Doreen Kobelo Regalado

EMAIL: doreen.kobelo@famu.edu
PHONE: 850-599-8601
OFFICE: Div of Engineering Technology

Walter Smith Architecture Bldg Room #232

Monday - Friday • 3:00 p.m -5:00 p.m

Dr. Doreen Kobelo is an Associate Professor in the Division of Engineering Technology under the School of Architecture and Engineering Technology (SAET) at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU). She serves as the Director for the Division of Engineering Technology. Dr. Kobelo’s primary research area is in transportation engineering, including but not limited to traffic operation and safety, vehicle automation, intelligent transportation systems, commercial and heavy construction management. She has received funded research in these areas from a number of state, federal, and private entities. She also has authored and co-authored articles in a number of technical journals and conferences in traffic safety, traffic operations, and education in the engineering field.

Dr. Kobelo has been working with minority students in the STEM fields. She has been hosting the National Summer Transportation Institute, a summer camp funded by the Federal Highway Administration, which introduces high school students to transportation-related STEM fields. She has also been part of the FAMU STEM Day team, assisting with the demonstration and experiment portion of this annual event. As a member and university representative for Transportation Research Board, she has assisted graduate and undergraduate students in getting funded fellowships through the Dwight David Eisenhower fellowship program by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Dr. Kobelo is also a member of the FL Department of Transportation’s Occupant Protection Coalition formed to identify and prioritize state’s most pressing occupant protection issues and develop plans to maximize the state’s ability to impact crashes involving unrestrained occupants.

Dr. Kobelo received her master's of science degree and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Florida State University and her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from The University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

Transportation Operation & Safety
Construction Technology, Operation & Management
STEM Education
Automated Vehicles
Advanced Transportation System

PhD. In Civil Engineering • 2010
Florida State University, FAMU- FSU College of Engineering
Master of Science in Civil Engineering • 2007
Florida State University, FAMU- FSU College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, • 2003
University of Dar es Salaam, Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor & Director, Division of Engineering Technology • 2021 - Present
Florida A&M University SAET
Associate Professor & Interim Co – Director, Division of Engineering Technology • 2019 - 2021
Florida A&M University SAET
Associate Professor & Program Area Coordinator for Construction Engineering Technology • 2017 - 2022
Florida A&M University SAET
Associate Professor • 2016 - 2017
Florida A&M University, Construction Engineering Technology
Assistant Professor，Tenure Earning • 2010 - 2016
Florida A&M University

Dr. Kobelo has secured more than $1 million from different state, federal and private agencies:

Year 2022

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

Year 2021

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2021-2022”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Latoya Jones (Program Manager), December 2020 to September 2021. $25,500

Year 2020

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2020-2021”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Ewa Flom (Program Manager), December 2020 to September 2021. $35,000

Year 2019

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2019-2020”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Ewa Flom (Program Manager), December 2019 to September 2020. $30,500

Year 2018

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2018-2019”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Ewa Flom (Program Manager), December 2018 to September 2019. $ 18,000

Year 2017

Kobelo, D. (PI) – “National Summer Transportation Institute Program (NSTI)”. Funding by Federal Highway Administration through Florida Department of Transportation, Stefan Kulakowski (Project Manager), July 2017 to September, 2017. $ 21,888

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2017-2018”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Ewa Flom (Program Manager), September 2017 to September 2018. $ 17,500

Year 2016

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2016-2017”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Fawn Thompson (Program Manager), September 2016 to September 2017. $ 30,500

Kobelo, D (PI) – Florida Campus Safety Program on Distracted Driving . Funding by the Florida Department of Transportation, Ralph Salvas (Project Manager), February, 2016 – September 30, 2016. $ 44,000

Kobelo, D (PI) – Florida Campus Safety Program on Distracted Driving . Funding by the Florida Department of Transportation, Leilani Gruener (Project Manager), October 25, 2016 – September 30, 2017. $ 30,000

Year 2015

Kobelo (PI) – “National Summer Transportation Institute Program (NSTI)”. Funding by Federal Highway Administration through Florida Department of Transportation, Stefan Kulakowski (Project Manager), July 2015 to September, 2015. $ 25,543

Year 2014

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2014-2015”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Gerald Hill (Program Manager), September 2014 to September 2015. $ 30,500

Kobelo (PI) – “The Center for Safe and Accessible Transportation an Aging Population”. Funding by Unites States Department of Transportation via Florida State University, John Sobanjo (Project Manager), May 2014 to September 2017. $327,180

Year 2013

Kobelo (PI) – “National Summer Transportation Institute Program (NSTI)”. Funding by Federal Highway Administration through Florida Department of Transportation, Michael Klump (Project Manager), July 2013 to September, 2013. $ 26,474

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2013-2014”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Henry C Murdaugh (Program Manager), September 2013 to September 2014. $ 30, 500

Year 2012

Kobelo (PI) – “ National Summer Transportation Institute Program (NSTI)”. Funding by Federal Highway Administration through Florida Department of Transportation, Erica Miller (Project Manager), July 2012 to September, 2012. $ 26,474

