Honor Society® member
Amir Student Ghiasi
Transportation Engineer at Sharan Transportation Research Center
- University of South Florida
- civil engineering; transportation engineering and urban planning; project planning in rural development and sustainable management
- Class of 2018
- Tampa, FL
Member since December 2014
About
I am a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Department at the University of South Florida. I earned my Master's degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in January 2013. My main research areas are connected autonomous vehicles and microscopic traffic flow theory. I also have experiences on shared vehicle system planning, accessibility measures modeling, and integrated land use and transport modeling. My research have been supported by research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the National Center for Intermodal Transportation and For Economic Development (NCITEC)
Education
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University of South Florida
civil engineering
2015 – 2018
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Mississippi State University
civil engineering
2014 – 2015
Honors and awards
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ITS Florida scholarship
best award based on all the Award/Scholarship Committee Members and Board of Directors decisions, November 2016
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Poster Award
Best CUTR Student Poster Competition Award, November 2016
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Presentation Award
USF-ITE Fall 2016 Student Presentation Competition Award, October 2016
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Travel Grant Award
“Graduate Travel Grant Award” from Mississippi State University to attend “Southern District 2015 Annual Meeting”, Biloxi, MS, April 2015
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Ranked 2nd among more than 200 transportation engineers who participated in Ph.D. national entrance exam, March 2014
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Ranked 109th among about 35000 participants in national graduate entrance exam, Feb 2010
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Ranked top 0.5% in national university entrance exam, summer 2006
Goals and interests
- Career goal
A university faculty, or a research scientist at a prestigious research-oriented company
- Graduate school interests
Connected and automated vehicle technology, ITS, Traffic flow theory, Traffic simulation
- Outside the classroom
Watching movies
Playing tennis
Going picnic
Experience
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Transportation Engineer
Sharan Transportation Research Center
Jan 2013 – Jun 2014
Volunteering
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Registration
1988
Nov 2016
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Guide
University of South Florida; 2016 Engineering Expo event
Feb 2016
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
- Persian Advanced
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