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Transportation Engineering and Development (TREND) Lab School of Engineering

Transportation Engineering and Development (TREND) Lab

Active Projects

  • 2022 UAB Commuter Survey. Sisiopiku V.P. (PI), UAB Sustainability, 9/26/22-5/31/23. Total: $14,993.

  • Analysis of Impacts of Pavement Quality Deterioration on Recurring Traffic Congestion. Sherif M. (PI) and Sisiopiku V.P. (Co-PI), USDOT-STRIDE, 3/02/22-5/13/23. Total: $85,000.

  • Promoting Transportation Equity (TE) through Curriculum Interventions, Mohebbi, M. (PI), Sisiopiku V.P., and Michalaka, D. (Co-PIs), USDOT-STRIDE, 03/15/22-04/15/23. Total: $130,650. (UAB subcontract: $36,000).

  • UAB Congestion Management. Sullivan A. (PI) and Sisiopiku V.P. (Co-PI), Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB), 10/01/21-09/30/24. Total $472,663

  • Barriers and Facilitators of People with Disabilities in Accepting and Adopting Autonomous Shared Mobility Services. Classen S. (PI) and Sisiopiku V.P. (Co-PI), USDOT-STRIDE, 5/15/21-1/31/23. Total: $163,993 (UAB subcontract: $50,000).

  • A Comprehensive Data Science Software Toolkit to Improve Alabama’s Mobility Planning for Serving Businesses and Vulnerable Populations, Yan D. (PI) and Sisiopiku V.P. (Co-PI), Alabama Research and Development Enhancement Fund (ARDEF), Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), 10/1/20-1/15/24.  Total: $394,926.

  • Mobility-on-Demand Transit for Smart and Sustainable Cities, Zhao X. (PI) and Sisiopiku V.P. (Co-PI), USDOT-STRIDE, 9/01/20-10/31/22. Total: $413,430 (UAB subcontract: $83,430). 

  • A Framework to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in Workforce Development in Southeast States, Mohebbi, M. (PI), Sisiopiku V.P., Michalaka, D., and Brown, K. (Co-PIs), USDOT-STRIDE, 08/01/21-09/30/22. Total: $114,937.(UAB subcontract: $34,100).

  • Developing a Methodology to Evaluate Detours for Major Construction Projects in the Era of Real-Time Route Guidance, Sullivan A.J. (PI) and Sisiopiku V.P. (co-PI), USDOT-STRIDE and ALDOT, 11/15/19-07/31/22. Total: $110,000.

  • Mitigating Network Congestion by Integrating Transportation Network Companies and Urban Transit Sisiopiku V.P. (PI), and Hadi M. (co-PIs), USDOT-STRIDE, 08/01/18-07/31/22. total: $185.967

  • Development of Guidance for Scheduling of Freeway Work Zones to Minimize Congestion Impacts, Turochy R. (PI), and Sisiopiku V.P. (Co-PI), USDOT-STRIDE, 10/01/18-03/31/23. Total: $118,578 (UAB subcontract: $58,556).