Doctoral Students

Umama Ahmed, M.S.

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M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 2010.
B.Sc. in CE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2008.
Miss Ahmed is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Engineering, and a researcher at the TRI.
August, 2012.
Traffic operations, traffic safety, data analysis, emergency evacuation.

Gulsevi Basar, M.S.

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M.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Colorado State University - Pueblo, CO, USA, 2013.
B.Sc. in IE, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012.
Miss Basar is currently a PhD student in the Department of Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Engineering, and a researcher at the TRI.
August, 2013.
Traffic operations, toll pricing mechanisms, microscopic simulations.

Olcay Sahin, M.S.

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M.Sc. in MSVE, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, 2012.
MBA, Strayer University, Anne Arundel, MD,USA, 2008.
B.Sc. in IE, International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2005.
Mr. Sahin is currently a PhD student in the Department of Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Engineering, and a researcher at the TRI.
January, 2013.
Data mining, machine learning, big data, database design and development, GIS based spatial analysis, ITS, traffic operations, traffic safety, microscopic traffic simulation.
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Cem Sazara, M.S.

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M.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Colorado State University - Pueblo, CO, USA, 2015.
B.Sc. in Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011.
Mr. Sazara is currently a PhD student in the Department of Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Engineering, and a researcher at the TRI.
August, 2015.
ITS, autonomous vehicles, LIDAR technology, data analysis.

Ehsan Beheshtitabar, M.S.

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M.Sc. in Transportation Systems Engineering, Linkoping University,Linkoping, Sweden, 2013.
M.Sc. in Intelligent Transport Systems, University of Applied Science Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2013.
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Yazd, Iran, 2010.
Mr. Beheshtitabar is currently a PhD student in the Department of Civil Engineering in ODU, and a researcher at the TRI.
January, 2016.
Traffic flow theory, Transport systems, Travel behavior, Transport modelling and simulation

Elena Balan, M.E.

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M.E. in Geomatics, Technical University of Construction, Bucharest,Romania, 2015.
B.Sc. in Geodesic Engineering, Technical University of Construction, Bucharest,Romania, 2013.
Ms. Balan is currently a PhD student in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and a researcher at the TRI.
January, 2016.
GIS, autonomous vehicles, LIDAR technology, data analysis, traffic flow theory, safety analysis, transport modelling and simulation.

Reza Vatani Nezafat, M.S.

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B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Guilan, Iran, 2014.
Mr. Vatani is currently a PhD student in the Department of Civil Engineering in ODU, and a researcher at the TRI.
September, 2015.
Traffic flow theory, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Single and multi-objective Meta-heuristic Optimization , Transport modelling and simulation

Behrouz Salahshour, M.S.

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Mr. Salahshour is currently a PhD student in the Department of Civil Engineering in ODU, and a researcher at the TRI.
January, 2017.
Traffic flow theory, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Single and multi-objective Meta-heuristic Optimization , Transport modelling and simulation

Soheil Sohrabi, M.S.

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M.Sc. in Civil Engineering_Transportation Planning, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, 2015. B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Hamedan University, Malayer, Iran, 2011.
Mr. Sohrabi is currently a PhD student in the Department of Civil Engineering in ODU, and a researcher at the TRI.
January, 2017.
Transportation Modeling, Human Factors and Travel Behavior Analysis, Traffic Flow Theory, Highway Capacity Studies

Master Students

Ivana Vukovic, B.Sc.

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B.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, 2016.
Ms. Vukovicis currently a Master student in the Department of Civil Engineering in ODU, and a researcher at the TRI.
September, 2016.
Transportation planning, Activity based travel demand modeling, Travel behavior & activity time-use analysis, Transportation safety