Mohammad El Hocheimi, P.E.
RailPros | USA
YMF President
President’s Message
Dear Younger Members,
Welcome to the American Society of Civil Engineers San Bernardino-Riverside Younger Member Forum (ASCE SB/R YMF) website!
We are a diverse and passionate group of young engineers committed to advancing our Civil Engineering profession. At SB/R YMF, we focus on bridging the gap between recent graduates and the professional society by providing mentorship, career-advising, and numerous networking opportunities. We hold a variety of K-12 student outreach events, professional workshops, community cleanups, and community cooking events.
Our motto for this year is “Connecting People and Advancing Communities.” We will highlight this year’s projects that are genuinely connecting people and advancing societies. The past year has been a good reminder that we are all dependent on one another and what affects one affects all. SB/R YMF, with its diverse, inclusive, and committed board of passionate professionals, will continue advancing our communities, serving underprivileged communities, and providing opportunities for all members.
I hope to see many of you at our events and /or at our monthly board meetings that we hold every first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm; make sure to sign up for our mailing list to keep up with our latest events.
You can also see what we are up to by checking out our social media accounts
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I look forward to meeting you!
Mohammad El Hocheimi P.E.
ASCE SB/R YMF
President
president.sbrymf@gmail.com
We are the future. Keep on inspiring, Younger Members!
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Mohammad El Hocheimi, P.E. YMF PresidentMohammad El Hocheimi is a civil engineer with RailPros. He holds a license in California, Texas, and Guam. He is experienced with different agencies and districts throughout California and the federal government through multiple projects with NAVFAC. He has worked as a project manager, deputy project manager, task leader, and design engineer on various utilities, highways, rail, water, wastewater treatment, and site development projects. He holds a bachelor's in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Construction Engineering and Management. He has a keen interest in alternative delivery methods, construction risk analysis, schedule analysis, construction management, and Lean Design and Construction. Aside from work, Mohammad is interested in poetry; he is an avid reader, enjoys trying new cuisines, and playing table tennis whenever possible.
Eric Aubry, P.E. Past PresidentEric Aubry is a Southern California native through and through, having lived, worked, and attended school within a 50-mi radius of Los Angeles. He works as a Rail Transit Project Engineer in the Transit Market Sector for HDR, Inc. in Riverside, CA. His design and construction experience in freight and passenger railroading has given him opportunities to work on transit infrastructure projects from California to Texas and beyond. Eric’s involvement with ASCE began with the ASCE Student Chapter at his alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona, where he served as Outreach Chair and Vice President External. Eric has served as ASCE San Bernardino/Riverside YMF Technical Tour Advisor, Secretary, President-Elect, and President for two years. He is currently the ASCE LA Section YMF Liaison, representing the six younger member forums. He enjoys most anything sports, being outdoors, and traveling with his family and friends. Perhaps equally as much, he appreciates a good read, thinking time, quality personal development content, and finding any reason to make a spreadsheet.
Alexander Liu, EIT President ElectAlex is a Project Engineer at Onward Engineering. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cal Poly Pomona. He commenced his engineering career in transportation, public infrastructure and land development implementing grading, utility design, hydraulic and hydrology analysis, and storm water management for a multitude of residential, commercial and public works development projects. As a certified scuba diver, you can find Alex diving along the coast of Laguna Beach during the summer months or mountain biking during weekend all year round.
Gustavo Gomez, P.E. Vice PresidentGustavo Gomez, P.E. is an Associate Civil Engineer, who joined WEBB in February, 2015. Gustavo works in WEBB's Municipal Engineering Department. He is involved with the planning, design, and construction of proposed public works and water resources projects and their related improvements, facilities and structures. He also performs analysis of existing public works and water resources facilities, as wells as plan checks of water and sewer improvement plans for developments within the Jurupa Community Services District. Prior to his employment at WEBB, Gustavo worked for the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District. His responsibilities included improvement planning for the District operations, preparation of a master trail plan, and groundwater level measurements in the Bunker Hill Basin. Gustavo is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona where his course work included water treatment and distribution, as well as new and developing technologies in the water resources field.
Jonathon Schoenen, EIT SecretaryJonathon Richard Vonn Schoenen, EIT is an Engineering Technician with the City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department (SBMWD), where he is part of the capital projects & design group. At SBMWD Jonathon practices pipeline design and construction, project management, and development services for municipal water and wastewater projects. He graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, and is pursuing a Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree at Cal Poly Pomona. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, camping, and playing disc golf
Chris Sidor, P.E. TreasurerChris Sidor, P.E., is a project civil engineer for CASC Engineering & Consulting (CASC), and serves as the lead project manager for the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) department. His primarily focus is in stormwater management where he is either developing SWPPPs, WQMPs, installing field monitoring equipment, reviewing monitoring data, or out in the field at 2AM on the stormwater team. Mr. Sidor also leads the UAS department where he utilizes the UAS technology to obtain unique views of projects, assist with biological studies, and monitor construction sites. Mr. Sidor graduated from Arizona State University where he then spent two additional years in Arizona, working on landfill design and field operations, as well as aerial surveying projects across the US. In his free time, you can find him mountain biking, snowboarding, climbing/hiking mountains, off-roading, or spending time with friends and family.
