RESEARCH GRANTS

1. Khattak—Principal Investigator for University of Tennessee, with C. Cherry as Co-Investigator in Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) consortium; National University Transportation Center, US Department of Transportation (UNC-Highway Safety Research Center), with University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as lead. Total UTK share-6 years: $2,571,509 2016-2021 (plus 1:1 cost share/match).

Note: The UTC funding is distributed among UTK faculty & research staff. Below are representative projects where Dr. Khattak has involvement:

a. Khattak-PI with Co-PIs S. Chakraborty & M. Clamann, Driver impairment detection & safety enhancement through comprehensive volatility analysis, 2019-2021.

b. Clamann-PI with Co-PI A. Khattak, Advancing Accident Investigation with Connected & Automated Vehicle Data, 2019-2020.

c. Chakraborty-PI with Co-PIs A. Khattak & M. Cummings, Safety testing for connected & automated vehicles through physical & digital iterative deployment, 2019-2020.

d. Everett-PI with Co-PIs A. Khattak, Reducing motorcyclist injuries: Engaging stakeholders to apply evidence-based countermeasures, 2019-2020.

e. Khattak-PI with Co-PI A. Goodwin, Investigating the Vulnerability of Motorcyclists to Crashes & Injury, 2018-2019.

f. Khattak-PI with E. Dumbaugh as Co-PI, Developing a Taxonomy of Human Errors & Violations that Lead to Crashes, 2018-2019.

g. Khattak-Co-PI with N. McDonald at UNC-CH: Advanced Analytics for Vulnerable Road User Scenarios, 2016-2018.

h. Other CSCRS UTC projects includes-Completing the Picture of Traffic Injuries: Understanding Data Needs & Opportunities for Road Safety (PI: Cherry).

2. Khattak, Principal Investigator, Tennessee Department of Transportation Right-of-Way (ROW) Appraisal Damages Study, $201,500, Tennessee Department of Transportation for UTK Center for Transportation Research, 2019-2021.

3. Khattak, Principal Investigator, A Localized Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) Approach Accounting for "Within" Tennessee Variations on Multilane Highways $175,000, Tennessee Department of Transportation for UTK Center for Transportation Research, 2019-2021.

4. Khattak—Principal Investigator, with Chakraborty & Nambisan as Co-PIs, Study of Driving Volatility in Connected & Cooperative Vehicle Systems, US National Science Foundation, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $399,793, Sept. 1, 2015-Aug 31, 2018.

5. Khattak—Principal Investigator, with L. Han & S. Chakraborty as Co-PIs, Research on Connected & Automated Vehicles Investment & Smart Infrastructure in Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Transportation, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $300,000, Oct. 1, 2018-Sept. 31, 2020.

6. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, with A. Kohls as PIs, Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator (TMA) Pilot, Tennessee Department of Transportation, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $125,000, Oct. 1, 2018-Sept. 31, 2020.

7. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, with L. Han as PI, Quantify Freeway Safety Service Patrol & Protect The Queue Impact on Transportation Network Reliability, Tennessee Department of Transportation, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $125,000, Oct. 1, 2018-Sept. 31, 2021.

8. Khattak—Principal Investigator, with M. Burton & D. Clarke as Co-PIs, Freight Flows & Incident Management, Tennessee Department of Transportation, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $99,199, Oct. 1, 2016-March 31, 2018.

9. Khattak—Principal Investigator, with Dr. Nambisan Co-PI, Assessing the impact of mixed vehicle technologies on the efficiency of traffic coordination systems, US Department of Energy through Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. $35,145, 2016-2017.

10. Khattak—Principal Investigator, with S. Richards & D. Chimba at TSU as Co-PIs, Highway Safety Manual, Safety Performance Functions (SPF) & Roadway Calibration Factors, Tennessee Department of Transportation, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $323,353, Oct. 1, 2015-Sept 30, 2019.

11. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, with L. Han as PI, Traffic Queue Protection and Warning System, Tennessee Department of Transportation, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $113,778, 2016-2019.

