The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a partner in the STRIDE Consortium. In the Spring 2022 semester, two students affiliated with STRIDE were recognized for their achievements. Mithila Hasan of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is the recipient of… Read More
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STRIDE Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Tabitha Combs (UNC Chapel Hill)
Tabitha Combs is a research associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research activities focus on transportation and land use planning as she works to address the barriers to safe, affordable, and sustainable mobility for society.… Read More
STRIDE Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Muhammad Sherif (UAB)
Muhammad Sherif is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). His research program is dedicated for the development of novel multifunctional materials and smart infrastructural systems. The… Read More
Student Spotlight: Subid Ghimire, Doctoral Student, NCSU
Subid Ghimire is a doctoral student at North Carolina State University working under the guidance of Dr. Eleni Bardaka. Ghimire is specializing in transportation planning. His research focuses on studying the determinants of travel behavior of individuals/households which are disadvantaged… Read More
STRIDE Student Spotlight: Ehsan Amini, Ph.D. (UF 2022)
When Ehsan Amini was an undergraduate student in Iran, a close family member died as a result of a traffic accident. To better understand what had transpired, he set off on a journey that took him to the site of… Read More
STRIDE Student Spotlight: Di Wu, Doctoral Student, Jackson State University
Massive amounts of data points are generated by transportation infrastructure, traffic, travel demand, autonomous and connected vehicles (CAVs), and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). This data must be processed and analyzed. The question is, how can all this data be captured… Read More
Researcher Spotlight @ UF Dr. Nithin Agarwal, UFTI T2 Director
Dr. Nithin Agarwal joined the UFTI in 2017. His expertise in traffic operations, highway safety, and evaluation of emerging technologies was a perfect fit with UFTI’s projects. He became manager of the Transportation Safety Center, which delivers advanced safety analysis… Read More
Researcher Spotlight @ UNC: Matthew W. Bhagat-Conway, Ph.D.
He doesn’t quite remember the exact moment he became fascinated by transportation, but what he does remember were the frequent trips with his father to San Francisco, the hustle and bustle of city life, trolleys with their clanging bells, the… Read More
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Yiming Xu, Doctoral Student @ UF
Yiming Xu is conducting research to explore how micromobility is impacting the transportation system and its effectiveness in potentially reducing congestion. Xu is a doctoral student working under the guidance of Dr. Xilei Zhou, an assistant professor in the Department… Read More
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Mahmoud Arafat, Doctoral Student @ FIU
Mahmoud Arafat is a Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). His passion for transportation engineering dates back to his undergraduate days where he scored straight “As” in all transportation-related classes. Building… Read More