Alexis Mascarinas, EIT HistorianAlexis Mascarinas is a water resource engineer at WSP USA specializing in modeling water distribution networks and managing groundwater monitoring projects throughout southern California. As an alum of Cal Poly Pomona, she is no stranger to ASCE, and she is excited to join the SB/Riv Family again as this year’s historian! On her free time, you can catch her on late night boba trips, dancing to broadway soundtracks, or updating the Instagram page. Follow us @ascesbrymf !
Brian Reyes, P.E. CPP Practitioner Advisor
Brian is an Environmental/Solid Waste Management Engineer with SWT Engineering in Ontario, CA. At SWT Brian practices hydrology and hydraulics, stormwater management, and groundwater protection liner systems. He graduated in 2016 from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona with a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering and currently holds EIT certificate in the state of California. In his spare time he enjoys a good hike with family, an outdoor sporting event, and will take on any challenger in ping-pong.
Andrew Chan, P.E. Technical Tour AdvisorAndrew Chan, PE, is an Associate Civil Engineer with Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. He plans, designs and constructs flood control infrastructure for Riverside County. Andrew has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic University Pomona. He has been an active member of ASCE SB/R YMF since 2017 holding positions as Recruiting Chair (2019-20). During his time off, Andrew enjoys investing, traveling, running, weightlifting and golfing.
Chad Adachi, P.E. CBU PractitionerChad Adachi is a Civil Engineer for Michael Baker International and currently works in their Land Development Department. He is involved in both commercial and residential projects implementing site grading, utility design, storm water, and water quality management plans. Chad has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from California Baptist University where he was involved in ASCE, athletics, and new students program. In his free time, Chad enjoys quality time with his family and friends, and exploring the many joys that life has to offer.
Mikaela Soriano, EIT Community Service CoordinatorMikaela Soriano, EIT works as a Design Engineer at Mark Thomas in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. She is involved with both public and private projects working on the transportation design and planning. She got her Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. While at UCI, Mikaela was very active with ASCE for three years. She was part of the board as a Professional Outreach for one year and was heavily involved with the annual ASCE PSWC competition. She was part of both the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge team. Prior to joining the Mark Thomas team, she had interned for a city in which she was exposed to the transportation engineering side of things. She gained experience working with traffic signals, citizen work orders for city improvement, and field work assignments. In her free time, Mikaela enjoys spending time with friends and family, hiking, exercising, and driving around.
Olivia Pearson Recruting OfficerOlivia Pearson is an Assistant Engineer at Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. As part of the project planning section, she conducts hydrology studies and hydraulic feasibility analyses to develop master plans for drainage infrastructure and storm water management in the communities of Riverside County. She also interacts with the public and conducts field assessments to address localized flooding issues. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Southern California, where she was the ASCE environmental design team captain for PSWC. Olivia is now serving as the recruiting chair for SBRYMF, and is excited to meet with and form connections with other engineering professionals in the IE! In her free time she enjoys backpacking, surfing, diving, yoga, and petting her cats Bernoulli and Kepler!
Christopher Melo, P.E. Activities ChairChristopher Melo is a Civil Engineer at WSP USA. Since his recent graduation from Cal Poly Pomona in 2018, Chris has gained widespread knowledge and experience in consulting with different municipalities, counties, government agencies and districts throughout California. Chris now serves as the design lead on all his projects and has extensive experience with Roadway Design, Wet Utilities (Water, Sewer, Storm), Mass Grading, Land Development, and 3D Surface Creation. Apart from the engineering aspects, Chris also serves as the San Bernardino DPN (Developing Professionals Network) Local Office lead; in which he advances the business and culture of WSP by developing and focusing the collective energy of the emerging professionals in his office to launch initiatives and coordinate office events. In his free time, you can find Chris in front of a BBQ or stove cooking up a storm.Past YMF Presidents
SBR YMF was established and created in 2004. Below is a list of SBR YMF’s past presidents. Name Year Eric Aubry, P.E. 2020 Jing Yang, P.E. 2019 Christopher Quach, P.E. 2018 Ibrahim Ibrahim, P.E. 2017 Michael Andersen, P.E. 2016 Mark W. Swanson, P.E., M.ASCE 2015 Melissa T. Barbosa, P.E., M.ASCE 2014 Julianna Gonzalez, P.E., M.ASCE 2013 Helio K. Takano, P.E., M.ASCE 2012 Robert E. Vasquez, P.E., M.ASCE 2011 Jeremy S. Petersen, P.E., M.ASCE 2010 Edwin Quinonez, P.E., M.ASCE 2009 Komy Ghods, P.E., M.ASCE 2008 Alberto Martinez, P.E., M.ASCE 2007 David Garcia, P.E., M.ASCE 2006 Laurentiu Popescu, P.E., M.ASCE 2005 None 2004