Mohamed Ahmed

Mohamed K M Ahmed

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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Div of Engineering Technology
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Office Hours

Benjamin Banneker Tech B, Rm 105

Monday - Friday 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

About Me

Dr. Mohamed Khalafalla Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture and Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University. His research focuses on risk analysis, alternative project delivery, and cost estimating for construction and infrastructure projects. Dr. Khalafalla has performed risk analysis and cost estimating related work for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Also, Dr. Khalafalla has worked on concrete research for the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Dr. Khalafalla has authored numerous articles, conference proceedings, and technical reports. He received his Ph.D. from Auburn University in 2019 and his Master's from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2015. Dr. Khalafalla is currently a part Master's student  (Law) at Northwestern University and is expected to finish it in 2024.

Dr. Khalafalla has worked in the construction industry for more than three years in different capacities, including pre-construction and estimating.

Areas of Interest

  • Project Delivery Methods
  • Infrastructure Cost Estimating
  • Risk Analysis
  • Concrete Testing

Education

 
  • Master of Science in Law • 2024
    Northwestern University, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering • 2019
    Auburn University, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
  • Master of Science in Civil Engineering • 2015
    The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
  • Master of Business Administration • 2013
    University of Khartoum, School of Management Studies
  • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering • 2010

    University of Khartoum, Faculty of Engineering

Work History

  • Assistant Professor, Tenure Earning • 2022 - present
    Florida A&M University
  • Visiting Assistant Professor • 2020 - 2022
    Florida A&M University
  • Postdoctoral Scholar • 2019 - 2020
    Dept. of Civil Engineering, Auburn University
  • Graduate Research Assistant • 2017 - 2019
    Dept. of Civil Engineering, Auburn University 
  • CAD Engineer • 2015 - 2017
    EMJ Corporation, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Project Engineer • 2012 - 2013
    Murtada Maaz Consultancy, Khartoum, Sudan

Academic Accomplishments

  • Khalafalla, M (PI) & Kobelo, D (CO-PI)- "Rural Commuting Patterns". Funding by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Penelope Weinberger (Program Manager for Transportation Data), September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023 – $20,000 • 2022 
  • Kobelo, D (PI) & Khalafalla, M (CO-PI)  – "Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2022-2023". Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, December 2021 to September 2022. TBA • 2022

Publication

  • Kaylyn Cardinal, Mohamed Khalafalla, and Jorge Rueda-Benavides, Methodology for Evaluating the Effects of Fuel Price Fluctuations on Asphalt Prices, Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., TRBAM-23-00461, Jan. 8-12, 2023.
  • Jorge Rueda-Benavides, Mohamed Khalafalla, Maria Miller, and Douglas Gransberg. "Cross-asset prioritization model for transportation projects using multi-attribute utility theory: a case study." International Journal of Construction Management (2022): 1-10.
  • Jayson Francois, Mohamed Khalafalla, Doreen Kobelo, Cost-Duration-Based Project Selection Framework: A Multi-Attribute Utility Theory Model, Transportation Research Board 101st  Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., TRBAM-22-01167, Jan. 9-13, 2022.
  • Mohamed Khalafalla, Kaylyn Cardinal, Jorge Rueda–Benavides and Mazin Karim, Modified Version of the Cumulative Sum Statistical Analysis Method, 2021 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT), 2021, pp. 12-17, doi: 10.1109/3ICT53449.2021.9581845 
  • Kaylyn Cardinal, Mohamed Khalafalla, and Jorge Rueda-Benavides (2021). "Protocol to Assess the Impact of Crude Oil Price Fluctuations on Future Asphalt Prices," Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Record. March 2021. doi:10.1177/0361198121992072
  • Laura Arevalo, Mohamed Khalafalla, Jorge A. Rueda, Jose Vasconcelos, and Wesley Donald. Regional Modeling of the Variability of Riprap Prices in Alabama: A Riprap Location Cost Index, Construction Research Congress, Phoenix, AZ, March 2020.
  • Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge Rueda-Benavides (2020). "A Methodology to Assess the Impact of Lump Sum Compensation Provisions on Project Schedules," ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000786
  • Karthik Pakalapati, Mohamed Khalafalla, and Jorge Rueda-Benavides (2020). "Using moving-window cross-validation algorithm to optimize bid-based cost estimating data usage, " International Journal of Construction Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2020.1827694
  • Serhat Simsek, Mehmet Gumus, Mohamed Khalafalla, and Issa Tahir Bachar (2020). "A Hybrid Data Analytics Approach for High-Performance Concrete Compressive Strength Prediction, " Journal of Business Analytics,  https://doi.org/10.1080/2573234X.2020.1760741
  • Amna Salman, and Mohamed Ahmed. Implementing Active Learning Strategies in a Structural Analysis and Design Course: Pedagogy Development and Lessons Learned, Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain, November 12-14, 2018. doi: 10.21125/iceri.2018.2715
  • Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge Rueda-Benavides (2018). "Unit Price or Lump Sum? A Stochastic Cost-Based Decision Making Tool for Design-Bid-Build Projects, " Transportation Research Record, [DOI 1177/0361198118758052].
  • Mohamed Khalafalla and Joseph Owino. The Effects of Visual Stability Index on Fresh and Hardened Properties of Self Consolidating Concrete under Accelerated Curing Condition. EURO-MED-SEC-1; Istanbul, May 24-29, 2016. doi: 10.14455/ISEC.res.2016.54
  • Joseph Owino, Ignatius Fomunung, and Mohamed Khalafalla (2014). "The Recent Development in the Roller Compacted Concrete," BIE Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Volume 5 Issue 2, pp 42-49.   

Courses Taught At FAMU

  • BCN 3797 Construction Management I  
  • BCN 3701  Construction Management II
  • BCN 2230   Materials & Methods of Construction I
  • BCN 2231   Materials & Methods of Construction II
  • ETG 2505   Statics
  • ETG 2530   Strength of Materials I        
  • ETG 2530L   Strength of Materials Lab