations, substations, and a variety of other structures. He has conducted bridge inspections and site investigations as well. He is particularly interested in the complexities of seismic design, finite element analysis, and soil-structure interaction. You will see his projects in nearly every state in the United States.
He received his BS in Civil Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He successfully defended his Master’s Thesis in “Stochastic Modeling by Polynomial Chaos Expansions on the Long-Term Behavior of Concrete Beams with CFRP Composites.” He is expected to complete his MS in Structural Engineering soon with only one class remaining. While at Mines, he ran DII Cross Country and Track, racing events from the 1500m to the 10k. He also participated in ASCE, AGC, Civil Engineering Honor Society, and the Navigators.
He recently moved back to Colorado with his wife, 2 dogs, and 1 cat. In his free time, David likes to run long distances and is currently training for ultra-marathons. He likes to spend time with his wife hiking, playing disc golf, and exploring.
She has over six years of experience in construction engineering, surveying, hydrology and hydraulics, geometry control and site development for residential, commercial and public works projects. Elena holds a professional engineer license in the State of California.
After completing his MSEE studies, Dr. Kim took a position as an Electrical Engineer at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado responsible for precise measurement of optical fiber geometries and established the national optical fiber far-field and near-field measurement standard procedures and tests. He was awarded the certificate of achievement from the Department of Commerce for his work on establishing a fiber optic national standard.
Upon completion of his PhD studies, he joined Burroughs Corporation in San Diego as a Project Engineer developing fiber optic transmitters and receivers for an advanced local area network.
Mr. Mirabile is a senior member of IEEE, IEEE Industry Applications Society, IEEE Power and Energy Society, and IEEE Standards Association. He is also a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers. He is currently Northeast Vice Chair of NSPE’s Professional Engineers in Industry. He is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Energy Auditor (CEA), Certified in Power Quality (CPQ), and a LEED AP O+M.
Mr. Mirabile was named IEEE Power and Energy Society – Baltimore Chapter’s 2011 Outstanding Engineer.” He is the current President of Maryland Society of Professional Engineers. His term expires in July 2021.
John is a registered Mechanical, Thermal and Fluid Systems, professional engineer (PE), a certified project management professional (PMP), and a certified Six Sigma Black Belt Professional (SSBBP). He graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering focused on electro-mechanical engineering from the University of Kinshasa (D.R. Congo) and an MBA focused on business from Western Governors University.
Learner is one of John’s signature themes from the Clifton Strengths survey. He is driven by the principle that knowledge is power, and power comes from learning. That is why John is deeply committed to helping students succeed, passionate about sharing his knowledge and expertise with his followers and dedicated to creating a supportive and engaging learning environment.
Josh has a broad range of experience. He is currently a licensed structural engineer and Project Manager for a premier structural engineering firm, Dunn Associates, Inc., located in Salt Lake City, Utah which specializes in building design. He has worked on numerous building projects that do not fit typical design standards and loves every minute of it.
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree from the University of California, Davis in Civil Engineering he went on to help open up a new office for his previous firm. While in Los Angeles, California he prepared for the PE exam. He passed the Civil PE Exam (Structural Depth) along with the California Specific Exams (Seismic and Surveying), and he wants you to pass too!
Khalid was awarded the 2023 Long Island Business News 30 Under 30 Award, the 2024 Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Long Island’s Young Professional 30 Under 30 Award, 2024 Healthcare Hero Award, 2024 NSPE Emerging Leader, 2024 NYSSPE Young Engineer of the Year Award, 2024 LIBN Rising Star in Engineering Award, 2024 EC&M 30 Under 30 All Star Award, and 2025 NYIT Ingenium Rising Star Award. Khalid was also a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, United States Green Building Council Long Island Chapter, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and American Council of Engineering Companies.
Khalid has engineering experience ranging from commercial buildings, high-rise buildings, LEED accredited buildings, railroad, schools, university campus, distribution centers, emergency service buildings, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, pharmaceutical, water districts, wastewater districts, federal, solar projects, EVSE projects, public parks projects, transportation projects, and buildings over 1,000,000 square feet. Khalid has completed projects across the country. He has published an article with Engineering.com in 2022 titled "How to Prepare for Your Fundamentals of Engineering Exam.” In 2023, he presented “The Benefits of Professional Licensure for Engineers.” In 2024, he published an article with Prosple titled “How to Break into Electrical Engineering as a Student,” recorded a podcast with EC&M titled “Meet the 2024 30 Under 30 Electrical All Stars,” and presented “Navigating the Engineering Licensure Process and Exam Day.”
