Ph.D. Students (Chair/Co-Chair)
| Name | Graduation Date | Dissertation Title |
Ahmed Amer |
Present |
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Aly Tawfik |
Present |
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Sangjun Park |
Present | Modeling Vehicle Emissions at High Speeds and under Malfunctions |
Huanyu Yue |
Spring 2008 | Mesoscopic Fuel Consumption and Emission Modeling <ETD> |
Bryan Katz |
Spring 2007 | Peripheral Transverse Pavement Markings for Speed Control <ETD> |
Wang Zhang |
Spring 2006 | Estimating Dynamic Roadway Travel Times <ETD> |
Mohamadreza Farzaneh |
Fall 2005 | Modeling Traffic Dispersion <ETD> |
Yihua Zhang |
Spring 2005 | Capacity Modeling of Freeway Weaving Sections <ETD> |
Bin Yu |
Spring 2005 | Modeling Truck Behavior along Grade Sections <ETD> |
Kyoungho Ahn |
Summer 2002 | Modeling Light Duty Vehicle Emissions Based on Instantaneous Speed and Acceleration Levels <ETD> |
Heung-Gweon Sin |
Fall 2001 | Field Evaluation Approach for Quantifying Network-wide Efficiency, Energy, and Emission Impacts of Operational-Level Projects <ETD> |
Jamal El-Zarif |
Summer 2001 | Deploying an ITS Warning System for No-passing Zones on Two-lane Rural Roads <ETD> |
Youn-Soo Kang |
Spring 2000 | Delay, Stop, and Queue Estimation for Uniform and Random Traffic Arrivals at Fixed-Time Signalized Intersections <ETD> |
M.S. Students (Chair/Co-Chair)
| Name | Graduation Date | Thesis Title |
Sashikanth Gurram |
Present |
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Yu Gao |
Present |
|
Jason Kennedy |
Present |
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Aly Tawfik |
Spring 2008 | Not applicable (Coursework Option) |
Dhruv Dua |
Spring 2008 | Access Control Design on Highway Interchanges |
Hossam Hablas |
Summer 2007 | A Study of Inclement Weather Impacts on Freeway Free-flow Speed <ETD> |
Rahul Kulkarni |
Spring 2006 | Modeling Typical Driver Acceleration Behavior |
Manasi Phadnis |
Spring 2006 | Simulation Study of Transit Signal Priority Impacts along Route 1 |
Nitesh Gupta |
Fall 2005 | Parking Study at Virginia Tech |
Sangjun Park |
Fall 2005 | Modeling Grade and High Emitter Effects on Vehicle Emissions <ETD> |
Anthony Ingle |
Summer 2004 | Development of Passenger Car Equivalents for Basic Freeway Segments <ETD> |
Praveen Pasumarthy |
Spring 2004 | Formulations, Issues, and Comparison of Car-following Models <ETD> |
Geoffery Giffin |
Spring 2003 | Not applicable (Coursework Option) |
Matthew Snare |
Fall 2002 | Dynamics Model for Predictin Maximum and Typical Acceleration Rates of Passenger Vehicles <ETD> |
Jitamitra Desai |
Spring 2002 | A Discrete Optimization Approach to Solve the Reader Location Problem for Estimating Travel Times <ETD> |
Bryan Katz |
Fall 2001 | Field and Modeling Framework for Evaluating Truck Weigh Station Operations <ETD> |
| Ivana Lucic | Spring 2001 | Truck Modeling along Grade Sections <ETD> |
| Brent Crowther | Spring 2001 | A Comparison of CORSIM and INTEGRATION for the Modeling of Stationary Bottlenecks <ETD> |
| Yihua Zhang | Spring 2001 | An Evaluation of Transit Signal Priority and SCOOT Adaptive Signal Control <ETD> |
| Joshua Deikmann | Spring 2000 | A Modeling Approach for Evaluating Network Impacts of Operational-Level Projects <ETD> |
| Yonglian Ding | Spring 2000 | Quantifying the Impact of Traffic-Related and Driver-Related Factors on Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Emissions <ETD> |
Ph.D. and M.S. Students (Committee Member)
| Name | Graduation Date | Thesis Title |
Kwang-Sub Lee |
Present |
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Pengfei Li |
Present |
|
Ilona Kastenhofer |
Present |
|
Jeffery Henderson |
Spring 2008 | Collaborative En Route Airspace Management
Considering Stochastic Demand, Capacity, and
Weather Conditions |
Senanu Ashiabor |
Spring 2007 | Modeling Intercity Mode Choice and Airport Choice in the United States <ETD> |
Jonathan Obenberger |
Spring 2007 | Methodology to Assess Traffic Signal Transition Strategies Employed to Exit Preemption Control |
Yueh-Ting Chen |
Fall 2006 | A Modeling Framework to Estimate Airport Runway Capacity in the National Airspace System <ETD> |
Rama Krishna-Murthy |
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John El-Khoury |
Fall 2005 | Accounting for Risk and Level of Service in the Design of Passing Sight Distances <ETD> |
Stephanie Pei-Hua Chung |
Fall 2005 | A Study of Commercial Aviation Demand and Revenue Responses to Changes in Ticket and Segment Tax <ETD> |
Nicolas Karlsson Hinze |
Fall 2005 | Integration of the Transportation Systems Analysis Model for the Small Aircraft Transportation System <ETD> |
| Chetan Joshi | Fall 2005 | Development of a Decision Support Tool for Planning Rail Systems: An Implementation in TSAM <ETD> |
| Myunghyun Lee | Summer 2004 | Measuring and Ranking Efficiency of Major Airports in the United States using Data Envelopment Analysis <ETD> |
| John Said El-Khoury | Fall 2003 | Simulation of Crash Prevention Technology at a No- Passing Zone site <ETD> |
| James Chang | Summer 2002 | Evaluation of Service Reliability Impacts of Traffic Signal Priority Strategies for Bus Transit <ETD> |
| Charla Gaskins | Spring 2002 | Evaluation of a Prototype System for the Automatic Capture of School Bus Passing Violations <ETD> |
| Srinivas Jillella | Summer 2001 | A comparative study of weaving sections in TRANSIMS and Highway Capacity Manual <ETD> |
| Rajan Paradkar | Summer 2001 | Alternative Methodology To Household Activity Matching In TRANSIMS <ETD> |
| Hojong Baik | Spring 2000 | Development of Optimization and Simulation Models for the Analysis of Airfield Operations <ETD> |
| Harinarayan Paramahamsan | Spring 1999 | Fundamental properties of Synthetic O-D Generation Formulations and Solutions <ETD> |
| Francis Justin Martin | Spring 1999 | Developing a Testbed for Evaluating the Impact of Truck Performance on Surrounding Traffic <ETD> |
| John Riley | Summer 1999 | Evaluation of Travel Time Estimates Derived From Automatic Vehicle Identification Tags in San Antonio, TX <ETD> |
| Alexis Avgoustis | Summer 1999 | Quantifying the Safety Impacts of Intelligent Transportation Systems <ETD> |
| Kyoungho Ahn | Fall 1998 | Microscopic Fuel Consumption and Emission Modeling <ETD> |
Ph.D. Students (External Examiner)
| Name | University | Year | Thesis Title |
Hoda Talaat |
University of Toronto | 2008 | Decision Field Theoretical Analysis and Modeling of Dynamic Route Choice Deliberation Process |
Jinwoo Lee |
University of Toronto | 2007 | Development of an Optimized Stragegy for Integrated Traffic and Transit Signal Control |
Last Updated: July 11, 2009