Faculty and Staff
Faculty

Yasser S. Salem, Ph.D., S.E.
Professor and Chair
- phone number or extension909.869.4312
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2651
- email addressysalem@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/ysalem/

Wen Cheng, Ph.D., P.E., T.E., PTOE
Professor and Associate Chair
- phone number or extension909.869.2957
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2677
- email addresswcheng@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/wcheng/

Lisa Yunxia Wang, Ph.D, P.E.
Professor and Associate Chair
- phone number or extension909.869.4641
- fax909.869.4342
- email addressylwang@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/ylwang/

Lourdes V. Abellera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.4863
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2688
- email addresslvabellera@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/lvabellera/

Dragos Andrei, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.2487
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2346
- email addressdandrei@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/dandrei/

Hovel Babikian, P.E.
Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.4451
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2683
- email addresshybabikian@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/hybabikian/

Siddharth Banerjee
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering
- phone number or extension909.869.4863
- fax909.869.4342
- office location17-2684
- email addresssiddharthb@cpp.edu
- Website Civil Engineering

Jinsung Cho, Ph.D.
Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.4613
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2669
- email addressjinsungcho@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/jinsungcho/

Nicole Elias, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- phone number or extension909.979.6650
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg, 9 , Rm. 301A
- office hours
M 11am-12pm
3p-4pm; W 3p-4pm
- email addressnelias@cpp.edu

Ghada M. Gad, Ph.D.
Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.2648
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2638
- email addressgmgad@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/gmgad/

Mikhail Gershfeld, S.E.
Professional Practice Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.4497
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 9, Rm. 233D
- email addressmgershfeld@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/mgershfeld/
Mehrad Kamalzare, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.4908
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2673
- email addressmkamalzare@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/mkamalzare/

Sunai Kim, Ph.D., S.E.
Assistant Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.4332
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2692
- email addresssunaikim@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/sunaikim/

Kenneth Lamb, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.3422
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 9, Rm. 406
- email addresskwlamb@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/kwlamb

Simeng Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.4787
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 9, Rm. 312
- email addresssli@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/sli/

Giuseppe Lomiento, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.5586
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2663
- email addressglomiento@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/glomiento/

Omar E. Mora, Ph.D., PLS
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.2656
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 9, Rm. 421
- email addressoemora@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/oemora/

Allan Ng, PLS
Lecturer
- phone number or extension909.869.4612
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 9, Rm. 312
- email addressayng@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/ayng/

Monica Palomo, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.4144
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2661
- email addressmpalomo@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/mpalomo/

Felipe J. Perez, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.2633
- fax909.869.4342
- email addressfperez@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/fperez/

Seema Shah-Fairbank, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.3954
- fax909.869.4342
- email addressshahfairbank@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/shahfairbank/

Ali Shafiee, Ph.D., P.E., G.E.
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.2506
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2657
- email addressashafiee@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/ashafiee/

Ali Sharbat, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.2175
- fax909.869.4342
- email addresssharbat@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/sharbat/

Rosa Vasconez, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.2508
- fax909.869.4342
- email addressrvasconez@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/rvasconez/

Jeyoung Woo, Ph.D., P.E., PMP
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909-869-2471
- fax909.869.4342
- office location9-310
- email addressjwoo@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/jwoo/

Yongping Zhang, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension909.869.2632
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2684
- email addressyongpingz@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.cpp.edu/faculty/yongpingz/
Staff

Kelli J. Nursall
Department Coordinator
- phone number or extension909.869.2488
- fax909.869.4342
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 2651
- email addressknursall@cpp.edu

Michael Johnson
Equipment Technician
- phone number or extension(909) 869-2531
- office locationBldg. 17, Rm. 1476
- email addressmichaelj@cpp.edu
List of Faculty Scholarly Activities
Part-Time Faculty
Some classes are taught by part-time faculty.
Please contact the department office for their e-mail addresses, office locations, and telephone numbers.
Email: ce@cpp.edu
Phone: 909.869.2488