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Fazil T. Najafi (picture)
University of Florida
Civil and Coastal Engineering

Fazil T. Najafi

Professor
Division: Construction Management, Public Works

Office Phone: (352) 392-9537 x1493
Location: 470-A Weil Hall
Email Address: fnaja@ce.ufl.edu
Personal Page: http://plaza.ufl.edu/fnaja/
Personal Résumé: View PDF File


Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, (Transportation), Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (1977)
M.S., Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (1972)
B.S., Architectural Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (1970)
B.S., Civil Engineering, American College of Engineering, University of Kabul, Afghanistan (1963)


Years of Service on this Faculty

Appointment Date, August 9, 1986
Aug 1986-Jun 1991   Associate Professor
Jun 1991-Aug 2000   Associate Professor
Aug 2000-Present     Professor


Honors and Awards 

  • Awarded “Work of Heart Award,” in appreciation for Outstanding Volunteer Service benefiting the local community, Gainesville, FL, May 2004.
  • Awarded the “Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professorate Faculty Member?title by UF Provost Dr. David Colburn, April 19, 2001.
  • Awarded the honor of being voted Chair of the Administration Unit for the American Society of Engineering Education-Southeastern (ASEE-SE) Annual Conference, Charleston, SC, April 2, 2001.
  • Awarded $5,000 grant from Office of Instructional Resources to develop a module of three-dimensional simulation of virtual field trips for Public Works courses, including FEEDS (available March 2001).
  • Awarded the honor of being voted Chair by the ASEE-SE for the Civil Engineering Division, and Vice Chair of the Administration Unit, American Society of Engineering Education-Southeastern Annual Conference, April 12, 1999, Clemson, SC, and April 4, 2000, Roanoke, Virginia.
  • Awarded by UF Council on Faculty Enhancement Activities an invitation to participate in Workshop on Academic Management Conference at Camp Weed, Florida, May 19-21, 1996.

 


Scientific and Professional Societies

Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM)

American Public Works Association (APWA)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

American Society of Planning Officials

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Institute of Transportation Engineers

Institute of Transportation Study (Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania)

National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Southern Industrial Development Council

Tau Beta Pi, Florida Alpha Chapter

Transportation Research Forum International Chapter (A refereed organization established more than 30 years ago to assist the infrastructures of national and international transportation systems)