Our Faculty

Current Faculty Positions
Faculty Adjunct
Lecturers
Research Faculty
Faculty Emeritus
Faculty Memorial

Faculty

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty

Pegasus Professor And Chair
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 211-F
(407) 823-2841
M.Aty@ucf.edu
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Dr. Shaurya Agarwal

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Shaurya Agarwal

Assistant Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 409
(407) 823-6205
Shaurya.Agarwal@ucf.edu
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Dr. Haitham Al-Deek

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Haitham Al-Deek

Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 209
(407) 823-2988
Haitham.Al-Deek@ucf.edu
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Dr. Georgios Apostolakis

Structural Engineering

Dr. Georgios Apostolakis

Assistant Professor
Structural Engineering
Eng I 439
(407) 823-1311
Georgios.Apostolakis@ucf.edu
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Dr. Natalia Barbour

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Natalia Barbour

Assistant Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engineering II, Room 301H
(407) 823-
Natalia.Barbour@ucf.edu
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Dr. Necati Catbas

Structural Engineering

Dr. Necati Catbas

Professor
Structural Engineering
Engr II 225
(407) 823-3743
catbas@ucf.edu 
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Dr. Ni-Bin Chang

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Ni-Bin Chang

Professor
Environmental Engineering
Engr II 442-F
(407) 823-1375
nchang@ucf.edu
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Dr. Jiannan (Nick) Chen

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Jiannan (Nick) Chen

Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering
Engr II 442A
(407) 823-6513
Jiannan.Chen@ucf.edu
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Dr. Manoj Chopra

Geotechnical Engineering

Dr. Manoj Chopra

Professor
Geotechnical Engineering
Engr I  107
(407) 823-5037
Manoj.Chopra@ucf.edu
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Dr. Steven Duranceau

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Steven Duranceau

Professor
Environmental Engineering
Engr I 415
(407) 823-1440
Steven.Duranceau@ucf.edu
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Dr. Naveen Eluru

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Naveen Eluru

Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 301D
(407) 823-4815
Naveen.Eluru@ucf.edu
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Dr. Nicholas J. Garber

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Nicholas J. Garber

Distinguished Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 211
(407) 823-2841
njg@virginia.edu
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Dr. Zhaomiao (Walter) Guo

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Zhaomiao (Walter) Guo

Assistant Professor
Transportation Engineering
Research I 150J
(407) 823-6215
guo@ucf.edu
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Dr. Samiul Hasan

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Samiul Hasan

Associate Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 301-J
(407) 823-2480
Samiul.Hasan@ucf.edu
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Dr. Kelly Kibler

Water Resources Engineering

Dr. Kelly Kibler

Associate Professor
Water Resources Engineering
Engr II 442-H
(407) 823-4150
Kelly.Kibler@ucf.edu
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Dr. Woo Hyoung Lee

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Woo Hyoung Lee

Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering
Engr II 442F
(407)-823-5304
WooHyoung.Lee@ucf.edu
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Dr. Fudong Liu

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Fudong Liu

Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research I, Office 212
407-823-6219
fudong.liu@ucf.edu
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Dr. Kevin R. Mackie

Structural Engineering

Dr. Kevin R. Mackie

Professor
Structural Engineering
Engr II 211H
(407) 823-2857
Kevin.Mackie@ucf.edu
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Dr. Luis G. Arboleda Monsalve

Geotechnical Engineering

Dr. Luis G. Arboleda Monsalve

Assistant Professor
Geotechnical Engineering
Engr I Room 412
(407) 823-1310
Luis.Arboleda@ucf.edu
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Dr. Boohyun Nam

Geotechnical Engineering

Dr. Boohyun Nam

Associate Professor
Geotechnical Engineering
Engr II Room 405
(407) 823-1361
BooHyun.Nam@ucf.edu
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Dr. Amr A. Oloufa

Construction Engineering

Dr. Amr A. Oloufa

Professor
Construction Engineering
Engr II 301L
(407) 823-3592
Amr.Oloufa@ucf.edu
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Dr. Andrew Randall

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Andrew Randall

Professor
Environmental Engineering
Engr II 211L
(407) 823-6429
Andrew.Randall@ucf.edu
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Dr. Anwar Sadmani

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Anwar Sadmani

Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering
Eng I 247
(407) 823-2781
sadmani@ucf.edu
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Dr. Arvind Singh

Water Resources Engineering

Dr. Arvind Singh

Associate Professor
Water Resources Engineering
Engr II 411
(407) 823-4827
Arvind.Singh@ucf.edu
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Dr. Peng (Patrick) Sun

Structural Engineering

Dr. Peng (Patrick) Sun

Assistant Professor
Structural Engineering
Engr II 402
(407) 823-1206
Peng.Sun@ucf.edu
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Dr. Omer Tatari

Construction Engineering

Dr. Omer Tatari

Associate Professor
Construction Engineering
Engr II 301-K
(407) 823-6558
tatari@ucf.edu
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Dr. Thomas Wahl

Water Resources Engineering

Dr. Thomas Wahl

Associate Professor
Water Resources Engineering
Research 1 Room 341
(407) 823-6225
t.wahl@ucf.edu
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Dr. Dingbao Wang

Water Resources Engineering

Dr. Dingbao Wang

Professor
Water Resources Engineering
Engr II 404
(407) 823-1449
Dingbao.Wang@ucf.edu
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Dr. Haofei Yu

