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September 2025. Future Directions in Road Safety Research Webinar
Dr. Karim El-Basyouny has been invited by Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia to deliver a presentation on road safety. Read more to register for the event!
Summer 2025. City-Wide Scanning with LiDAR- and Camera-Based Systems
Our team is actively mapping Edmonton’s Active Transportation (AT) network and preparing to relaunch a new Curbside Management project — both key steps toward smarter, more equitable infrastructure planning.
June 2025. Paper Published: Assessing the Built Environment of Light Rail Transit Stations to Encourage Active Transportation
A paper co-authored by Amr M. Sakr, Hesham Elmasry, Dr. Fiseha Birhane, and Dr. Karim El-Basyouny has been accepted for publication in Transactions in GIS.
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June 2025. Grants Awarded: I. Advancing Equitable Curbside Management & II. Advancing Winter Road Maintenance Systems
We are excited to announce that our team has been awarded two NSERC Alliance grants to support our new projects on curbside management and winter road maintenance.
May 2025. Introducing SIMMBA: A Smart Mobility Mapping Platform
We’ve developed SIMMBA — the Smart Infrastructure Mapping, Modular Base and Algorithms platform — a LiDAR-equipped mobility device designed to map sidewalks, curb zones, and active transportation infrastructure with high spatial precision.
May 2025. Grants Awarded: I. Enhancing Traffic Mobility & II. Transportation and Land Use for Wildfires
We are excited to announce that our team has been awarded an NSERC Alliance grant and an Alberta Real Estate Foundation grant.
February 4. Transportation Sustainability Conversation - International Week
Dr. Karim El-Basyouny and MSc student Marina Aziz are invited to host a conversation on how transportation intersects with UN Sustainable Development Goals. Read more for how to tune in!
ASTech Awards Finalist ~ Dr. Karim El-Basyouny
Dr. El-Basyouny was selected as a Finalist for the 2024 ASTech Awards in the category of Construction/Smart Cities/Transportation. While he did not take home the award, we would like to congratulate Dr. Simaan AbouRizk on being selected as the Winner of the ASTech Award for Outstanding Innovation in Construction for his work on Bridging Academia and Industry in Construction with Simulation-Based Solutions. Congratulations, Dr. AbouRizk!
Killam Annual Professorships Recipient ~ Dr. Karim El-Basyouny
Dr. Karim El-Basyouny has been awarded the 2024-25 Killam Annual Professorship. This distinguished recognition is a testament to his outstanding contributions to research and teaching at University of Alberta.
Dr. El-Basyouny's impactful research in urban traffic safety has significantly advanced our understanding of Transportation Engineering, while his commitment to teaching excellence has also enriched the educational experience of countless students.
Honglin (Wade) Jiang M.Sc. Graduation
Honglin successfully defended his thesis titled "Deep Learning-Based Multi-Class Semantic Segmentation and Natural Language Description of Multilane Rural Highways Using LIDAR Data" on Sep 17, 2024.
IEEE ITSC 2024 Edmonton, Canada
IEEE ITSC 2024 Edmonton, Canada
Amr, Hesham, and Honglin volunteered at the IEEE ITSC 2024 conference, held from September 24-27, 2024.
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