Advising
Students can choose from: CECS Academic Affairs Office, the department advisors, and faculty advisors. The CECS Academic Affairs Office handles general academic advising as well as advising on UCF policies and procedures. While the departments and faculty members offer advising on career and research fields that are particular to their areas of study.
Please click on one of the categories below to find and select your academic or faculty advisor.
Please note that many of the advisors listed below require that you make an appointment in advance for advisement.
Undergraduate Students (Expands)
| CECS Academic Affairs Office |
| Engineering Building 1, Room 107 |
| Monday- Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM |
| (407) 823-2455 |
| Melissa Falls, Director |
| Paul Edlen, Coordinator |
| Hilary Falcon, Coordinator |
| Kim Small, Coordinator |
| Undergraduate Advisors |
| Department |
Name |
Phone |
Office |
| Civil, Environmental & Construction |
Ms. Carol Ann Pohl |
(407)823-2128 |
ENGR2 211 |
| Computer Science & Information Technology |
Dr. Ali Orooji |
(407)823-2341 |
HEC 246 |
| Electrical & Computer |
Dr. Samuel Richie |
(407)823-5765 |
HEC 246 |
| Electrical Engineering Technology |
Dr. Alireza Rahrooh |
(407)823-4749 |
ENGR 207B |
| Engineering Technology |
Dr. Eduardo Divo |
(407)823-4753 |
ENGR 207C |
| Industrial |
Dr. William Thompson |
(407)823-2636 |
ENGR2 308 |
| Information Systems Technology |
Dr. Bahman Motlagh |
(407)823-4748 |
ENGR 208 |
| Mechanical & Aerospace |
Ms. Waheeda Illasarie |
(407)823-5448 |
ENGR 308A |
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| CECS Academic Assistance Sessions |
| The academic assistance sessions is to aid in the success and retention of CECS students. Workshops are offered during the fall and spring semesters. |
| The Fall semester workshop provides information regarding academic and transition issues for first semester freshmen, sophomores, and transfer students. |
| The Spring workshops are for all CECS students and serve as general advising sessions to inform students of academic and college resources for the next registration cycle. |
| Students can register for sessions at http://www.cecs.ucf.edu/academics/assistance.htm |
Graduate Students (Expands)
| General Graduate Information |
| Ms. Heather Stevens |
| CECS Academic Affairs Office |
| Engineering Building 1, Room 107 |
| Monday- Friday |
| 8 AM – 5 PM |
| (407) 823-2455 |
Graduate Advisors
| Department |
Name |
Phone |
Office |
| Civil, Environmental, & Construction |
Dr. C. David Cooper |
(407) 823-2388 |
ENGR2 211L |
| Civil, Environmental, & Construction |
Assistant: Margarida Trim |
(407) 823-1299 |
ENGR2 211K |
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| Computer Science - PhD |
Dr. Ron Dutton |
(407) 823-2920 |
HEC 204 |
| Computer Science - PhD |
Assistant: Ronda Hill-Bermudez |
(407) 823-2920 |
HEC 345 |
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| Digital Forensics |
Dr. Sheau-Dong Lang |
(407) 823-2474 |
HEC 341 |
| Digital Forensics |
Assistant: Traci Freund |
(407) 882-2313 |
HEC 346E |
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| Electrical & Computer - PhD |
Dr. Michael Georgiopoulos |
(407) 823-5338 |
HEC 345 |
| Electrical & Computer - PhD |
Assistant: Ronda Hill-Bermudez |
(407) 823-3027 |
HEC 345 |
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| Electrical, Computer, & Computer Science - MS |
Drs. Dutton & Georgiopoulos |
(407) 823-2920 |
HEC 345 |
| Electrical, Computer, & Computer Science - MS |
Assistant: Traci Freund |
(407) 882-2313 |
HEC 346E |
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| Industrial |
Dr. Ahmad Elshennawy |
(407) 823-5742 |
ENGR2 312B |
| Industrial |
Assistant: Josefina Tatlonghari |
(407) 823-5642 |
ENGR2 312H |
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| Materials Science |
Dr. Kevin Coffey |
(407) 823-4306 |
ENGR 381D |
| Materials Science |
Assistant: Cynthia Harle |
(407) 882-1455 |
ENGR 381 |
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| Mechanical & Aerospace |
Dr. Alain Kassab |
(407) 823-5788 |
ENGR 313 |
| Mechanical & Aerospace |
Assistant: Jeanine Clements |
(407) 823-5475 |
ENGR 307K |
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| Modeling & Simulation |
Director: Dr. Bala Jaganathan |
(407) 882-1407 |
Partenrship II - 131D |
| Modeling & Simulation |
Dr. Annie Wu |
(407) 823-5922 |
HEC 314 |
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| Technology |
Dr. Bahman Motlagh |
(407) 823-4748 |
ENGR 208 |
| Technology |
Assistant: Ronee Trantham |
(407) 823-4744 |
ENGR 207 |
Expanding Your Horizons
EYH, an outreach event to middle school girls to promote engineering in February 2009.
CECS FACT
CECS is adjacent to Central Florida Research Park, with more than 125 companies and 10,000 employees.
