Current Advisees
Ph.D. Students
1. Mehek Biswas (2018 - Present)
2. Deepa L. (2018 - Present)
3. Vishal Kushwaha, Co-advised by Prof. Rajesh Sundaresan (2018 - Present)
4. Nurul Hasan (2021 - Present)
5. Najeebul Feroz Mallik (2021 - Present)
Masters Students
1. Sanchay Rewar, M.Tech
2. Naman Maheshwari, M.Tech
3. Akshay V., M.Tech
Undergraduate Students
None
Visiting Students
None
1. Mehek Biswas (2018 - Present)
2. Deepa L. (2018 - Present)
3. Vishal Kushwaha, Co-advised by Prof. Rajesh Sundaresan (2018 - Present)
4. Nurul Hasan (2021 - Present)
5. Najeebul Feroz Mallik (2021 - Present)
Masters Students
1. Sanchay Rewar, M.Tech
2. Naman Maheshwari, M.Tech
3. Akshay V., M.Tech
Undergraduate Students
None
Visiting Students
None
Former Students
Ph.D. Students
1. Sujan Sikder Fall 2010 - Summer 2013, University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: Spatial Transferability of Activity-based Travel Forecasting Models
Current Position: Travel Demand Modeler at WSP, California, USA.
2. Vijay Sivaraman Spring 2011 - Fall 2015, University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: A Methodological Framework for Analyzing Long Distance Leisure Travel Demand
Current Position: Research Data Scientist at Texas A&M Transportation Institute, USA.
3. Nikhil Menon Fall 2013 - Summer 2017 (co-advised by Dr. Yu Zhang), University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: Autonomous Vehicles: An Empirical Assessment of Consumers' Perceptions, Intended Adoption, and Impacts on Household Vehicle Ownership.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
4. Sashikanth Gurram Fall 2010 - Fall 2017 (co-advised by Dr. Amy Stuart), University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: Understanding the Linkages between Urban Transportation Design and Population Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Application of an Integrated Transportation and Air Pollution Modeling Framework to Tampa, FL.
Current Position: Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft, Bellevue, USA.
5. Surya Balusu Fall 2016 - Fall 2021 (co-advised by Dr. Fred Mannering), University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: An Assessment and Exploration of Recent Methodological Advances in Safety Data Analysis.
Current Position: Actuarial Analyst, Frontline Insurance, Lake Mary, Florida.
6. Shobhit Saxena Aug 2016 - July 2022, Indian Institute of Science (received both M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees)
Dissertation Topic: Multiple Discrete Continuous Choice Models with Flexible Specification of Constraints,
Utility Forms, and Stochastic Distributions: Applications in Travel Behaviour Research
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin.
7. Sangram Krishna Nirmale
Aug 2016 - December 2022, Indian Institute of Science
Dissertation Topic: Multi-Vehicle Anticipation-based Models for Describing Driver Behaviour in
Heterogeneous and Disorderly Traffic Conditions
Current Position: Research Scientist, Indian Institute of Science.
M.S./M.Tech Students
1. Tejsingh Rana MSCE 2010 Project Engineer at HBC Engineering, Miami, FL
2. Sujan Sikder MSCE 2010 Travel Demand Modeler at PB Americas, Portland
3. Caleb Van Nostrand MSCE 2011 Transportation Engineer/Planner at Gannett Flaming Inc., Tampa, FL
4. Aayush Thakur MCE 2012 Travel Demand Modeler at Cambridge Systematics, Bethesda, MD
5. Kyle Taniguchi MSCE 2012 (co-advised by Dr. Steve Polzin), Currently at VHB Consulting, Orlando
6. JJ Samus MSCE 2013 Transportation Engineer at RS&Hill, Tampa
7. Anissa Nur Irmania MCE 2013 Civil Engineer at PT Indokoei International, Indonesia
8. Bertho Augustin MSCE 2014 Atkins, Tampa, FL
9. Akbar Bakhshi MSCE 2014 Citilabs, Tallahassee, FL
10. Jodi Godfrey MSCE 2015 (co-advised by Dr. Steve Polzin), Currently a Research Faculty at CUTR, USF
11. Mohammadreza Kamali MSCE 2015 Cambridge Systematics
12. Trang Luong MSCE 2017 Florida Department of Transportation
13. Divyakant Tahlyan MSCE 2018 (co-advised by Dr. Fred Mannering), Currently a PhD Student at Northwestern University
14. Mehek Biswas M.Tech Research (2018) PhD Student at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
15. Rakesh Meena M.Tech (2021)
16. Tarun Khandelwal M.Tech Research (2021) (Co-advised by Prof. Ashish Verma)
17. Ashish Yadav M.Tech (2022) Data Analyst, Accenture, Bengaluru
B.S. Students
1. Tonjanika Robinson BSCE 2010
2. David Pecoraro BSCE 2010
3. Jonathan Koons BSCE 2013
4. Trang Luong BSCE 2015
5. Adhithya Padmanabhan, BS Mathematics, 2019
Visiting Students
1. Andrea Pellegrini, University of Lugano, Switzerland (2018 and 2019)
2. K. Shankari, University of California, Berkeley (2018)
Dissertation Topic: Spatial Transferability of Activity-based Travel Forecasting Models
Current Position: Travel Demand Modeler at WSP, California, USA.