In his free time, he loves traveling, reading nonfiction or educational books, watch international movies, and stand-up comedy. Khalid has met and taken pictures with Jackie Chan, Mike Tyson, Kevin Hart, Marvel’s Stan Lee, the Karate Kid Ralph Macchio, the Green Power Ranger Jason David Frank, professional boxer Amir Khan, 4-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler, and 7-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath. Khalid has trained with George St Pierre, Korean Zombie, Matt Sera, and Masakazu Imanari. He speaks 3 languages and would like to learn more. Khalid is passionate about engineering and he loves helping people achieve advancement in their respective fields. He is ready to use his experience from passing both the FE and PE on the new computer based test (CBT) format to help other engineers pass their exams.
Kyrea Njuguna, P.E. is a licensed mechanical engineer in California, Texas and Washington, DC. He has over 20 years of international experience in Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Renewable Energy, Water Treatment and the Built Environment and is currently based both in the USA and France. He runs a small engineering services company, Blue Dot Engineering Inc., and for the past 2 years has been a consulting mechanical engineer at Technip Energies, Eras and Solvay on several industrial plant projects in India and France.
He was previously a senior mechanical engineer at BVRT, a wastewater treatment operator in Texas, developing operational and sustainability improvements. He was prior a project engineer at Suez for a wastewater treatment and sludge-to-energy (30 MW power generation) EPC project in Romania and at LAB (CNIM Group) for waste-to-energy (30 MW power generation, 20 MW equivalent heat generation) and biomass CHP (150 MW power generation, 415 MW equivalent heat generation) EPC projects in the United Kingdom and Denmark respectively.
He has also consulted USA-based start-ups in a wide variety of sectors throughout his career, most notably Seabound – on marine carbon capture technology scale-up, COI Energy - on commercial building energy software improvements, Emrgy - on modular hydropower technology scale-up, and Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) on biogas and pico-hydropower pilot projects in the developing world.
His early career positions were on mechanical equipment design and build at KBR, Worley Parsons and SNC-Lavalin for gas treatment, LNG, refining and Gas-To-Liquids EPC projects around the world, and project management of power conversion equipment manufacturing at GE Power in France.
He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom (2001) and his master’s degree in Engineering for Sustainable Development at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom (2008).
Mohammad Abbasi, PhD, PE, SE, PMP is an experienced Bridge Engineer with a Doctor of Philosophy- PhD in Civil Engineering focused on Structural Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno.
He has over ten years of combined industry and academic experience in Earthquake and Structural Engineering, in which he could gain a deep understanding of the bridge and building design standards like AASHTO LRFD, IBC, ASCE7, AISC and ACI. Mohammad has a comprehensive knowledge and proficiency in design and analysis of different types of complex bridges and earth retaining systems. He is also experienced in design and analysis of different types of steel, concrete, masonry, and timber structures.
During his MS and PhD, his research was focused specifically on analysis of complex highway bridges with different geometric configurations , through nonlinear finite element modeling.
One of his major research projects involved conducting quantitative and qualitative assessment of the seismic risk to California highway bridges.
He also developed time-dependent fragility functions for deteriorating reinforced concrete bridges with different levels of reinforcement corrosion in California. The results of his work have aided seismic retrofit prioritization, financial loss estimation, pre-earthquake planning and post-earthquake safety issues. He has published several peer-reviewed articles in the leading journals and conference proceedings. As a certified project management professional, he has strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively develop a healthy teamwork relationship.
In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, family and friends. He also enjoys hiking, biking, and watching movies.
Two years later, he transferred to the metal buildings industry as a Design Engineer at American Buildings Company, a part of the Nucor Buildings group, and has served in that role for over seven years. Quint hopes to lead the development of his team and those of the entire Nucor Buildings Group in the coming years. Until then, he works as a mentor to young engineers and takes every opportunity to help them grow. Quint has been a practicing PE since February of 2015 and is registered in Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida.
Quint has many hobbies, but his main passion is playing games with friends. He enjoys much of his time outside of work with his wife and two children. A teacher at heart who married an actual teacher, Quint is excited to pass along his knowledge to help others succeed.
Previously, Seina was the Chief Engineer at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, where he led and managed the agency’s Engineering Section and provided expert testimony and recommendations to Commissioners appointed by the Governor of Colorado. He has testified and worked on regulatory issues related to implementing Colorado’s clean energy goals, including beneficial electrification, demand-side management, clean heat planning, electric and natural gas rate cases, transportation electrification, energy storage, and certificates of public convenience and necessity. He also has worked at the Colorado Department of Transportation and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Seina holds a Master of Science in Global Energy Management from the University of Colorado Denver and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also a guitarist and enjoys music, reading, history, basketball, the beach, and playing with his dog. He lives in San Diego, CA.
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