Current Students / Postdoctoral Researchers in C-TIER
Sowjanya Dhulipala, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Civil Engineering
s.dhulipala@memphis.edu
Research Areas: Transportation Planning, Freight Demand Modeling, Travel Behavior
Modeling, and Spatial Analysis of Transportation Systems.
Ph.D. Topic: Freight Generation and Mode Choice for Regional Freight Demand in India
Gajanand Sharma, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering
Ph.D. Topic: Transporation derived quality of life
Dimitrios Giampouranis
Graduate Research Assistant
Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
dkgmprns@memphis.edu
Research Area: Maritime transportation
Ph.D. Topic: Berth scheduling at public marine terminals using auctions
Huan Ngo
Graduate Research Assistant
Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
hhngo@memphis.edu
Research Areas: Data-driven approaches and applications for Urban Mobility; mobility
as a service; electric vehicles
Ph.D. Topic: A Deep Learning approach for predicting network-wide traffic using taxi
data
Diwas Thapa
Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
dthapa@memphis.edu
Mitra Salehi
Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
mslhsfnd@memphis.edu
Ph.D. Topic: Microplastic release from truck transportation
Ali Riahi Samani
Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
rhsamani@memphis.edu
Research Areas: Autonomous vehicles; Driving Simulator studies; Integrated land use transport models;
Ph.D. Topic: Take-Over Request (TOR) in Highly Automated vehicles
Vasileios Liatsos
Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
vslatsos@memphis.edu
Ph.D. Topic: Truck caravanning and platooning opportunities
Avani Aravind
Research Areas: Public transit; Equity; Dynamic scheduling
Neda Nazemi
Graduate Research Assistant
M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
n.nazemi@memphis.edu
Research Area: Freight transportation
M.Sc. Topic: Externalities and opportunities from agricultural transport in the US