Faculty

FACULTYCONTACT INFOSPECIALIZATION
Dr. Rupa Purasinghe

Rupa Purasinghe, Ph.D., P.E.
Chair, Principal Advisor

Office: E&T A-337a
Phone: (323) 343-4459
Email: [email protected]

Computer-Aided Design/ Experimentation, Structural Analysis/Design, Finite Element Method for Stress Analysis

Office Hours @ ET A-337A
Spring 2025
T: 10:00 am to 11:00 am and by appointment
W: 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm
TH: 10:00 am to 11:00 am

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Dr. David Blekhman

David Blekhman, Ph.D.

Office: E&T A-137
Phone: (323) 343-4569
Email: [email protected]

Sustainable Energy and Transportation, Engineering Technology

Office Hours @ ET A137, or H2 Station, or Zoom
Spring 2025
T: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm and by appointment
TH: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm and by appointment

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mauricio castillo

Mauricio Castillo, Ph.D.
Industrial Technology and M.A. Advisor

Office: E&T A-339
Phone: (323) 343-4573
Email: [email protected]

Industrial Technology, STEM/Technology Education, and Engineering Education

Office Hours @ ET A339 or Zoom
Spring 2025
M: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm and by appointment
W: 2:00 pm-4:00 pm and by appointment
TH: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm and by appointment

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Dr. Lily Chen

Xiaolei Chen, Ph.D.
Fire Protection Advisor

Office: E&T A-336
Phone: (323) 343-4567
Email: [email protected]

Building and Fire Protection Engineering

Office Hours on Zoom
Spring 2025
T: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

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Yilin Feng, Ph.D.

Yilin Feng, Ph.D.

Office: E&T A-428a
Phone: (323) 343-4554
Email: [email protected]

Airport Operation and Management, Airport Simulation, Airport Sustainability

Office Hours @ A-428a
Spring 2025
M: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
W: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
TH: 9:00 am to 11:00 am

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Dr. Rachel Friedman

Rachel Friedman, Ph.D.
Director of Aviation Administration

Office: E&T A-409
Phone: (323) 343-4563
Email: [email protected]

Aviation business, single pilot resource management, single pilot operations for multi-engine aircraft, airline transport pilot shortage

Office Hours @ ET A409 and zoom
Spring 2025
T: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm and by appointment
TH: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm and by appointment

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ankit gupta

Ankit Gupta, Ph.D.

Office: E&T A-328
Phone: (323) 343-4427
Email: [email protected]

Conventional and advanced manufacturing processes, material science, mechanics of materials, additive manufacturing technologies, solid and computational modeling, processing and characterization of composite materials, finite element modeling/analysis

Office Hours @ ET 428C
Spring 2025
T: 9:00 am to 11:00 am
W: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Dr. Jai Hong, Ph.D.

Jai Hong, Ph.D.
MSIM Advisor

Office: E&T A-338
Phone: (323) 343-4558
Email: [email protected]

Engineering Technology/Manufacturing Processes & Automation

Office Hours @ ET A 338
Spring 2025
T: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
W: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

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Dr. Benjamin Lee

Benjamin Lee, Ph.D., FERP*

Office: E&T A-334
Email: [email protected]

Graphic Communications, Print Management

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Dr. Paul Liu

Paul Liu, Ph.D., FERP*

Office: E&T A-222
Phone: (323) 343-4570
Email: [email protected]

Industrial Technology/Manufacturing Processes & Automation

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Dr. Stephanie Nelson

Stephanie Nelson, Ph.D., FERP*

Office: E&T A-334
Email: [email protected]

Technical and Professional Communication, Professional Development, Organizational Leadership

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Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas, MA

Office: E&T A-428C
Phone: (323) 343-4566
Email: [email protected]

Office Hours @ ET A-331
Spring 2025
T: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm and by appointment
W: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm and by appointment

*(FERP) Faculty Early Retirement Program - Faculty work up to 50% of their regular time base.

Emeriti: Cortland C. Doan, Ethan B. Lipton Ph.D., Raymond E. Fausel, Gregory S. Graham, Kenneth F. Hird, Pamela D. Jablonsky, John LaMonica, Don M. Maurizio, Kenneth Phillips, Le D. Tang, Norwood Teague.

Technology Lecturers

Last NameFirst NameEmail
AliAdabzadeh[email protected]
EduardoAngeles[email protected]
MaryamAzarbayjani

[email protected]

Office Hours @ ET A308A
Spring 2025
F: 5:00pm to 6:00 pm

BlakeCortis

[email protected]

Office Hours @ ET B16
Spring 2025
T: 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
TH: 1:30 pm-2:30 pm

CliffHadsell[email protected]
JulioGuzman[email protected]
JasonMorgan[email protected]
GopalMohanty

[email protected]

Office Hours on Zoom
Spring 2025
M: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
T: By appointment
W: By appointment
TH: By appointment
F: By appointment

TracyRickman[email protected]
JosefVelten[email protected]

 

Department of Technology

[email protected] | E&T A-337 | Tel (323) 343-4550 | Fax (323) 343-4571