2. Vijay Sivaraman Spring 2011 - Fall 2015, University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: A Methodological Framework for Analyzing Long Distance Leisure Travel Demand
Current Position: Research Data Scientist at Texas A&M Transportation Institute, USA.
3. Nikhil Menon Fall 2013 - Summer 2017 (co-advised by Dr. Yu Zhang), University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: Autonomous Vehicles: An Empirical Assessment of Consumers' Perceptions, Intended Adoption, and Impacts on Household Vehicle Ownership.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
4. Sashikanth Gurram Fall 2010 - Fall 2017 (co-advised by Dr. Amy Stuart), University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: Understanding the Linkages between Urban Transportation Design and Population Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Application of an Integrated Transportation and Air Pollution Modeling Framework to Tampa, FL.
Current Position: Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft, Bellevue, USA.
5. Surya Balusu Fall 2016 - Fall 2021 (co-advised by Dr. Fred Mannering), University of South Florida
Dissertation Topic: An Assessment and Exploration of Recent Methodological Advances in Safety Data Analysis.
Current Position: Actuarial Analyst, Frontline Insurance, Lake Mary, Florida.
6. Shobhit Saxena Aug 2016 - July 2022, Indian Institute of Science (received both M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees)
Dissertation Topic: Multiple Discrete Continuous Choice Models with Flexible Specification of Constraints,
Utility Forms, and Stochastic Distributions: Applications in Travel Behaviour Research
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin.
7. Sangram Krishna Nirmale
Aug 2016 - December 2022, Indian Institute of Science
Dissertation Topic: Multi-Vehicle Anticipation-based Models for Describing Driver Behaviour in
Heterogeneous and Disorderly Traffic Conditions
Current Position: Research Scientist, Indian Institute of Science.
M.S./M.Tech Students
1. Tejsingh Rana MSCE 2010 Project Engineer at HBC Engineering, Miami, FL
2. Sujan Sikder MSCE 2010 Travel Demand Modeler at PB Americas, Portland
3. Caleb Van Nostrand MSCE 2011 Transportation Engineer/Planner at Gannett Flaming Inc., Tampa, FL
4. Aayush Thakur MCE 2012 Travel Demand Modeler at Cambridge Systematics, Bethesda, MD
5. Kyle Taniguchi MSCE 2012 (co-advised by Dr. Steve Polzin), Currently at VHB Consulting, Orlando
6. JJ Samus MSCE 2013 Transportation Engineer at RS&Hill, Tampa
7. Anissa Nur Irmania MCE 2013 Civil Engineer at PT Indokoei International, Indonesia
8. Bertho Augustin MSCE 2014 Atkins, Tampa, FL
9. Akbar Bakhshi MSCE 2014 Citilabs, Tallahassee, FL
10. Jodi Godfrey MSCE 2015 (co-advised by Dr. Steve Polzin), Currently a Research Faculty at CUTR, USF
11. Mohammadreza Kamali MSCE 2015 Cambridge Systematics
12. Trang Luong MSCE 2017 Florida Department of Transportation
13. Divyakant Tahlyan MSCE 2018 (co-advised by Dr. Fred Mannering), Currently a PhD Student at Northwestern University
14. Mehek Biswas M.Tech Research (2018) PhD Student at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
15. Rakesh Meena M.Tech (2021)
16. Tarun Khandelwal M.Tech Research (2021) (Co-advised by Prof. Ashish Verma)
17. Ashish Yadav M.Tech (2022) Data Analyst, Accenture, Bengaluru
B.S. Students
1. Tonjanika Robinson BSCE 2010
2. David Pecoraro BSCE 2010
3. Jonathan Koons BSCE 2013
4. Trang Luong BSCE 2015
5. Adhithya Padmanabhan, BS Mathematics, 2019
Visiting Students
1. Andrea Pellegrini, University of Lugano, Switzerland (2018 and 2019)
2. K. Shankari, University of California, Berkeley (2018)