Mohamadhossein "Hossein" Noruzoliaee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems)

Hossein Noruzoliaee is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) since Fall 2019. He is the Founding Deputy Director of the​ NSF CREST Center for Multidisciplinary Research Excellence in Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Systems (MECIS), a multi-institution consortium led by UTRGV, and the UTRGV Director of the USDOT Safety21 National University Transportation Center (UTC), one of only five National UTCs and led by the Carnegie Mellon University. His research primarily focuses on resilient transportation systems, with emphasis on unprecedented cyber and climate disruptions and technology-driven solutions using trustworthy AI and cyber-physical systems. Dr. Noruzoliaee is the recipient of the Olegario Vazquez Rana Endowed Faculty Fellowship (2022-2024) at UTRGV.