Faculty 

Virginia P. Sisiopiku, PhD, FITE
Professor of Transportation Engineering and TREND Lab Director
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
GH 5280
(205) 934-9912 | vsisiopi@uab.edu

Andrew J. Sullivan, MSc, PE
Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
GH 5272
(205) 934-8414 | asullivan@uab.edu

Avinash Unnikrishnan, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
GH 5249
(205) 996-2669 | aunnikri@uab.edu 

Graduate Research Assistants 

• Baghersad, Mahdi (Doctoral)
• Jha, Shreepati (Doctoral)
• Seth, Yash (Doctoral)
• Stringer, Jada (MS)

Past Members

• Abro, Abdul M., MS
• Agusiobo, Charles, MS
• Akin, Darcin, PhD,  Visiting Professor
• Acharya, Abhishek, MS
• Alberty Rapalo, Ivan E., MS
• Alnazer, Sara M., MS
• Al-Sabban, Ahmed H., MS
• Anderson, Walter, MS
• Anni, Afrin, MS
• Barbour, Natalia, MS
• Byrd, Jonathan, MS
• Cavusoglu, Ozge, PhD, MS, Post Doc
• Chaukar, Amar S., MS
• Chemmannur, Jugnu, MS
• Chitikesi, Santosh, MS
• Chittoor, Asha, MS
• Choudhury, Sagnik Paul, MS 
• Chy, A B M Tausif Ullah, MS
• Davis, Collin R.
• Das, Anirban, MS
• Doustmohammadi, Ehsan, PhD
• Emeira, Mostafa M., MS
• Fadel, Germin, MS
• Gunda, Veera, MS
• Hasan, Mithila, MS
• Hasbun, Jose, MS
• Hester, Daniel
• Imran, Md. Shah, MS 
• Islam, Md. Ahsanul, MS
• Islam, Md. Mozahidul, MS
• Islam, Md. Saidul, MS
• Ismail, Mohammed I Eltaher, MS
• Jasti, Sreenu Prakash S., MS
• Joarder, Jannatul, MS
• Kallem, Bharat Kumar, MS
• Khan, Md Saiful Arif, MS
• Lamouki, Aref
• Li, Xuping, MS
• Li, Zhi, Visiting Research Scholar
• Mamidipalli, Shrikanth V., MS, PhD
• Nimje, Sonam, MS
• Pacal, Gokmen, MS
• Pan, Feng, MS
• Pan, Xinyun, MS
• Patharkar, Sameer, MS
• Patil, Vishal, MS
• Rathi, Sujit, MS
• Ramadan, Ossama, PhD; Post Doc
• Robinson, Charles, PhD
• Rostami Hosuri, Shaghayegh, MS
• Saha, Troyee, MS
• Saiyid Sikder, PhD, Visiting Research Scholar
• Salman, Furat, PhD
• Saraf, Madhu, MS
• Sarjana, Sahila, MS
• Shanmugam, Santosh, MS
• Sharma, Kapilkumar P., MS
• Shinouda, Michael, MS
• Sikder, Saiyid, MS
• Sontakke, Vinay K., MS
• Sultana, Taniya., MS
• Surabhi, Suman R., MS
• Tang, Xiaohong, MS
• Terdalkar, Sunil, MS
• Yang, Wencui, PhD, Post Doc
• Waid, Johnnie C., MS
• Zhong, Cheng 

