University of Wyoming | Mohamed M. Ahmed

Current Group Members

Postdoctoral Associates

Dr. Guangchuan Yang joined the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Wyoming as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in August 2017. Guangchuan is originally from China. He received the B.Eng. degree in Traffic Engineering from Dalian Jiaotong University, China in 2010, the M.Sc. degree in Transportation Planning and Engineering from University of Southampton, U.K. in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno in 2017. Guangchuan is working with Dr. Mohamed Ahmed on participant training and performance evaluation for the Wyoming Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program.

Dr. Ali Ghasemzadeh is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming (UW). He received his B.Sc in Civil Engineering and M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering from IAU University, Tehran, Iran, and Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW). He has been actively involved in a number of research projects focusing on transportation safety and operations. Ali's PhD dissertation was mainly focused on driver behavior and performance in adverse weather conditions from safety and operations perspectives using the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Data and Roadway Information Database. During his PhD, he received several awards including the HSIS best paper award. He has published several journal and conference papers and served as a reviewer for different journals including but not limited to Transportation Research Record, Case Studies on Transport Policy, and Transportation Letters (The International Journal of Transportation Research). He also has been nominated as a category chair for Autonomous Vehicles in the National Transportation Data Challenge. His research interests include traffic safety, traffic operations, data mining, driver behavior and performance, intelligent transportation systems, connected vehicle, and autonomous driving.

Ph.D. Students

Sherif M. Gaweesh is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Ahmed in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering. Sherif is originally from Cairo, Egypt. He obtained his BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering, Highways and Airports from University of Benha, Egypt. Prior to joining UW, he worked as an Assistant Lecturer in Civil Engineering Department at Shoubra College of Engineering, Benha University, Egypt. His research currently focuses on mitigating the negative effects of the increase of energy-related activities on traffic safety, livability and quality of transportation systems using advanced Intelligent Transportation Systems in the state of Wyoming.

Elhashemi Ali, joined the Ph.D. program at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering in Spring 2016. He earned his BS and MS in Civil Engineering with a Transportation focus from the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt in 2011 and 2015, respectively. Elhashemi worked as an Assistant Lecturer at Cairo University where he taught Transportation Engineering courses. He is working on incorporating the knowledge gained from the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study about driver behavior and performance in Connected Vehicle applications.

Britton Hammit is a Civil Engineering PhD student at the University of Wyoming. Britton received her BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2014 and 2016, respectively. After defending her master's thesis during the Summer 2015, Britton moved to Vienna, Austria to attend one year of the Intelligent Transport Master's program at the Vienna Technical University of Applied Science (Fachhochschule Technikum Wien). Upon completion of her study abroad program, Britton enrolled in her PhD program at the University of Wyoming and accepted a Graduate Research Fellowship to conduct her PhD research at the Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia. Britton is currently involved in research evaluating the Naturalistic Driving Study data for potential use in the generation of car-following models and other countermeasures to improve roadway safety and operation.

M.Sc. Students

Nasim Khan joined the University of Wyoming transportation group in fall 2016 as a MSc student. He pursued his Bachelors in Civil Engineering, majored in Transportation Engineering, from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2014. Prior joining University of Wyoming, he worked as a Lecturer in the department of Civil Engineering in University of Information Technology and Sciences. His primary research interest lies in transportation modeling and traffic safety. He is currently working in a research project with Dr. Ahmed to study driver’s behavior and performance in adverse weather condition using the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study data.

Anik Das is pursuing his MS in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming starting from Fall 2016. He completed B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2014. After his graduation, he worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Information Technology and Sciences. Anik’s research interests are Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Safety, Traffic Flow Theory, and Transportation Modeling. He is currently working with Dr. Ahmed on driver performance and behavior in adverse weather condition using the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study data.

Irfan Uddin Ahmed is currently pursuing his MSc in Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering. He began his graduate studies at University of Wyoming in the Spring of 2017 after completing his BSc in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. His research interests include Intelligent Transportation Systems, Public Transportation, Transportation Safety analysis, Driving simulation and modelling among few others. He is currently working as a graduate research assistant with Dr. Ahmed on Commodity Flow Study of Hazardous Materials for the Natrona County and Calibrating Crash Modification Factors.

Rachael Larson is originally from Aurora, Colorado. She held an internship with the Wyoming Department of Transportation for a year and a half as a Design Assistant. She received her BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming in December of 2017; Rachael began her graduate studies in the Spring of 2017. Her research currently focuses on the impact of snow fences on I-80 and how they are used to mitigate crash rates in adverse weather conditions.

Omar Raddaoui is pursuing a M.Sc. in Civil Engineering at the University of Wyoming and has started his graduate studies in the Fall of 2017. He also earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering in December 2017 from the University of Wyoming. Omar is originally from Tunisia. His research is focused on testing and establishing guidelines regarding effective and user-friendly design for the human machine interface in connected vehicle environments. During his pastime, Omar enjoys playing Basketball, swimming, and learning languages.