Kobelo D, (PI) – “Structural Analysis of Pad A Bypass Road at the Kennedy Space Center Florida”. Funding by URS Corporation, Patricia R. Martinelli (Program Manager), February 2012 to October 2012. $33,119

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2012-2013”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Henry C Murdaugh (Program Manager), September 2012 to September 2013. $ 30, 500

Kobelo, D (PI). “Assessment of Intersection Traffic Crashes with Special Focus on the Influence of Pedestrian Countdown Signal”. Funding by School of Graduate Studies and Research. Verian D Thomas (Program Manager), May 2012 to October 2012. $4,000

Year 2011

Kobelo, D (PI). “Safety Florida Campus Transportation Safety (FCTS) Program” . Funding by Florida Department of Transportation, Ralph Salvas (Program Manager), March 2011 to September 2011. $74, 232

Kobelo, D (PI) – “Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Program 2011-2012”. Funding by the Federal Highway Administration, Henry C Murdaugh (Program Manager), September 2011 to September 2012. $ 17, 500

Kobelo (CO-PI) – “National Summer Transportation Institute Program (NSTI)”. Funding by Federal Highway Administration through Florida Department of Transportation, Erica Miller (Project Manager), July 2011 to September, 2011. $ 53,372

Farmer, E.D., Kincey, S. D., Wiltsher, C.Y, & Kobelo, D.C. “Digital Course ReDesign to Increase Student Engagement”. In R. Blankenship, & C. Baker Cases on Digital Learning and Teaching Transformations in Higher Education in the Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design(pp. 67-87) (AETID). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9331-7.ch005, July 2019.
Masaki, J., AbdelRazig, Y. & Kobelo, D. “An Evolutionary Algorithm for the Autonomous Vehicle Routing Problem under Emergency Evacuation”. Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science Studies. ISSN: 2458-925X, Vol. 5 Issue 9, September 2019
Kitali, A.; Sando, T., Castro, A.; Kobelo D, Mwakalonge, J. Using Crash Modification Factors to Appraise the Safety Effect of Pedestrian Countdown Signals for Drivers. . Journal of the Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. May 2018
Kitali, A.E., Sando, T., Castro, A., Machumu, K, S., Kobelo, D., and Mwakalonge, J., “Impact of Pedestrian Countdown Timer Based on Driver Age on Vehicle Approach Speed at Signalized Intersections” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Paper Number 17-06518, 2017
Carnes, M., and Kobelo, D. “The Effect of Width for Multiple Strips on the De-Bonding Mechanism of Carbon Fiber Bonded to Concrete for Rehabilitation”. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Paper Number 16-4568, January 2016
Soares, A.; Kobelo, D., Li, Chao., Bellarmine, G.T Senior Design Projects Using Basic-Stamp Microcontrollers . American Society for Engineering Education. Paper number ID# 12456. June 2015
Adejumo, M., and Kobelo, D. “What Major Factors Influence Vehicle Type Ownership Including Hybrid Vehicles as Alternatives”. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Paper Number 15-4707, January 2015
Cole, N. and Kobelo, D. “Sustainable Use if Dredged Materials in Roadway Construction”. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Paper Number 14-2262 January 2014
Kobelo D. Interchange Crash Analysis by Type on Florida Highways. International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science. Volume 2, Issue 10. October 2013
Kobelo D., Kabunda, S and Mwakalonge J. Analysis of Highway Safety in Tanzania: Case Study of the TANZAM Highway (Kibaha-Chalinze Section). International Journal of Engineering Research & Innovation Volume 5, Number 1, Page 62. Spring/Summer 2013
Soares, A., Bellarmine, G.T, Kobelo, D., Muhammad, R., Li, Chao., Siddiqui, S. A., Tinner. S. Experience in Developing a Robotics Course for Electronic Engineering Technology. American Society for Engineering Education. Paper number ID# 7210. June 2013
Soares, A., Muhammad, R., Kobelo, D., Bellarmine, G.T, Li, Chao., Siddiqui, S. A. Implementation of a STEM Summer Enrichment Program in Low Income Community. American Society for Engineering Education. Paper number ID# 7547. June 2013
Rolle, K and Kobelo, D. Road Construction, Repair & Maintenance: A Review of the Impact on the Environment. Transportation Board Paper # 13-3167, January 2013
Agbale, D and Kobelo, D. Sobanjo, J Natural Hazard Risk Analysis on Florida Bridge Structures. Transportation Research Board Paper # 12-2184, January, 2012
Kobelo D, V. Patrangenaru and R. Mussa. Safety Analysis of Florida Urban Limited Access Highways with Special Focus on the Influence of Truck Lane Restriction . Journal of the Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Volume 134, Number 7, Paper number 297. July 2008

BCN 4617 Construction Estimating I
BCN 4619 Construction Estimating II
ETG 4939 Professional Development
ETG 2502 Statics
ETC 2530 Strength of Materials
ETG 4454 Reinforced Concrete I
ETG 4455 Reinforced Concrete II
ETG 2500 Transportation I
ETG 2530 Strength of materials Lab
ETC 4454 Reinforced concrete Lab
ETM 3820 Engineering Materials Lab

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