Vision

Dr. Arif Sadri is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Sciences (CEES) at the University of Oklahoma. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor in the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure & Sustainability (MSCIS) at the Florida International University (FIU). He was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an Adjunct Professor in the Civil Engineering Dept. at the Valparaiso University. Dr. Sadri received his doctoral training from the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University with a solid background in Civil Engineering (Transportation), Network Science, and Social Science. Dr. Sadri's research focuses on how transportation systems critically depend on social and other physical systems in the context of natural and man-made hazards. Dr. Sadri develops data-driven and network-based solutions to enhance bottom-up resilience in complex, interdependent systems. Dr. Sadri specializes in resilience engineering, evacuation modeling, shared mobility, social influence modeling, machine learning, agent-based modeling, and network modeling. Dr. Sadri's research is funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Dr. Sadri’s previous research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 

Background

• Doctor of Philosophy (December, 2016), Purdue University.

• Master of Science in Civil Engineering (December, 2012), Purdue University.

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (February, 2011), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

Honors

• Fellow, FIU Extreme Events Institute, A Preeminent Program (2019)

• Outstanding Reviewer, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2018)

• Outstanding Reviewer, Transportation Research Part C (2018)

• United States Permanent Residency, Individual with Exceptional Ability in the National Interest (2017)

• Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN-47907. (2016)

• Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research, Purdue University Office of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN-47907. (2016)

• Ross Fellowship, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN-47907. (2015)

• UGC Merit Scholarship, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. (2011)

• University Merit Scholarship and Dean’s Scholarship, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (2007-2011) 

Areas of Interests

• Network Science & Modeling

• Community Resilience

• Evacuation Modeling

• Resource Sharing

• Social & Information Networks

• Artificial Intelligence

• Smart but Resilient and Sustainable Cities

• Interdependent Networks

• Infrastructure Resilience & Sustainability

• Agent-based Modeling and Simulation

• Game Theory