Center of Transportation & Traffic Safety Studies (CTTSS)at Abu Dhabi University

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1 [Overview] Welcome to the Center of Transportation & Traffic Safety Studies (CTTSS) at Abu Dhabi University. This center was established as part of Abu Dhabi University s strategic plan to make a positive contribution to our community by developing effective community engagement and public relations strategies that actively include external constituents. The center addresses the needs of the public community by fosteringinnovative research activities that have the potential to improve the safety and traffic operations on Emirati roads by identifying the factors that may have negative effects on road safety and attempting to control those factors to make roads safer for all users. The center also addresses the needs of the professional community in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region by offering high-level technology transfer activities, such as seminars, training courses, webinars, and workshops. Those activities focus on the emerging areas that interest the professionals in the field of transportation engineering, such as design consistency of roadways, sustainability in transportation engineering, safety audit for roadway projects, and measuring the effectiveness of different treatments that may be applied to improve traffic safety. Finally, the center also addresses the needs of the public community as well as the professional community in the United Arab Emirates by providing consultation services in the field of transportation engineering such as traffic impact studies for projects that have potential impact on the nearby traffic networks, as well as environmental assessment studies for transportation projects that have potential impact on the environment. Please feel free to contact me if you wish to learn more about the center and its different activities. Dr. Essam Dabbour, P. Eng. Director, Center of Transportation & Traffic Safety Studies Abu Dhabi University [email protected]

2 [Services] The services providedby CTTSSinclude undertaking field studies and surveys, analyzing data related to transportation and traffic safety, disseminating technical expertise knowledge through training programs, workshops, seminars and conferences, and developing technical research programs for the high-priority projects in close relation to development plans in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region.in addition, CTTSS also provides engineering consultation services to different agencies and entities in both public and private sectors. All the services are provided by world renowned experts in the field of transportation and traffic safety. Please browse through our website to see a list of the experts who are affiliated with the CTTSS.

3 [Affiliated Members] The services at CTTSS provided by world renowned experts who are specialized in the areas of roadway design, traffic safety, transportation planning, urban planning, and environmental engineering. The experts affiliated with CTTSS include: Dr. Essam Dabbour, P. Eng.: Director of CTTSS and Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Abu Dhabi University. Dr. Dabbour has earned his Ph.D. degree from Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada) in 2009 and he is currently registered as a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Dabbour has several years in experience in working with large engineering and consulting firms in Canada and Egypt. Additionally, Dr. Dabbour also has extensive experience in research related to the areas of operational analysis of traffic networks, transportation safety, intelligent transportation systems, applications of vehicle sensing technologies, and implementing safety in highway and roadside design. Dr. Dabbour is the author and co-author of several research papers that are published in the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Transportation Research Part C, and other reputable peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Saidi Siuhi: Affiliate member of CTTSS and Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Abu Dhabi University. Dr. Siuhi completed his Doctorate Degree in Civil Engineering with concentration in Transportation Engineering from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in His research interests are mainly focusing on developing solutions for improving traffic safety and operational efficiency of transportation systems. His major research area includes traffic safety and operations, traffic flow modeling and simulation, transportation planning, travel demand analysis, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in transportation. His current research evaluates the impact of smart mobile devices distractions on pedestrian and bicyclist safety. He has presented his research in international conferences and published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals. His is a registered Engineer Intern in the State of Nevada, United States of America. Dr. Evan K. Paleologos: Affiliate member of CTTSS and Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Abu Dhabi University. Dr. Paleologos holds a Ph.D. in Groundwater Hydrology from the University of Arizona, Tucson under the guidance of Dr. S. P. Neuman. From he was faculty at the Technical University of Crete, Greece and concurrently served as Science Advisor on Water Issues to the Greek Minister of the Environment (2011), and Deputy Chairman of the Athens, Greece, National Water Supply and Sewerage Co. (2013-). From 1995 to 2007 he was Assistant and then Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina, U.S.A. where he co-founded the Center of Water Research & Policy, led the Professional Environmental Geosciences M.Sc. Degree, and was honored with several research and teaching awards by the USC President and the State of South Carolina. From he was employed by Intera Inc. at the U.S. Department of Energy Yucca Mountain project for the burial of the U.S. high-level radioactive

