People

Full - Time Faculty

Irtishad U. Ahmad Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Chairperson

Office: EC #2984
Tel: (305) 348-3045
E-mail:
ahmadi@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:
Information Technology and Information System in Construction, Decision and Risk Analysis, Civil Engineering System Management, Reinforced Concrete Designs, Concrete Technology.

 

Syed M. Ahmed, Ph. D.
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director

Office: EC #2952
Tel: (305) 348-2730
E-mail:
ahmeds@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:
Risk Management, Project Controls, Quality & Construction Safety, Construction Procurement, Construction Education and Information Technology.     

   
Ronald A. Baier, P.E.
Instructor and Undergraduate Advisor.

Office: EC #2955
Tel: (305) 348-2257
E-mail: baierr@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:

Structural and Geotechnical Engineering , Project Management

 

 

M. Emre Bayraktar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: Room 2953
Tel: (305) 348-3174
E-mail:
bayrakm@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:

Development of innovative computer based risk assessment and strategic management decision support systems for construction engineering and management, infrastructure management, cost and schedule control in highway projects, and innovative contracting in construction.

   
Jose A. Faria, Ph.D., PMP
Assistant Professor

Office: Room 2951
Tel: (305) 348-3541
E-mail: fariaj@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:
Mixed integer optimization applied to land development, mathematical decomposition and hybrid techniques to solve mixed integer programming problems, decision analysis applied to capital allocation, probabilistic optimization models, and analysis of project management networks under uncertainty


 

Eugene D. Farmer, R.A.
Associate Professor

Office: Room 2983
Tel: (305) 348-3177
E-mail: farmerg@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:

Building Codes, Construction Techniques, Legal Aspects of Construction, Construction Materials.

   


Jose D. Mitrani, P.E., C.P.C.
Associate Professor

Office: Room 2982
Tel: (305) 348-3654
E-mail:
mitranij@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:

Forensic Engineering and Construction, Claims Analysis, Scheduling and Planning, Cost Control, Hurricane Resistant Design, Building Codes, Structural Engineering; Project Development; Cash Flow and Economic analyses.

   
Boong-yeol Ryoo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: EC # 2935
Tel: (305) 348-7227
E-mail:
ryoob@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:

Information Strategy Planning (ISP), e-Business Solutions, development and integration, CM/PM-Body of Knowledge, Web-based Project Management Systems, Construction Supply Chain Management.



Yimin Zhu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: EC # 2956
Tel: (305) 348-3517
E-mail:
zhuy@fiu.edu

Areas of Specialization:

Product and Process Modeling, Information Standardization, IT Applications, Cost Analysis and Control, Construction Productivity and Energy Efficiency