Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian, Ph.D

Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Materials Engineering Associate Director, Center for Supply Chain Management and Logistics University of Illinois at Chicago 842 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60607-7023 312-996-9840 (office) 312-996-2426 (fax) email: [email protected] Education: Degree & Institution Major Year Transportation Planning and Spatial Analysis Post-Doc McMaster University Advisors: Prof. Pavlos Kanaroglou 2001-2002 Civil Engineering (Transportation Eng.) Ph.D. University of Toronto Advisor: Prof. Eric Miller 1997-2001 Civil Engineering (Transportation Eng.) M.Sc. Sharif University of Technology Advisor: Prof. M. Vaziri 1992-1993 B.Sc. Sharif University of Technology Civil Engineering 1988-1992

Research Experience and Interests Microsimulation of Urban Activities, Transportation Planning, Demand Forecasting, Applied Econometrics, Data Mining, Transportation Systems Analysis and Optimization, Performance Evaluation of Transportation Systems.

Professional Background 2003 to Present Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Materials Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Chicago 2002 to 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento 2001 to 2002 Post-doctoral research associate, Dept. of Geography and Geology, McMaster University 2001 to 2002 Part Time Instructor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University and Dept. of Geography and Geology, McMaster University and 1998 to 2001 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto 1992 to 1998 Project Manager / Project Engineer, Shayegan Inc.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journal Publications 1. Mohammadian, A. and Y. Zhang. Investigating the Transferability of National Household Travel Survey Data, forthcoming in the Journal of Transportation Research Record, 2007. 2. Mohammadian, A. and T.H. Rashidi. Modeling Household Vehicle Transaction Behavior: Competing Risk Duration Approach, forthcoming in the Journal of Transportation Research Record, 2007. 3. Mohammadian, A. and S. T. Doherty. Modeling Activity Scheduling Time Horizon: Duration of Time between Planning and Execution of Pre-Planned Activities, Transportation Research-A, 40(6), 2006, 475-490. 4. Mohammadian, A. and S. Doherty, Mixed Logit Model of Activity Scheduling Time Horizon Incorporating Spatial-Temporal Flexibility Variables, Transportation Research Record, 1926, 2005, pp. 33-40. 5. Miller, E., M. Roorda, M. Haider, and A. Mohammadian, Empirical Analysis of Travel and Housing Expenditures in the Greater Toronto Area, Transportation Research Record, 1898, TRB, 2004, pp. 191-201. 6. Doherty, S. T. and A. Mohammadian. Application of Artificial Neural Network Models to Activity Scheduling Time Horizon. Transportation Research Record, 1854, TRB, 2003, pp. 43-49. 7. Mohammadian, A., and E. J. Miller. Empirical Investigation of Household Vehicle Type Choice Decisions. Transportation Research Record, 1854, TRB, 2003, pp. 99-106. 8. Mohammadian, A., and E. J. Miller. Dynamic Modeling of Household Automobile Transactions. Transportation Research Record, 1831, TRB, 2003, pp. 98-105.

Kouros Mohammadian – 2 page CV 1 9. Mohammadian, A., and E. J. Miller. Nested Logit Models and Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Household Automobile Choices, Transportation Research Record, 1807, TRB, 2002, pp. 92-100. 10. Mohammadian, A., and E. J. Miller. Estimating the expected price of vehicles in a transportation microsimulation modeling system, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 128(6), 2002, pp. 537-541. 11. Roorda, M. J., A. Mohammadian, and E. J. Miller. Toronto Area Car Ownership Study: A retrospective interview and its applications, Transportation Research Record, 1719, TRB, 2000, pp. 69-76. Peer Reviewed Proceedings: 27 papers. Research Technical Reports: 3 Reports. Conference Presentations: 17 Keynote/Invited Lectures: 3 Courses Taught: Urban Travel Forecasting, Land-Use and Transportation, Advanced Travel Demand Analysis, Highway Design, Traffic Engineering and Design, Transportation Systems, Transportation Planning, Transportation Facility Design, Computer Applications in Civil Engineering.

Research Grants 1. An Activity-Based Micro-Simulation Modeling System of Travel Demand in Jakarta Metropolitan Area. Partial support by the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, 1/2004 – 1/2006. 2. Effectiveness Of Transit Strategies Targeting Elderly People, Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT), Illinois Department of Transportation, 7/2006-6/2007, $82,500. 3. Transferability of Household Travel Survey Data in Calibrating and Validating Travel Forecasting Models, Federal Highway Administration, (with Jane Lin), 11/2004-11/2007, $256,675 4. Improving the Performance of Ramp Metering Systems: Ramp Signal Tuning and Assessment of Different Metering Algorithms, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), 7/2006 – 6/2008. $100,000. 5. Estimation of Costs of Cars and Light Truck Use per Vehicle-Kilometre in Canada, Transport Canada, 7/2005 – 1/2006, $40,000. 6. Center for Supply Chain Management and Logistics, UIC 2010 Interdisciplinary Grant, 1/06 – 5/07, $75000 (PIs: Anthony Pagano, Kouros Mohammadian, Kazuya Kawamura). 7. Assessing Effectiveness of Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fleet Replacement in Local Government, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy (IESP), 8/04-8/05, $15,000 (with J. Lin and E. Welch). 8. Travel and Household Costs in the Greater Toronto Area: An Empirical Analysis, 1986-1996, NEPTIS Foundation, (PI: Eric Miller), 2002.

Graduate Students Supervised: 5 Ph.D. students (one graduated), and 6 M.S. students (5 graduated).

Professional Activities: Refereed journal and conference articles for the Journal of Transportation Research Record (TRR) and Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, ASCE Journal of Transportation, Transportation Research-Parts A, B, and C, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Journal of Transportation, Journal of Transportation Geography, and several book chapters, conference resource papers, and proceedings.

Scientific and Professional societies of which a member: Member of the Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values (ADB10), TRB, 2004-now, Member of the Committee on statistical methodology and statistical software in transportation research (ABJ80), TRB, National Academies, 1998-2004, Member of the International Association of Travel Behavior Research (IATBR), 2000- now, Member and faculty advisor for the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1998- now,

Honors and Awards: UIC College of Engineering Faculty Teaching Award, UIC, 2006 UIC 2010 Interdisciplinary Research Award, UIC, 2005 Faculty Development award, CSUS, 2003 Natural Science and Eng Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2001-2 NSERC Post Graduate (Doctoral) Scholarship, 1999-2001 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1999 University of Toronto Open Fellowship, 1998-2001.

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