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Meet the Team
Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) is a multi-disciplinary research facility dedicated to the advancement of transportation engineering and planning research and practice at Dalhousie University (depicted above). They aim to contribute to transportation studies, planning, and analysis at local, regional, and national levels. The Climate Action Research for Transportation team, led by Dr. Ahsan Habib, is a planning and analytics sub-lab responsible for the CAAF project. The team members are as follows:
Faculty and Research Staff
Dr. Ahsan Habib
Director and Founder of Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC)
Professor and Director, School of Planning, and Department of Civil and Resource Engineering (Dalhousie University)
Research interests: Travel Behaviour Analysis, Travel Demand Forecasting, Integrated Transportation, Land Use, and Energy Modelling, Transport Data Collection and Survey Methods, Microsimulation of Urban Systems, Transportation Planning and Policy, Sustainability Indicators and Issues in Transportation, Road Safety and Collision Analysis, Transportation in Developing Countries
Dr. Jahedul Alam
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Adjunct Faculty, School of Planning. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil Engineering (Dalhousie University), Masters of Applied Science (MASc) in Civil Engineering (Dalhousie University), Bachelors of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology)
Topics: Transportation Systems Simulation, Mass Evacuation Planning and Modelling, Emerging Mobility, and Emission Modelling
Sophie Marchant
Project Coordinator | Operations
Bachelors of Community Design (BCD) with Honours in Urban Design and Planning (Dalhousie University)
Taylor Oliver
Project Coordinator | Communications and Grants
Bachelors of Community Design (BCD) with Honours in Urban Design and Planning (Dalhousie University)
Venkata Vijaya Rama Raju Mandapati
Software Developer
Masters of Applied Computer Science (MACS) (Dalhousie University), Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science (SRM Institute of Science & Technology)
Graduate Students
Md Asif Hasan Anik
PhD Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Masters of Applied Science (MASc) in Civil Engineering (Dalhousie University), Bachelors of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering (Islamic University of Technology)
Topics: Integrated Urban Systems for Modelling Mobility Disruptive Events
Hasan Shahrier
PhD Student, Graduate Research Assistant
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Masters of Applied Science (MASc) in Civil Engineering (Dalhousie University), Bachelors of Science (BSc) Civil Engineering (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology)
Topics: Integrated Transportation, Land Use and Energy Modelling
Vajeeran Arunakrinathan
PhD Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Masters of Science (MSc) in Transportation Engineering (University of Moratuwa), Bachelors of Science (BSc) Civil Engineering (University of Moratuwa)
Topics: Integrated Transportation and Land Use Modelling, Traffic Performance and Microsimulation
Niaz Mahmud
MASc Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Bachelors of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering (Islamic University of Technology)
Topics: Modelling of Freight Movement and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Md Rifat Hossain Bhuiyan
MASc Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Bachelors of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering (Islamic University of Technology)
Topics: Travel Behaviour Analysis, Microsimulation of Urban Systems, Transportation Planning, Applied Econometrics
Kashfia Nahrin Nokshi
MASc Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Bachelors of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering (Islamic University of Technology)
Topics: Transportation and Land Use Modelling, Emission Modelling
Ferdous Ashrafi
MASc Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering (Texas Tech University)
Topics: Modelling of Public Transit Network and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Harshavardhan Aleti
MASc Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Bachelors of Technology (BTech) (GMR Institute of Technology)
Topics: Energy Systems, Emissions Modelling, Network Building
Maisha Ghani
MASc Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology)
Research Assistants/Co-ops/Interns
Johnny Kurelek
Research Assistant
Bachelor of Community Design (BCD Student Dalhousie University)