 Dr. Siamak (Sia) A. Ardekani, P.E. Professor |
Address:
Box 19308
Arlington, TX 76019-0308
Phone: (817) 272-3762
Email: ardekani@uta.edu
Education:
Ph.D., 1984, The University of Texas at Austin
M.S., 1981, The University of Texas at Austin
B.S., 1980, The University of Texas at Austin
Area of Expertise:
Managed Lanes and Roadway Pricing, Road User Costs, Fuel Consumption and Emissions Modeling, Traffic Flow Theory, Public Transportation Design, and Emergency Transportation Management (e.g. detours, evacuations, and management of post-disaster operations).
Background:
Dr. Ardekani joined UTA in September 1989. Prior to that he was on the faculty at Virginia Tech for four years. He teaches undergraduate courses in transportation engineering, traffic engineering, and highway design as well as graduate courses in traffic characteristics and operations, traffic flow theory, transit planning, geometric design, and transportation planning. His areas of research have included Emergency transportation operations following the 1985 Mexico City and the 1989 San Francisco earthquakes, assessment of the quality of traffic service in urban networks, audible pedestrian signals for the blind, guidelines for left-turn traffic signals, economic evaluation of toll plaza operations, modeling vehicular fuel consumption, planning for intelligent transport systems in Texas, mitigation of roadway hazards for bicyclists, and decision tools for traffic diversion around major incidents. Dr. Ardekani has also been a consulting engineer for several field projects on traffic signal timing and hardware design, including the design of the signal system in Leon, Mexico. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas and Virginia.
Professional experience:
2005 - Present Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
1999 - 2005 Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
1997 - 1999 Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
1991 - 1997 Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
1989 - 1991 Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
1985 - 1989 Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1980 - 1984 Graduate Research Engineer, Center for Transportation Research The University of Texas at Austin
<Awards
The 2005 College of Engineering Research Excellence Award
The 1996 Halliburton College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, the University of Texas at Arlington
Nominated for the 1996 University Piper Award for Teaching Excellence, the University of Texas at Arlington
The 1991 Halliburton Young Faculty Researcher Award, the University of Texas at Arlington
The 1984 Engineering Foundation Fellowship, the University of Texas at Austin
The 1984 General Electric Foundation Grant, the University of Texas at Austin
Research Highlights:
"Developing A Comprehensive Pricing Evaluation Model for Managed Lanes," TxDOT, 9/1/03-8/31/04, $103, 708.
"Development of Design Criteria for CCTV Camera Poles," Texas DOT, 1/1/03-12/31/05, $227,780.
"Planning for Innovative Transportation Technologies," Texas DOT, 9/1/01-8/31/03, $220,000.
"Evaluation of Travel Demand Models," Texas DOT, 9/1/01-8/31/03, $232,346.
"Pricing Strategies for Managed Lanes," Texas DOT, 9/1/00-8/31/01, $103,433.
"A Sensor for Remote Detection of Alcohol Vapors," Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1/00-12/01, $109,608.
"The Dallas Area Rapid Transit Personalized Public Transit Operational Test," Federal Transit Administration and Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 7/97-8/00, $391,560.
"Modeling of Traffic Over the Dallas North Central Expressway," Texas DOT, 9/1/97-8/31/99, $24,000. Arlington Community Travel Survey," The City of Arlington, 6/1/97-8/31/97, $14,900.
"Business and Residential Impacts, Traffic and Overpass Construction Planning Study for the TxDOT Dallas District North Central Expressway Project," Texas DOT, 9/95-8/97, $13,000.
"Development of a Program to Encourage Safety Feature Usage for the Texas Border Communities," Texas DOT, 9/95-8/97, $55,843.
"A Quick Response Decision Tool for Traffic Diversion Around Roadway Incidents," Advanced Technology Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1/94-12/95, $117,195.
"Detection and Mitigation of Roadway Hazards for Bicyclists," Texas DOT, 9/93-8/95, $85,000.
"A Comprehensive IVHS Plan for Texas," Texas DOT and FHWA, 1/93-8/94, $183,887.
"Network-Level Evaluation of Traffic Control Patterns in the San Antonio Central Business District," City of San Antonio, 3/92-6/93, $111,000.
"Impacts of Traffic Signal Installation at Marginally Warranted Intersections," Texas DOT and FHWA, 9/92-8/93, $61,315.
"Selection Criteria for Left Turn Phasing, Indication Sequence and Auxiliary Sign," Texas DOT and FHWA, 9/90-8/91, $95,687.
"A Decision Tool for Post Earthquake Transportation Operations," National Science Foundation, 1/91-12/92, $78,900.
"Optimal Diversion Strategies Under Major Traffic Disruptions," Research Enhancement Program, UTA, 9/90-5/91, $4,950.
"The Influence of Urban Network Features on the Quality of Traffic Service," Advanced Research Program of Texas, 11/89-10/91, $50,000.
A Low Cost Fiber Optics Weigh In Motion Sensor," Strategic Highway Research Council, 4/89-12/89, $41,753.
"Entrepreneurial Ventures for Suburban/Intercity Private Transit Operators," University Transportation Centers Program, U.S. Department of Transportation, 10/88-7/89, $29,542
"Audible Pedestrian Signals," U.S. Department of Transportation, 6/88-2/89, $15,063.
"Transportation Lessons Learned from the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake," The National Science Foundation, 6/86-2/88, $69,998.
"Field Calibration of the MASSVAC Computer Simulation Model for Hurricane Evacuation/Earthquakes," National Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, 1/86-12/86, $2,900.
"An Attempt to Characterize the Development of Cities," The National Academy of Engineering, 1/86-11/86, $6,000.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate:
Introduction to Transportation Engineering
Stochastic Models in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Traffic Engineering
Street and Highway Design
Graduate:
Traffic Characteristics
Traffic Operations
Planning and Analysis of Mass Transit
Geometric Design of Highways
Advance Planning Models
"Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Subcommittee on Human-Powered Transportation
Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering
Charter Member of the Transportation and Development Institute
Member, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science
Associate Editor of the Transportation Science Journal
Member, American Society of Engineering Education
Associate Editor, Journal of Transportation Research
Past Member, TRB Committee on Alternative Transportation Fuels
TRB Committee on Traffic Flow Theory & Characteristics
TRB Taskforce on Time-Sensitive Response & Incident Management
Dallas/Fort Worth Contact for Conference on Minority Transportation Officials
Member, International Advisory Committee, Conference on Engineering Design and Automation
Member, Chi Epsilon Civil & Environmental Engineering Honor Society
Registered Professional Engineer in Texas
Registered Professional Engineer in Virginia
