Yassir AbdelRazig, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, received the 2021 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) senior faculty Teaching Innovation Award (TIA). 

“Students are more likely to engage in learning when they see value in what they’re learning,” AbdelRazig said. “They want to understand how the course material relates to the real world and their future professional career. I structure assignments and projects to be very similar to actual engineering projects.”

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department congratulates Jennifer Taeuber Kennedy, who was recognized as the 2021 Young Engineer of the Year by the ASCE Florida Section.  This award followed her nomination by the ASCE Northeast branch, which also named her Young Engineer of the Year for Northeast Florida.  In recognition of her many achievements, the Jacksonville Business Journal also named her one of its 2020 class of 40 Under 40 honorees.

Post-Doc Spotlight

Junayed Pasha, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral research associate in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE). Pasha is originally from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology in 2015. In 2020, he received his doctoral degree in civil engineering from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering through Florida State University (FSU).

Maribel Amwake is the new Director of Student Engagement at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. She brings a wealth of academic experience to the position, and her role will be to provide leadership and support to student organizations on campus. She plans to be involved with the mentorship program as well as assist with scholarships and awards at the college.

Itunu Comfort Adedeji is a doctoral student in civil and environmental engineering. Adedeji is originally from Lagos, Nigeria, and studies environmental and water resource engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, through Florida A&M University (FAMU). She is one of 28 students nationwide named fellows of the Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE). Of those, she is one of the four fellows selected for the 2021 FAIR Cyber Training (FACT) sponsored by Purdue University.

Maxim Dulebenets, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, received the 2021 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) junior faculty Teaching Innovation Award (TIA). 

Since 1968, CARE has provided services to traditionally underresourced students at FSU.

Graduate student Jaqueline Masaki seeks to bring advanced technology to developing-world infrastructure

Jaqueline Masaki is a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Her main research interests are transportation planning and demand, autonomous vehicle technologies and traffic safety analysis.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering recognized two faculty members with awards at its student-faculty banquet on April 17 at Tallahassee’s Sittig Center. Those awards went to Kamal Tawfiq, in recognition of his service as department chair and to Jerry Wekezer for lifetime contributions to the department.

Kristine Obenour serves as graduate adviser to the FAMU-FSU joint chapter of ACI-ASCE-FES. As an undergraduate, she served as president of the joint chapter. Upon graduation, she joined the Master of Engineering program at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, taking a full course load while working fulltime at Barkley Consulting Engineers, Inc.