Traffic Safety Engineer at Michigan Department of Transportation
Dr. Mouyid Islam was a Senior Research Associate at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) and the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida. He was a Highway Safety Engineer in various geographic regions in the private sector (CH2M, now Jacobs Engineering). Dr. Islam worked as PI, Co-PI, and a key researcher in multiple federal, state, and university transportation center projects totaling over US$3.7 million. Dr. Islam is PI for two federal projects focusing on the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) for commercial vehicles at VTTI. Dr. Islam worked on performance-based predictive safety analysis and evaluation of design alternatives at the project level utilizing the Highway Safety Manual. He has experience using different predictive tools, such as the Enhanced Interchange and Freeway Safety Analysis Tool (ISATe) and arterial crash prediction process (NCHRP 17-38 and NCHRP 17-58). Moreover, Dr. Islam worked on Strategic Highway Safety Plans (SHSP) and has research interests in analyzing different emphasis areas (Large Truck, Work Zone, Speeding and Aggressive driving, Drowsy driving, Motorcycle, Roadway Departure, Pedestrian and pedal cyclists, Intersection), and econometric modeling using big data. He has published 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and presented more than 50 presentations at several conferences (domestic and international). He has about fifteen years of experience as a highway safety researcher and consultant in highway and traffic safety. Dr. Islam is actively participating in the Safety Performance and Analysis (ACS20), Transportation Safety Management Systems (ACS10), and Truck and Bus Safety Committee (ACS60) at the Transportation Research Board (TRB). He currently serves as a Paper-review chair for ACS60, and Secretary for the Transportation and Development Institute, the flagship of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Dr. Islam was awarded a National Roadway Safety Award (2021) for work on arterial work zone safety (for which he served as a Co-PI for FDOT) and he was awarded a Dwight David Eisenhower and International Road Federation fellowship (2012).