12. Khattak—Principal Investigator, with S. Nambisan, C. Cherry, & D. Greene as Co-PIs, Green Generates Green, Tennessee Department of Transportation, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $163,224, Oct. 1, 2015-Sept 30, 2017.

13. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Greene PI, Fuel Economy Research, US Department of Energy through Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. $110,567, 2015-2016.

14. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Planning Tools for Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure, US Department of Energy through Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, $24,832, 2014-2015.

15. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Greene PI, Predicting Fuel Economy to Support Vehicle Purchasing Decisions, US Department of Energy through Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. $62,729 2014-2015.

16. Khattak—Principal Investigator & Coordinator, Big Data for Safety Monitoring, Assessment, & Improvement, US Department of Transportation through the Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. $85,000 + $50,000 + $75,000 1:1 match, 2014-2016.

17. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Integrated Simulation & Safety: Incident & Emergency Situations, US Department of Transportation through the Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. $27,500 + 1:1 match, 2014-2016.

18. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Crash Modification Factors & the Highway Safety Manual: Enhancing the Work Zone Procedure, US Department of Transportation through the Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. $12,500 + $25000 + 1:1 match, 2014-2016.

19. Khattak—Principal Investigator & Coordinator, What is the Extent of Harm in Rail Pedestrian Crashes, US Department of Transportation through the NURail Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. $80,000 + 1:1 match, 2014-2015.

20. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Unmet Data Needs of Transportation Planners, Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $94,408 ($35,085 sub-contract to University of Tennessee) for 2011-2015.

21. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Development of Base Macro & Micro Models for the City of Virginia Beach, City of Virginia Beach, VA. $352,000, 2013-2014.

22. Khattak—Principal Investigator for Old Dominion University in TranLIVE consortium: Tier 1 University Transportation Center, US Department of Transportation (ODU Transportation Research Institute), Consortium with University of Idaho as lead. $600,000 for 2012-2014 & $600,000 for 2014-2015 (plus 1:1 match).

a. Khattak-PI: Reducing Energy Use & Emissions through Innovative Technologies & Community Designs: Methodology & Application in Virginia, $240,000, US DOT, ($75,000 sub-contract to University of Tennessee), plus 1:1 match.

b. Other TranLIVE UTC projects included-1) The impact of parameter uncertainty on the emission-based ranking of transportation projects (PI: Ng), 2) Develop real-time prediction of queues at signalized intersections to support eco-driving applications (PI: Cetin), 3) Optimize freight routes & modes to minimize environmental impacts (PI: Robinson), 4) Develop vision-based systems to track & classify vehicles at high fidelity to enable estimation of emissions (PI: Iftekharuddin), 5) New strategies for the emergency vehicle routing to reduce response time using vehicle-to-vehicle communications (PI: Cetin).

23. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Investigation of Sources of Congestion at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $98,505 for 2013-2014.

24. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Analysis of Virginia add-on National Household Travel Survey & Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Household Travel Survey, Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $150,000 for 2011-2013.

25. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Investigation of New Equilibrium Assignment Methods for the VDOT Travel Demand Models, Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $199,000 for 2010-2013.

26. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Do Trip Productions Vary in Space? Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $16,251 for 2011-2012.

27. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Supplemental University National Household Travel Survey, Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $52,046 for 2010-2011.

28. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Comparative Analysis of Virginia University NHTS, Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $90,000 for 2010-2011.

29. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Virginia Multimodal Transportation & Distribution Study, US Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., DTOS59-10-G-00105, Virginia Modeling, Analysis, & Simulation Center & ODU Transportation Research Institute, $243,500 for 2010-2011.

30. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Volume-Delay Functions & their Implementations in VDOT’s Travel Demand Models, Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $195,000 for 2009-2010.

31. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Transportation Alternatives Modeling, Virginia General Assembly, through ODU Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC), $148,000 for 2009-2010.

32. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Nationwide Household Travel Survey, Virginia Department of Transportation, VA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $67,566 for 2008-2010.

33. Khattak—Principal Investigator, ITS Decision: Gateway to understanding & applying ITS, California Department of Transportation, CA. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $111,000 for 2008-2010.

34. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Hampton Roads Transportation Alternatives Traffic Simulation, Virginia General Assembly, through ODU Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC), $250,000 for 2008.

35. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Primary & secondary incident management: Predicting durations in real-time, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Virginia Department of Transportation, ODU Transportation Research Institute, $169,838, 2007-2009.

36. Khattak—A proposal to establish Old Dominion University Transportation Research Institute, Pooled funds from Virginia Transportation Research Council & Office of the Dean, Old Dominion University, $80,000, 2007-2010.

37. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, John Sokolowski, Principal Investigator, Hampton Roads Hurricane Evacuation Study, Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM), ODU Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC), $285,000, 2007-2008.

38. Khattak A.—Co-investigator, Weigle M., S. Olariu, Principal Investigators, NeTS-WN: An Architecture for the Notification of Traffic Incidents & Congestion (NOTICE), National Science Foundation, $395,000, 2007-2010.

39. Khattak—Principal Investigator, ITS Decision Enhancements: Developing Case-Based Reasoning Modules for High-Impact Technologies, California Department of Transportation through the PATH Program, University of California at Berkeley. (ODU Transportation Research Institute), $44,000 for 2006-2007.

40. Khattak A.—Principal Investigator, Economic Impact of Traffic Incidents on North Carolina’s Interstate Facilities, NC Department of Transportation. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $89,679 for 2005-2006. Subcontract to Old Dominion University Transportation Research Institute, $34,000 for 2006-2007.

41. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Innovative Large Truck Speed Enforcement on Interstate Highways, US Department of Transportation through the Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (ODU Transportation Research Institute) $20,000 for 2007-2008.

42. Khattak—A proposal for the Carolina Transportation Program, Pooled funds from UNC-Chapel Hill from the Center for Urban & Regional Studies, Department of City & Regional Planning, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences & Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, $122,000, 2005-2008.

43. Khattak—Co-Principal Investigator, Effectiveness of Traveler Information Tools, NC Department of Transportation. (ITRE-Institute of Transportation Research & Education, North Carolina State University) $169,995 for 2005-2007.

44. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Educational Funding for the Carolina Transportation Program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US Department of Transportation through the Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $340,000 + 1:1 match, for 1999-2004.

45. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Multi-Year Travel Modeling Project, NC Department of Transportation. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $95,000 for 2004-2007.

46. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Walk, Don’t Walk: Resources for Planners & Engineers, US Department of Transportation, Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $10,000 + 1:1 match, 2002-2003.

47. Khattak—Co Investigator, Testing Associations between Physical Activity & Built Environment, Robert-Wood Johnson Foundation, (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $473,000, 2003-2005.

48. Khattak—Co Investigator, Advanced Modeling System for Assessing Long-Term Regional Development Patterns, Travel Behavior, Emissions, & Air Quality, US Environmental Protection Agency, STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Program, (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $675,000, 2004-2009.

49. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Incident Management Assistance Patrols: Assessment & Investment Benefits & Costs, NC Department of Transportation. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $99,900, 2002-2003.

50. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Traditional Neighborhood Development Trip Generation Study, NC Department of Transportation. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $125,000 for 2002-2003.

51. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Intelligent Transportation System Decisions: Developing Case Based Reasoning & Expert Systems, California Department of Transportation, through PATH Program at University of California, Berkeley & Division of New Technology, Materials & Research. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $52,800 for 2001-2002 + $52,800 for 2002-2004. (Total project = $700,000)

52. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Which Vehicles are Prone to Rollover & Occupant Injuries: Passenger Cars, Vans, Utility Vehicles or Light Trucks? US Department of Transportation through Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $9,995 + 1:1 match,, 2000-2001.

53. Khattak—Principal Investigator, A Comparison of Rollovers with Non-Rollovers: An analysis of Injury Severity in Large Truck Crashes, US Department of Transportation through Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $9,998 + 1:1 match, 2000-2001.

54. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Understanding the role of truck-driver, occupational & high-risk roadway factors in truck-involved collisions, US Department of Transportation through Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $80,000 + $80,000—match, 2001-2002.

55. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Interstate 40 Value Pricing Study, US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $80,000 + 1:0.2 match, 2002-2004.

56. Khattak—Consultant, In-Vehicle Energy & Emission Information System, National Science Foundation through Civil Engineering Department, North Carolina State University. 2002-2003, $299,997.

57. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Consumer demand for personalized demand responsive transit service, California Department of Transportation through the PATH Program at University of California, Berkeley, $200,000 for 2001-2003.

58. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Small Aircraft Transportation Systems (SATS) market analysis study, NC Division of Aviation & NASA through Research Triangle Institute (UNC-Kenan-Institute for Private Enterprise) $60,409, 2002-2003.

59. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Environmental Determinants of Adolescent Obesity, National Institute of Health, Special Interest Project. (UNC-Carolina Population Center) $300,000, 2000-2002.

60. Khattak—Principal Investigator, How Can NCDOT Employ an Improved Policy of Wetland Mitigation Banking to Better Support Its Transportation Mission? Center for Transportation & Environment, Institute of Transportation Research & Education, North Carolina State University; to support Jeff Masten’s Masters’ Project work. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $15,000, 1999-2000.

61. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Multivehicle Roadway Crashes: The Role of Information, US Department of Transportation through Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $9,981 + 1:1 match, 2000-2001.

62. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Analysis of Fatal Traffic Crashes in North Carolina & Related Countermeasures, Pooled fund study—North Carolina Department of Transportation & Federal Highway Administration. (UNC-Highway Safety Research Center) $33,444, 1999-2000; + $50,144, 2000-2001.

63. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Secondary Road Accidents & Counter-measures, US Department of Transportation through Southeastern Transportation Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $45,000+ 1:1 match 1996-1997; $37,000 + 1:1 match, 1997-1999.

64. Khattak—Principal Investigator, A Planning Methodology for Intelligent Urban Transportation Systems, California Department of Transportation, through PATH Program at University of California, Berkeley & Division of New Technology, Materials & Research. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies) $11,200, 1996-1997.

65. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Integrating Spatial Information Technologies in Planning & Policy Instruction, Funding for Instructional Technology, UNC-Chancellor's Task Force on Instructional Technology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, $46,977, 1996-1997.

66. Khattak—Principal Investigator, PLANiTS: Methodological Development & Exploration of Financial Support, UNC-Junior Faculty Development Award. (UNC-Department of City & Regional Planning), $5,000, 1997-1998.

67. Khattak—Principal Investigator, California Advanced Public Transportation Systems: State of the Art Report on Availability & Use, California Department of Transportation, through PATH Program at University of California, Berkeley & Division of New Technology, Materials & Research. (UNC-Center for Urban & Regional Studies), $39,200 1995-1996.

68. Khattak—Principal Investigator, Understanding behavioral response to travel information, Volpe National Transportation Center through Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Berkeley), $5,500, 1995.

69. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Framework for Analyzing Transportation Networks with Traveler Information Systems, California Department of Transportation, through PATH Program at University of California, Berkeley & Division of New Technology, Materials & Research. $201,369, 1992-1995.

70. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Advanced Traveler Information Technologies for Public Transportation Systems & High Occupancy Vehicles, California Department of Transportation, through PATH Program at University of California, Berkeley & Division of New Technology, Materials & Research. $199,211, 1992-1995.

71. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Toward a Planning Methodology for Intelligent Urban Transportation Systems, California Department of Transportation, through PATH Program at University of California, Berkeley & Division of New Technology, Materials & Research. $401,879, 1992-1995.

72. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Design of Evaluation Plan for TravInfo, California Department of Transportation, through PATH Program at University of California, Berkeley & Division of New Technology, Materials & Research. $450,000, 1992-1996.

73. Khattak—Co-Investigator, Design of Evaluation Plan for Smart Corridor, Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC), Los Angeles, & California Department of Transportation through the California PATH Program, $42,000, 1992-1993.