4 waste. Dr. Paleologos has co-authored two monographs published by McGraw-Hill and the Geological Society of America, and over eighty refereed publications. Dr. Paleologos specializes in hydrologic issues in arid environments, Bayesian decision theory, and risk analysis. Dr. Rim Meziani: Affiliate member of CTTSS and Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture Engineering, Abu Dhabi University. Dr. Rim has received her Ph.D. in 2006 from Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan. She has extensive knowledge in the field of urban planning. She has already published 17 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and refereed conference proceedings, with focus on the areas of sustainable urbanization and urban sprawl as well as the effect of different transportation modes on urban planning. She has participated in the Special Interest Group on Transportation and Spatial Development in Dr. Said Easa, P. Eng.: Affiliate member of CTTSS and Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Easa has received his Ph.D. in 1982 from the University of California at Berkeleyin USA. Dr. Easa has been widely recognized for his pioneering research on road safety and highway design. The findings of his research have been published in nearly 240 refereed journals and numerous international design guides. Dr. Easa has edited a bestselling 15- chapter book, entitled Urban Planning and Development Applications of GIS, ASCE Press, He has also authored three book chapters for Canadian geometric design guide, U.S. Civil Engineering Handbook, and Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He has organized/chaired six CSCE national transportation conferences ( ) and co-chaired an ASCE national conference on Transportation, Land Use, and Air Quality (1998). He was a keynote speaker of a CSCE national lecture tour on Smart-human Centered Road Safety System. The tour was conducted in 12 cities across Canada. He is the recipient of several best-paper and lifetime achievement awards from Canadian and U.S. organizations recognizing more than 30 years of distinguished contributions to teaching and research. Dr. Liping Fu, P. Eng.: Affiliate Member of CTTSSand Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Fu has received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 1996 from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Dr. Fu has extensive knowledge in the field of transportation engineering and he has already published more than 50 papers in international journals and conference proceedings in the areas of transportation networks, intelligent transportation systems, public transportation, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and its applications in the field of transportation engineering. He has provided technical services to many national and international transportation agencies. Dr. Fu is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal of Transportation Research, and a member of Canadian Urban Transit Association. Dr. Daniel Albuquerque: Affiliate Member and design engineer at the Road Safety Unit, Municipality of Abu Dhabi City. Dr. Albuquerque has over 10 years of experience related to road safety and design. He worked as a researcher and consultant for a number of years while at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, where he worked closely with a large number of departments of transportation in the USA. Dr. Albuquerque has worked on research funded not only at the state level,

5 but also on federally-funded research which culminated in the NCHRP Report 665. He has a number of research studies published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Transportation Engineering, the Transportation Research Record, and the Journal of Transportation Safety & Security. Dr. Albuquerque s areas of interest are transportation safety, design, planning, operations, infrastructure, and economics, as well as statistical methods and data analysis. Dr. Albuquerque holds a bachelor s degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Ceara in Brazil, as well as Masters and Doctoral degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the USA. Dr. Albuquerque is a fellow of the International Road Federation and currently works as a road safety engineer at the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City, as well as an adjunct professor at Abu Dhabi University. Dr. Ali Altaee: Affiliate Member and Lecturer at the School of Engineering & Computing, University of the West of Scotland. Dr. Altaee has received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Brighton in the United Kingdom. Dr. Altaee has provided his expertise to several academic and industrial institutes, including University of Brighton, University of New South Wales, Doosan Water R&D Centre, and University of The West of Scotland. Dr Altaee has several publications in the areas of water desalination, forward osmosis, soil remediation and wastewater treatment. He also filed a number of patents and patent applications in various water treatment and desalination fields. He also has 9 patents related to his research activities.