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Monographs<\/h3>\n
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  1. Najafi, F. T., Shanker, A. J., Roessler, C. E., Hintenlang, D. E., and Tyson, J., \u201cNew House Evaluation of Potential Building Design and Construction for the Control of Radon in Marion and Alachua Counties, Florida,\u201d EPA-600\/R-95-170, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, December 1995, 262 pages.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Hintenlang, D. E., Shanker, A. J., Najafi, F. T., and Roessler, C. E., \u201cEvaluation of Radon Resistant Construction Techniques in Eight New Houses,\u201d EPA-600\/R-95-114, U.S. EPA, Air, and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, July 1995, 154 pages.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    NOTE:<\/em> All monographs were subjected to both internal and external review before acceptance for publication by the sponsoring agency. In both Monographs #1 & #2, the following graduate students also contributed: Fadi E. Nassar, Esfandiar Salimi-Tari, Win-Gin Li and Lalit Lalwani. The results of these two monographs were approved by the Florida Department of Community Affairs. The 1995 Florida Legislature, through HB1647, enacted legislation effective July 1, 1995, adopting the Florida standard for Passive Radon Resistant New Residential Building Construction.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Journal Articles<\/h3>\n
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    1. Queiroz, A., Najafi, F., and Hanrahan, P. (April 28, 2016). “Implementation and Results of Solar Feed-In-Tariff in Gainesville, Florida.” <\/span>Journal of Energy Engineering<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>10.1061\/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000373<\/span><\/a> , 05016005.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Najafi, F.T., Angalade, Yves J., Robby Kevin \u201cAn in-depth evaluation and analysis of traffic and work zones during highway construction\u201d, IRF Examiner, Road safety application, spring 2014, Washington DC, pp 11-16.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Cho, D., Najafi, F. T., and Kopac, P. A., \u201cDetermining Optimum Acceptance Sample Size:\u00a0 Second Look,\u201d Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), No. 2228, National Research Center (NRC), Washington, DC, 2011, pp. 3-10.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Myers, L.O., and Najafi, F. T., \u201cPerformance Bond Benefit-Cost Analysis,\u201d Transportation Research Record: Journal of the TRB, No. 2228, NRC, Washington, DC, 2011, pp. 61-69.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Najafi, F., Vidalis, S., Munksgaard, K., and Diamond, M., \u201cEffective Environmental Policy toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Produced from Transportation,\u201d <\/span>International Journal of <\/span><\/i>Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Kalantzis, M., and Cope, W., Ed., January 2010, Vol. 4, Issue 11, pp. 113-132 (full-paper reviewed by peers).\u00a0 A finalist for the International Award for Excellence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Vidalis, S., Najafi, F., Chernick, D., Jackson, J., Parker, J., and Ryland, S., \u201cModern Analysis of Bike Sharing Feasibility,\u201d International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Kalantzis, M., and Cope, W., Ed., January 2010, Vol. 4, Issue 11, pp. 1-16 (full paper reviewed by peers).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Najafi, F., Boudreau III, H., Taylor, M., Huang, T.Y., and Tatel, S., \u201cThe Real-World Advantages and Disadvantages of Permeable Pavement as Roadways,\u201d International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Kalantzis, M., and Cope, W., Ed., 2009, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 341-354 (full-paper reviewed by peers).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Lovencin, W., and Najafi, F.T., \u201cEffect of Accelerating Admixture on Flowable Fill Strength,\u201d ACI Journal, American Concrete Institute (ACI), San Antonio, TX, March 2009, p. 15-27 (full-paper reviewed by peers).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. More in Resume Pages 15-17..<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Books<\/h3>\n
