Dr. Tarig Ali

Dr. Tarig Ali

Dr. Tarig Ali

Assistant Professor

Contact Info:

Dept. of Engineering Technology
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816-2450
Office: Engineering I # 249
Office Phone: 407-823-0741
Dept. Fax: 407-823-4746
E-Mail: taali@mail.ucf.edu

RESEARCH INTEREST:
GIS and LIS Applications; Coastal GIS Applications; Environmental and Hydrological Applications of GIS; GIS Data Structures, Mobile and Internet-based GIS Applications, LIDAR Mapping, Wide-Area GPS Networks, Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing (optical/microwave remote sensing), and High-resolution RADAR Applications.
EDUCATION:
• Ph.D. in Geospatial and Geodetic Science and Mapping, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, the Ohio State University, 2003. • M.S. in Geospatial and Geodetic Science and Mapping, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, the Ohio State University, 1999. • B.S. (Honors) in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Khartoum, 1993.
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
1. Spatial Modeling and Analysis of the Gray Fossils. Funded by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. (2004-2006, Principal Investigator). 2. Study of the Spatio-temporal Variation of the Level of the Atmospheric Water Vapor using ground-based GPS and GIS. Funded by East Tennessee State University. (2004-2005, Principal Investigator). 3. Digitalization of Coastal Management and Decision Making Supported by Multi-Dimensional Geospatial Information and Analysis. Funded by NSF through the Digital Government Program. (2003-2004, Research Associate).
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
- Ali, T. 2006, Development of a New System for Evaluating the Positional Quality of Digital Shoreline Features, the proceedings of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) Conference, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., April 24-26.. - Nave, J., T. Ali, and S. Wallace 2005, Developing a GIS Database for the Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee, Based on Modern Surveying, Journal of Surveying and Land Information Science, 65(4), pp. 259-264. - Ali, T., J. Nave, and M. Clark 2005, A new Bachelor Degree Curriculum at East Tennessee State University, Journal of Surveying and Land Information Science, 65(3), pp. 195-200. - Ramirez, R. and T. Ali 2005, Development of Quality Metrics for Linear Features, Journal of Surveying and Land Information Science, 65(2), pp. 105-110. - Niu, X., R. Ma, T. Ali, and R. Li 2005, Integration of Mobile GIS and Wireless Technology for Coastal Management and Decision Making, Journal of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 71(4), pp. 453-459. - Ali, T. 2005, Study of the Correlation between the Mapped Shoreline-Change and Shoreline-Curvature, the proceedings of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, U.S.A., March 18-23. - Niu, X., R. Ma, T. Ali, A. Srivastava, and R. Li 2004, On-site Coastal Decision Making with Wireless Mobile GIS, International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 35(B2) “Vol. XXXV(B2)”, pp. 1-6. - Ma, R., T. Ali, N. Xutong, V. Velissarou, K. Cheng, C. Kuo, X. Xu, and R. Li 2003, Spatio-Temporal Decision Making System for Coastal Change Monitoring and Management, System Demonstration, Proceedings of the NSF National Conference for Digital Government Research, May 18-22, Boston MA, pp. 313-317. - Xutong, N., T. Ali, R. Ma, A. Elaksher and R. Li 2003, Implementation of a Coastal Decision Making System using Internet and Wireless Technologies, Proceedings of the NSF National Conference for Digital Government Research, May 18-22, Boston MA, pp. 275-288. - Al-Ruzouq, R., T. Ali, R. Ma, and R. Li 2002, Digitalization of Coastal Management and Decision Making, Proceedings of the NSF National Conference for Digital Government Research, May 20-22, Los Angeles, CA, pp. 391-399. - Ali, T. 2004, On the Selection of Appropriate Interpolation Method for Creating Coastal Terrain Models from LIDAR Data, Proceedings of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) Conference 2004, Nashville TN, U.S.A., April 16-21. - Ali, T. and J. R. Ramirez 2003, Progress in Metrics Development to Measure Positional Accuracy of Spatial Data, Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Association Conference, CD media, Durban, South