If you dream it, you can ENGINEER it.
Welcome to Kenneth Tang’s Engineering Courses at Mt. San Antonio College.
Since 2017, Professor Kenneth Tang has taught engineering courses designed to prepare students for real-world careers in engineering, drafting, surveying, construction, design, and public works. His classes combine traditional engineering fundamentals with hands-on training, modern technology, field experience, and practical problem-solving.
The goal of these courses is to help students develop the technical confidence, accuracy, discipline, and professional mindset needed to succeed as future engineers, designers, surveyors, technicians, project managers, or business owners.
Engineering 18 – Engineering Graphics
Engineering 18 Graphics introduces students to the foundation of engineering drawing and technical communication. This course emphasizes traditional hand drafting, visualization, and the proper methods used to prepare and interpret engineering drawings.
Students learn how to create clear and accurate drawings using proper drafting standards, line types, lettering, dimensions, symbols, and drawing conventions. Topics include orthographic projection, isometric drawings, auxiliary views, sectional views, dimensioning, and basic working drawings.
This course helps students build strong spatial visualization skills and a solid understanding of how engineers communicate design ideas before moving into advanced CAD and digital design tools.
Engineering 24 – Engineering Graphics, CAD, and Design Applications
Engineering 24 expands on engineering graphics by introducing students to computer-aided drafting and design concepts. This course is similar in purpose to ENGIN-26: Engineering Graphics & CAD at Chaffey College, with a focus on engineering drawing, CAD drafting, and technical design communication.
Students apply drafting principles using CAD software to create professional-quality engineering drawings. The course helps bridge the gap between traditional hand drafting and modern computer-aided design.
Students gain experience with 2D drafting, basic 3D visualization, dimensioning, technical layouts, and engineering design documentation. This course prepares students for future studies and careers in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, architecture, construction, manufacturing, and related technical fields.
Surveying 1A – Introduction to Surveying
Surveying 1A introduces students to the basic principles and field practices of land surveying. The course provides hands-on training with surveying equipment such as levels, rods, tripods, total stations, and other traditional field instruments.
Students learn how to measure distances, angles, and elevations; establish benchmarks and control points; perform leveling work; collect field notes; and understand basic traverse and topographic surveying procedures.
This course emphasizes accuracy, teamwork, field safety, and the importance of careful measurement. Students develop the practical skills needed for engineering, construction layout, mapping, and land surveying applications.
Surveying 1B – Applied Surveying and Field Projects
Surveying 1B builds on the fundamentals of surveying by giving students more advanced field experience and real-world project applications. Students work on practical surveying assignments such as laying out building corners, determining building heights, laying out horizontal curves, and calculating areas and earthwork quantities.
The course also introduces modern surveying technology, including GPS, GIS, robotic total stations, digital data collection, and CADD-based survey processing. Field trips and demonstrations allow students to see how professional surveyors use high-tech equipment in the field.
Surveying 1B helps students understand how field measurements are connected to engineering design, construction, grading, mapping, and public works projects.
Course Philosophy
These courses are designed to connect classroom learning with real-world engineering practice. Students do not simply study theory; they learn how to apply technical knowledge through drawings, calculations, fieldwork, CAD assignments, and engineering projects.
Whether students are learning hand drafting, CAD, land surveying, GPS, total station equipment, or construction layout, the focus remains the same: build strong fundamentals, work carefully, solve problems, and communicate clearly.
If you dream it, you can engineer it.
Announcements:
ENGR 18 Graphic Spring 2026
SURV 1A Surveying Fall 2022
Engineering 18 Graphic Video Tutorials:
Kenneth Tang
Kenneth Tang has been a faculty member in the Physics and Engineering Department at Mt. SAC since 2017. In addition to his academic role, he has served as a project manager in the Public Works Department for the City of South Gate since 2010.
Undergrad - Civil /Transportation Engineering, University of California Irvine
Graduate - Engineering, California Polytechnic University Pomona
PE — Professional Civil Engineer, State of California
City of South Gate Receives $500,000 Measure A Grant for Southern Avenue Multimodal Bridge Project
The City of South Gate is pleased to announce that the Southern Avenue Multimodal Bridge Project has been awarded $500,000 in Measure A grant funding from the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District (RPOSD). Kenneth Tang and Jose Loera helped lead the successful preparation of the grant application and accepted the award on behalf of the South Gate team at the grant recognition event on March 17, 2026.
This funding is part of a historic countywide investment of more than $78 million to build, plan, and improve parks and open space across Los Angeles County. South Gate’s award will support a planning study for a new multimodal bridge spanning the I-710 Freeway, Los Angeles River, Urban Orchard Park, and adjacent frontage roads. The study will include feasibility analysis, conceptual bridge alternatives, environmental constraints review, preliminary cost estimates, implementation planning, and bilingual community engagement. The Southern Avenue Multimodal Bridge Project will improve connectivity, expand access to open space, and create safer opportunities for walking and biking in the community. Funded through Measure A, the voter-approved Los Angeles County property tax approved in 2016, this grant reflects the County’s continued investment in projects that expand recreational opportunities and advance public health and environmental quality. The City is honored to be among the 48 organizations selected for this competitive funding opportunity and looks forward to advancing this important project for the South Gate community.
The 2019 Project of the Year award. The Boulevard Project
On Tuesday, December 10, 2019, American Public Works Association (APWA) awarded the City of South Gate with the 2019 Project of the Year award. The Boulevard Project was awarded under transportation category with street improvements including capacity enhancements, widening, and congestion mitigation. Professor Tang was the Project Manager for the Project.
Firestone Boulevard Regional Corridor Capacity Enhancements Project — “The Boulevard Project”
The Firestone Boulevard Regional Corridor Capacity Enhancements Project, also known as The Boulevard Project, was a $23 million infrastructure improvement project designed to relieve traffic congestion, improve pedestrian and motorist safety, and enhance the overall appearance of the corridor. Construction began on February 12, 2018, and was completed on October 28, 2019.
Motorists now benefit from an additional travel lane that is activated during peak traffic hours. This approach helps reduce congestion while preserving on-street parking during non-peak hours. The project also included raised medians and bus turnouts to improve motorist safety and traffic circulation.
Several beautification improvements were also added, including drought-tolerant landscaping and corridor enhancements. A new traffic signal was installed at Firestone Boulevard and Calden Avenue to improve safety. In addition, the aging roadway pavement was resurfaced with new rubberized asphalt pavement.
The total cost of The Boulevard Project was over $23 million and was funded primarily through grant funds, including Metro Call-for-Projects funds, SB 1, Measure M, and Measure R funds. Local funds were also used to support the successful completion of the project.
Contact:
8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
61-2505
(909) 274-4425
ktang36AT_mtsac.edu
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