Center for Sustainable Mobility News

  • Recent paper published in Sensors: Farag, M.M.G.*; Rakha, H.A.; Mazied, E.A.; Rao, J. INTEGRATION Large-Scale Modeling Framework of Direct Cellular Vehicle-to-All (C-V2X) Applications. Sensors 2021, 21, 2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21062127.

  • Recent paper published in the Journal of Advanced Transportation: Elhenawy M.*, Rakha H.A., Ashqar H.I.*, "Joint Impact of Rain and Incidents on Traffic Stream Speeds", Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol. 2021, Article ID 8812740, pp. 12, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8812740.

  • Recent paper published in TRR: Eteifa S*, Rakha HA, Eldardiry H. Predicting Coordinated Actuated Traffic Signal Change Times using Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks. Transportation Research Record. March 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211000748.

  • Recent paper published in Sensors: Elouni, M.*; Abdelghaffar, H.M.*; Rakha, H.A. Adaptive Traffic Signal Control: Game-Theoretic Decentralized vs. Centralized Perimeter Control. Sensors 2021, 21, 274. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21010274.

  • Congratulations to CSM for receiving 1st place in the IEEE ITSC 2020 UAS4T Competition.

  • Recent paper published in Transport Findings: Du, Jianhe, and Rakha H.A. (2020), “Preliminary Investigation of COVID-19 Impact on Transportation System Delay, Energy Consumption and Emission Levels.” Transport Findings, July. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.14103.

  • Recent paper published in TRR. Ahn K.*, Rakha H.A., Park S.* (2020), “Eco Look-Ahead Control of Battery Electric Vehicles and Roadway Grade Impacts,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120935445.

  • Recent paper published in IEEE Access. Abdelghaffar H.*, Elouni M.*, Bichiou Y.*, and Rakha H.A. (2020), “Development of a Connected Vehicle Dynamic Freeway Sliding Mode Variable Speed Controller,” IEEE Access.

  • Recent paper published in Energies. Chen H.* and Rakha H.A. (2020), “Battery Electric Vehicle Eco-Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control in the Vicinity of Signalized Intersections,” Energies, 13(10), 2433. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102433.

  • Ahmed Ghanem successfully defended his PhD on May 18, 2020.

  • Taqwa Alhadidi successfully defended her PhD on May 7, 2020.

  • Recent paper accepted for publication in TRR. Osman O. and Rakha H.A. (2020), "Characterization of Drivers’ Engagement in Secondary Tasks: Application of Deep Learning for Data-Driven In-Vehicle Systems", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

  • Recent paper published in the Journal of Optics and Laser Technology. Elbakary M., Abdelghaffar H., Afrifa K., Rakha H.A., Cetin M., and Iftekharuddin K. (2020), “Aerosol tracking using lidar-based atmospheric profiling and Bayesian estimation,” Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106248.

  • User Information Systems (AND20) 2019 Best Paper Award, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 12-16, 2020. Paper: Osman O. and Rakha H.A. (2020), "Characterization of Drivers’ Engagement in Secondary Tasks: Application of Deep Learning for Data-Driven In-Vehicle Systems", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

  • Hesham A Rakha became an IEEE Fellow (class of 2020) for contributions to optimization, modeling and assessment of transportation systems.