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Welcome to the homepage of Hesham Rakha
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 Hesham A. Rakha
TISE Coordinator
Title : Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Area : Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineering
Address : Patton Hall 301 D-3
E-mail : hrakha(at)vt.edu
Telephone : (540) 231-4101 / 231-1505
Professional Registration : Ontario (P. Eng.).
Personal Homepage : http://filebox.vt.edu/users/hrakha/
Alternate URL for this homepage : http://www.cee.vt.edu/people/rakha.html
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| Areas of Interest : |
| | - Traffic Flow Theory and Control, Traffic Modeling, Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Optimization, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Environmental Modeling, and Safety Modeling.
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| Education : |
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- B.Sc. (Honors) in Civil Engineering, Cairo University.
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
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| Work Experience : |
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- PROFESSOR, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech (2007 - Present).
- DIRECTOR, Center for Sustainable Mobility at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (2004 - present).
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech (2003 - 2007).
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech (1999 - 2003).
- LEADER OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS GROUP, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (1999 - 2004).
- RESEARCH SCIENTIST, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (1997 - 1999).
- ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (1996 - 1997).
- TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYST, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (1993 - 1997).
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| Professional Honors, Awards, and Recognitions : |
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- RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech (2007)
- RESEARCH FELLOW AWARD, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech (2004-2006).
- OUTSTANDING NEW PROFESSOR AWARD, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech (2002).
- Dean's List of Excellent Teachers (3 times).
- QUEEN'S GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP, Queen's University (1991-1993).
- MCLAUGHLIN AWARD, Queen's University (1990).
- ONTARIO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP, Queen’s University (1989).
- DEAN'S AWARD, Queen's University (1988).
- CIVIL ENGINEERING AWARD, Cairo University (1982-1987).
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| Courses Taught : |
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- Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Applications in CEE
- Introduction to Transportation Engineering
- Traffic Engineering
- Traffic Characteristics and Flow
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| Selected Research Projects : |
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- Developing and Acquiring a Fully Instrumented City (NSF)
- Energy and Emission Modeling of ITS Applications (MAUTC)
- Studying the Impact of Inclement Weather on Traffic Stream Behavior (FHWA)
- Analyzing Driver Behavior within the Dilemma Zone at Signalized Intersection Approaches (FHWA)
- Transit Signal Priority and Emergency Vehicle Pre-emption (VDOT)
- Full List of Projects
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| Selected Publications : |
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- Rakha H., Hankey J., Patterson A., and Van Aerde M. (2001), "Field Evaluation of Safety Impacts of Adaptive Cruise Control," ITS Journal, Vol. 6, pp. 1-35.
- Rakha H. and Crowther B. (2003), "Comparison and Calibration of FRESIM and INTEGRATION Steady-state Car-following Behavior," Transportation Research, 37A, pp. 1-27.
- Rakha H., Ahn K., and Trani A. (2004), The VT-Micro Framework for Modeling of Hot Stabilized Light Duty Vehicle and Truck Emissions. Transportation Research, Part D: Transport & Environment., Vol. 9(1), January, pp. 49-74.
- Sherali H., Desai J., and Rakha H. (2006), A Discrete Optimization Approach for Locating Automatic Vehicle Identification Readers for the Provision of Roadway Travel Times, Transportation Research, Vol. 40B, pp. 857-871.
- Dion F. and Rakha H. (2006), Estimating Dynamic Roadway Travel Times using Automatic Vehicle Identification Data for Low Sampling Rates, Transportation Research, Vol. 40B, pp. 745-766.
- Rakha H., Ingle A., Hancock K., and Al-Kaisy A. (In press), “Estimating Truck Equivalencies for Freeway Sections,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
- El-Shawarby I., Rakha H., Inman V., and Davis G. (In press), “Evaluation of Driver Deceleration Behavior at Signalized Intersections,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
- Rakha H., Pecker C., and Cybis H. (2007), “Calibration Procedure for Gipps’ Car-following Model,” Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting, Jan. 22-25, Washington D.C.
- Rakha H. and Arafeh M. (2007), “Tool for Calibrating Steady-State Traffic Stream and Car-following Models,” Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting, Jan. 22-25, Washington D.C.
- Rakha H. (2006), Validation of Van Aerde's Simplified Steady-State Car-following and Traffic Stream Model, Transportation Research Board 85 th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., CD-ROM [Paper 06-0424].
- Farzaneh M. and Rakha H. (2006), Impact of Differences in Driver Desired Speed on Steady-State Traffic Stream Behavior, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1965, pp. 142-151.
- El-Shawarby I., Amer A., and Rakha H. (In press), “Evaluation of Driver Stopping Behavior on High-Speed Signalized Intersection Approaches,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
- Full List of Publications.
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