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      1. Dickey, J. W.<\/span>, Brotchie, J. F., and Sharpe, R., <\/span>TOPAZ<\/span><\/i>, included Najafi\u2019s Master\u2019s thesis condensed as Chapter 9, \u201cRegional Level Application of TOPAZ,\u201d Springer-Verlag, Berlin<\/span>\u00b7<\/span>Heidelberg<\/span>\u00b7<\/span>New York, 1981, 9.1-9.10.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Brotchie, J. F.<\/span>, Dickey, J. W., and Sharpe, R., \u201cLecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems,\u201d <\/span>TOPAZ<\/span><\/i> (Najafi was student contributor), Editors:\u00a0 M. Beckmann and H. P. K\u00fcnzi, Springer-Verlag, Berlin<\/span>\u00b7<\/span>Heidelberg<\/span>\u00b7<\/span>New York, 1980, 356 p.<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Dickey, J. W.<\/span>, <\/span>Metropolitan Transportation Planning<\/span><\/i>, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1975, 562 p.\u00a0 Entire artwork and graphics of this book prepared by F. T. Najafi.\u00a0 The author has given a copy of the book to Dr. Najafi with his written acknowledgment of services (available upon request).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Conference Proceedings<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. Alrashidi, Abdul Majeed, and, Najafi, F.T, \u201cRenewable Energy Systems Meeting the Future Needs<\/span>,\u201d <\/span>ASEE Zone 2, 2018 Spring Conference. Sponsored by Emory \u2013 Riddle Aeronautical University, at The Shores Resort and Spa, Daytona, Florida, March 4-6, poster ID:\u00a0 140, Abstract published and Poster was Presented.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        2. Ng, Teresa and, Najafi, F.T, \u201cAirborne Wind Energy System<\/span>,\u201d <\/span>ASEE Zone 2, 2018 Spring Conference. Sponsored by Emory \u2013 Riddle Aeronautical University, at The Shores Resort and Spa, Daytona, Florida, March 4-6, 2018, Poster ID:\u00a0 23, Abstract published and Poster was Presented.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        3. Noury, Isabela S <\/span>and, Najafi, F.T, \u201cUse of Sugar Cane Ash in the Production of Concrete: A Critical Review<\/span>,\u201d <\/span>ASEE Zone 2, 2018 Spring Conference. Sponsored by Emory \u2013 Riddle Aeronautical University, March 4-6, 2018, Poster ID: 141, Abstract published, and Poster was Presented.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        4. Following Abstracts ID\u2019s of our students and myself were also accepted but not presented: ID 138, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, Please refer to ASEE Zone 2, 2018 Spring Conference\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        5. Jayasekaran, Sarah Rajkumari, and Najafi, F.T, <\/span>A SMART & SUSTAINABLE CITY FRAMEWORK TO PREDICT AND MITIGATE CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES, Abs<\/span><\/i>tract accepted, ASEE Annual Conference, June 2018 (please see the acceptance letter in this package, p.57)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        6. Williams, Aaron, Gaulee, Kiran, Travis, Brody, Alvarez, Andrew, and Najafi, F.T., \u201cRainwater Harvesting.\u201d<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ASEE Zone 2, Spring Conference, March 2019, ID: 95, abstract accepted<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        7. Paola Mendoza-Perilla, Thomas Stevens, Isabela Robby, Fazil Najafi, \u201cLarge-Scale Energy Storage Methods\u201d, ASEE Zone 2, Spring Conference, March 2019 (please see the acceptance letter in this package, p.67)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        8. Najafi,<\/span> Fazil, \u201cSmart and Sustainable City\u201d ASCE Florida Section Annual Conference, July 12-13, 2018, <\/span>Vinoy in St. Petersburg<\/span>, Florida (see a letter from ASCE in the back of this package, page 67-69).<\/span><\/li>\n
        9. More in Resume Pages 17-35..<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Monographs Najafi, F. T., Shanker, A. J., Roessler, C. E., Hintenlang, D. E., and Tyson, J., \u201cNew House Evaluation of Potential Building Design and Construction for the Control of Radon in Marion and Alachua Counties, Florida,\u201d EPA-600\/R-95-170, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-sidebar-none.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/fazil-najafi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/fazil-najafi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/fazil-najafi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/fazil-najafi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/fazil-najafi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/fazil-najafi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/fazil-najafi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}