Mohammad Elayan

Brief Background

I am a PhD student in Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where my research focuses on the empirical and simulation-based analysis of automated vehicles behavior. My work seeks to refine AV driving and interactions in diverse traffic conditions, drawing on methods that stretch from trial-and-error to artificial intelligence..

Before starting my doctorate, I spent nearly a decade in Dubai, UAE, where I grew into a Senior Transportation Engineer role and led more than 100 transportation projects across the MENA region. These included transportation master plans, traffic impact studies, and multimodal integration projects for major developments and city-scale planning efforts. My role also involved producing traffic simulations, conducting feasibility and sustainability reviews, and developing demand forecasting models.

Academically, I hold both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from the Jordan University of Science and Technology.

In my current role as a Graduate Research Assistant, I explore the intersection of automated mobility, data-driven planning, and traffic safety, with particular interest in methods that combine spatiotemporal data, simulation tools, and machine learning and artificial intelligence frameworks to support more intelligent and adaptive transportation systems.