Our Faculty
Faculty

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty
Transportation EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. Georgios Apostolakis
Assistant Professor
Structural Engineering
Eng I 439
(407) 823-1311
Georgios.Apostolakis@ucf.edu
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Dr. Natalia Barbour
Transportation EngineeringDr. Natalia Barbour
Assistant Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engineering II, Room 301H
(407) 823-
Natalia.Barbour@ucf.edu
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Dr. Necati Catbas
Structural EngineeringDr. Necati Catbas
Professor
Structural Engineering
Engr II 225
(407) 823-3743
catbas@ucf.edu
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Dr. Ni-Bin Chang
Environmental EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. Manoj Chopra
Professor
Geotechnical Engineering
Engr I 107
(407) 823-5037
Manoj.Chopra@ucf.edu
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Dr. Steven Duranceau
Environmental EngineeringDr. Steven Duranceau
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Engr I 415
(407) 823-1440
Steven.Duranceau@ucf.edu
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Dr. Naveen Eluru
Transportation EngineeringDr. Naveen Eluru
Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 301D
(407) 823-4815
Naveen.Eluru@ucf.edu
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Dr. Nicholas J. Garber
Transportation EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. Zhaomiao (Walter) Guo
Assistant Professor
Transportation Engineering
Research I 150J
(407) 823-6215
guo@ucf.edu
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Dr. Samiul Hasan
Transportation EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. Amr A. Oloufa
Professor
Construction Engineering
Engr II 301L
(407) 823-3592
Amr.Oloufa@ucf.edu
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Dr. Andrew Randall
Environmental EngineeringDr. Andrew Randall
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Engr II 211L
(407) 823-6429
Andrew.Randall@ucf.edu
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Dr. Anwar Sadmani
Environmental EngineeringDr. Anwar Sadmani
Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering
Eng I 247
(407) 823-2781
sadmani@ucf.edu
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Dr. Arvind Singh
Water Resources EngineeringDr. Arvind Singh
Associate ProfessorWater Resources Engineering
Engr II 411
(407) 823-4827
Arvind.Singh@ucf.edu
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Dr. Peng (Patrick) Sun
Structural EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. Dingbao Wang
Professor
Water Resources Engineering
Engr II 404
(407) 823-1449
Dingbao.Wang@ucf.edu
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Dr. Haofei Yu
Environmental EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. 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 EngineeringDr. Mohamed H. Zaki
Assistant Professor
Transportation Engineering
Engr II 211
(407) 823-4824
mzaki@ucf.edu
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Faculty Adjunct
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.