Faculty

Felix Serna has been a full time drafting instructor at Green River Community College since 1990. He began his career in the drafting profession in 1967 working as an intern for a tool storage design firm while attending the Industrial Design Program at Mt. San Antonio Community College in Walnut California.

He worked full time as a civil drafter with the United States Air Force for four years. After serving, he continued his education in Technical Illustration at Clover Park Vocational School in Tacoma Washington. After completing the program he went to work for Boeing as a Production Illustrator. He continued his education while working full time and earned degrees in Business and Art at Steilacoom Community College.

Felix left Boeing after a couple of years to work as a drafter and commercial artist. Since then he has worked as a mechanical drafter, mechanical designer, illustrator, and technical artist for a variety of different companies. The type of industries he has been involved with includes the following:

• Design of wood products manufacturing equipment
• Design of material handling equipment
• Design of maintenance equipment for construction projects and commercial buildings
• Design of testing equipment for aerospace

Felix enjoys teaching in a profession that is in constant change. Drafting has taken quantum leaps with the advent of the computer and the changes that are occurring throughout the various industries. He stresses that one must become a life long learner, education doesn’t end after leaving school, your real education begins on your first job.

Felix is a Certified Drafter and a member of ADDA (American Design Drafting Association). He is the recipient of the GRCC Distinguished Faculty Award and Excellence in Teaching awarded by the Washington Association of Occupational Educators.

Terry Waagan graduated from Bates Technical College in 1994, with an A.A.S. He has work experience in Mechanical Drafting and Design. He started off working for an engineering firm in the Nuclear Transportation Industry, designing and drafting containers to transport radioactive materials and the special tools needed to handle that equipment.

His ancillary experience includes the design and manufacturing of weigh systems. Structural experience includes design and fabrication of transportation containers for Boeing’s "Sea Launch" project. He was also given the opportunity to work on the design of the rail trucks used to move the roof at Safeco Field. There is also some experience in solid modeling and realistic photo rendering.

Terry has been teaching for with Green River since 2002 in Mechanical drafting. He originally came to GRCC on a part-time basis, applying his knowledge of the Internet and network systems to the CIT department, and returned to mechanical drafting once a position opened in that department.

He continues to increase his experience in the industry, doing various design and checking projects, and contracting from local firms as his teaching schedule will allow.