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Dr. Soheil Sabri

Dr. Soheil Sabri

Director

Dr. Soheil Sabri is an Assistant Professor at the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training, Knights Digital Twin Initiative at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He is an Urban Planner and Geospatial Scientist focused on advancing urban development through research, practical work, and education. His main interests include Urban Digital Twins, Multi-dimensional Planning Support Systems, and analytical tools that provide data-driven insights for urban planning.

Dr. Sabri leads pioneering research and education in Urban Digital Twins, covering areas like Development Envelope Control, Rule-Based Compliance Assessment, and Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD). He significantly influences digital urban planning through his roles in various scientific and professional organizations, including IEEE Digital Twin and Parallel Intelligence, IEEE Systems, Man, Cybernetics Society, Co-chairing and Ambassadorship of the Academia and Research within the Digital Twin Consortium and contributing to the Metaverse and Urban Digital Twin working groups at Open Geospatial Consortium.

Current Researchers

Dr. Mahdi Aghaabbasi

Dr. Mahdi Aghaabbasi

Courtesy Appointment

Sherry Dubin

Sherry Dubin

Research Assistant Senior Software Engineering

James Owusu Appiah

James Owusu Appiah

Researcher

Amy Kvien

Amy Kvien

Researcher

Alex Hynds

Alex Hynds

Researcher

Jedidah Wong

Jedidah Wong

Researcher

Hemant Kanoujia

Hemant Kanoujia

Researcher

Maxwell Omeje

Maxwell Omeje

Researcher

Kwabena Anane-Nsiah

Kwabena Anane-Nsiah

Digital Transformation and Digital Twin

Past Research Associates

Dr. Amir Mahdiyar

Dr. Amir Mahdiyar

Post-Doc in Decision Support Systems

Dr. Hesam Tahami

Dr. Hesam Tahami

Post-Doc in Optimization

Kalp Devangbhai Thakkar

Kalp Devangbhai Thakkar

Research Assistant IoT/Software Eng

Janani Nagaraj

Janani Nagaraj

Research Assistant Visualization

Benjamin Lee

Benjamin Lee

Research Assistant Geospatial Engineering

Dr. Reza Mortaheb

Dr. Reza Mortaheb

Researcher in Geospatial Analysis and Urban Planning

Naga Vaishnavi Marupaka

Naga Vaishnavi Marupaka

Research Assistant Visualization

Kyle Shervington

Kyle Shervington

Research Assistant AI/Software Eng

Nasim Yeganeh

Nasim Yeganeh

Hurricane Damage and Rental Housing Affordability Fluctuation

Nikoo Mirhosseini

Nikoo Mirhosseini

Utilization of Building Information Modeling to Streamline the Process of Building Permit Systems

Ensiyeh Javaherian Pour

Ensiyeh Javaherian Pour

Developing 3D Spatial graph database