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 Dr.
Tarek Alameldin, a California State University, Fresno professor of
Computer Science who was internationally recognized for his expertise in
computer graphics, died Monday, Nov. 6, in his Fresno home. He was 43.
Dr. Alameldin, who joined the Fresno State
faculty in 1990, also was assistant to the dean for research and
development in the College of Science and Mathematics.
A memorial service will be held Monday.
Details will be available Monday morning by calling the Computer Science
Department at 278.5709. The College of Science and Mathematics will host
a memorial service at a date to be announced.
“Tarek was a faculty member of great vision and imagination, always
looking for new opportunities for his students,” said Dr. Walter Read,
chair of Computer Science Department. “He was a good colleague and a
good friend and will be missed."
Read said that during a previous budget crisis in the College of
Engineering, Dr. Alameldin served as chair of both the Computer Science
Department and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Dr. Alameldin, began his research and teaching career in 1983. While at
Texas A&M, he had the distinction of being a founding faculty member in
the first-of-its-kind Ph.D. program in scientific visualization.
Dr. Alameldin was active in developing computer science related grants
in applied parallel processing, scientific visualization, facial
modeling and animation. At Fresno State, he successfully received grants
from the National Science Foundation for research on scientific
visualization and virtual design environment. He also applied to
numerous grants with U.S. Department of Education-FIPSE, the Army
Research Office and private corporations.
He also was published in many peer-reviewed publications.
Prior to coming to Fresno State, Dr. Alameldin taught at Widener
University, the University of Pennsylvania and Texas A&M. He was a NASA
Research Fellow in the 1995-96 academic year.
Dr. Alameldin also served as project director for IQ Biometrics
(2000-02) and Central Valley Dermatology and Laser Medical Center
(1999-2002), and was information technology cluster training adviser for
Development Informatics Inc. and Pricewaterhouse Coopers Global
(2000-01).
He was senior adviser for information technology for ARD Inc. and an
Academic Advisory Board member for the Faculty of Science at United Arab
Emirates University.
Dr. Alameldin was born in Cairo, Egypt, and did his undergraduate work
there in computer engineering. He holds master’s degrees from Columbia
University in New York and the University of Pennsylvania. He did his
doctoral work at Penn, where he worked under Norman Badler, the leading
American researcher in computer graphics.
Dr. Alameldin was a devoted father to his children, Muhammad and Khalid.
He also is survived by his parents in Cairo; a sister in Fresno and a
sister in Egypt.
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