Category: People

(STRIDE Project H5) This is Phase 2 of Project J3 under the same title, which began in January 2020. Managing the operation of highway networks is a challenging task. The vehicles, which create the congestion and cause the incidents, are operated by motorists over which the traffic management center (TMC) has little or no control. […]

(STRIDE Project A5) There is an expectation that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will ease traffic congestion in our communities. But as these technologies are gearing up to be rolled out, engineers, scientists, and leaders at the city, state, and national level must understand the various deployment issues related to AVs. One of these issues is how […]

(STRIDE Project G5) This STRIDE education/workforce development project led by Dr. Robert Whalin analyzes 12 years of data (2009 through 2020) from a unique summer bridge program at Jackson State University. The project is designed to increase the graduation rates of engineering and computer science students who are not calculus ready and with less than […]

Dr. Pruthvi Manjunatha’s fascination in transportation engineering evolved out of his curiosity for the subjects of geography, economics, and sociology while pursuing his undergraduate studies at Visvesvaraya Technological University, India. His interest in the world of research was further piqued while working as an undergrad in a soils science laboratory. When the first Intelligent Transportation […]

Dr. Shuang Tu is a professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Computer Science at Jackson State University (JSU). Apart from his teaching and service responsibilities, his research activities focus on high-performance scientific computing. What brought Dr. Tu to shift some of his research interests into the world of transportation engineering? It […]

Dan Xu has spent the past couple of years working on naturalistic driving study (NDS) data applications. This is the focus of her doctoral dissertation work at Auburn University. NDS enables researchers to evaluate human driving behaviors and characteristics using advanced instrumentation under real-world driving conditions. Xu is currently working on a STRIDE-funded project related […]

COVID-19 has created enormous challenges for communities, households, workers, and businesses in North Carolina. A team of researchers from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched a website called Carolina Tracker: A Resource for Recovery, which includes a dashboard to track indicators across different domains such as employment and the economy, travel patterns, […]

The STRIDE Center featured student research during the 2021 Virtual Student Poster Showcase & Competition held during a live, online event on Friday, January 29, 2021, in conjunction with TRB. Congratulations to the winners of the event! 1st Place – Lucas Yu, Georgia Institute of Technology (Poster: AI-Based Work Zone Traffic and Driver Behavior Extraction […]

Muhammad Ali completed his master’s degree in civil engineering in 2012 at the University of Florida with a focus in transportation. He is currently a transportation engineer working in the Chicago, Illinois office of Ghafari Associates, a global consulting firm specializing in engineering, architecture, process design, and construction. As a transportation engineer, he has worked […]

Ossama E. Ramadan, PhD, PE, ENV SP, PMP is on a mission to improve transportation system operations and performance. He has 18 years of experience, including eight years in traffic/ITS engineering, 10 years in transportation/civil infrastructure, and 7 years managing engineering teams under various project delivery systems and contract models. Dr. Ramadan currently serves as […]