Research Interests
Dr. Gaweesh research focuses on traffic safety and Connected Vehicles (CV) applications. Traffic safety is a major branch of transportation engineering, which focuses on applying advanced statistical techniques to analyze crashes and traffic incidents to enhance the safety performance of road networks. With the continuous evolving of the traffic safety science, state-of-the-art analysis techniques are adopted and utilized to facilitate safety research.
Below is a link to the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot that includes my research manuscripts that contributed to the CV pilot in Wyoming. https://wydotcvp.wyoroad.info/research.html
His current research focus on:
- Crash Modeling
- AI Applications in Transportation
- Connected Vehicle
- Safety Evaluation
- Analysis of Surrogate Safety Measures
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Driving Simulations and Driving Simulator Studies
- Human Factors
- Big Data Analysis
Involvement in Funded Projects
National Level
1. (2016-2022) Application Development and Participant Training for Wyoming Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program, U.S. DOT – the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
2. (2016-2022) Performance Measures and Independent Evaluation Support for Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program, U.S. DOT – the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
3. (2016-2018) Driver Performance and Behavior in Adverse Weather Conditions: An Investigation Using the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data, U.S. DOT – the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
State Level
4. (2011-2023) Rapid Safety Assessment Tool for Non-Conventional Roadway Design and Emerging Technologies: Innovative Artificial Intelligence Application, Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT).
5. (2019-2021) Impacts of Cooperative Automated Transportation on Wyoming Highway Infrastructure. Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT).
6. (2018-2021) Human Machine Interface for Connected Vehicle: Requirements, Development, and Assessment. Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT).
7. (2017-2018) Hazardous Materials Flow Study, Natrona County Emergency Management Agency.
8. (2016-2017) Developing an Automated Hazardous Materials Placard Recognition System, Wyoming Homeland Security.
9. (2015-2018) Calibration and Validation of the Crash Modification Factors – Highway Safety Manual (Part D) – in Wyoming, University Transportation Centers (UTC)/ Mountain Plain Consortium (MPC).
10. (2015-2017) Calibrating Crash Modification Factors for Wyoming-Specific Conditions: Application of the Highway Safety Manual – Part D, Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT).
11. (2015-2016) Hazardous Materials Flow Study, Laramie County Emergency Management Agency, Wyoming Office of Homeland Security.
12. (2015-2016) Exploring an Effective Field Data Collection Methodology for Hazardous Materials Transportation, Albany County Emergency Management Agency.
13. (2015) Wyoming Commodity Flow Study, Gillette and Douglas County Emergency Management Agency, Wyoming Office of Homeland Security.
14. (2014-2019) Safety Effectiveness of Regulatory Headlights Signs in Wyoming (Phase-I and II). Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT).
GRANTED PROJECTS
(2021-2023) – Principal Investigator (PI) – Rapid Safety Assessment Tool for Non-Conventional Roadway Design and Emerging Technologies: Innovative Artificial Intelligence Application, Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). The total project grant is $175,115.