Announcing 20 New FacultyIncluding GAVRIEL SALVENDY, MEMBERU.S. National Academy of Engineering

DR. GAVRIEL SALVENDY, NAECAE Link Professor of Engineering & Computer ScienceUCF Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems

MEMBER, U.S. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (NAE)First elected member (1990) from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, for his fundamental contributions to and professional leadership in human, physical and cognitive aspects of engineering systems.

RECIPIENT, JOHN FRITZ MEDAL (2007)Engineering profession’s highest award, for his fundamental international and seminal leadership and technical contributions to human engineering and industrial engineering education, theory and practice.

FOUNDING CHAIRDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Tsingua University, Beijing, China

RECIPIENT, FRIENDSHIP AWARD, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINAHighest honor the Chinese government confers on foreign experts.

RESEARCH AREAS: human aspects of design, operation and management of advanced engineering systems.

PUBLICATIONS: 573 research publications including 322 journal papers; author or editor of 47 books. Founding editor of the International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction; and Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries.

Welcome to UCF

“I am delighted to join the UCF College of

Engineering and Computer Science, and

look forward to working with the dean and

faculty to bring this college to the next level

to achieve increased prosperity, quality of life

and standard of living for people in the U.S.

and around the world.” —Gavriel Salvendy

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCEDEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

SHARMA THANKACHANAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Louisiana State UniversityResearch: Parallel and external memory algorithms; succinct or compressed data structures; computational biology.

SHIBU YOOSEPH ProfessorPh.D. from University of PennsylvaniaResearch: Algorithm design; computational biology and bioinformatics; genomics; microbiome research using ‘–omics’ paradigm; sequence assembly; biomarker discovery.

SAMIUL HASANAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Purdue UniversityResearch: Human mobility; big data analytics; smart and resilient cities; transportation networks.

KUMARES C. SINHA, NAEGuest Lockheed Martin ProfessorMember, National Academy of EngineeringPh.D. University of ConnecticutResearch: Transportation systems engineering; infrastructure asset management; impacts evaluation and policy analysis.

IVAN GARIBAYAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from University of Central FloridaResearch: Big data; data analytics; complex adaptive systems; agent-based modeling; network science; computational economics; social and nature-inspired computing; evolutionary computation.

HEATHER KEATHLEYAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Virginia TechResearch: Organizational transformation; performance measurement; learning organizations; continuous improvement.

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

SAMIK BHATTACHARYAAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from The Ohio State UniversityResearch: Experimental fluid mechanics; aerodynamics; unsteady flows; bluff-body flows; flow control.

ANDREW K. DICKERSONAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch: Physics of living systems; multifunctional structures; biomechanics; bio-fluid mechanics; insect flight; locomotion.

GAVRIEL SALVENDY, NAECAE Link Professor of Engineering & Computer ScienceMember, National Academy of EngineeringPh.D. from University of Birmingham – United KingdomResearch: Human aspects of design, operation, and management of advanced engineering systems; human-computer interaction; human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing.

ALEKSANDAR DIMITROVSKIAssociate ProfessorPh.D. from Ss. Cyril & Methodius University, MacedoniaResearch: Analysis of uncertain power systems; hybrid magnetic-electronic power controllers; power system protection.

RICKARD EWETZAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Purdue UniversityResearch: Computer-aided design for VLSI; physical design; optimization of large complex systems.

TAREK A. ELGOHARYAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Texas A&M UniversityResearch: Computational methods in astrodynamics; uncertainty quantification in space situational awareness; optimal control; space robotics.

RANAJAY GHOSHAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Cornell UniversityResearch: Mechanics of bio-inspired meta-materials; mechanics of solids; computational mechanics.

KAWAI KWOKAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from California Institute of TechnologyResearch: Mechanics of structures and materials; deployable spacecraft structures; lightweight flexible composites; micromechanics; instabilities modeling.

LORRAINE LEONAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from The City University of New YorkResearch: Biomaterials; polymers; molecular engineering; self-assembly; peptides; nanomedicine.

DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

YASER P. FALLAHAssociate ProfessorPh.D. from University of British ColumbiaResearch: Modeling of networked systems; wireless networks; autonomous and connected vehicles; intelligent transportation; vehicle safety and energy efficiency; distributed systems.

MURAT YUKSELAssociate ProfessorPh.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteResearch: Networked and wireless systems; optical wireless; spectrum sharing; network economics and architectures; big-data and cloud networking.

QUN ZHOUAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Iowa State UniversityResearch: Data analytics in power systems; smart grid; renewable energy integration; power economics.

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL & CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING

ADAN ERNESTO VELAAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch: Air transportation systems; operations research; human-in-the loop control and decision support systems; unmanned aerial systems.

THOMAS WAHLAssistant ProfessorPh.D. from University of Siegen, GermanyResearch: Coastal engineering; sea level change; waves and storm surges; risk analysis.

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The University of Central Florida is an emerging preeminent research institution and America’s Partnership University. Our 13 colleges provide education and opportunities to 64,000 students from all 50 states and 152 countries. Located in Orlando, Florida, UCF is one of the nation’s largest universities with 212 degree programs from which to choose.

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About UCF

UCF RANKINGSNation’s #1 workforce supplier to the aerospace and defense industry (Aviation Week, 2015, 2016).

Home to three-time national champions: the UCF Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Team (2014, 2015, 2016).

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#19 in the nation among public universities and 40th in the world for the number of U.S. patents secured in 2015 (National Academy of Inventors).

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