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| FACULTY | CONTACT INFO | OFFICE HOURS | SPECIALIZATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupa Purasinghe, Ph.D., P.E. Chair, Principal Advisor Office: E&T A-337a Phone: (323) 343-4459 Email: rpurasi@calstatela.edu | ET A-337A Summer 2026 | Computer-Aided Design/ Experimentation, Structural Analysis/Design, Finite Element Method for Stress Analysis Visit Dr. Purasinghe's Homepage |
| David Blekhman, Ph.D. Professor, Director of Hydrogen Fueling and Research Facility Office: E&T A-137 Phone: (323) 343-4569 Email: blekhman@calstatela.edu | ET A137, H2 Station, or Zoom Fall 2026 | Sustainable Energy and Transportation, Engineering TechnologyVisit Dr. Blekhman's Homepage |
| Mauricio Castillo, Ph.D. Engineering Technology Advisor Office: E&T A-339 Phone: (323) 343-4573 Email: mcastil2@calstatela.edu | ET A339 or Zoom Fall 2026 | Industrial Technology, STEM/Technology Education, and Engineering Education Visit Dr. Castillo's Homepage |
| Xiaolei Chen, Ph.D. Office: E&T A-336 | Zoom Fall 2026 | Building and Fire Protection Engineering Visit Dr. Chen's Homepage |
| Yilin Feng, Ph.D. Office: E&T A-409 | ET A-409 or Zoom Fall 2026 | Airport Operation and Management, Airport Simulation, Airport Sustainability Visit Dr. Feng's Homepage |
| Rachel Friedman, Ph.D. Office: E&T A-217 | ET A-217 or Zoom Fall 2026 | Aviation business, single pilot resource management, single pilot operations for multi-engine aircraft, airline transport pilot shortage Visit Dr. Friedman's Homepage |
| Ankit Gupta, Ph.D. Office: E&T A-428C Phone: (323) 343-4427 Email: agupta26@calstatela.edu | ET A-428C Fall 2026 | 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 |
| Jai Hong, Ph.D. Office: E&T A-338 | ET A-338 or Zoom Fall 2026 | Engineering Technology/Manufacturing Processes & Automation Visit Dr. Hong's Homepage |
| Benjamin Lee, Ph.D., FERP* Office: E&T A-334 | Graphic Communications, Print Management | |
| Paul Liu, Ph.D., FERP* Office: E&T A-222 | Industrial Technology/Manufacturing Processes & Automation | |
| Stephanie Nelson, Ph.D., FERP* Office: E&T A-334 | Zoom or Email Fall 2026 | Technical and Professional Communication, Professional Development, Organizational Leadership Visit Dr. Nelson's Homepage |
| Michael Thomas, MA Office: E&T A-341 | ET A-341 or A3 Fall 2026 |
*(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.
Lily Hwang-Alonzo, Coordinator, Department of Technology
lhwang@calstatela.edu | E&T, A-342 | Tel (323) 343-4470
Technology Lecturers
| Last Name | First Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Louie | Acevedo | laceve16@calstatela.edu Spring 2026 TBA Email instructor to schedule appointment |
| Ali | Adabzadeh | aadabza2@calstatela.edu Spring 2026 TH: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Zoom |
| Zanj | Avery | zavery@calstatela.edu Spring 2026 M: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm W: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm And by appointment Email instructor to schedule appointment |
| Maryam | Azarbayjani | Spring 2026 |
| Blake | Cortis | Spring 2026 |
| Cliff | Hadsell | chadsel@calstatela.edu Spring 2026 Office Hours on Zoom by appointment M and F: 7:00 am to 7:00 pm And by appointment Email instructor to schedule appointment |
| Gopal | Mohanty | Office Hours by Email |
| Tracy | Rickman | trickma@calstatela.edu Spring 2026 Office Hours on Zoom by appointment M - F: 8:00 am to 9:00 am Email instructor to schedule appointment |
Department of Technology
Technology Department
tech.ecst@calstatela.edu | E&T A-337 | Tel (323) 343-4550 | Fax (323) 343-4571