Brief Background
I am a PhD student in Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, with a decade of experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering, including leading roles in Dubai, UAE. My current research focuses on automated vehicle behavior and data-driven safety analysis using machine learning and artificial intelligence. I also serve as a teaching assistant and contribute to collaborative projects in AV-human interaction, traffic safety, simulation and traffic calibration .
Latest News
July 1, 2025
Our paper titled “Consensus-Aware AV Behavior: Trade-offs Between Safety, Interaction, and Performance in Mixed Urban Traffic” has been accepted for publication and presentation at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2025) in Gold Coast, Australia, to be held November 18–21, 2025.
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June 12, 2025
Our paper titled “Integrating StreetLight Data, EPS Smart Location Data, and Road Attributes: A Random Forest Approach to Multimodal Traffic Calibration in Lincoln, Nebraska” is now online!
📄 Published version on ASCE Library
📄 Full text on ResearchGate
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📧 melayan2@huskers.unl.edu
📍 Lincoln, NE, USA
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