Amr Oloufa received his doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his master’s degree in civil engineering from Columbia University and his bachelor’s degree from Cairo University. Oloufa  previously served as associate professor and associate chair at UCF.

His research interests include construction automation, solid modeling in construction and design, geographic information systems, object-oriented and relational databases, simulation of construction operations, global positioning system applications, design structure matrix in design, sensor applications in transportation engineering. His research has been supported by the Florida Department of Transportation, the Center for Advanced Transportation System Simulation, industry sponsors and other sources. Oloufa has supervised nine doctoral students and 9 master’s students.