Student Awards 

• 2024, Anni, Afrin, School of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award, UAB Graduate School and Global Affairs, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 2024, Jafarzadehfadaki, Mostafa, SDITE 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
• 2024, Piceno, Lizbeth, 2024 Charles E. Alexander Memorial Transportation Engineering Scholarship Award, ALSITE
• 2024, Anni, Afrin, UAB Outstanding Graduate Student Engineer of the Year, Engineering Council of Birmingham (ECOB)
• 2024, Anni, Afrin, 2023 Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student, School of Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 2023, Jafarzadehfadaki, Mostafa, 2022 Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student, School of Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 2022, Jafarzadehfadaki, Mostafa, 2021-2022 Outstanding International Ph.D. Student Award, School of Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 2022, Hasan, Mithila, 2022-2023 Civil Engineering Graduate Recruitment Initiative (CE-GRI) Fellowship
• 2021, Moore, Ashton, 2021 Charles E. Alexander Memorial Transportation Engineering Scholarship Award, Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ALSITE)
• 2020, McKinney, Brandy, 2020 Distinguished Alumni Scholarship, UAB National Alumni Society
• 2020, Chy, Tausif, 1^st Place SDITE Graduate Student Technical Paper Award
• 2020, Johnson, Forrest, 2020 Charles E. Alexander Memorial Transportation Engineering Scholarship Award, Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ALSITE)
• 2020, Chy, Tausif; Zari, Amy; Johnson, Forrest, 2020 SDITE District Traffic Bowl Champions
• 2020, Sarjana, Sahila, Civil Engineering Graduate Student of the Year Award
• 2020, McKinney, Brandy, Engineering Council of Birmingham Distinguished Service Award
• 2020, Chy, Tausif; Zari, Amy; Johnson, Forrest, 2020 ALITE State Traffic Bowl Champions
• 2020, Sarjana, Sahila, 1^st Place STRIDE Student Poster Award
• 2020, Chy, Tausif, 2^nd Place STRIDE Student Poster Award
• 2019, Pacal, Gokmen, 2019 Gulf Region Intelligent Transportation Systems (GRITS) Scholarship
• 2019, Sarjana, Sahila, UAB National Alumni Society Mobola Kukoyi Scholarship
• 2019, McKinney, Brandy, 2019 UAB Graduate School Dean’s Scholarship
• 2019, Pacal, Gokmen, Academic Small Business Alliance (ASBA) Scholarship
• 2019, Zari, Amy, Charles E. Alexander Memorial Transportation Engineering Scholarship, Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ALSITE)
• 2019, Sarjana, Sahila, Southern District ITE (SDITE) Best Technical Paper Award
• 2018, Pacal, Gokmen, 2018 Gulf Region Intelligent Transportation Systems (GRITS) Scholarship
• 2018, Saha, Troyee, Best Oral Presentation Award, 6^th Annual University Transportation Centers (UTC) Conference for the Southeastern Region
• 2018, Ramadan, Ossama, 2018 UAB Most Esteemed Postdoc Award, UAB Office of Postdoctoral Education
• 2017, Islam, Md Ahsanul, 2017 Gulf Region Intelligent Transportation Society Scholarship
• 2017, Ramadan, Ossama, 2^nd Place SDITE Best Member Technical Paper
• 2017, Salman, Furat, 2017 GAFP Scholarship, UAB Graduate School and CCEE
• 2016, Ramadan, Ossama, 2016 UAB Excellent Peer Postdoc Award
• 2016, Ramadan, Ossama, 1^st Place STRIDE Student Poster Award
• 2015, Thompson, Rachael, 2015 ALSITE Billy T. Jones Memorial Scholarship
• 2015, Ramadan, Ossama, 2015 GAFP Scholarship, UAB Graduate School and CCEE
• 2015, Ramadan, Ossama, UAB International Graduate Student Academic Excellence Award
• 2015, Ramadan, Ossama, Caroline and Charles W. Ireland International Student Scholarship
• 2015, Thompson, Rachael, Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
• 2015, Jeromy Huang, Sustainability Investment Fund Award
• 2015, Thompson, Rachael, 2014-2015 UAB Civil Engineering Student of the Year
• 2015, Milner, Adrienne, 2014-2015 NASPA Excellence Award
• 2014, Alexander, Gauen, 2014 ALSITE Billy T. Jones Memorial Scholarship
• 2014, Mamidipalli, Shrikanth, 2014 GAFP Scholarship,
• 2014, Ramadan, Ossama, Outstanding Graduate Student Engineer in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
• 2014, Mathews, Jamieson, New Face of Civil Engineering from ASCE
• 2013, Mathews, Jamieson, ALSITE Alexander Scholarship
• 2013, Zhong, Cheng, 2013 GAFP Scholarship, UAB Graduate School and CCEE
• 2013, Doustmohammadi, Ehsan, 2013 GAFP Scholarship, UAB Graduate School and CCEE
• 2012, Alnazer, Sara, 2012 Best Technical Paper Award, Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE)
• 2012, Imran, Shah Md, GAFP Scholarship, UAB Graduate School and CCEE
• 2012, Imran, Shah Md, 1^st Place Student Paper Award, Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE)
• 2012, Abro, Abdul Muqueet, 2012 GAFP Scholarship, UAB Graduate School and CCEE
• 2011, Cavusoglu, Ozge, Third Place Team Finish, Southern District ITE Traffic Bowl Final
• 2011, Kallem, Bharath, Third Place Team Finish, Southern District ITE Traffic Bowl Final
• 2011, Zhong, Cheng, Third Place Team Finish, Southern District ITE Traffic Bowl Final
• 2011, Zhong, Cheng, GAFP Scholarship, UAB Graduate School and CCEE
• 2010, Zhong, Cheng, Graduate Paper Honorable Mention, Southern District ITE Student Paper Competition
• 2009, Cavusoglu, Ozge, UAB University Transportation Center Student of the Year Award
• 2009, Cavusoglu, Ozge, GAFP Scholarship, UAB Graduate School and CE Department
• 2007, Waid Johnnie, 1^st place award presentation at the 2007 UAB Graduate Research Days
• 2007, Waid Johnnie, NSF graduate research fellowship award
• 2007, Waid Johnnie, Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship Recipient, TRB
• 2006, Waid Johnnie, Student of the Year Award, University Transportation Center for Alabama
• 2006, Abro, Abdul Muqueet, Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at UAB.
• 2006, Waid Johnnie, Goodridge Foundation in Engineering Scholarship
• 2006, Waid Johnnie, UAB 2006 Future Faculty Fellowship
• 2005, Mamidipalli, Shrikanth, 2^nd place in state level paper presentation competition- INSEARCH