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Haofei Yu

Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering
Eng II 227
407-823-1309
Haofei.Yu@ucf.edu
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Dr. Hae-bum Yun

Structural Engineering

Dr. Hae-bum Yun

Associate Professor
Structural Engineering
Engr II 226
(407) 823-0176
Hae-Bum.Yun@ucf.edu
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Dr. Mohamed H. Zaki

Transportation Engineering

Dr. Mohamed H. Zaki

Assistant Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 211
(407) 823-4824
mzaki@ucf.edu
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Faculty Adjunct

John Alford
John Alford
Dr. Tarek Fahmy
Dr. Tarek Fahmy
Dr. Camilo Gil
Dr. Camilo Gil
Victor Godlewski
Victor Godlewski
Jordan Haywood
Jordan Haywood
Dr. Masood Mirza
Dr. Masood Mirza
Dr. Ayman Mohamed
Dr. Ayman Mohamed
Mark Mongeau
Mark Mongeau
 Dr. Massoud Moradi
Dr. Massoud Moradi
Justin Quillen
Justin Quillen
Dr. Amr Sallam
Dr. Amr Sallam
Russ Snyder
Russ Snyder
Jacqueline Sullivan
Jacqueline Sullivan
Dr. Muthusamy Swami
Dr. Muthusamy Swami
Larry Wray
Larry Wray

Lecturers

Dr. Celina Dozier

Lecturer
Room: Engr II, 411
Phone: (407) 823-0522
Email: celina.dozier@ucf.edu

Dr. Dennis Filler

Associate Lecturer
Room: Engr I, 413
Phone: (407) 823-5654
Email: Dennis.Filler@ucf.edu

Dr. Ricardo Zaurin

Associate Lecturer
Room: Engr I, 253
Phone: (407) 823-5653
Email: Ricardo.Zaurin@ucf.edu

Research Faculty

Dr. Hatem Abou-Senna, P.E.

Research Associate Professor
CATSS, Transportation & Air Quality Program Director
Room: Engr II, 301E
Phone: (407) 823-0808
Email: habousenna@ucf.edu



Education:

Ph.D. Civil Engineering – University of Central Florida, 2012
M.S. Civil Engineering (Transportation) – University of Central Florida, 2003
M.S. Civil Engineering (Transportation) – Cairo University, 2000
B.S. Civil Engineering – Cairo University, 1993

Research Areas of Specialty:

  • Traffic Engineering
  • Transportation Planning
  • Microscopic Traffic Simulation
  • Travel Demand Modeling
  • Transportation Impacts & Capacity Analyses
  • Transportation Air Quality Impacts

Mr. Ou Zheng

Computer Vision Research Engineer
UCF Smart & Safe Transportation Lab
Room: Engr II, 418
Phone: (954) 232-2381
Email: ou.zheng@ucf.edu



Education:

Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Transportation) – University of Central Florida, 2020-
M.S. Civil Engineering (Smart City) – University of Central Florida, 2017-2019
B.S. Computer Science – Stetson University, 2014-2017

Fields of Interest:

Traffic Safety Analysis, Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV), Proactive Traffic Management, Traffic Simulation, Driving Simulator, Computer Vision Applications in Transportation Engineering.

Dr. Robert Jane

Research Assistant Professor
Coastal Risks and Engineering
Room: 339 in Research 1
Phone: (407) 823-2841
Email: r.jane@ucf.edu


Dr. Jane is a Research Assistant Professor for Coastal Risks and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he is affiliated with the Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department and the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics in 2013 from the University of Plymouth (UoP), United Kingdom. He subsequently undertook a PhD in Civil Engineering at the same institution and in collaboration with HR Wallingford, which saw him develop multivariate fragility representation for coastal flood defense assets. After graduating in 2018, he briefly held a postdoc position at UoP before moving to an equivalent post at UCF in 2019. In his research, he uses statistical methods to improve our understanding and ability to make predictions about environmental phenomena to support effective water resource management. Since at UCF, he has examined the potential for coincident flood –pollution events in rivers, developed a framework for deriving design conditions for flood defenses exposed to multiple drivers, and quantified the likely useful lifetime of current defenses under rising sea levels.  

Faculty Emeritus

Dr. David Cooper
Dr. David CooperEmeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. Robert D. Kersten
Dr. Robert D. KerstenFounding Dean, College Of Engineering and Emeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. Shiou-san Kuo
Dr. Shiou-san KuoEmeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. Essam Radwan
Dr. Essam RadwanEmeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. Debra Reinhart
Dr. Debra ReinhartEmeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. James Taylor
Dr. James TaylorEmeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. Martin Wanielista
Dr. Martin WanielistaEmeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. Gour Tsyh Yeh
Dr. Gour Tsyh YehEmeritus Professor of Engineering

Faculty Memorial

Dr. J. Paul Hartman (2002)
Dr. J. Paul Hartman (2002)Emeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. David Jenkins (2008)
Dr. David Jenkins (2008)Emeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. Waldron Mclellon (2013)
Dr. Waldron Mclellon (2013)Emeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. Yousef A. Yousef (2015)
Dr. Yousef A. Yousef (2015)Emeritus Professor of Engineering
Dr. William F. Carroll (2017)
Dr. William F. Carroll (2017)Emeritus Professor of Engineering