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College / Department

College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering

Teaching areas

Geomatics/Surveying, GIS/LIS, Remote Sensing, Geodetic/Geospatial Science, Land Development, Highway Engineering, and Hydrology.

Research areas

GIScience, LiDAR Mapping, Mobile and Internet-based GIS, Coastal Mapping &GIS, Applications of GIS/Remote Sensing in Environmental & Transportation Engineering, Wide-Area GPS Networks, and Infrastructure Monitoring/Surveillance.

Education

PhD, Civil Engineering - Concentration: Geodetic Engineering and Surveying, The Ohio State University, United States
MS, Civil Engineering - Concentration: Geodetic Engineering and Surveying, The Ohio State University, United States
BS, Civil Engineering, Khartoum University

Professional experience

Associate Professor at American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates(2011 - Present)
Assistant Professor at American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates(2009 - 2011)
Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida (UCF), United States(2006 - 2009)
Assistant Professor at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), United States(2003 - 2006)

Memberships

Florida Surveying and Mapping Society, 2007 - present
American Association for Geodetic Surveying, 2003 - present
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), USA., 2003 - present
Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS), 2003 - present
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2017 - 2021
American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008 - 2021

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2985

Dr. Tarig Ali

Professor
PhD in Geodetic and Geospatial Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA

Tarig Ali has taught at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and the University of Central Florida. Dr. Ali is the recipient of the Esri Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems, the ETSU Faculty Excellence Award, the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association's Murrough O'Brien Education Award, and The Ohio State University's Duane C. Brown Jr. Award. Dr. Ali's research interests include coastal mapping, terrain modeling, wide-area GPS networks, and applications of geographic information systems and remote sensing in environmental and transportation engineering.

