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1 UAB Transportation Research Updated August 2012

2 UAB Transportation ti Research Areas Areas of expertise in transportation engineering at UAB include: Incident and emergency management Congestion management Intelligent transportation systems applications Simulation and modeling of traffic operations Livable, sustainable ti communities Non-motorized transportation Transportation system safety and security Alternative fuels and air quality Human factors in transportation, and Transportation data management

3 Incident & Emergency Management Optimizing EMS through the Use of Intelligent Transportation Systems Technologies (A. Sullivan, V.P. Sisiopiku, M. Hadi, R. Griffin), USDOT, National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Simulation Model for Incident and Emergency Management Applications in the Birmingham Region (V. Sisiopiku and A. Sullivan), UAB-UTC Development of a Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model to Evaluate Lane Reversal Plans for I-65 (V.P. Sisiopiku, A. Sullivan), ALDOT Regional Traffic Simulation for Emergency Preparedness (V. Sisiopiku and S. Jones), UTCA Transportation Facilities Management under Emergencies (V.P. Sisiopiku i ik and R.W. Peters), UTCA

4 Congestion Management-Freeways I-20/59 Simulation Modeling Project (A. Sullivan), RPCGB Applications of Freeway Ramp Metering in Alabama (V. Sisiopiku and A. Sullivan), UTCA Managed Lanes: Current Status and Future Opportunities (V. Sisiopiku, A. Sullivan), UTCA Implementing Active Traffic Management Strategies in the U.S. (V. Sisiopiku, A. Sullivan), UTCA Measuring Non-Recurrent Congestion in Alabama Cities (A. Sullivan and V. Sisiopiku), UTCA Intermodal Management System Update and Integration of Environmental Justice Elements into the Transportation Planning Process (S. Jones, A. Sullivan, and V. Sisiopiku), RPCGB

5 Congestion Management-Arterials At Characterization of Non-Recurrent Arterial Congestion (S. Jones, A. Sullivan, and M. Anderson), UTCA Use of Traffic Responsive Signal Systems to Address Weather Related and Non-Recurring Congestion (A. Sullivan and V. Sisiopiku) UTCA Development of a Statewide t Traffic Signal Design/ Timing i Manual and Online Guide (S. Jones, A. Sullivan and V. Sisiopiku), ALDOT Traffic Signal Systems on Oversaturated Arterials (S. Jones, V. Sisiopiku, and M. Anderson), UTCA U.S. Highway 280 Access Management Alternatives Analysis and Visualization (S. Jones, V. Sisiopiku, and A. Shih), RPCGB

6 Livable, Sustainable Communities Empirically-Based Performance Assessment and Simulation of Pedestrian Behavior at Unsignalized Crossings, Schroeder B., Elefteriadou L., and V.P. Sisiopiku,, USDOT, STRIDE Green/Sustainability Design and Rating Systems for Neighborhood Development and Transportation, Peters R.W., V.P. Sisiopiku, and Amekudzi A., USDOT,STRIDE Go-ing Forward (F. Fouad and V. Sisiopiku), NIH Impact of Transit Integration in a Complete Streets Context, (V.P. Sisiopiku), UTCA Pedestrian Study at University Blvd and 14 th Str (V. Sisiopiku), UAB Planning and Transportation Services Study of the Impacts from One- to Two-Way Street Conversion (V. Sisiopiku), NSF ADVANCE; City of Birmingham Design and Safety of Modern Roundabouts (V. Sisiopiku), NSF ADVANCE

7 Traffic Sft Safety Digital Advertising Billboards and Driver Distraction, (V.P. Sisiopiku, A. Gan, D. Stavrinos, and A. Sullivan), USDOT, National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management A Naturalistic Driving Study Across the Lifespan, (D. Starvinos, L. Ross, V. P. Sisiopiku), USDOT, STRIDE Impact and Feasibility Study of Solutions for Doubling Heavy Vehicles (N. Uddin, C. Waldron,T. Wang, N. Catbas), USDOT, National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management Exploration of Advanced Technologies for Enhancing Pedestrian Safety, (V. Sisiopiku), UAB Faculty Development Program Ride Safe -Reducing Motorcycle Traffic Accidents and Resulting Injuries, (S. Cotton, V. Sisiopiku, i ik T. Hale), Center for the Study of Community Health

8 Commercial Vehicles Consequence Based Route Selection for Hazardous Material Cargo: GIS-Based Time Progression of Environmental Impact Radius of Accidental Spills (B. Tansel, X. Jin, A. Amekudzi, N. Uddin), USDOT National Center for Transportation System Productivity & Management Bringing Freight Components into Statewide and Regional Travel Demand Forecasting (D. Lee and A. Sullivan), USDOT National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management Bridge Weigh-in-Motion (B-WIM) System Testing and Evaluation auato (W.A. Hitchcock, coc Uddin N., V.P. Sisiopiku, J.Kirby, T. Abu-Amra, J. Richardson, and H.A.Toutanji), UTCA Multidisciplinary Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Research Program, (F. Fouad, V. Sisiopiku, R. Peters, D. Schwebel, N. Uddin, L. Rue), U.S. DOT

9 Alternative ti Fuels and Air Quality Global Assessment of Hydrogen Based Technologies (F. Fouad, R. Peters, S. Jones, V. Sisiopiku), U.S. DoE Transportation Automotive Fuel Cell Vehicle Model, Design and Build Program (F. Fouad, J. Goldman, S. Jones, R. W. Peters, V.P. Sisiopiku, and A. Sullivan), FTA

10 Data Management and Transportation Financing Regional Data Clearinghouse Activities - Transportation Data Center (A. Sullivan and V. Sisiopiku), RPCGB Traffic Counting Services for the Regional Planning Commission (A. Sullivan and V. Sisiopiku), RPCGB Alternate Financing Sources for Alabama Highways, (V.P. Sisiopiku, Robert McLeod, Walter Robbins, T. Rizk), UTCA

11 UAB Transportation ti Research Sponsors Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB) Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) University Transportation Center of Alabama UAB University Transportation Center STRIDE National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management U.S. Department of Transportation FHWA FTA U.S. Department of Energy National Science Foundation (NSF) NIH.

12 CCEE Transportation Program Assets Transportation Laboratory Transportation ti software; hardware Data collection equipment MS, PhD, and Certificate Programs in Transportation Engineering Summer Internships UAB ITE Student Chapter A proven record of excellence in research

13 CCEE Transportation Program People-2012 P Personnel l Virginia P. Sisiopiku, PhD Associate Professor,, Director Andrew Sullivan, MS, P.E. Instructor PhD Transportation Students Abdul Abro Cheng Zhong Shrikanth Mamidipalli Ossama Ramadan Ehsan Doustmohammadi MS Transportation Students Md Saidul Islam Md Shah Imran Walter Anderson Daniel Hester Natalia ata a Barbour a bou Aref Motamedi Lamouki Sunil Terdalkar

14 Contacts t For additional information about the UAB CCEE Transportation Program please contact: Virginia P. Sisiopiku, Ph.D. Associate Professor The University of Alabama at Birmingham Civil & Environmental Engineering 311 HOEHN rd Ave South Birmingham, AL Tel: (205) Fax: (205) [email protected] p@ Fouad H. Fouad, Ph.D., P.E. Professor and Chair The University of Alabama at Birmingham Civil & Environmental Engineering 140 HOEHN rd Ave South Birmingham, AL Tel: (205) Fax: (205) [email protected]

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