Project Involvements

Current Projects


  1. Novel techniques to develop link-driving schedules for MOVES, PI, Agency: USDOT

  2. INDOT Synthesis Project: Best practices for maximizing driver attention at work zones, PI (co-PI: Nadia Gkritza), Agency: INDOT

  3. Evaluate the impacts of time of day tolling on Indiana roadways, PI (co-PI: Samuel Labi), Agency: INDOT

  4. NSF: From Warnings to Evacuation in Hurricanes Using an Interdisciplinary Approach, PI (co-PI: Hugh Gladwin), Agency: National Science Foundation

  5. Resilient Communities: Strengthening Post-Disaster Recovery by Understanding Interdependent Social and Physical Networks, co-PI (PI: Suengyoon Lee, Other co-PIs: Rosalee Clawson, Daniel Aldrich, Daniel Kelly, Justin Hiepel, Megan Nelson, Abhi Deshmukh), Agency: Mellon Foundation



    6. Completed Projects at Purdue University


  6. USDOT: A decision support tool to locate shelters in emergencies, PI (co-PI: Yangeng Ouyang), Agency: USDOT

  7. NSF NetSE Small: Dynamic Equilibrium in Transportation and Telecommunication Networks, PI (Other PI: Elliot Anshelevich and Koushik Kar), Agency: National Science Foundation

  8. Pedestrian Fatality and Severe Injury Accidents in New York City, PI from Purdue (Lead PI: Allison deCerreno, New York University), Agency Sponsor: New York City Department of Transportation

  9. Integrative Freight Demand Management in New York Metropolitan Area, co-PI (Other PI's: Jose Holguin-Veras, Kaan Ozbay, Allison de Cerreno and Alain Kornhauser), Agency: Remote and Sensor Technology Initiative at U.S. Department of Transportation

  10. Analysis and Design of Large Scale Robust Transportation Networks, PI (Other PI: Tom V Mathew, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay), Agency Sponsor: Selected as one of the 20/254 projects for the Collaborative Project for Scientists and Technologists of Indian Origin (CP-STIO) program by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India

  11. USDOT/NEXTRANS: An Agent Based Model for the Adaptive Traffic Signal Systems, co-PI (PI: Ray Benekohal), Agency: USDOT and NEXTRANS

  12. USDOT/NEXTRANS: A Decision Support Tool to Model Freight Disruptions, PI (co-PI: Fred Mannering, Amlan Mitra), Agency: USDOT and NEXTRANS

  13. GPRI: Network Resilience in Disasters: An International, Interdisciplinary Perspective, PI (Other PI: Daniel Aldrich), Agency: GPRI

  14. NSF NetSE Small: Integrating Networking and Real Time Signal Control for Urban Transportation Networks, PI (Other PI: Nick Maxemchuck), Agency: National Science Foundation

  15. NSF HSD: Incorporating Household Decision Making with Dynamic Transportation Modeling in Hurricane Evacuation: An Integrated Social Science-Engineering Approach, Lead PI (Other PIs: Victor Chan, Elliot Anshelevich, Florida International University (Hugh Gladwin, Fang Zhao) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Pam Murray Tuite)), Agency: National Science Foundation



Completed Projects at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


  1. New York City Park and Ride Study, Lead PI (Other collaborators: Jack Reilly (Consultant and Adjunct Faculty) and Jose Holguin-Veras), Agency Sponsor: New York State Department of Transportation/UTRC

  2. A Smarter I-278 Corridor: Moving People, Freight, and the Regional Economy, Phase I, Co-PI (PI: Jose Holguin-Veras), Agency Sponsor: New York State Department of Transportation

  3. Center for Intermodal Freight Security and Mobility, co-PI (PI: Jose Holguin-Veras), Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation

  4. Safety Treatment of Urban Arterial in New Jersey, co-PI, Agency Sponsor: NJDOT (Lead: Rutgers University)

  5. Evaluating Ramp Metering Strategies, co-PI, Agency Sponsor: NJDOT (Lead: Rutgers University)

  6. Identification and Modeling of Next Generation Travel Guidance Systems, Sole PI, Program: September 11 Memorial Program, NYMTC/UTRC

  7. A Comprehensive Survey of Emerging Technology in New York Metropolitan Area, PI (Co-PI: Jose Holguin-Veras), Agency Sponsor: New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

  8. A Decision Support Tool to Assess the Importance of Transportation Facilities, PI (Co-PIs: Didier Valdes), Agency Sponsor: University Transportation Research Center, Region 1

  9. Contending with Material Convergence: Optimal Control, Optimization of Supply Chains, Co-PI (Other PI's: Jose Holguin-Veras, Tricia Wachtendorf, Wayne Bequette and Didier Valdes), Agency Sponsor: Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) Program at National Science Foundation

  10. Characterization of Supply Chains in the Aftermath of an Extreme Event,Co-PI (Other PI's: Jose Holguin-Veras, Tricia Wachtendorf), Agency Sponsor: SGER Program at the National Science Foundation

  11. Integrated Supply Demand Models for Transportation Systems Management, Sole PI, Agency Sponsor: Selected for the Emerging Scholars Program at UTRC



At University of Texas at Austin


  1. Application of Credit-Based Congestion Pricing in Texas: Operational Considerations and Impacts, Agency: Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT)

  2. The Role of Toll Projects in Enhancing Texas Transportation, Agency: TxDOT

  3. Robust Design and Evaluation of Transportation Networks with Equilibrium Under Demand Uncertainty, Agency: Southwest University Transportation Center (SWUTC)

  4. Retrot of Dynamic Traffic Models, Agency: Mid America Earthquake(MAE) Center

  5. Accounting for Information and Recourse in the Robust Design and Optimization of Stochastic Transportation Networks, National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, Agency: NSF



At UIUC


  1. Development of Mathematical and Simulation Models for Transportation Network Systems Experiencing Information Provision, Agency: UIUC Research Board

  2. Multiple Stage Optimization of Stochastic Dynamic Transportation Networks, Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

  3. Regional Traffic Simulation with Traffic Signal Priority, Agency: Chicago Transportation Regional Authority



At IIT Madras


  1. Feasibility Study of Planning and Design of the New International Airport at Bangalore, Agency: Hochtief, Chennai