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Dr. Mashrur (Ronnie) Chowdhury
Office: 216 Lowry Hall
Phone: (864) 656-3313
FAX: (864) 656-2670
email Dr. Chowdhury
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Editorial Advisory Board Member of Journal of ITS
Areas of Interest:
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Surface Transportation Safety and Security Infrastructure
Traffic Engineering
Multiobjective Decision Making
Fault-Tree Analysis
Education:
B.S., Bangladesh Institute of Technology, 1988, Civil Engineering
M.S., Morgan State University, 1991, Transportation
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1995, Civil Engineering
Classes typically taught:
CE 311 Transportation Engineering Planning and Design
CE 893 Intelligent Transportation Systems
Security and Safety Infrastructure in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Professional Registration:
Registered Professional Engineer in Ohio
Professional Society Membership:
American Society of Civil Engineers
Sample Publications:
Books
Fries, R., Chowdhury, M., and Brummond, J., Transportation Infrastructure Security Utilizing Intelligent Transportation Systems, John Wiley & Sons, (in-press).
Chowdhury, M., and Wang, K.C., Distributed Intelligent Traffic Sensor Network, Book Chapter in Transport Science and Technology, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN # 0-08-044707-4, (2007).
Chowdhury, M., and Sadek, A., Fundamentals of Intelligent Transportation Systems Planning, Artech House, Inc., Norwood, MA, ISBN # 1-58053-160-1, (2003).
Sample Refereed Journal Publications
Fries, R., Hamlin, C., Chowdhury, M., Ma, Y., and Ozbay, K., "Incident Quick Clearance Legislation: A Simulation Analysis," Journal of Advanced Transportation, (in-press).
Atluri, M., Chowdhury, M., Kanhere, N., Fries, R., Sarasua, W., and Ogle, J., "Development of a Sensor System for Traffic Data Collection," Journal of Advanced Transportation, (in-press).
Fries, R., Chowdhury, M., and Trummel, H., "Liabilities of Public Agencies for Intelligent Transportation Systems Projects," ITE Journal, (in-press).
Racha, S., Chowdhury, M., Sarasua, W., and Ma, Y.,"Analysis of Work Zone Traffic Behavior for Planning Applications," Transportation Planning and Technology, Volume 31, Issue 2, (2008).
Fries, R., Chowdhury, M., Dunning, A., and Boyles, B., "Transportation Security Framework for a Medium-Size City," European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research (EJTIR), Volume 8, Issue 1 (2008).
Fries, R., Chowdhury, M., and Ma, Y., "Accelerated Incident Detection and Verification: A Benefit to Cost Analysis of Traffic Cameras," Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, No. 11(4), 191-203, (2007).
Fries, R., Inamdar, I., Chowdhury, M., Taaffe, K., and Ozbay, K., "Feasibility of Traffic Simulation for Decision Support in Real-time Regional Traffic Management," Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2035, 169-176, (2007).
Eckenrode, R., Sarasua, W., Mattox, J., Ogle, J., and Chowdhury, M., "Revisiting the Use of Drone Radar to Reduce Speed in Work Zones: South Carolina's Experience," Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2015, 19-27, (2007).
Bhavsar, P., Chowdhury, M., Sadek, A., Sarasua, W., and Ogle, J., "Decision Support System for Predicting Traffic Diversion Impact across Transportation Networks using Support Vector Regression," Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2024, 100-106, (2007).
Chowdhury, M., Sadek, A., Ma, Y., Kanhere, N., and Bhavsar, P., "Applications of Artificial Intelligence Paradigms to Decision Support in Real-time Traffic Management," Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1968, 92-98, (2006).
Sarasua, W., Davis, W., Chowdhury, M., and Ogle, J., "Development of a Methodology to Estimate the Interstate Highway Capacity for Short-Term Work Zone Lane Closures," Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1948, 45-57, (2006).
Chowdhury, M., Derov, N., Tan, P., and Sadek, A., "Prohibiting Left-Turn Movements at Mid-Block Unsignalized Driveways: A Simulation Analysis," ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Volume 131, Number 4, 279-285, (2005).
Chowdhury, M., and Tan, P., "A Case Study on Investment Analysis using a Constraint Multiobjective Methodology," Transportation Research Record 1924, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1924, 231-237 (2005).
Chowdhury, M., and Tan, P., "A Multiobjective Decision Making Framework for Transportation Investments," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Volume 43, Number 1, 91-104, (2004).
Chowdhury, M., Derov, N., Tan, P., and Stemen, C., "A Survey of State Practices for Restricting Direct Left-Turns from Driveways," ITE Journal, Volume 74, Number 4, 40-43, (2004).
Chowdhury, M., Garber, N., and Li, D., "An Interactive Multiobjective Resource Allocation Methodology for Highway Safety Improvements," ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Volume 6, Number 4, 138-144, (2000).
Chowdhury, M., Warren, D., Bissell, H., and Taori, S., "Are the Criteria for Setting Advisory Speeds on Curves Still Relevant?" ITE Journal, Volume 68, Number 7, 32-45, (1998).
Eisele, J., Haimes, Y.Y., Garber, N., Li, D., Lambert, J., Kuzminski, P., and Chowdhury, M., "The Impact of Improved Vehicle Design on Highway Safety," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Volume 54, 65-75, (1996).
Kuzminski, P., Eisele, J.S., Haimes, Y.Y., Garber, N., Li, D., and Chowdhury, M., "Improvement of Highway Safety I: Identification of Causal Factors Through Fault-tree Modeling," Risk Analysis-An International Journal, Volume 15, Number 3, 293-312, (1995).
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