Alidad Ahmadi
EDUCATION
Master of Science - Transportation Engineering
San Diego State University Expected Graduation: Dec 2017
Bachelors of Science - Civil Engineering
Qom University of Technology Oct 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant
SDSU Smart Transportation Analytics Research Lab (link) Jan 2016 - present
§ Driver behavior modeling using driving simulator
§ Experimental design and conduct of human factor studies
§ Data cleansing and statistical analysis
§ Crash severity analysis using discrete choice modeling
§ Design and test advance driver assistant systems
§ Develop driver training taxonomy for automated vehicles
§ Mentoring undergraduate students
Soil Laboratory Assistant
SMS Geotechnical Solutions Inc. Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
§ Develop lab reporting system with Excel
§ Perform soil and material testing in field and lab
Construction Assistant Superintendent - Internship
Residential Construction Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
§ Supervise jobsite, write daily reports, and schedule deliveries
§ Ensure project is built in compliance with the plans
CERTIFICATES
Engineer in Training (EIT)
COMPUTER SKILLS
§ AutoCAD
§ Vissim
§ Aimsun
§ CORSIM
§ Microsoft Office
§ RStudio (programing)
§ Matlab (programing)
§ Tool Command Language (programing)
MEMBERSHIP
§ AESC representative - SDSU ITE student chapter
§ Treasurer - SDSU Persian Student Association
AWARDS
§ ITE San Diego student scholarship 2016-2017
HOBBIES
§ Hiking
§ Play soccer
§ Swimming
§ Calligraphy
§ Play piano
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
§ Ahmadi, A., and S. Ghanipoor Machiani. “Development of A Personalized Adaptive Curve Speed Warning System: A Driving Simulator Study.” The 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 2018. (submitted)
§ A. Ahmadi, S. Ghanipoor Machiani, “Evaluating the Efficiency of Curve Speed Warning Interfaces on Driver’s Performance in the Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Network”, To be submitted, 2017
§ A. Ahmadi, “Examination of Drivers’ Performance on Curves with Two Advance Curve Speed Warning Systems: A Driving Simulator Study”, Presentation, 8th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2017), Los Angeles, CA, 2017.
§ A. Ahmadi, A. Jahangiri, V. Berardi, S. Ghanipoor Machiani, “a comparison of forecasting accuracy: multinomial logit, mixed multinomial logit, and support vector machine approaches”, (Submitted to) Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 2017
§ A. Ahmadi, “Driver Behavior Modeling for Curve Speed Warning (CSW) System Using Driving Simulator: Application of Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology”, Presentation, SDSU Student Research Symposium, 2016
§ S. Ghanipoor Machiani, A. Jahangiri, A. Ahmadi, “A Network-Wide Bi-Level Optimization-Simulation Approach for Variable Speed Limit Systems to Improve Travel Time Reliability” ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 2016 (link)