Africa. - Ali, T., R. Li, N. Xutong, R. Ma and A. Elaksher 2003, Development of a Web-based Mobile Spatial System for On-site Decision Making, Proceedings of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Conference, May 5- 9, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. - Ramirez, J. R. and T. Ali 2003, Development of Quality Metric System to Measure Positional Accuracy of Spatial Data, Proceedings of the 3rd International Cartographic Association Symposium on Digital Earth, September 21- 25, Brno, Czech Republic. - Ali, T., R. Ma and R. Li 2001, Assessment of the Variability of Phosphorus Intensity and Sediment Supply Profiles with Topography in a Lake Erie Coastal Area, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Computer Mapping and GIS for Coastal Zone Management, June 18 - 20, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - Li, R., R. Ma, T. Ali, and Y. Felus 2001, Coastline Mapping and Change Detection Using One- Meter Resolution Satellite Imagery, Project Report submitted to Sea Grant/NOAA, 107p. - Li, R., T. Ali, and R. Ma 2001, Modeling Nutrient-Enriched Sediment Transport During Coastal Erosion Processes, Project Report submitted to Lake Erie Commission, 91 p. - Ali, T. and R. Li 2000, Spatio-temporal modeling of soil erosion and contaminated sediment Transport in Lake Erie coastal area, Proceedings of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Conference, Washington D.C., USA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering Technology, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando FL 8/2006 – present Working on the development of the curricula for two new degree programs in Engineering Technology at UCF with concentrations in GIS and Geomatics. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Technology and Geomatics, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN 8/2003 – 7/2006 Preparing and delivering courses to undergraduate and masters’ level students in GIS, Geomatics, cartography, GPS, and digital imagery processing. Involved in the development of a new curriculum for the surveying and mapping science program. - Research Associate, Dept. of Civil & Env. Eng., The Ohio State Univ., Columbus OH 10/00 - 7/2003 Designed an analysis methodology and a GIS Web-based system for assessing future coastal erosion potential. Developed spatial metrics for automated shoreline quality assessment. Developed an Arc/Info GIS “Shoreline Quality System” to perform shoreline quality assessment. Project work in association with the GIS and Mapping Lab at OSU, developing GIS techniques and linking GIS and various types of models. - Research Fellow, the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Labs. (GLERL), Ann Arbor MI 6/ 00 - 9/00 Involved in modeling sediment re-suspension and transport dynamics in southern Lake Michigan as part of the episodic events research program at the GLERL labs. Worked on animating the spatio-temporal scenarios of the movement of the suspended sediments in the southern part of Lake Michigan using the Interactive Data Language (IDL). - Graduate Research and Teaching Associate, Dept. of Civil & Env. Eng., The Ohio State Univ., Columbus OH 8/97 - 5/00 Performed GIS modeling using spatio-temporal approach to monitor soil erosion and contaminated sediment transport in Lake Erie southern coast. Implemented Arc/Info for data processing, change detection, and shoreline modeling. Helped in teaching various courses at the undergraduate and the graduate levels in the geodetic science and surveying program at OSU.
AWARDS & HONORS:
• The 2006 ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS, 3rd Place (with N. Xutong, R. Ma, and R. Li). • The 2005 Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding New Faculty, by the College of Business and Technology, East Tennessee State University. • The 2004 Murrough P. O’Brien Educational Award, by the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). • The 2003 Duane C. Brown Jr. Award, by the Ohio State University. • The 2003 Student Research Paper Award, by the Ohio State University. • The 2003 Student Research Development Fellowship, by the Ohio State University. • The 2001 Student Research Paper Award, by the Ohio State University. • NOAA Research Fellowship, the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, June 2000. • The 1999 Student Research Paper Award, by the Ohio State University.