Publications

Mohammad Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Riadh, Sami ElMahdy, Polarimetric SAR Speckle Reduction by Hybrid Iterative Filtering, Accepted, IEEE Access, 2020
Ahmed Elaksher, Tarig Ali, James Bethel , Delineating planner surfaces from correlation-based DEMs, Published, Earth Science Informatics, 2020
Samy Elmahdy, Mohamed Mohamed, Tarig Ali, Land Use /Land Cover Changes Impact on Groundwater Level and Quality in Northern Emirates, UAE, Published, Remote Sensing, 2020
Asem Zabin, Baha Khalil, Tarig Ali, Jamal Abdalla, Ahmed Elaksher, A semi-automated method for integrating textural and material data into as-built BIM using TIS, Published, Advances in Computational Design, 5, 2, pp. 127-146, 2020
Ameen Awwad, Mohamed Yahia, Lutfi Albasha, Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali, Remote Thermal Water Leakage Sensor with a Laser Communication System, Submitted, IEEE ACCESS, 2020
Mohammad Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Riadh Abdelfattah, N Arampola, Sami ElMahdy, Multitemporal SAR Image Despeckling Based on IMMSE Filtering, Accepted, IEEE Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Sysmposium , 2020
Md. Mortula, Md Ahmed, Arif Sadri, Tarig Ali, Irtishad Ahmad, Alaeldinne Idris, Improving Resiliency of Water Supply System in Arid Regions: Integrating Centrality and Hydraulic Vulnerability, Accepted, Journal of Management in Engineering, 2020
Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali, Ahmed Elaksher, Municipal Wastewater Treatment using Different Coagulants, Published, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2020
Ameen Awwad, Mohammad Yahia, Lutfi Albasha, Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali, Communication Network for Ultrasonic Acoustic Water Leakage Detectors, Published, IEEE Access, 2020
Mohammad Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Riad Abdelfatteh, Sami El Mahdi, N. S. Arampola, Enhancement of SAR Speckle Denoising Using the Improved Iterative Filter, Published, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2020
S ELMAHDY, M MOHAMED, Tarig Ali, Jamal Abdalla, Mohamed Abouleish, Land subsidence and sinkholes susceptibility mapping and analysis using random forest and frequency ratio models in Al Ain, UAE, Published, Geocarto International Journal , 2020
Samy Elmahdy, Mohamed Mohamed, Tarig Ali, Jamal Abdalla, Mohamed Abouleish, Land subsidence and sinkholes susceptibility mapping and analysis using random forest and frequency ratio models in Al Ain, UAE, Published, Geocarto International, 2020
Huda Aslam, Tarig Ali, Md Mortula, Atta Attaelmanan, Evaluation of microplastics in beach sediments along the coast of Dubai, UAE, Published, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 2020
Md. Mortula, Kazi Fattah, Tarig Ali, Alaeldine Idris, Mayada Albardan, Spatiotemporal Assessment of Water Quality in the Distribution Network of City of Sharjah, UAE, Published, International Journal of Information and Decision System, 2019
Samy Elmahdy, Tarig Ali, Mohamed Mohamed , Mohamed Yahia, Mohamed Abouleish, Support vector machine for better monitoring and analysing the city of Sharjah’s land use/land cover changes, Published, The second Arabian Journal of Geosciences (AJGS) Conference, 2019
Adil Al-Tamimi, Tarig Ali, Rawan Anoohi, Ahmed Rajput, Kaltham Alkamali , Evaluations of 3D Concrete Printing Produced in the Environment of United Arab Emirates , Published, International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 13, 12, pp. 705-709. , 2019
Huda Aslam, Md. Mortula, Sherif Ahmed, Tarig Ali, Manreet Kaur, Evaluation of the Factors Impacting the Water Pipe Leak Detection Ability of NonDestructive Techniques, Submitted, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2019
Adil Al-Tamimi, Tarig Ali, Rawan Anoohi, Ahmed Rajput, Kaltham Alkamali, Properties and Assessment of 3D Concrete Printing, Published, 2019
Tarig Ali, Ahmed Elaksher , Application of Fuzzy Set Theory to Update Linear Features in Digital Mapping and GIS, Published, International Journal of Advanced Computational Engineering and Networking, 7, 3, pp. 17-20., 2019
Lian Feng, Junguo Liu, Tarig Ali, Junsheng Li, Juan Li, Xingxing Kuang, Impacts of decreased freeze-up period on primary production in Qinghai Lake. , Published, International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 83, 2019
Huan-Chin Kao, Chungyen Kuo, KH Tseng, CK Shum, TP Tseng, YY Jia, TY Yang, Tarig Ali, Y Yi, D Hussain, Assessment of Cryosat-2 and SARAL/AltiKa Altimetry for Measuring Inland Water and Coastal Sea Level Variations: A case study on Tibetan Plateau Lake and Taiwan Coast, Published, Marine Geodesy, 42, 4, pp. 327-343. , 2019
Samy Elhamhdy, S., Mohamed Mohamed, Tarig Ali, Automated detection of lineaments express geological linear features of a tropical region using topographic fabric grain algorithm and the SRTM DEM, Published, Geocarto International, 2019
L Feng, J Liu, J Li, J Li, Tarig Ali, X Kuang , Impacts of decreased freeze-up period on primary production in Qinghai Lake, Published, International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 83, 2019
X Hou, X Chen , w Liu, L Feng, Tarig Ali, Changes in the wetland vegetation growth patterns in large lakes on the Yangtze Plain, Published, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40, 11, pp. 4290-4301, 2019
Samy Elhamhdy, Mohamed Mohamed, Tarig Ali, Land subsidence and sinkholes susceptibility mapping and analysis using random forest and frequency ratio models in Al Ain, UAE, Submitted, 2019
Samy Elhamhdy, Mohamed Mohamed, Tarig Ali, Remote sensing and hydrological signatures of subsurface geological structures in an arid region: a case study of the Al Jaaw Plain, UAE, Submitted, 2019
Chi-Ming Lee, Chung-Yen Kuo, Jian Sun, Tzu-Pang Tseng, Kwo-Hwa Chen, Wen-Hau Lan, CK Shum, Tarig Ali, , , , Evaluation and Improvement of Coastal GNSS Reflectometry Sea Level Variations from Existing GNSS Stations in Taiwan, Published, Advances in Space Research, 63, 3, pp. 1280-1288, 2019
Daniel Simonet, Tarig Ali, A Smartphone App to Predict Soil Erosion, Submitted, Land Degradation & Development, 2019
Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali, Rehan Sadiq, Ala Idris, Asam Al Mulla, Impacts of Water Quality on the Spatiotemporal Susceptibility of Water Distribution Systems, Published, Clean - Soil, Air, Water, 2019
Md Maruf Mortula, Kazi Fattah, Tarig Ali, Alaeldin Idris, Mayyada Bardan, Spatiotemporal assessment of water quality in the distribution network of City of Sharjah, UAE, Published, International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences, 11, 2, pp. 116-125, 2019
Ahmed Elaksher, Tarig Ali, F Kamtchang, c Wegmann, A Guerrero , Performance analysis of multi-GNSS static and RTK techniques in estimating height differences, Published, International Journal of Digital Earth, 13, 5, pp. 586-601, 2018
CK Shum, L Zhang, Tarig Ali, BPY Loo, WM WONG, Satellite-based Environmental & Infrastructure Monitoring System of Smart Cities, Published, International Conference on Smart Mobility and Logistics in Future Cities, Hong Kong, 18- 20 October 2018, 2018
H. Aslam, M. Kaur, S. Sasi, Md. Mortula, Sherif Ahmed, Tarig Ali, Detection of Leaks in Water Distribution System using Non-Destructive Techniques, Published, 150, 1, 2018
Huda Aslam, Manreet Kaur, Sneha Sasi, Md. Mortula, Sherif Ahmed, Tarig Ali, Detection of Leaks in Water Distribution System using Non-Destructive Techniques, Published, 2018
Heba Hussein, Serter Atabay, Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali, Investigation of Water Quality Parameters for Coastal Lagoon, Published, Pollution Research, 37, 1, pp. 25-31, 2018
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Serter Atabay, Monitoring and assessment of water quality of a coastal lake using high resolution imagery and GIS, Published, Pollution Research, 36, 1, pp. 8-17, 2017
Md. Mortula, Kazi Fattah, Tarig Ali, Study the Variability of Water Quality in a Large Water Distribution Network, Published, 2016
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Serter Atabay, Ehsan Navadeh, A GIS-based spatiotemporal study of the variability of water quality in the Dubai creek, UAE, Published, Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 51, 3, pp. 219-232, 2016
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Serter Atabay, GIS-based study on the susceptibility of dubai creek (UAE) to eutrophication, Published, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 25, 6, pp. 2275-2282, 2016
Tarig Ali, Serter Atabay, Md. Mortula, Ruijin Ma, Semiautomatic extraction of the shoreline from high-resolution satellite imagery and coastal terrain model, Published, Surveying and Land Information Science, 74, 1, pp. 15-21, 2015

