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Dr. Kouros Mohammadian

B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Uni. of Toronto)

Associate Professor

 

Department of Civil and Materials Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago
842 West Taylor Street

Chicago, IL 60607-7023

Tel.: (312) 996-9840

Fax: (312) 996-2426 

Email: kouros [at] uic [dot] edu

 

Teaching:
CME 508: Urban Travel Forecasting (Fall semesters)
CME 503: Advanced Transportation Demand Analysis (Spring semesters)
CME 408: Traffic Engineering and Design (Fall semesters)
CME 402: Geometric Design of Highway Facilities (Spring semesters)

 

Research Interests:
Activity-based travel demand modeling
Microsimulation of urban travel activities
Discrete choice modeling, decision making process and choice behavior
Traffic engineering, traffic flow theory, and signal control
Performance evaluation of transportation systems
Data mining, and applied econometrics

 

Current Professional Affiliations:

  • Co-Chair, New Technologies Sub-committee (ABJ40-4), Travel Survey Methods, Transportation Research Board (TRB), The National Academies
  • Member, Committee on Transportation Demand Forecasting (ADB40), TRB
  • Member, Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values (ADB10), TRB
  • Member, Committee on Travel Survey Methods (ABJ40), TRB
  • Member, Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Transportation (ADB20), TRB
  • Member, International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
  • Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • Registered Professional Engineer, Association of Professional Engineers Ontario, Canada

 

Recent Awards:

  • Harold Simon Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009
  • UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award , UIC, 2009
  • National Academies , Transportation Research Board, 2008 Fred Burggraf Award for the outstanding research by young researcher”.
  • UIC College of Engineering Faculty Research Award , UIC, 2008
  • National Academies , Transportation Research Board, 2007 Charley Wootan Award for the outstanding research in the field of policy and organization”.
  • UIC College of Engineering Faculty Advising Award , UIC, 2007
  • UIC College of Engineering Faculty Teaching Award , UIC, 2006
  • UIC 2010 Interdisciplinary Research Award , UIC, 2005

 

Recent Editorial Activities:

  • Co-Editor-in-Chief , Journal of Transportation Letters: International Journal of Transportation Research, J. Ross Publishing, 2007-
  • Guest Editor , Special Issue on Travel Behavior of Special Population Groups, Transportation, Springer, September 2008
  • Editorial Board member,Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering , Hindawi Publishing.
  • Eric Pass PhD Dissertation Award Selection Committee, International Association of Travel Behavior Research (IATBR), 2008-2010.
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Dept. of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
Last updated: Jan 20, 2009