Conference Presentations

WM WONG, Satellite-based Environmental & Infrastructure Monitoring System of Smart Cities, International Conference on Smart Mobility and Logistics in Future Cities, 18-20 October, 2018, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, October, 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Satellite-Based Coastal Monitoring System for Multidisciplinary Science to Support UAE-Wide Smart City Initiatives , American University of Sharjah, 2020
Development of Smart Leak Detection Technologies for Water Distribution Network, Local
Development of Smart Leak Detection Technologies for Water Distribution Network, State
SEWA Business Intelligence proposal, Local
Study of Microplastics Contamination in Beach Sediment and Surface Water , American University of Sharjah
Development of Smart Leak Detection Technologies for Water Distribution, American University of Sharjah
Experimental Assessment of Leakage in Water Distribution Network, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority

Awards and Honors

, Best Paper Award at the 18th International Conference on Agricultural, Environmental, Ecological and Ecosystems Sciences, Rome, Italy, SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2016, World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology (WASET), 2016
, The 2006 ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS, 3rd Place, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), 2006
, Study of the Spatio-temporal Variation of the Level of the Atmospheric Water Vapor using ground-based GPS and GIS, East Tennessee State University Office of Research, 2005
, The 2005 Faculty Excellence Award, College of Business and Technology, East Tennessee State University, 2005
, The 2004 Murrough P. O'Brien Educational Award, American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA), 2004
, The 2003 Duane C. Brown Jr. Award, Ohio State University College of Engineering, 2003
, NOAA Research Fellowship, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2000

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